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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1920
Page
3
A bustling classified page lists for rent rooms and houses with new management and amenities, garage spaces, and a small car garage. It also includes employment ads for salesmen and agents, a car washing job, tailoring salesmen, and various product offers plus local notices from Sheriff Smalley, candidates, and Moose Lodge invitations.
Cheyenne gears up for a major racing card at Frontier Park on September 6 with nine events including four motorcycle and five auto races. Promoter Fred Hank has signed top racer N H E Bullock from North Platte, who boasted the track record of 58 seconds. Ned Wilson and Hank headline the five mile Handicapped event for Cheyenne’s city championship, amid buzz that rivals Bixler and Garrett are tuning a car to break the current speed mark of sixty mph.
Cheyenne reports a hunting and fishing party exodus as Wyoming holds its first primary election day with saloons still open. City council set to meet at 10 am. Union Pacific band to perform at City park 4 to 6 pm. Horse racing continues at Frontier park and home additions occur on Carey Ave.
Deputies travel to Greeley Colorado to extradite Arthur Shafer 24 and Joseph Wood 18 held on theft charges from Cheyenne home of George Graeber. Items stolen July 29 during Frontier Week included two watches pistols and six dollars. They were jailed in Greeley for a separate crime and now face transfer proceedings.
Speaker Walker of the Tennessee lower house sent a telegram to President Wilson stating that Tennessee men will not surrender honest convictions for political expediency or harmony. He replied to Wilson urging the house to concur with the senate in ratifying the suffrage amendment. The piece also notes a closing quip about Jack and smiles on the road.
A. G. C. Dipp of 525 West Forty Seventh Street New York City asks the public for help locating his son James Dipp who has been missing from home since July 24 He believes exposure to chemistry studies may have caused memory loss He formerly worked as a clerk for the International Motor Truck Company in New York City and may seek work in that line or in a chemical laboratory.
The elder Dipp sends inquiries to police, postmasters, newspapers, chemical laboratories and hospitals describing a missing 17 year old youth. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall, 115 pounds, with blue eyes, smooth face, dark blond hair, slender build and light tortoise shell glasses with gold fittings. A 1.5 inch scar behind the left ear is noted.
The Farmers Labor party plans a picnic in Pioneer Park on August 22 to support congressional candidate James Morgan. Organized by the local Central Labor Union, Morgan will give the principal address with other speakers outlining the party platform. All workers are urged to attend regardless of affiliation and to join in advocating the Plumb plan higher living costs reforms and broader humanity rights.
The state cavalry camp at Basin will host state troops from September 1 to 15. It is named the Major General Hugh L. Scott camp in tribute to the former Seventeenth Cavalry officer, Adjutant General.
T J McCoy stated that Major General Scott, praised as an authority on Indians, led a post Custer massacre campaign in Wyoming. Scott, chief of staff in 1916 and Russia mission in 1917, visited Pine Ridge and is expected to attend the Wyoming state camp for a few days.
Dr. W. K. Mylar declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for Laramie County coroner, subject to the August 17 primaries.
An old advertisement claims a product called Southington Remedy Co promises rapid relief for long standing health issues in 3 to 4 days with no harm or work interference. Mail 2.00 for standard and 3.00 for double strength. booklet offered free from Kansas City Missouri.
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