21 Mar 1918
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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
1
Buck Simpson, who went to Pocatello Idaho last summer for his health, is back in Sundance with only slight improvement. He is staying currently with the Wells family in Sundance.
The Educational Guild program on March 20 at Odd Fellow Hall features High School acts and performances to raise funds for Hulett Jr Red Cross supplies. Tickets are by basket sale, no admission charge, with baskets bidding to the highest bidder. Activities include instrumental solo, readings, dialogues, flag drill, tableau, and a play by eight High School girls.
Alva Rochdale Company incorporated on a Saturday in Alva Wyoming with principal office in Alva Crook County. The object is a cooperative mercantile business with capital of 25000 dollars in 125 shares of 200 each. Five directors form the initial board including D F Irvin president Alfred Willson vice president J A Dirks second vice president Kilmore Engle secretary and B F Mahoney treasurer. Webster Davis of the American Rochdale League of Minneapolis Minnesota is the principal organizer. Bylaws set one vote per member grade capital stock dividends limited to ten percent and patronage based earnings distribution for patrons. Rochdale is named after the English town where the plan originated. John Wallace traveled from a nearby ranch with supplies.
Edna McWethy, Co Superintendent of Schools, urges Rocky Mountain Division Junior Red Cross members and teachers to sustain contact beyond the school year. She calls for summer leadership, parent involvement, and diverse activities like sewing, knitting, and pillow filling to aid war relief for French and Belgian children.
Sheriff Thorn traveled through the town last Saturday on official duties while Earl Wood went to Aladdin earlier in the week after delivering a load of corn meal for L. J. Sebiller.
In a Cheyenne State Leader editorial the famine crisis is framed as a war measure. U.S. bread must be shared with allies, reducing domestic wheat by 120,000,000 bushels to sustain Britain France and Italy. The piece argues Hoover’s food policy is to win the war, urging households to accept cornbread and substitutes while supporting Allied needs.
Public appeal by the Division of Advertising of the Bureau of Information warns citizens to silence remarks that could aid German spies. It stresses that spies are everywhere, and even a casual streetcar remark could reveal critical details.
Morris Hillquit socialist and former New York mayoral candidate volunteers to help the US government scatter propaganda among German and Austrian laborers as autocracy and militarism must be stopped. Herbert Bigelow of Cincinnati recalls pro German sentiments and urges socialists to join the colors while noting Russia’s peace with Germany and Wilson’s stance. Grit watches for Mrs. Gunderson’s annual recital form at Hulett.
A community entertainment at Rockypoint featured a three act drama Blundering Billy starring Luther E. Pyle Roy Wenande Johnny Wenanda Chester Knapp and others. The event raised 107 for the Red Cross, followed by a basket supper and dance, with note of local talent and hearty applause.
Hulett Hotel comes under new management after April 1 with short orders and meals served at all hours. Local notes report residents visiting from the ranch, a social planned by the Rebekahs for April end, and plans for a confectionery store and lunch counter opening in the McCoy building east of the Odd Fellows hall. The town also reports basketball a 46 to 22 win by Hulett over Aladdin and community business including a Peoples Cooperative meeting and insurance agency changes.
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