Looking Back

1 YEARS AGO

July 5, 1917

WOMEN TO REGISTER

Cheyenne---In a proclamation by acting Governor Frank L. Houx, Thursday,July 17, was designated registration day for all the women of Wyoming at which time all the women of the state are called upon to register at their voting precincts, “for war service of such character and extent as circumstances shall permit.” It is estimated that between 25,000 and 30,000 women will register. The proclamation places the management of the registration directly under the women’s department of the Wyoming Council of Defense.

St. Louis, July 2---In the jail at East...