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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
4
The fragment shows an old newspaper masthead noting establishment in 1867 and a notice about publication days and AP membership. It references republication rights and pricing for subscriptions such as one month and one year, with broken, partial text remaining.
The article discusses aging, focusing on Dr. William S. Welch who just turned seventy and believes longevity depends on wise living. It argues that men reaching 70 should yield to younger workers while pursuing new beginnings, noting the soul remains youth despite the body’s aging.
Commentary on anti profiteering efforts in Birmingham and nationwide. It notes that organized protests raise prices for overalls and chuck meat while urging thrift, yet warns against loud collective stunts. A New York court case shows misapplied thrift can have legal consequences. Public behavior should be prudent and individual.
The article asserts a secret labor movement eclipsing the AFL and Gompers. It claims Bolshevik influence from Russia, with socialist, communist, IWW, and anarchist leaders shaping a plan to enroll all labor in a single "one big union" to control the world.
A sharp editorial fragment rails against forced labor under military rule abroad and imagines American implications. It notes a Mississippi man cleared of hanging and receiving $5000, and cites a Massachusetts Communist Party spokeswoman warning capitalists. The piece closes with a grim “money or your life” thrust.
In Medeira's capital Funchal the kids and a cat explore steep cobble streets used by basket sleds guided by two men. They view a lush garden behind a high wall with vines and iron gates, dreaming of entering it while Night and Day wonder what lies beyond.
A reader writes about marital temptation and a young romance seeking guidance. Mrs Thompson urges self control, honesty with the husband, and distancing from temptation to protect moral wellbeing. Additional letters advise a nineteen year old on love, voice, and readiness for marriage, plus a nineteen year old girl asking about swimming with a boyfriend and parental approval.
A compiled guide lists dishes and steps for breakfast items and desserts. It describes poached eggs on toast, minced ham gravy, riced potatoes, Swiss chard, breads, pickles, tarts, tea, hot chocolate, and pastry filled pineapple pie with sugar and cornstarch. It notes boiling times and spice additions and pastry decoration.
Fried Pies describe drying apples or peaches until tender then mashing with sugar, using biscuit dough with extra lard, forming halves like pie shapes, frying until brown. Lemon Apple Pie outlines lining a plate with pastry then layering thick apple sauce with brown sugar and cornstarch, simmering to finish.
A vintage recipe lists ingredients and method for steamed suet pudding and a pudding sauce. It includes suet sugar raisins molasses eggs sour milk baking powder salt cinnamon or nutmeg and flour with two hours of steaming. A second abbreviated variant repeats suet molasses sugar raisins sour milk and flour.
Recipe excerpt lists ingredients and steps for a bread pudding with citron. It combines bread crumbs, milk, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, and salt. The milk is poured over crumbs, the butter and sugar creamed with eggs, then mixed with citron before baking forty minutes and serving with sauce.
Instructions describe cooking tapioca with water then milk and sugar, stirring and simmering. Gelatin soaked in milk added to boil, then mixture poured into a rinsed mold with cream. Chill in cold place or ice. Serve with crushed fruit.
The notice lists several individuals celebrating birthdays today. General Sir Jarhibat Murray, Commanding British expedition in Palestine, is marked as 600 years old. Dr. Clarence A. Barbour, Rochester Theological Seminary president, 53. Gilbert N. Haugen, Fourth Iowa district congressman, 64. former Princess August Wilhelm, 383. Joseph McGarthy, Louisville American Association manager, 82.
Ogden Utah April 20 forest service announces four wireless telephones will be installed in the Thunder Mountain forest to aid rangers in reporting fires. The naval pattern sets a seventy five mile range with initial costs under half of regular line service and negligible upkeep. Last year Montana forests used wireless phones with great success.
A playful vignette begins with a spur of the moment hat shop visit where a woman tries on hats and asks for a partner’s opinion. The man prefers the red hat but the milliner’s pick is the green one. The piece blends light humor with assorted witticisms and brief humorous lines about taxes, travel, meals, and social mores.
On this date in 1898 the United States declared war on Spain. Texas observes a holiday marking the San Jacinto victory over Mexico. Various associations hold meetings in Kansas City St. Louis and Boston. Mars nears Earth prompting global radio listening for unusual signals.
Racing continues at Havre de Grace Maryland while baseball opens the International and Piedmont league seasons. Golf features West Baden Open in Indiana and Florida amateur championship in Tampa. Athletics indoor games at New York. Shooting North and South amateur handicap at Pinehurst. Brooklyn NY hosts the 28th annual horse show.
Boxing card lists an eight round match Jimmy Wilde versus Battling Murray at Camden New Jersey with Johnny Kilbane facing Alvee Miller in a forty round event at Lorain Ohio.
Professor Theodore W. Richards of Harvard, renowned for atomic weight research, is elected to the Danish Society of Science. A Germantown native, he earned his A B at Harvard after an early start at Haverford, and later became a full professor in 1901. His honors include the 1910 Davy Medal and the 1914 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
A chronology lists births and deaths of Samuel J Mills Charlotte Bronte and David C Montgomery. It notes Sam Houston’s 1836 San Jacinto victory, the Emperor of Japan ratifying a China peace treaty, and U S and Spain war resolutions. It also mentions Nebraska women’s partial suffrage in 4917.
One year later reports note Berlin’s general strike ending and Vienna’s communist effort failing to seize government power. Fregates dissolved, while sizable shifts in Europe’s political landscape are recorded, with limited detail on the exact actions or dates.
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