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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1918
Page
2
Banks in the city arrange pay day rush handling with extra tellers and extended hours. The Stock Growers National Bank will have extra tellers on duty and other banks remain open until 1 o clock to speed pay checks for railway employees during the noon hour.
A twilight baseball league was organized in Sacramento California to use the extra daylight. Seventeen teens joined with games set for Thursdays at 4 p.m. in early weeks the five inning contests. later they will span nine innings. The teams include workers from newspapers banks the state railroads and various industries.
Thomas Skeyhill, once blinded at Gallipoli in 1915, announced plans to campaign again for the Red Cross after visiting the United States for lectures. His remarkable recovery and public speeches in San Francisco Reno Salt Lake City Denver and Washington boosted support and his aim to raise one million dollars faced medical setbacks including neck vertebrae dislocations and headaches.
A soldier is said to have achieved the first complete cure of shell-shock. He plans to finish a Red Cross assignment at the post, then attempt to rejoin his Anzac comrades in the overseas trenches.
Several minor cases were decided at the U S Court session in the Federal building. United States v August Sable resulted in a $1000 fine, Harry Hessler et al were fined $100 each, Joseph Welpper received three months in jail, John Trainer was fined $500, and others were found guilty on various charges including illegal liquor shipments and timber cutting.
Philadelphia housewife Mrs. J Worthline says she suffered fatigue backache and nervous distress until taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for three months. She reports regained health and appetite and urges other mothers to try the tonic.
A Cambridge University initiative to grant women full membership is underway. The move, announced from Cambridge, England, on May 18, aims to integrate female academics into the university’s core rights and roles.
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