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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
7
The United States Food Administration urges continued food conservation regardless of war or peace. It recalls the August pledge and outlines sugar cuts from four to three to two pounds per month, stressing careful use and restraint to meet allied needs and sustain resources through any outcome of 1918 or 1919.
A Catholic priest, Father Della Porta, helped mobilize local aid for food conservation in Springfield Massachusetts. He demonstrated mushroom preservation, organized a girls club to spread lessons, arranged translations and printing of guidance, and established a Victory Brew Shop as a community hub for disseminating information on proper food substitution and victory breads.
The American spirit infuses foreign-born citizens as they aid in war work and share experiences similar to those of the Springfield agent, a pattern seen among scores of demonstrators across the country.
California farm bureaus push a sheep boost to supply wool and mutton for troops and civilians. They report placing 4000 sheep on state farms and cite USDA figures that 20 sheep are needed per soldier and about 56 million sheep exist in the United States to cover uniforms for about two and a half million men.
George C. Morrison and Elbert E. Boyd certify the Wyoming dissolution of the Calumet and California Mining Company after a November 1 1918 stockholders meeting with 93 050 shares voting for dissolution. Debts affirmed as paid and officers authorized to complete dissolution. documents bear company seal. Also notice of sale by Patrick H. Hayes sheriff of Laramie County with December 17 1918 auction of land in Cheyenne.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Green River Water Works Company will be held Wednesday December 4 2018 at Loverlock at 9 a m for the election of trustees and to transact any other business as may come before the meeting. Secretary.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Union Pacific Water Company will be held at the company office in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Wednesday December 4, 1918 at 10 o'clock a.m. to elect trustees and transact such other legal business as may come before the meeting.
Wanted a monotype operator and girls for training in a private hospital. Also anyone seeking employment or help should call UT Employment Service at 1711 Capitol Avenue.
Wanted information about relatives supposedly wife and child of Wu Pate a depressed man and former member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen last employed by Burlington Railroad at Lincoln Nebraska Address J 1 Andrews 412 Richards block Lincoln.
Today marks the centennial births of George Brown and William Bilery Chapning. Jesse Pomeroy, the solitary confinement prisoner, observes his sixtieth birthday. Maryland teachers gather in Baltimore for their annual convention. The Older Boys' State M C A conference opens in New Jersey at Orange, running through the weekend. The Central Federation Union hosts a Pan American conference in New York aiming to boost US cooperation with South and Central America.
The list includes James G. Tunta John I Muchihaneen Octavia Muehlhouses J M Carey Mrs J M Carey Ghee W Hbewig John L Manewal Charles Jankovsky John B OC hk Wyoming Browers Asan J A Mite noting membership on the club honor roll for a $1000 designation.
The calendar lists autumn racing at the Maryland Fair Association in Bowie and winter meets at Jefferson Park New Orleans and the Cuba-American Jockey Club in Havana. It also notes the closing round of the Pinehurst November tournament and a ten round boxing match Bezing Langford versus Jeff Clark in Milwaukee.
Boles Penrose, senior U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, leads the stalwart and conservation wing of the Republican Party. A Philadelphia native and Harvard graduate, he started in lawmaking in the Pennsylvania legislature, rose under Matthew S. Quay, and won election to the Senate in 1911, being reelected three times. He is a key regular at national Republican conventions.
One year ago today in the war the inter allied conference on war measures opened in Paris. Lord Lansdowne renewed his peace proposal in a letter to a London newspaper. A German destroyer was sunk by a mine off the Dutch coast with the loss of nearly all hands.
A compact chronicle lists key figures and dates: 1729 Charles Thomson born in Ireland and dies 1824 in Philadelphia. 1780 Maria Theresa dies in Vienna after birth in Vienna May 14. 1923 insurrection in Warsaw sparked by Grand Duke Constantine. 1879 marriage of Alfonso XII and Archduchess Maria Christina. 1892 US Army strength reported. 1906 Southern Railway wreck near Lawyer's Va kills President Samuel Spencer and others. 1914 Russians take ten miles of trenches in northern Poland. 1915 German emperor at Vienna war council. 1916 Admiral Beatty appointed commander of the British Grand Fleet.
George D. Strayer of Columbia University and head of the National Education Association celebrates a birthday today, born in Wayne, Pennsylvania 42 years ago. Joseph E. Davies, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, born in Watertown, Wisconsin 42 years ago today. Trixie Friganza, famed American stage actress, born in Cincinnati 48 years ago today. Dr. Gilbert Reid, Presbyterian missionary who left China over policy, born in Laurel, New York 61 years ago today. William G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Halfway Trams, born in La Prairie 64 years ago today.
Yakima Wash Nov 28 One tunnel remains uncompleted on the Selah Naches irrigation canal Tunnel No 12 about 95 feet long and only a narrow passage for horses when cleared The district plans total tunnel work of 875 009 dollars including canal lining and other improvements to shorten the main detour and raise capacity.
A list of individuals including Abeert Chipmar B. Jones ry A Cochrane C Crabb Mra C N Cranor and Andy Hranbora appears in a historical ledger fragment. The text preserves names with titles and initials, suggesting a register of persons connected to a company or organization.
Stockholders of The Rattleawake Creek Water Company will meet in Wyoming on December 4, 1918 at 2:15 p.m. to elect trustees and transact other legal business. Secretary Thomas Price of Union Pacific Coal Company announces the gathering.
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