This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
6
A southern church pastor refuses to address the war from the pulpit, urged by a leading member to avoid wartime topics. The article argues the era’s tragedy demands calm, not avoidance, while noting the tension between faith and public conflict and referencing Calvary as a standard.
A speaker laments religious leaders who refused to denounce World War I crimes and urges pulits and papers to confront the era’s moral tragedy. He says ministers must confront Germany’s ruthlessness and rally the nation to courage, sacrifice, and righteousness.
An army numbering in the thousands has been recruited across the Northwest to fight the massive forest fires. Recruit posts operate around the region including Montana Idaho North Dakota South Dakota and eastern Washington as firefighting units deploy with commissaries field telephones heliographs and wigwag signaling to prevent fires and protect timber resources valued at millions.
C C Wilhite, executive clerk and pay master for the first district fire forces, notes that firefighters are paid five dollars daily and cooks also receive five dollars. He estimates that over the past decade he has disbursed about one thousand dollars in these allowances.
The Cheyenne State Leader offers seventeen prizes for Wyoming children including five Shetland ponies with harness, four bicycles, and eight wrist watches. A vote coupon system lets families vote for candidates from Sept 17 to Nov 10, with two districts sharing prizes and a contest manager available by mail or phone for details and assistance.
N. D. McDonald, former conductor on the Union Pacific line Cheyenne to Laramie, died at his sister’s home in Schuyler Nebraska Thursday afternoon at age 30 from stomach cancer. He had many Cheyenne friends and is survived by his sister. his wife died two years ago in Seattle. McDonald served as warden when the prison was at Laramie before moving to Rawlins.
Jarnito Carraons is held in the city jail on a burglary charge after police say he entered the tin shop behind F. A. Roedel’s hardware store. Night Sergeant Jack Mc Farland arrested him just after he emerged. no items were taken and the hardware store itself was not entered.
Excellent results were attained by the exhibit of fancy Hereford stock shipped to the state fair at Douglas by the Wyoming Hereford association. The ranch six miles east of Cheyenne, operated by W. C. Husted, produced numerous prizes with many firsts in Wyoming contests. Notable winners include Wyoming Fairfax first and Grand Champion, Perfect May Grand Champion, King of Hereford Sires, and silver cups for best heifer calf and best bull calf born in Wyoming after Sept. 1916. Other prize stock named includes Wyoming Prince, Beau Louis, Lady Odessa, and Lady Hampton, all bred on the Wyoming farm near Cheyenne.
Gov Frank L Houx and Auditor R B Forsyth left for Evanston to probe the fire that destroyed the men’s wing of the state insane asylum Tuesday night with damage estimated at 75 000 to 100 000. The state board of charities and reform conducts the inquiry. The governor announced a 100 reward for recapture of James Howell the inmate who escaped during the removal of patients from the burning building. Howell was committed to the asylum after being found insane at a murder trial.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.