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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary newspaper billing text shows Cheyenne post office classification for mail matter of the second class. It includes newsroom credits and Associated Press notice but few readable facts beyond generic publication boilerplate and rates.
Wyoming Pharmaceutical association meets in Torrington August 11 to 13 with 35 leading druggists in attendance. Officers elected include A B Roedel president and W S Hays first vice president. The group adopts a resolution opposing liquor handling by druggists and urging government controlled dispensaries. Field sports and prizes conclude the gathering.
The editorial rebukes the large 5.5 billion annual tax take as wasteful, singles out Colorado and Wyoming for contributing 39.5 million, and links excess profits to profiteering while urging overthrow of bureaucracy. It stresses courage over fear and calls for bold action against fear and failure.
Arthur Capper urges passage of the pure wool bill to require fabric labeling that reveals virgin wool or shoddy content. Hearings showed manufacturers oppose stricter labeling, arguing value differences, but proponents say buyers deserve honest, all wool or not. The measure targets profiteering from misrepresented fabrics.
The article recounts the gentian family with notes on the closed and fringed varieties. It explains the regal name origin from King Gentius and mentions medicinal uses, color symbolism, and a fairy tale explaining the fringed gentian’s daybreak opening.
A thief ransacked the home of M. Ir. Crawford in Oklahoma, stealing one pair of overalls while leaving other valuables untouched. The incident suggests the intruder joined the overall club, leaving investigators to search for clues and motives.
Wall Street Journal reports Midwest Refining holders exchanged 108000 personal shares for 25000 Standard Oil of Indiana shares at four for one. Indiana company aims to influence Midwest, not all holders offered, while Standard Oil of California seeks similar control. Dividend parity follows the move.
The Indiana company would gain marketing facilities for refined products and freedom to develop its field. It would not secure large ongoing supplies of gasoline and kerosene. The 100,000 shares acquired represent about 15 percent of Midwest Company’s outstanding stock.
Tokyo reports a shift in regional shipping as foreign lines resume service, reducing Japanese merchantman influence in the South Seas. Dutch and British crews had led prewar routes to Dutch East Indies Singapore Bangkok and Hongkong, but wartime gains by Japanese firms receded as merchants ship direct from the Dutch East Indies to Europe and only government subsidized Japanese lines remain active in the area.
In Dublin on August 17 the Sinn Fein courts issued civil rulings that defy traditional procedure. A will case split farm assets between brothers with one choosing the division and the other selecting his share, while theft sentences included 80 days labor and public shaming for a harness theft.
Funeral services for Mrs. Wiram Sepp who died at Cheyenne Private hospital will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Hobbs Haeckfaldt and Winikleiner chapel with interment in Lakeview cemetery. She was 68 and known for charity work with the Tieto One Another club she founded and led. She survived by her husband Hiram Sapp a daughter Mrs. O. R. Britain and a grandson Lloyd A. Thompson plus siblings and a late son Harry Sapp.
The National Development Company announces a government corporation will establish a paper mill near Manila to produce paper for the Philippines. Currently all paper is imported for local use.
A man named Lewis Gelyp left a note confessing confusion over money before taking a drastic action in San Francisco. The incident highlights financial distress as part of the motive and outcome.
In Manila a government mint is finished and will begin producing coins including one half cent pieces for a period. Plans mention later silver coins. The article notes that only 78 servicemen in the late war received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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