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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1918
Page
10
The shop offers pansy plants for Decoration Day with ample stock for next Thursday. Also advertised are California yams at per pound prices, Swift Hammond and Codahy items, Link Sausage special, Winessp apples, Jumbo bananas, Missouri strawberries, and a full line of fresh vegetables. Men’s work shoes from Hamilton Brown at four dollars.
A vintage promotional plea urges readers to mail in for four Foley trial packages. The bundle includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and croup, Foley Kidney Pills for pain and kidney issues, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and related ailments, with a Chicago address for response.
Seattle reports that Vilhjalmur Stefansson and his party are likely returning to inhabited regions after five years studying Arctic conditions. Stefansson, recovering from typhoid at Fort Yukon, plans to reach Seattle or Victoria by late summer, with The Polar Bear at Barter Island awaiting departure.
A Cheyenne State Leader opinion piece argues the Allies must rescue Russia from German influence to preserve democracy. It urges American aid, printing presses from the United States, and welcoming Russian students to study in the U.S. to strengthen anti Prussian forces and secure mankind's future.
Mrs. Richard Lewin known as Ethel Beare dies aboard train No. 41 while traveling from Arizona to Sheridan. Born in Weston County in 1897, she had spent most of her life there. Burial occurred in Sheridan after remains were transported from Edgemont to Weston County. She leaves a three year old daughter Gabby and a husband, mother, sisters, and a host of friends.
In Rawlins Wyoming on a Saturday morning workers at the Union Pacific shops publicly painted an Austrian co worker yellow from waist to head and marched him to the post office to kiss the flag after he insulted the Red Cross. Police took him into custody as town officials vow stronger action against unpatriotic behavior.
A young Carter Oil company worker in Riverton Wyoming was killed when struck by a revolving walking beam crank during a pumping operation. The victim, identified with conflicting names, appears connected to Army desertion records. The body was sent for burial at Rock Springs. investigations and attributions followed the incident. In London, Pvt Joseph Barry was killed in Germany after a guard forced him to fetch coffee, with trial pending.
A Los Angeles man named Schroyder was killed Tuesday while crossing the Union Pacific tracks at Wambutter Crossing in Rawlins. His car was struck by a westbound freight and he died instantly.
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