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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
13
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Cheyenne high school senior domestic science group decorates gym dining room in purple and white for the annual school board dinner. Centerpieces of sweet peas and roses, tulle bows, and violet butterfly accents adorn no tables. dinner served at 6 15 with many local guests listed.
Cheyenne grocers warn of a potato price rise as shortages loom. Kelley Mercantile's BR J Kelley reports difficulty sourcing spuds while Minneapolis wholesale is quoted at 9.50 per hundred, with Cheyenne at 8 currently. Demand exceeds supply, and new Cuban crop potatoes may arrive by June, not enough to ease the market yet.
Massachusetts Representative Alvan Fuller rejects the Republican party line endorsing a separate peace with Germany. He condemns the House resolution as a political ploy, calls foreign policy the President’s domain, and urges support for the President’s peace efforts and a League to Preserve Peace.
At the annual meeting in Laramie the Hutton Lake Oil and Gas Co. approved buying M. L. Lundy royalty rights covering 1200 acres in Rock Creek. The capital rose to 2 million dollars, par value to 81 cents, with one new share for each old share. New officers include Otto Gramm as president and J. P. Markley as director.
A shipment of ripe olives labeled Supreme Curtis Quality California Ripe Olives packed by Curtis Corporation was condemned and destroyed under the Federal Food and Drugs Act after tests showed decomposition by Bacillus botulinus. The Bureau notes improper pickling and prolonged weak brine as causes and urges disposal of any spoiled food.
In an open letter from Honolulu dated April 41, territorial senator Robert W. Shingle argues Congress opposes public land homesteading in Hawaii due to rising Japanese-born citizens. He stresses loyalty of Hawaiian-born Japanese while warning nationalization lessons from recent history and noting federal distrust of rapid citizenship growth.
A congressional rehabilitation bill aims to return lands leased to non Hawaiians as leases expire. The dispatch cites Bob Shingle born in Cheyenne, son of the late John Shingle, former Cheyenne Tribune editor. He is related to Dr. J. D. Shingle of Cheyenne.
John A. Smith filed for divorce from Grace B. Smith citing verbal curses in front of their five children aged 4 to 12 and interference with morning routines for Sunday school. He alleges threats with a butcher knife on April 2 and says he has not been allowed back in his home since then. He claims her disreputable ways and associations, which he says she refused to abandon.
In Honolulu on April 15 a case against a woman accused of selling a quart of Okolehao ended in a directed verdict for the defense. Federal officials failed to prove the liquor contained more than one half of one percent alcohol, so the case was dismissed.
Tientsin prepares to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of the Y M C A in China with a convention from April 1 to 6. About 800 delegates will attend from 29 Chinese Y M C A branches and 4159 other organizations with over 40 000 members. Former president Li Yuan-hung is expected to greet delegates and deliver the opening address.
La Paz Bolivia sits in a valley over 12 000 feet above sea level making it the highest capital city in the world. It towers above Lhassa Tibet by several hundred feet in altitude.
A special meeting of Wyoming Consistory No 4 is set for this evening at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Temple. Fred S. Forrs, Master of Kadosh, and Samuel Corson, Hegistrar, preside.
Cheyenne Shrine members must contact J Kenkel Pioneer Grocery or secretary at Cheyenne Creamery by Saturday noon to arrange costumes for the April 30 masquerade ball. Costumes rented at actual cost. Investors see our advertisement on page 3.
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