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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
8
A fashion feature from New York promotes short skirts and graceful ankles. An expert advises exercises and massages to improve ankle shape within two weeks, plus nightly ankle bandaging and foot care for best results.
New York prepares for a surge of get rich quick foreign exchange ventures led by Montgomery, Macdonald & Co. They claim 380 percent profits in 60 days and say a wealthy investor has pledged $500,000, with no public funds to be accepted. Ponzi schemes are expected to launch alongside, but this firm will offer stock instead of deposits. The blind man remark closes the piece with a cryptic sensory line.
Guatemala City July 22 President Carlos Herrera issues a circular forbidding officials to interfere with the forthcoming elections while ensuring order and voter protection. The former regime routinely fixed results. Herrera vows true democracy and to defend electoral rights.
Meltz, an employee of a Sherman company, cannot send funds to his Polish relatives despite their acute distress. Letters to Mr Meltz describe the suffering they face and his desire to help if possible.
In Constantinople, the American Episcopal bishop Rt. Rev. James Henry Darlington of Harrisburg donned the robes and insignia of the Greek patriarch during a service. Accompanied by Admiral Bristol and embassy attaches, he aims to foster closer ties between the American church and eastern Orthodox and old Catholic churches.
In Nancy France the Passion Play reopened its season under M Pettit parish priest with parishioners. The 16 Bible scenes run 9 am to noon and 1 30 pm to 6 pm each Sunday through mid October. Critics praised nonprofessional players aided by inventive staging and tableaux including the crucifixion scene with draped cloth effects.
Major Deane Monahan retired after a 64 year service with the Third Cavalry. He once served at Fort Russell and was known to Cheyenne residents. He belonged to the Abraham Lincoln post G A R and led Loyal Legion, with Masonic prominence. His remains go to Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D C, for interment and a Third Cavalry salute at the grave.
While repairing the temple workers cover the eyes of the idols to spare the deities from viewing the disorder, a gesture reflecting reverence and caution in the restoration work.
Dr Josiah Oldfield told the Medico Legal Society that from age 16 to 85 more women commit suicide than men, but after 85 life is kinder to women while men face greater burdens. Light striking selenium begins a mild electrical current.
Weather Bureau Office reports August 10 roads generally good with rough segments east of Pine Bluffs and on Fort Collins road south of the state line. Fair conditions around Orin. Four miles of fresh grading on Telephone Canon and additional grading near Wheatland.
Cheyenne Wyoming weather for the 24 hours ending 6 pm shows mean temperature 70 degrees, highest 81 and lowest 58. Wind from the west averaging 7 4 miles per hour with total precipitation since January 1 at 11.02 inches. normal 10.28 inches. The concluding line notes a non sequitur about Siamese noblewomen.
ROME July 26 Commenda tore Lusignoli new head of the housing commission appeals to Rome aristocracy to lend spare rooms. King Victor exempted by adding ten new apartments in stables near the Quirinal palace and plans 39 more at about $200,000 to house humble families.
Geneva report notes Mademoiselle Legarde from Chambery Savoy France won the annual prize of 5000 dollars as the nearest approach to the Venus de Milo type of beauty. The award draws attention to beauty standards and international comparisons in July events.
A prize from a fund left by the French Chambery benefactor M Carret was not awarded during the war as many Chambery girls engaged in war work. Mille Legarde, aged 24, is noted among the figures connected to the affair.
Lieutenant Colonel Fred R De Funiak led 600 soldiers from Camp Funston Kansas who were sent to Denver to keep order. He had previously served at Fort Russell and will be remembered by Cheyenne people for his prior rank as a lieutenant there.
Evansville resident Cassius McFall known as the "most arrested man" faced another drunkenness charge in court. He declared his intention to run for county coroner on the Republican ticket, subject to the August 17 primaries in Laramie County.
The text notes that the city known as Lutetia was prominent for centuries before adopting the name Paris in the fourth century, marking a significant shift in identity and nomenclature.
Police reports show murders in San Francisco have fallen by roughly half since prohibition began. Most crime types declined except bootlegging which increased, reflecting shifts in criminal activity during that era.
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