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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
10
Operation of all flour mills in the United States will be assumed by the milling division of the United States Food Administration effective November 1. The action was announced in the capital under President Wilson's proclamation of October 29.
About fifty Boy Scouts gathered in the Central school first grade room for a safe Halloween celebration. The room featured American flags and orange and black decorations, a playful swatter game, and refreshments donated by Cheyenne Creamery and teachers.
With 254 students enrolled for night school and total class enrollment at 295, duplicates reduce to 254 unique pupils. Shorthand typing leads with 56, telegraphy 48, sewing and cooking 44 each, drafting 31 with 25 from Union Pacific shops. J. R. Al of Western Union offers instructors if a two hour daily class forms.
A two week mission will start Sunday November 11 at St Marys cathedral. Rev Dr P B Donnelly O M L, a famed missionary from London, England, will preach. Non Catholics are welcome at all services. Discourses promise unusual interest and instruction. Service hours and topics will be announced later.
The Wyoming Refining Co diverted a shipment by wire from its Ostend California refinery to Thermopolis instead of Glenrock Wyoming. The company plans a new refinery in the Big Muddy field and names A G Robinson as Thermopolis superintendent, formerly with United Oil at Florence Colorado. Other acquisitions include drilling outfits and rigs from Fleasick and Jones of Florence and J J Hessick joining as field superintendent.
A southwest gale along the coast halted shipping in Boston harbor today. One man may die and several are hospitalized from injuries while yachts and other craft were dashed from moorings and wreckage littered beaches and the coast at various points. Forest supervisors meet Rawlins to discuss sheep on national forests.
Enlistments in the regular army increase as reports reach Washington of Allied forces in action. Officials say civilian and military morale rises with word of momentum and success from American troops overseas.
The War Department announced a sharp rise in enlistments after American troops entered the trenches in France. On the latest day enrollments reached 1077, nearly double the prior record, signaling a rapid mobilization during the war effort.
Ad copy claims the product eases constipation and improves complexion with nightly doses. States millions buy boxes at 10c and 25c from druggists. Encourages taking one to two nightly for pleasing results.
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