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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
6
Fragmentary text references a lawyer, someone named Stokes, and a city conference. Mentions of 1861 events, war, Poland, Germany, and imperial contexts appear amid fragmented bios and jurisdictional notes. Details are unclear due to poor OCR quality.
Social calendar highlights Cheyenne high school activities with senior class decorations for an April dinner at the gym, after which roses and favors were distributed. Posts note meetings of St Mark’s guild and Knights of Columbus affiliated groups, plus a Y W G A party and library gathering with local and visiting attendees.
Cheyenne grocers warn of an upcoming rise in potato prices with a likely shortage. Kelley Mercantile Co reports difficulty securing stock as Minneapolis wholesale prices reach 9.50 per hundred. Current Cheyenne price sits at 8 per hundred, but shortages persist with some families boycotting and menus limited. New Cuban crop potatoes may appear by June, easing but not ending the crunch. Reindeer are more numerous in Norway than horses.
Rep Alvan Fuller of Massachusetts rejects Republican whip to back a sugar coated peace resolution for Germany. He argues foreign policy is presidential domain and faults party leaders Lodge and the steering committee for pushing a nonbinding measure. He praises the President’s policy and urges Americans over party advantage.
At the Nutton Lake Oil and Gas annual meeting in Laramie stockholders approved buying the Lundy royalty rights covering 1200 acres in Rock Creek. The firm’s capital doubles to 2 million, par value rises to 81 cents, with one new share per old share. New officers: Otto Gramm president Edward B. Fisher VP G McConnell secretary H N Roach treasurer. directors C E Meyer J G Cleary J P Markley.
A shipment of bacteria infected ripe olives labeled Supreme Curtis Quality California Ripe Olives packed by Curtis Corporation was condemned and destroyed. Tests linked botulism to Bacillus botulinus, with deaths linked to spoiled olives nationwide, prompting a warning to discard spoiled foods and cook only if doubt remains.
Territorial senator Robert W. Shingle in a letter to the Pacific Commercial Advertiser says Congress opposes opening public lands in Hawaii to homesteading due to growing numbers of Hawaiian-born Japanese obtaining citizenship. He notes loyalty of Hawaiian-born Japanese is not in question but warns America faced a bitter nationalization lesson in recent years.
The commission backs a congressional bill to return public lands leased away from Hawaiians upon lease expirations. Bob Shingle, Cheyenne native and son of the late John Shingle, former Cheyenne Tribune editor, is linked through family to Dr. J. D. Shingle of Cheyenne.
John A. Smith filed for divorce from Grace B. Smith in district court asking custody of five children aged 4 to 12. He alleges she cursed him in front of the children and interfered as he prepared them for Sunday school, and would not permit them to return home. He says on April 2 she threatened him with a butcher knife and he has not been allowed in his home since. He accuses her of disreputable associates and refusing to abandon them.
In Honolulu a woman accused of selling a quart of Okolehao, the native Hawaiian liquor, had the case dismissed after prosecutors failed to prove the drink contained more than one half of one percent alcohol. The ruling follows that federal evidence did not meet the required threshold. An unrelated line notes half the globe is composed of iron.
Tientsin prepares for the seventy fifth anniversary of the China YMCA work with a convention from April 1 to 6. About 800 delegates will attend from 29 Chinese YMCA branches and 159 other organizations totaling over 40 000 members. Former president Li Yuan Hung will greet delegates and give the opening address.
La Paz Bolivia sits in a deep valley over 12 000 feet above sea level making it the world’s highest capital. It stands taller than Lhassa Tibet by several hundred feet in elevation.
A special meeting of Wyoming Consistory No. 4 is scheduled at the Masonic Temple this evening at 8 o'clock. Master of Kadosh Fred S. Forss and Hegistrar Samuel Corson sign the notice.
Members must contact J. Kenkel Pioneer Grocery or the secretary at Cheyenne Creamery by Saturday noon to arrange costume rental for the April 30 masquerade ball. Costumes rented at actual cost. Investor notice follows on page 3.
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