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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1920
Page
4
The Cheyenne State Leader, established 067, published daily except Monday, is a Ball matter of the second class. It is edited at 1 Federal Street with editorial and business offices. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reserves rights for republication and dispatches.
The Tribune Publishing company agrees to take over the Cheyenne Leader, a move aimed at preserving the paper for the town and state. The consolidation saves advertisers money, cutting ad rates to 14 cents per inch and increasing circulation, with an experimental period ahead to determine long term fate.
Eight hundred replies to What is home reveal views across social classes from wealth to poverty. Seven gems are highlighted. They describe home as a world of strife and love a place where the small are great the father's kingdom the center of affection and a haven where meals and charity conceal humanity's faults.
On Saturday May 8 in New York a rain drenched opening of United Retail Candy Stores drew 38,246 visitors through a 7 foot by 200 foot passage from 42nd to 48th Street. The 100 clerks exhausted stock by 8 pm amid heavy demand. The piece touts newspaper advertising power and cites other market data including oil stock listings and a trans Andean railroad proposal.
Chicago Aug 2 The American league batting leader Tris Speaker of the Cleveland Americans increased his season average to .411, widening his margin over Sisler .396 and Joe Jackson .395. Ruth .398 and Meusel .347 among others. Home run leader Roth 35, Rice 40 stolen bases. National league led by Hornsby .363 with Mayers .370 over 44 games. Careful tally across leagues shows top batters and base stealers.
City visitors include Mr and Mrs F R Calkins of Laramie Miss Mary G McGraw from Lusk and Prof James R Coxen plus Prof T S Parsons from University of Wyoming. Local sports note frontier days visitors thinning anglers report fair fishing. Also in town are Joe C Kinney of the state highway commission and others from Wheatland Cokeville Riverton Casper Torrington Big Piney bearing on week in Cheyenne.
S Manning visits Cheyenne from Wheatland while Joe B H Anderson from Wachmpment, Heinie Huss returns from Elk Mountain fishing trip, Morris Thompson from Bordeaux, Charles W Flaggart from Denver and A J Ferris from Encampment transact business in the city. The Southern Wyoming Aircraft Corporation ship visited Laramie over the weekend as Harry and Mrs Hunter return to Big Creek ranch after several days here. Theodore Shoemaker from Manville also arrived in the city yesterday.
Weather report from Cheyenne shows a mean date temperature of 68 degrees with a high of 80 degrees at 12 46 pm and observed precipitation since January 1 total 10.65 inches. Humidity ranged 92 percent at 6 am to 50 percent at 6 pm with wind from the south varying in speed, and the day featured cloudy to clear conditions with normal precipitation about 9.87 inches for the year.
Regional forecast covering Lincoln to Medicine Bow routes with variable road conditions from good to excellent and fair. Yellowstone corridor suggests good through Greeley and Ft Lupton, Cheyenne to Gasper good then fair toward Shoshoni Lysite and Buffalo Creek. Overall forecast August 2 to August 7 predicts generally fair weather with scattered thundershowers and near normal temperatures.
North east of Warsaw fighting continued as Soviet communique reported heavy action along the Narew river. The dispatch notes ongoing clashes and artillery exchanges in the border region amid the Warsaw area operations. A separate extract mentions an oil well in Salt Creek field reaching 2,480 feet with expected production near 1,000 barrels.
In Racine Wisconsin on August 2 a go cart carrying a two year old rolled from a sidewalk. The cart’s handle was caught by a passing interurban car and the cart was dragged three blocks before pedestrians signalled the car to stop. The infant was unharmed.
The state department announced today that the United States has recognized the government of Costa Rica. In San Diego, the local Red Cross relief store rooms report an ongoing demand for Bibles and grindstones, puzzling staff.
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