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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
12
Cheyenne paper notes its establishment year 1807 and confirms publication schedule and editorial leadership. It lists the editor Randolph Leigh and the managing editor, with contact details and paid circulation rates for weekly and monthly editions. The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to its news dispatches and local coverage.
The piece discusses northern and southern Irish divides amid the new home rule bill. Sir Auckland Geddes argues for Irish self governance within the British empire while urging British subjects abroad to refrain from taking sides, urging Irish factions to compromise and solve their internal differences.
The piece discusses the shift between gold and silver standards, noting the American gold dollar now buys less abroad while the silver dollar’s bullion value rises. It compares bullion values, impacts on China with a silver standard, and suggests cheaper metal tends to circulate less as the dearer money is hoarded or exported.
The article argues censorship should occur before production to guide artful development, but warns boards may still lack taste and judgment. It notes cotton growers seek higher prices, implying inflation of costs. It highlights Canada as a key customer next to Britain, with strong seven month exports, and ends with a quip about Southern moonshine unions formed for raising illicit liquor.
Button and Day plot to smuggle Night away on a steamer to Constantinople to separate him from Spotty. Button hides in a corner as Night panics over Day’s disappearance. Night searches the yard, unaware Day has vanished, leaving readers with a cliffhanger.
A reader seeks guidance on handling an ex soldier acquaintance and a young girl warns Brown Eyes about an abusive fiancé. The letters discuss dating tact, discarding a harmful relationship, and parental blind spots, with Mrs. Thompson advising restraint, respect, and ending unsuitable affairs.
A compact 19th century style home hints page outlines a full menu from breakfast to dessert. It lists items like grapefruit buckwheat car syrup, crisp bacon, coffee, luncheon dishes such as baked beans and pear salad, baked ham in milk, and baked sweet potatoes with apples. Desserts include tapioca pudding with a fruit meringue topping, fig pudding with bread and nuts, and a chocolate cream pudding with malted marshmallows.
A simple fudge method using white sugar brown sugar cream and butter. Boil to a soft ball in cold water then stir in peanuts and chocolate. Pour into a buttered pan and cut into squares when cooled.
A compact collection of old fashioned candy instructions. Seafoam uses sugar cane syrup water egg whites and salt to form a soft ball. Peanut butter fudge variants mix sugar butter and milk or water until a soft ball forms then set on buttered pans.
A string of brief vignettes from a newspaper page pairs comic dialogue with social quips. A young man tests luck on slot machines while a porter calls one machine a temper tester. Jealousy and old flames surface in social bungles. A student sketches crowns for goodness, but a tooth joke undercuts the sermon. A train robber’s tale hints at old bravado versus modern screens.
A reader argues for honoring fathers as much as mothers in the war era. Referring to a morning car ride, she describes a young father guiding his ten year old daughter with patience, care, and affection. The letter urges medals or encouragement for fathers who deserve recognition for their pivotal role. Copyright 1920.
A humorous column notes an unofficial ranking of famous singers in a tax income contest with Enrico Caruso leading at about 49,893 dollars, John McCormack close behind, and Roy Moulton far lower. It jokes about sports metaphors and daily oddities, including a Michigan man injuring his fiancée and fashion notes on spring trousers.
A display at the Museum of Natural History features a cigaret pipe cigar and a jar of tobacco as part of a 1940s era exhibit. The city also adopts plans for clean reforms following the ratified peace with Germany.
A sign read by J. I. K. asks patrons to report any inattention or lack of courtesy to the manager, urging courteous treatment of staff and adherence to proper conduct in the establishment.
A historical notice printed on a transfer slip for the Peninsular Rail Way Company warns that the ticket is valid only for a single continuous passage in the direction shown by the conductor’s punch. The piece...
A visitor asks where sweaters are and a clerk at the counter replies with a quick, witty suggestion. The brief exchange captures a lively shopper moment in a department store setting.
William H H Crane turns 75. Denver to observe daylight saving at midnight. National Print Cutters Association opens in New York. Fresno Hasin Day Carnival with Pauline Frederick as queen. Harvard clubs converge in Washington for annual gathering. Grand Canyon National Park dedication set in northern Arizona. Hampton Institute marks 50th anniversary with Taft and other speakers. A triangular debate on government railways fields Colby Tufts Clark. Postwar cost concerns to be discussed by economists in New York City.
Racing closes spring meeting at Harve de Grace Maryland continuing at Lexington Kentucky. Baseball opens season in West Texas league. Golf features American Beakers Association event at Pinehurst North Carolina. Shooting opens Maryland and District of Columbia trapshooting at Baltimore. Swimming National AAU championships in San Francisco. Athletics opens annual Yale carnival at University of Pennsylvania and Oklahoma State interscholastic championships at Norman Oklahoma. Mississippi State interscholastic championships at Oxford Massachusetts. Boxing bouts include Levinsky Renault twelve rounds in Lewiston Maine Lux Thorpe ten rounds in Kansas City Tremaine Masop ten rounds in Toledo.
Samuel McCune Lindsay, president of the American Academy of Political Science, meets in New York to discuss the high cost of living and post-war problems. A Pittsburgh native, he earned a Ph B at twenty, studied in European universities, taught sociology at Pennsylvania, then joined Columbia as professor of social legislation. He has advised federal commissions on social and economic matters.
Samuel Vetch born December 9 1668 in Edinburgh served as Nova Scotia’s first British governor. He died in London at an advanced age, leaving a mark on colonial administration and early Canadian history.
Secretary Daniels dined with King George at Windsor Castle as Italian Parliament endorses Pro tempore Oralndo’s stance on Fiume and the United States battleship Tennessee is launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands reaches her eleventh birthday today at Het Loo Palace. Maj. Gen. Henry 4G Sharpes, retired US S A commander of the Southeastern Department, is 62 this day in Kingston New York. Fantz Lehar, composer of The Merry Widow, is 50, born in Hungary. Homer S. Gummings, National Democrats chairman, is 50, born in Chicago. Fielding H. Yost, Michigan football coach, is 49, born in Fairview West Virginia.
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