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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
8
A Cheyenne firm restarts a new tire inflating station in front of its shop. The device automatically fills tires to the correct air pressure, with a front knob and indicator showing tire size from small to larger inches. To inflate, turn the knob to match the tire size and hold the valve stem cap for about two minutes.
A simple to operate inflation device provides exact pressure for tires and eliminates fuse issues for drivers. The machine offers straightforward construction and is usable by anyone.
Enrollment at Cheyenne Hisiness College is mainly female with about thirty students and only one man. The war keeps young men at training camps or in service, leaving the campus filled with women preparing to fill roles vacated by men as the call rises.
Supt Ira B Fee announced two openings in Laramie County country schools near Archer nine miles east and a few miles north of Archer. Pay is 40 dollars per month with a Monday deadline to fill both posts so the schools can open. Applicants should contact Mr Fee at once.
The Wyoming Society of the Sons of the American Revolution asks Wyoming schools to honor the September 17 signing of the U S Constitution. President Mauricen Groshon mails a letter urging one hour of study, reading the Constitution, explaining our government, pledging allegiance, and singing patriotic songs amid World War I era efforts.
The White House will not release new rules on appeals from draft exemption board decisions at present. Crowder advised state governors to forward appealed cases from district boards to state headquarters for transmission to the president. Governors were told drafted men at out of state locations may be assigned to a cantonment for their temporary residence district if returning would cause great hardship and expense. local boards should carefully review applications and grant changes only in unusual hardship cases.
George Monroe, a stranger to Cheyenne, says a man he believed to be a soldier beat him with a rock and robbed him of 12 pounds 50. He identified Edward Walsh, a soldier, as the culprit. Walsh was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ed Schoel and held at the county jail for investigation.
Mrs K L Crabbe and Mrs F L Crabbe were hospitalized for an operation but Mrs Crabbe has been moved back home in good condition. She is active in local church circles and looks forward to visiting friends at the Crabbe residence.
Frank Lavelleur, the Burns farmer accused of setting fire to a threshing machine owned by J. Spatz of Hillsdale, will face trial at 10 o'clock before Judge Edwards. He was tracked to his home by bloodhounds.
One new teacher added to the Cheyenne list after the institute. Ger aldine Swarm fills the vacancy, coming from Upton Wyoming, to teach third grade at Carleit school as work across departments advances.
Otto G. Fivgoner, steward at the Masonic temple, returns from ten weeks on a motorcycle trip through Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana, and Wyoming. He spent most time in Iowa with family, reports an excellent journey and good time.
Classified note seeking a furnished house near the Capitol with contact via Capitol Pharmacy. Call or phone 625 for responses.
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