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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1918
Page
31
J. Wright, previously in Green River banking and mercantile work, returns to Cheyenne to assume active management of Dildine garage. Local residents recall him and welcome his Cheyenne residence. K. M. Lamont has left the garage.
The article notes that the Merchants' exchange duties will be taken over by Mr Wright who will assume charge at the garage immediately.
A joint resolution introduced by Senator Thomas of Colorado calls for removing the statue of Frederick the Great from in front of the War College in Washington. The statue was donated to the government about twelve years ago by Kaiser Wilhelm.
Soviet wire reports showed German leaders boasting of military strength while pledging new offensives in the west. General Ludendorff claimed France is doomed, and von Hindenburg announced a broken eastern chain enabling a westward shift. German press noted morale as decisive in looming battles, with leaders confident of eventual victory.
Gov Frank Houx assures cooperation with the Interior Bureau of Education to organize a United States School Garden Army. The program aims to enlist 5,000,000 school children under 40,000 teachers to cultivate gardens, potentially producing a quarter of a billion dollars of produce this year.
The drive aims to collect 1,000,000 books for the army and navy starting Monday in Cheyenne. Mrs James T Speer chairs locally with committees and school and College club involvement. Ten cadets will assist ten book collection cars at the high school, with books shipped free to France via government arrangements.
Bishop N. 5. Thomas of the Episcopal church will conduct an open forum on religion from Tuesday to Friday next week at 7:30 PM in the parish house. Topics include God Jesus Christ The Scriptures and The Church. The event aims for fair open discussion and deepening convictions without pressuring attendees to change beliefs. All are welcome.
Funeral services for John McGill state tax commissioner who died in Denver will be held in Laramie at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon. Governor Frank L Houx and state house members will attend and all state house offices will be closed during the funeral.
East bound Union Pacific train passenger E. P. McRichie of Alameda California fractured a little finger and sustained minor bruises during a race with another passenger on the platform yesterday morning. Dr. Galen Fox attended him.
Reports suggest Cheyenne may become an oil hub with a dome-shaped geological feature northwest of the city. Geologists disagree on depth and viability, while signals like unloaded casing and a rumored standard rig spark anticipation of near-term drilling and possible leases on local ranches.
Dispatches report an unprecedented German troop movement into Belgium. Field Marshal Hindenburg and Quartermaster General Ludendorff reportedly establish headquarters at Spa, the Belgian watering place near Liege.
In Monroe Louisiana on March 16 the body of George McNeel, one of two black men arrested the day before on suspicion of assaulting a young white woman, was found hanging from a tree in the courthouse yard at dawn.
Paul Murdock an Austrian was brought from Rawlins by U S Marshal Dan Hudson charged on a presidential warrant with voicing pro German sentiments He will be interned and sent to Salt Lake City for detention.
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