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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
4
A young entrepreneur started a middle western men’s clothing store with 12 000 dollars capital and 9 000 dollars borrowed. After 32 years he runs the world’s largest retail men’s clothing business renowned nationwide. He invested 5 000 dollars in newspapers and spent 5 000 000 on ads, praising newspapers for honesty and reach over billboards and balloons.
The piece argues the United States faces two main choices: nationalizing railroads or maintaining private control, and whether the government should operate a merchant marine. It notes railroads are built and could be reclaimed by private companies, while the Emergency Fleet Corporation would be bound by laws after the war and would not be free to dump boats onto private owners. It critiques 1871 era laws governing steamship firms and suggests prewar private shipping had largely failed or exited the field, save for a few coastwise operators, with technical issues and boilers mentioned.
The piece argues that a 1871 cold water test for boilers still harms steel ships, wastes a ship’s time and money, and damages boilers. It laments Congress and inspectors for clinging to iron era rules, noting fewer foreign trades in 1914 and calls for navigation law revisions.
A new Hurrah wallpaper features flags of Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Serbia, Canada, Australia, Japan and the United States with a tapestry finish. It suits a den or trophy room filled with officer and soldier war relics, letters, photos, and memorial items. A widow plans to honor her husband killed in the war with the room.
Wheatland Wyoming May 29 William Dunham reached into brush to fetch a slick to kill a rattlesnake and was bitten on the wrist by a second viper coiled there He improvised a tourniquet with a handkerchief and rode to town for medical aid Both bites survived and no deaths were reported
A. Mutchinson, alleged kidnapper of a small Laramie girl, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Lon O. Davis. The car he drove is held in a local garage. He was accompanied by a woman. the missing child’s mother had died before the abduction. The sheriff suspects all involved reside south of Laramie. authorities pursue both suspects.
J B Campbell president of the Spokane Merchants Association spoke at a midnight session of the Ghey enne Industrial Club urging passage of the long and short haul Freight Bill Poindexter bill. He reported Spokane Chamber of Commerce support and favorable merchant opinion.
The semi annual reunion of Wyoming Consistory No 1 has been mailed to members. The program from A. Bristol Printing Co features 157 stars representing members who served in the military. The reunion will be held in Cheyenne from June 23 to 26.
Red Cross nurse Misa Kathrine-Ludwig recounts grim scenes from Asia Minor where Armenians faced starvation amid Turkish and German atrocities. She described graves robbed for food, a village cemetery supplying sustenance, and German officers attacking families while Turks raided homes and burned villages.
Fragmentary notes describe illness and economic strain during December 1918 in Indiana. The text hints at fever and general malaise affecting residents, with scattered references to daily life and burdens.
Reports describe travelers driven to temporary insanity by the horrific scenes encountered during a journey in the Near East, highlighting the lasting psychological impact of their experiences.
A body found near Natrona west of Casper is suspected to be the missing sheepherder from Ted Ingram’s ranch after six weeks, though decomposition hinders identification. The body’s location about 50 miles from the desertion camp fuels uncertainty about the case.
SHERIDAM Wye May 29 Thieves deceived officer into aiding a liquor robbery. They loaded a truck owned by Oscar Thielen and stole it with several whiskey barrels valued at 3000 dollars. The suspects fled and remain at large.
The Beaver Post reports Marthack Taylor, a trained wife, obtained a divorce from William Taylor, a Cheyenne, Wyoming lawyer, in Judge Moore's court. She testified her husband deserted her and their four children. she now works in the oil business.
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