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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
11
Fragmentary text mentions oily, artful, and old terms with unclear context. Study reads as a damaged note or caption fragment with no clear people, dates, places, or events to identify.
Wyoming Utility Association officers were elected at a Cheyenne meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce building. Thirty five representatives from electric light power fuel and telephone firms attended as G A Semrad was named president and Carl B Luscombe secretary treasurer. Committees include executive advisory and finance with members from Casper Sheridan Denver Evanston Wheatland and Green River. The state public utilities commission attended the evening session. Next meeting will be in Cheyenne this fall.
A section foreman recounts a notable railroad wreck in a report to Finnegan. F. C. Hudspath, arrested twice on vagrancy charges, is released after claiming employment but later found in pool halls and jailed again. Potential chain gang assignment or distant relocation discussed.
The Wyoming Book Store Company displays what is claimed as the highest priced phonograph sold in Wyoming. A MI Century design Edison, sold to E C Brandenburg, is valued at $500.
The record shows normal and actual mean temperatures for the date, highest 48 degrees at noon, lowest 36 degrees at 6 am, and a 24 hour change of five degrees. Wind peaked at 24 mph from the northwest around 42:20 pm with total precipitation since January 1 at 2.82 inches.
City news items from Cheyenne include Herman Brookhart’s return to the county clerk’s office after illness, fire department work painting fire hydrants, a minor car accident involving A Evans, and residents cleaning gutters. The Lariat annual photos capture cadet corps freshmen and Girl Reserves, street grading on Van Lennen street, sprinklers returning to lawns, and high muddy trout streams. District court had no session though Judge Mentzer attended stock men event, while John Cordillo’s trial grows, a Wheatland couple obtained a marriage license, and Fort Russell crowds attended a smoker in Cheyenne.
Honolulu report states the danger to Oahu’s 41920 ton sugar crop from the labor strike has passed. Royal D. Mead of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association says mills are running over half time and producing about two thirds of normal capacity, enough to secure crop safety despite ongoing labor actions. Tsutsumi of the Japanese Federation of Labor warns the walkout may spread to other islands and could last up to four years if needed. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co offices noted.
English gold totaling 9,200,000 dollars arrived in New York aboard the Carmania and was delivered by truck to the U S Assay office near J P Morgan & Co. The consignments aim to rebuild balances ahead of the October maturity of the Anglo French loan.
Freight of every description from perishable fruit to auto tires has piled in depots awaiting the end of the outlaw strike of yardmen and switchmen that has paralyzed freight and passenger service. Passenger schedules are disrupted as commuters in New York, Chicago and other big cities depend on the steam roads.
The G R meeting on Thursday April 45 included a Minnehaha Park hike and first baseball lessons for many girls. A Avil shower entertained during lunch. The University of Michigan Glee Club delighted a packed high school gym audience Monday night. Seniors finalize yearbook captions and pictures as class plans advance. The senior basketball team won the inter class title and a pennant. Baseball practice grows with twenty players and games lined up with Windsor and Larami Preps. Lariat dance set for Saturday evening at 8 with a three piece orchestra. Girl’s gym class enrolls fifty students for twice weekly sessions. Senior domestic science class hosts a Sunday luncheon.
Day two of Hugh Armstrong murder trial centered on defense testimony about November 4 events. Sheriff Royce faced questions about coroner's inquest attendance and a questionable search warrant. A banker from Steel City, Neb., BR S Wilsley, brother in law of Armstrong, attended the proceedings.
P M Robertson an economist for the federal trade commission told the senate manufactures committee that retail dealers bear principal responsibility for high shoe prices. He said tanners and manufacturers have profited, but retailers have imposed heavier burdens on the public than others.
Paul L. Haworth of Indianapolis returned from a northern British Columbia expedition. He discovered two new lakes a 200 foot waterfall and a snowfield he calls the largest in the Rocky Mountain system. He previously explored Peace River headwaters and Jasper Park region.
Guests testified to a modest luncheon event that was informal in tone. The gathering highlighted thrifty planning and low costs, with prospects of future gatherings by the hosts and attendees.
Occidental Oil and Gas Company completed a 200 barrel well on the Hamilton dome near Thermopolis. Oil encountered at 2 500 feet in the Embars area suggests a large territory in the field. It is the first producer in the Hamilton field not controlled by Petroleum Producers, which plans a pipeline to Burlington and storage tanks are being erected.
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