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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
5
Publication notice and masthead for the Cheyenne state newspaper detailing editor Randolph Leigh and Associated Press affiliation. Includes address 1813 Carey Avenue, postal handling, and subscription rate snippets.
A National Board of Review inquiry of probation officers in cities with juvenile courts shows 27 of 42 believe movies are not directly responsible for delinquency while five find guilt. Observers note external facts alone misstate influence. deeper cases point to heredity and environment as primary causes.
The piece analyzes Senator Johnson rising to lead a diverse coalition on a ticket aligned with prowar, pro tax, and aggressive armaments policies. It contrasts Johnson with Lodge and Borah, noting factions within the party and suggesting Oregon’s filing of Lodge as VP on a Johnson-Lodge ticket as a possible outcome.
The piece argues that the literacy test disproportionately excludes farm laborers and domestic servants who are needed in the United States. It proposes reforms linking U S immigration with foreign bureaus, allowing admission on verifiable references and conditional residence based on conduct and education, to improve intelligent assimilation.
The piece notes rapid insurance gaps as property values double in five years while rebuild costs surge. It warns that a fire can wipe out a business or home insured for only half its value, driven by wage and material price increases from 1915 to 1920.
The Federal Reserve Board notes hesitation if not a recession in prices. Analysts compare the cautious mood to a changed market rhythm, where sluggish pricing is giving way to tentative gains, signaling a shift in economic momentum.
A chapter scene shows Day Night and Button encountering a bizarre sled carriage with a seated couple and a donkey ridden child. They discuss travel plans and future adventures while Button volunteers to join their journey seeking more world travel and guidance. Tomorrow promises a tale of a stolen goose.
A letter from a 24 year old man, married four years, asks for guidance on improving a unhappy home. He describes neglect from his wife of 22, a desire for a hotel lifestyle, no shared meals, and dwindling love after the baby’s death. The columnist urges separation with support and a six month to year long break to reassess their future.
A vintage household hints menu outlines a breakfast luncheon and dinner plan. It details Planked Hamburg using flank steak with potato border and parboiled tomato slices, plus Planked Ham with sweet potatoes and spinach. Nut Goodies include Maple Nut Pudding and Nut Oatmeal Cookies with precise ingredient lists and steps.
Instructions describe making Walnut Muffins and Walnut Meat Muffins. Ingredients include walnuts flour milk oats brown sugar raisins and spices. Steps cover creaming butter and lard, mixing eggs and liquids, filling muffin pans and baking about eighteen to twenty minutes.
Brief clippings recount social quips and oddities including a man in Pennsylvania who hit his wife with a stick of wood by accident and won a divorce, a New York wife divorcing over a collie in bed, and playful jabs about profiteering. Also notes a tailor-made suit sale and a trolley mishap escape.
French troops clashed with residents in Schillerplatz leading to six Germans killed and about forty wounded. The incident followed prior tensions amid a strike raising fears of food shortages and higher costs.
Today marks St George's Day honoring England's patron saint and Shakespeare Day commemorating the birthday of the renowned bard from Avon.
The text notes a dinner to celebrate Chauncey M. Depew of New York on his 86th birthday hosted by Mrs. Depew. It also mentions the Pacific Northwest Association of Building Owners and Managers meeting in Seattle for a two day session. Professor David Todd plans a Fort Omaha balloon ascent to signal Mars. Montana holds primaries for delegates and presidential candidate preferences.
A fragmented notice lists organizations including the New Jersey League of Municipalities in Atlantic City, the Travelers Protective Association of Nebraska in Omaha, the New England Federation of Natural History Societies in Boston, and the King’s Daughters of Louisiana in Hammond.
Racing continues at Harve de Grace Maryland. Golf features the Florida amateur championship in Tampa. Athletics hosts the Mississippi interscholastic track meet in Starkville. Boxing presents the Canadian A A U championships in Ottawa. Johnny Dundee faces Joe Welling in Columbus Ohio for 12 rounds. Ralph Brady meets Rocky Kansas in Baltimore for 15 rounds.
Fifty years after his birth Vladimir Ulianov Lenin emerged as head of the Russian Soviet government. Born into a noble Russian family and educated, his real name was Vladimir Ulianov. One brother was executed in 1887, he was exiled to Siberia in 1895, later moved to Geneva, and in 1901 issued a pamphlet that drew radicals to him. He returned to Russia in 1917, led an economic revolution, toppled the Provisional government, and helped found the Soviet state.
Pye Sera, premier, faces a political terrain shaped by Lenine a veteran editor of radical papers and organizer of revolutionary activities. Sتص
Timeline notes Washington arriving in New York to take the oath as president. Other entries mark notable events: Abdul Medjid’s birth and death in 1864, Wordsworth’s death in 1850, Shakespeare’s tercentenary in 1864, Victoria’s Innsbruck reception in 1888, 1895 protests over Chinese territory, 1915 women’s suffrage amendment in Denmark, and 1918 Rose Pastor Stokes indicted under the Espionage Act.
The dispute over Fiume escalated tensions at the peace conference. Meanwhile the first Polish Allied contingent arrived after being ferried from France, signaling shifting postwar military support.
Today marks anniversaries for Nicolai Lenine head of the Russian Soviet government born in Russia 50 years ago. Field Marshal Sir Edward Allen by British commander who recovered Jerusalem from the Turks born 59 years ago. Chauncey M Depew U S senator born Peekskill New York 86 years ago. Hampson Gary new United States Minister to Switzerland born Tyler Texas 47 years ago. Dr Arthur T Hadley Yale University president resigned born New Haven Connecticut 64 years ago. W Murray Crane former U S senator born Dalton Massachusetts 67 years ago.
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