Taken from the files
of the Wheatland Times
Sept. 11, 1918
Compiled by Patsy Parkin
Courtesy of Platte County
Historical Society
Garages and filling stations in Wheatland will be closed on Sundays and at 6 p.m. every day of the week except Saturday when they will stay open until midnight.
Prominent “war horses,” men of business and political prominence from other regions of the country, will be campaigning throughout the state for Prohibition under the auspices of the Wyoming Anti-Saloon League.
The statewide campaign for gathering “junk” that can be useful for war purposes has come to an end, but the work of gathering and shipping it to the warehouses of Chicago Hide, Fur, & Wool in Douglas continues. It is impossible at this time to know exact figures, but it does look like 75 boxcars will be needed to transport the stuff to places where it can be reused in some form. Fifty carloads will be made up of scrap iron, which can be melted down and used in a variety of ways. Rags will be used in the manufacture of munitions and will help increase the paper supply. Old rope and any kind of rubber can also be used in a variety of different products.
Mulkey & Faulkner is the name of the new business firm in town that will handle all kinds of real estate transactions.
Members of Eastern Star will be attending their Grand Chapter Meeting in Laramie this week. Mrs. Arlo Goodrich and Mrs. George Hiatt will be initiated while there.
Mr. A.C. Hubbard has died of erysipelas. He was a well-known resident and one of the few remaining veterans of the Civil War.
The manufacture of beer in the U.S. will be prohibited after Dec. 1 and will be in effect only during this period of war, unless a national constitutional amendment for Prohibition is ratified before the war ends. This mandate extends to all private makers of beer as well as major manufacturers.
William Hughes drove his auto over a 25-foot embankment near Glendo and suffered a dislocated hip.
“Our neighboring city of Dwyer” held its annual Community Fair and many exhibitions of farm products were displayed. Several were chosen to be sent immediately to the State Fair in Douglas. Rev. Frame, Captain of the Wheatland Home Guard, gave a description of his group and the war situation in general. Miss Peppers sang two beautiful vocal solos. A.C. Sommers demonstrated some sleight-of-hand tricks and fancy rifle shooting. Fletcher Bibbey then performed a few stunts in auto balancing.
The house owned by Godfrey Kuehner and occupied by the H.F. Jensen family in the west part of town caught fire sustaining about $450 in damage before the fire department could extinguish the flames. Mrs. Jensen was in the garden when she saw the smoke and in a frantic effort to reach her baby inside after finding the door locked, broke a window to reach the infant.
The Times Office has moved into the Carey Building to rooms formerly occupied by the Mudgett Paint Company. The dismantling of the intertype, presses, engine, motor, and other machinery, then rebuilding them and setting them up for work has taken most of the past week.
Once the war has ended, the present shortage of meat and fats will not end, but may grow more acute and last for five or six years. Making “meatless days” permanent in households is a healthy alternative, substituting grains, fish and vegetables for red meat.
