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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
5
Cheyenns State Leader established 1807 publishes every morning except Monday in Cheyenne. Editorial and business offices listed with Carey Avenue address. Membership in Associated Press noted, with rights retained for republication of news dispatches. Subscription rates shown.
The piece analyzes how the new British home rule bill seeks to create two largely self governing Irish divisions while contending factions press for differing outcomes. Sir Auckland Geddes urges Irish self reconciliation within the empire and warns Americans against taking sides or pressuring Britain.
The piece explains how silver and gold standards affect exchange rates, noting China and Mexico favor silver while the American silver dollar gains bullion value over the gold dollar. It discusses potential hoarding or export of cheaper metal and observes fewer silver dollars in circulation as dollar bills dominate.
The piece argues censorship should begin before filmmaking to guide art and taste, urging studios and scenario offices to embrace cinematic artistry. It then notes cotton growers push for higher prices, predicting inflation and shirt costs. It highlights Canada as a key customer after Britain, and ends with a quip about southern moonshiners forming a union for raising prices.
Button schemes to steal Night from Spotty by luring him onto a steamer bound for Constantinople. Night searches the yard for Day while Spotty sulks, and Button slips away along fences to hide with goats, planning to separate Night from Day and return with him later.
A reader asks about conversation with an ex soldier. Mrs Thompson urges natural talk, avoid talking about the awkward first meeting, and to earn his respect. Letters from readers discuss jealousy and reform, advising Brown Eyes to end an unhappy engagement, and a young woman’s concern over her father’s female companion.
A reading of a vintage household page provides breakfast and luncheon ideas plus several desserts. Recipes include grapefruit buckwheat, baked beans with pear salad, brown bread, and a pork ham dish. Desserts feature tapioca pudding with fruit meringue, fig pudding with peanuts and raisins, and a chocolate cream pudding with marshmallows.
A vintage fudge recipe instructs to boil white sugar brown sugar and cream with butter until a soft ball forms in cold water. Remove from heat, stir in peanuts, add salt and chocolate, then pour into a buttered pan and cut into squares when cooled.
Sugar based confections shown include Seafoam with sugar syrup egg whites and butter, cooked to a soft ball then spread to plates. A Peanut Butter Fudge recipe uses sugar peanut butter butter and water or milk, cooked to a soft ball and poured into buttered pans.
A young man tests a nonresponsive penny slot while a porter notes the device is to try his temper. Jealousies flare at a bargain rush encounter between Miss Coldfoot and Miss Lovebird. A fiancé recalls past shameful items as a teacher promises golden crowns for good behavior. A boy reacts to a tooth crown joke, while a quip about life’s detours echoes in a train setting. A veteran thief laments movie directors, preferring train robbery.
A reader writes that fathers deserve more notice alongside mothers’ day honors. One young father on a morning train cared for his ten year old daughter with patience and care, guiding her through lessons and games, showing he is a true father. The writer argues for tangible rewards and encouragement for good fathers.
The column reports informal tax income estimates for Enrico Caruso and John McCormack with Roy K. Moulton also listed, noting a race for top earnings. It also mentions a Michigan man hugging his fiancée, women’s trousers trends, a boxing match result, railway strikes, and sugar prices as side items from Norman Stuckey.
A 1940 item notes that peace has been ratified with Germany. The Museum of Natural History hosts a show featuring a cigaret, pipe, cigar, and a jar of tobacco. The city adopts plans for clean living and public welfare initiatives.
A sign noted by J. I. K. asks patrons to report any inattention or lack of courtesy to the manager. The sign urges courteous behavior toward the manager and staff.
A fragment echoes a Peninsular Rail Way Company transfer slip note for a single continuous passage directed by the conductor. The text oddly remarks on King George’s creased trousers and questions civilization's progress while a baseball headline is teased and a local reader named Harry P. Schmidt asks when they play.
A shopper asks where sweaters are and a witty clerk at the notion counter replies with a playful quip about a telephone booth, delivering a light moment as she applies lipstick.
William H H Crane turns 75 as daylight saving begins in Denver. National Print Cutters’ Association convenes in New York City. Fresno Hasin Day Carnival features Pauline Frederick as queen. Harvard Clubs converge in Washington for annual gathering. Grand Canyon National Park dedication set for today in northern Arizona. Hampton Institute marks its fifty-second anniversary with Taft and others speaking. Debates on government railroad ownership staged by Colby Tufts and Clark. Postwar cost issues to be discussed at the American Academy meeting in New York City.
Racing closes at Harve de Grace and Lexington, golf opens at Pinehurst, trapshooting starts in Baltimore, swimming nationals in San Francisco, athletics opens at Penn and Oklahoma State, Mississippi State events at Oxford, boxing card features Levinsky Renault in Lewiston, Lux Thorpe in Kansas City, Tremaine Masop in Toledo.
Samuel McCune Lindsay, president of the American Academy of Political Science, meets in New York to address the high cost of living and postwar issues. A Pittsburgh native, he earned a PhB from the University of Pennsylvania at 20, taught sociology there, then joined Columbia University as professor of social legislation. He has advised federal commissions on social and economic problems.
Samuel Vetch the first British Nova Scotia governor died in London. He was born in Edinburgh on December 9, 1668. In 1803 the United States acquired French claims to Oregon by purchase. In 1841 New Zealand declared independence from New South Wales. In 1870 Charleston became the state government seat of West Virginia. Sarah J Hale, editor of America’s first women’s periodical, died in Philadelphia. A dynamite ridges discovery stirred Toronto Parliament House, and in 1888 the Irish Land Commission bill passed in Britain. In 1895 the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough married Lord William Beresford in London.
Secretary Daniels lunched with King George at Windsor Castle as Italian Parliament endorses Premier Orlando's stance on Fiume. The United States battleship Tennessee was launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Princess Juliana heir to the Dutch throne born at the Palace of Het Loo 11 years ago today. Maj Gen Henry 4G Sharpes USSA retired late commander Southeastern Department born Kingston NY 62 years ago today. Fantz Lehar composer of The Merry Widow born in Hungary 50 years ago today. Homer S Gummings chairman National Democrats Committee born Chicago 50 years ago today. Fielding H Yost famed Michigan football coach born Fairview West Virginia 49 years ago today.
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