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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
2
The article notes Italy's growing eating needs despite shortages and rationing under wartime strain. Dr Silvio Creaple, Italy's food controller, warns reserves may allow only through February, with shortages in meat cheese sugar oil and vegetables. prices rise while wages fail to keep pace.
Italian population surges as emigration shifts citizens from UT,000 00 to H0, H00,000. Italy now rivals France in population while Italy's land area spans about 110,800 square miles versus France's 107,000, though both regions show divisions from enemy invasion.
The January imports reached 255 million dollars, up seven million from December, while exports dropped from December’s 584 million. For the seven months ending January, imports totaled 1.604 billion versus 1.918 billion a year earlier, and exports were 2.148 billion compared with 2.010 billion the prior year, with silver imports and other figures noted in the bureau statement.
A private letter from Christiania reports severe food shortages in the central empires. Many Norwegians living in Germany are returning home, hoping to escape what the writer calls nearly unbearable conditions affecting health and morals.
A 1918 telegram from Hindenburg urged German youth to remain German and resist internationalism, amid fears of Bolshevism influencing Germany. Pan-German voices pressed outcry against Brest-Litovsk and warned Bolshevik aggression could threaten Germany. Journal reports note pan-German dissatisfaction over a proposed 20 year most favored nation treaty with Russia.
An advertisement asserts Dr F M Edwards a longtime Ohio physician treated women with liver and bowel ailments using olive tablets named Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. It claims the olive colored pills restore liver and bowel function, relieve pale complexions and headaches, and serve as a substitute for calomel for cleansing the system.
The government appears directionless and highly susceptible to fleeting influence. Officials describe the Kaiser’s circle as unstable, with today’s decisions overturned tomorrow by new pressures, while the next day another pivot follows.
The U.S. circuit court of appeals affirmed prison terms for Johna F Jelke head of Jelke Oleo and Fran cis M Lowry manager. Jelke gets two years and $10,000 fine while Lowry gets one year and $5,000. They were convicted in 1913 of conspiring to defraud the government by overcharging 10 cents a pound on oleomargarine.
Louie Fellwock, a Bea trice farmer, was brought before the Nebraska state council of defense to explain why thousands of bushels of wheat were allowed to ruin on a Lancaster county farm. United States District Attorney T. S. Allen said a federal prosecution would begin next week following a defense council meeting.
London reports a requirement that a deceased person’s sugar card be produced before burial. The registrar of vital statistics verifies registration under the sugar distribution scheme to prevent fraud by continuing to use a dead person’s card. He also cancels cards at death and issues cards to birth registrants.
In Sheridan Wyoming the five Japanese suspects were fined after police court actions for gambling and keeping their business open after hours. Four suspects who gambled did not appear and forfeited bonds of 25 dollars each. The hall operator was found guilty of serving beer on premises and keeping open past hours, fined 540 dollars plus costs for the first offense and 45 dollars for the second, then released after payment. An interpreter noted the man would abide by the law going forward.
The Germania Fire Insurance Company, founded in 1859, will rename itself the National Liberty Insurance Company of America. The change addresses public misinterpretation of the name implying German origin. Prominent Americans have served on its board and officers are native, with assets totaling about 8.6 million dollars and a policy surplus over 4.2 million. The firm has supported naval recruitment and contributed to the Red Cross.
W F Hamilton and T J Brownfield set out for Green Valley ranch to fish but a blizzard stranded their car 20 miles from Douglas. They walked to Nick Burg ranch by dusk, thawed the car next day, and returned home empty handed though Brownfield notes the fish in Green Valley were biting.
In Amsterdam on March 6 German professors debated American identity and naming. Norrenberg urged renaming the United States as Usa while Penck and Sapper criticized Yankee terms and suggested alternatives like Union or Usaner though no consensus emerged.
An advertisement promises instant relief from itching and irritation with Zemo. It claims safe, dependable skin relief for irritation pimples ringworm and related troubles. The offer urges applying as directed with a bottle priced at 0CSc or $1.
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