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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
12
A self made merchant started a middle western menswear shop with 12000 capital and 9000 borrowed. After 32 years his store is reputed as the largest retail men’s clothing business and the nation’s leader. He spent 5000000 on newspaper ads and credits newspapers for truth in advertising over billboards and other methods.
The piece argues two major questions for the American public: whether to retain railroads under government control and whether to run a merchant marine through the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation. It notes potential privatization fears, wartime contracts, and old 1871 laws making steamship operation under the U.S. flag nearly impractical, with references to failed past efforts and looming postwar burdens.
A 1914 perspective argues steel replaces iron in ship boilers and cold water tests damage old vessels. The piece blames Congress for outdated rules, noting insurers and inspectors fail to adapt, reducing foreign trade and fleet size. It calls for reform of antiquated navigation laws.
The article describes a new Hurrah wall paper with a tapestry finish showing flags of Great Britain and allies. It targets rooms for war memorabilia, noting many officers and families send relics like helmets gas masks and framed papers to create a memorial den including a widow's tribute to her husband killed in the war.
WHEATLAND Wyo May 29 William Dunham reached into a bush to grab a slick for killing a rattlesnake met on his Antelope Gap farm. A second viper bit his wrist. he used a handkerchief as a tourniquet to limit venom spread and rode to town for medical help. Both awakenings escaped.
A. Mutchinson, alleged kidnapper of a Laramie girl, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Lon Davis. The abductor and a woman were in a car held in a local garage. The child’s mother had died tragically. custody lay with Albany county sheriff. Authorities pursue the pair south toward the border as the sheriff speculates more associates live there.
J. B. Campbell president of the Spokane Merchants Association spoke for the Freight Bill at a Ghey enne Industrial Club meeting. He was sent by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce to Congress in Washington to urge passage of the long and short haul Poindexter freight bill. His aim was to secure merchant support and he found opinion favorable.
The semi annual reunion of Wyoming Consistory No. 1 has a mailed program from A. Bristol Printing. The feature is a Mag service with 157 stars for members of the Comal story who served in the military. The reunion runs June 23 to 26 in Cheyenne.
A Red Cross nurse recounts horrific Armenian suffering in Asia Minor and Palestine. She describes graves robbed for food, German and Turkish atrocities, and civilians starved, scouted by desert skeletal remains, with details of executions and rapes observed by aid workers.
Fragmentary notes from Indiana dated December 4, 1918 reference illness and costs related to the flu. The garbled text mentions feeling better and some names or initials, with unclear context.
Soldiers traveling in the Near East reportedly suffered temporary insanity from horrific scenes encountered during their journey, according to the account.
Casper authorities report a body found about 50 miles from the deserted camp near Natrona may be the missing sheep herder employed by Ted Ingram at his Casper area ranch. Decomposition hinders identification and investigators weigh whether the location matches the man’s last camp.
In Sheridam Wye on May 29 a crew swindled Officer Gulled into aiding a liquor heist. Thieves loaded a truck from Oscar Thielen, the local liquor keeper, and escaped with the vehicle and several whiskey barrels valued at 3,000 dollars. all suspects are missing.
The Beaver Post reports Martha Taylor obtained a divorce from William Taylor a Cheyenne Wyoming lawyer in Judge Moore's court. She testified her husband deserted her for their four children. She now works in the oil business.
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