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Newspaper

Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1920

Page

5

Epworth League Plans Old Fashioned Social Night

The Epworth League of the First Methodist church invites all members and new young friends to an old-fashioned social Thursday evening April 22 in the church parlors at 48th Street and Central Avenue. Also notes on Kings Daughters gathering at Congregational church Friday hosted by Misses Emily Underwood Mabel Knapp and Dora Leach.

Epworth League of the First Methodist Church 48Th Street Central Avenue Kings’ Daughters Congregational Church Emily Underwood Mabel Knapp Dora Leach

Miss Windsor Addresses Cheyenne Club Women

Miss Mary Windsor representing the National Women’s Party spoke to Cheyenne club women at the Carnegie Women’s club room and outlined the ratification strategy seeking thirty six states. She urged Wyoming women to pressure Republican leaders to push ratification in Delaware, Connecticut and Vermont. She described prison conditions in Washington and the workhouse where women picketers were jailed.

Mary Windsor National Women's Party Cheyenne Club Garnegie Cheyenne Wyoming Delaware Connecticut Vermont Miss Windsor Washington

City Girls Frolic At School Gym Hosts Tacky Party

Cheyenne will host a girls frolic at the school gym Thursday evening with all city girls invited to wear old overalls and blue denim. A prize for tackiest costume will be awarded. The YWCA sponsors free refreshments and games with dancing featured.

Cheyenne Maurene Carley

Blue Denim Craze Sweeps Tampa Overalls Calico Fashion Rally

In Tampa on April 20 a broad movement promotes overalls and calico as affordable attire, dubbed the Tampa idea. Hafford Jones leads the Overalls Club urging regular wear until prices fall, joined by the New Thought and Unity Club led by Mrs. Clara Lawton Metcalf. Public demonstrations and pledges followed Easter Sunday in the court house square with merchants noting no drop in sales.

Tampa Fla Hafford Jones Overalls’ Club New Thought and Unity Club Clara Lawton Metcalf Court House Square

War era clothing front drives demand for silk and denim

The piece notes price shifts as porterhouse and roasts raise brisket costs while silks and all wool garments grow pricier, prompting mockery of overalls. The Overalls Club claims the war is just beginning and mobilizes recruits across the country, as abstention from fashion booms meets backlash. Easter plans feature denims toward church attire amid silk trends.

Odd Darby Joan

League of Nations declines Armenian mandate from Paris plan

Washington April 20 The council of the League of Nations formally declines to assume the Armenian mandate as urged by premiers in Paris. Officials say lack of military and administrative capacity underlies the decision while Armenia may be placed among new states to be controlled by the League with neutral powers as mandatories.

Washington Council of the League of Nations Armenia Council of Premiers Paris San Reno Italy League

PLOMAT Baron Rosen and Daughter Visit Bryn Mawr

The photo shows Elisabeth Rosen, daughter of Baron Rosen, with Mrs. George Horace Lorimer at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. Rosen, a leading Russian diplomat, helped draft the Russo Japanese peace treaty and once served as Russia’s ambassador to the United States.

Elisabeth Rosen Baron Rosen George Horace Lorimer Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr

Indians Gain Control of Country Rumor

Undersheriff Lon G. Yav claims the latest talk says the country will be returned to the Indians as snow falls. The remark drew immediate attention as Yav stepped outside.

Lon G. Yav

Gabrielle D'Annunzio forms League of Fiume

Gabrielle D'Annunzio forms an anti league of nations called the League of Fiume to unite minority oppressed peoples. He invites a conference on May 15 with delegates expected from Egypt Ireland Persia Turkey Montenegro Hungary and India.

Fiume Associated Press Gabrielle D'Annunzio

HCL Reports No Sign Slump in Food Prices

The department of labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reports cost of 22 food articles for the month ending March 25 remained virtually unchanged with a drop of only six tenths of one percent.

Washington Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics

Prices rise and fall across commodities in early 1920s

The report notes January costs reached a high water mark with wholesale prices of nonfood commodities rising in March. Lumber and building materials climbed over eight percent since February while clothing showed a modest decline. Clothing prices increased six percent from March 1919.

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