Pretty German village scene, Kreuzberg, Germany. Occupied by the American Army, life had probably resumed some semblance of normal. Elsewhere the Reich was aflame.
With the war over, you'd probably have been looking forward to newspapers that weren't full of war, if you lived in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
Your hopes would not have been coming into fruition this second day of the year.
Casperites awoke to the fanciful news, which probably seemed credible given the late war confusion, that Poles were invading Germany and nearing Berlin. Frankly, given the situation in Berlin at that time, the Poles would have been doing the Germans a favor had they done so. Be that as it may, Poles were not invading Germany but in rebellion with in the German province of Posen, and winning there.
That same morning a U.S. Senator was urging the government to purchase Baja California. . . even though there was not any evidence that Baja California was for sale.
Congress was back to work, which they aren't yet this year (2019). That will be tomorrow.
And readers learned that the march of technology had made electric drive in ships a possibility.
Cheyenne's readers were presented with the distressing news that Tommies were returning home with brides from the continent, which would have been distressing to most young women indeed given that the pool of eligible bachelors had been reduced by the war.
The implication, of course, was that young American women would soon be facing the same thing, which in fact they did.
Sheridan was claiming to be the largest city in the state on the second day of the year. If that seems odd, keep in mind that Sheridan was a major Army town at the time as it was the location of a major Remount station, horses and mules remaining quite important in the Army of the day, and for many future days to come.
And Cheyenne readers also learned of the major British naval disaster that had occurred the day prior.
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