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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1920
Page
5
Fragmentary report notes candidates and party status for coroner and supreme bench contests. Mentions C A Wetch moving from Republican to Democrat, M Fort Smith with no Democrat, Cyrus Beard nominated for supreme bench, and P W Mein as judge candidate.
Weather Bureau summary notes eastern districts cooler nights averaging 62 and daily highs near 98 degrees with no frost. Sunshine varied by location and precipitation totals were light. Wheat, sorghum, oats ripening. corn improving in the north yet too cool in the southeast. sugar beets and ranges reported favorable. rust spreading north in the southeast.
The General Land Office office ruled that a veteran cannot file final homestead proof until a full year has elapsed despite a five month absence for military service. Commissioner Tallman counts the five month absence as constructive residence, delaying final entry until the yearlong period completes. The decision disappoints veterans with two years of service who hoped to prove after seven months residence.
Postoffice Park program lists selections by the American Legion band. Pieces include Hall of Fame, When Cupid Calls, Lift Your Eyes to Mine, Love May Be, Helemi Marches, Victoria finale, and Trombone Blizzard. Overture Heart of America and Militaire march also featured with U S Field Artillery and Phillip Saun names.
Rock Springs Wyoming designates its field as an emergency landing field and overnight stop for the aerial mail service. The city approves required improvements north of town and a new hangar, to be reimbursed by the post office department, with completion aimed by early September.
Government actions in Cheyenne restore Curtien Hell's citizenship after a March 1915 forgery conviction in Albany County and two to five year sentence. Gov Carey also signs parole for Murry Nurlander, a May 1919 grand larceny convict to be employed near Knight, Wyoming.
Basin Wyoming August 20 Charles Lawrence of Beaver Creek was arrested on grand larceny charges for taking a calf from John Ampman’s Shell herd. Lawrence waived preliminary hearing and posted $1,000 bond for district court appearance.
In Basin Wyoming on August 16 Republicans lead Democrats by a three to one margin after Mondell secures 608 votes in Kirrea county and Fowler gains 240 on the Democratic ticket. Several local officials are listed as candidates across county offices with party designations noted.
An ad touts a blood remedy for rheumatism claiming the disease resides in the blood and cannot be cured by external rubbing. It asserts fifty years of success and invites readers to write to a movement adviser for personal medical guidance.
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