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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
4
The fragment shows Cheyenne newspaper notes with editor Randolph Lughs and address 1813 Carey Avenue. It lists publication details, Associated Press credit, and subscription rates, indicating a historic state leader format and misprinted pricing.
The piece argues that secessionist movements in Sonora Sinaloa and Lower California could yield a U S port on the Gulf of California. It recalls the Gadsden Purchase and notes Mexican resistance and the lack of American settlers in Sonora and Baja California. It warns annexation advocates against tying such moves to precedent.
A federal inquiry into farm profits finds rising land values mostly benefited city investors. In Iowa, land prices did not reach private reports, and higher taxes offset gains. Average 1918 net income for many farms shows little left for labor, risk, or interest when current values are used.
Mrs. Amy Colyer, secretary of the Massachusetts branch of the communist party, testifies for her habeas corpus petition to stop deportation and denounces the decree as she argues for organized society as in Russia. She claims revolution has no terrors and rests on when workers deem the time ripe.
The article notes China’s government and private middle schools totaling about 83,000 pupils, compares Chinese and Massachusetts high school enrollment, mentions a French cannon with 4178 ft/s muzzle velocity and 100 to 120 mile range, and reflects on war time implications and political phrases from American papers about prior Southern states and Sonora secession.
Billy Whiskers Day and Night explore a coastal island gate into a yard where Button eyes a red bird with greedy intent. Night and Day are chased by a waiter after tasting drop-cakes Madeira and wine as the trio recount the noisy chaos and mysterious island lore.
A divorced mother asks about mixing former husband visits with her fiancé and teenage son. The consultant urges marrying the fiancé, avoiding home visits, and addressing gossip, plus suggests meeting away from home. Also guidance on a father's Sunday-night restrictions on a date with a popular young man. A reader asks about wearing a kept family ring and if a guard helps. Another asks about pressuring fiancé for a ring and expresses worry about peers, with counsel to request a ring if ignored.
A fragmentary recipe passage describes seasoning pork chops with salt and pepper, layering with bread dressing, and baking until well done. It also outlines a cheese rice bake with a white sauce, involving milk butter salt pepper and gradual heating to a thick consistency.
A mixed readers’ page fragment features Roy K. Moulton verse musing on spring plus social quips on fashion law and court outcomes. It cites Elsie Rosenburg and Mrs James Grifin along with local notices and a Galveston hospital ambulance report.
The Rolla Times notes Sunday visits by John Pelikan to his father Julius Pelikan and by Joe Pelikan to George House. Frank Pelikan of Newburg returned home for a visit, and Miss Sara Pelikan was calling on relatives.
A collection of light anecdotes features a shy young surgeon at dinner mocked for not carving a chicken and a sharp retort from the hostess. Other vignettes include wallets and taxes whispered by souls in heaven, a joke about a hat price, and a quip about Miss Bigece.
A scrambled OCR page offers breakfast and luncheon dishes with breads and baked goods. Recipes include halved grapefruit, creamed wheat, French toast with maple syrup, assorted breads using potato water and compressed yeast, graham bread with molasses, yeast buns, hot buns for morning, and baked chops with potato and onion dressings. The text provides step by step instructions and measurements for multiple loaf types and buns.
The notice marks New Hampshire Fast Day and the 175th anniversary of grammarian Lindley Murray. It also notes Missouri and Kansas Democratic conventions to choose delegates, a New York Symphony Orchestra overseas tour, and a Today’s Calendar of sports including racing baseball golf wrestling and boxing events across several cities.
Dr. Victor C. Vaughan will preside at the annual convention of the National Tuberculosis Association opening today in St. Louis. A leading American physician, Vaughan has forty-five years of service and is closely linked with the department of medicine.
A 30 year dean and surgeon general veteran, Dr. Vaughan, a Missouri native, trained at the University of Michigan graduating in 1875. He led surgical and medical organizations, served in the Spanish American War, and formerly presided over the American Medical Association and the Association of American Physicians.
The fragment notes a birth in New Brunswick New Jersey on January 285 41811 and mentions William Court Gully as Speaker of the British House of Commons. It recalls 1916 sea disaster with over 1000 lives lost on the Hsia yu steamer near Ghusan Island and 1918 Bonar Law introducing the largest budget in Parliament as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
One year ago today Polish forces reclaimed Vilna from Bolsheviks while President Wilson maintained his stance that Fiume should not be annexed to Italy.
Alexander Kerensky born Simbirsk Russia 89 years ago today. Huen Glasgow Richmond Virginia 46 years ago today. Miles Poindexter Memphis Tennessee 62 years ago today. Thomas M Campbell Rusk Texas 64 years ago today. John A Moon Albemarle County Virginia 65 years ago today. Richard W Marquard Cleveland Ohio 81 years ago today.
A statement stressing that order and justice rely on uniform laws for all, with a state needing definite legislative, executive, and judiciary organs to make, execute, and interpret laws and justice.
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