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Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1920

Page

3

Pretty party at Fort Russell bridges tea honors visitors

A Fort D. A. Russell bridge tea for Mrs LaVenture and guests featured summer flowers, yellow lavender decor, and bridge scores with prizes won by Mrs Rand Mrs McNamee and Mrs Andrew. An elaborate five o clock luncheon followed as visiting friends mingled from the fort and town.

Fort Russell Major Edwards Loser Blanchard Andrew Curtis Harvey Charles A. Bristol Billy Walker Martha Ott

Community notices and political ballots update from local pages

Local society items report card social at I O O F hall for charity. Knight and Ladies of Security plan an initiation and social at K C hall midweek. Numerous public notices list Democratic and Republican county and state candidates, offices, and terms across multiple districts.

VvTy Knights and Ladies of Security K. C. Hall

Mentzer Leads Primary Race as Smalley Tops Ballots

A dense roll of names shows Mentzer leading in the primary across districts with Smalley, Lane, and Dumm among repeatedly listed officials. The tally spans Hillsdale Republicans and countywide posts including sheriff, treasurer, clerk of court, and commissioners with varied vote counts for four year and two year terms.

Trees Dumm Finkbiner Miller Mylar Justice of Peace Edwards Mahr Fowler Olds Storey Applegate Dinneen Baerreson Ball Clark Cooper Graham Carroll Branson Donahue Klughert South Side Mondell Kelley Sibley Barksdale Henderson James Leslie Osborne Smith Underwood Vaughan Coble Davidson Smalley Schuneman Lane Mentzer Fisher McDonough Baldwin Dildine Cond Meetz Prosser van Trees Baerresen Bell Silbey Shuneman Coad van Tress Finkiner Houseman Elort Court House Cobl Wisher Klughlerz Vaughn Kiugherz Page One Hdwards Mahar Ounty Eagle's Hall Desmond Tisher T. H. Baldwin Meatz van ‘Tress Winkbiner Clyde Darley Corlett School Prosger Van

Primary race in Goshen county sheriff nomination draws many contenders

Reports from Torrington state the Goshen primary election was hotly contested with fourteen candidates in the field. All of Goshen county participated as the sheriff’s nomination drew the spotlight amid recent raids on five stills that brought prominence to the sheriff’s office and fueled the contest.

Hoy Goshen Torrington Sheriff’s Office

Burglars Blow Safe In Police Station

Burglars robbed the safe in Police Judge Ray L. Chesebro's courtroom at the central police station, taking about $25,000. The theft was discovered when court opened today.

Los Angules Ray L. Chesebro Central Police

Gillands Narrowly Escape Injury In Montana Car Crash

While returning from Whites Park, Mr and Mrs George Gilland with family and guests endured a near fatal road accident. Another vehicle crowded them off a narrow stretch, sending the Gilland car down a steep embankment and onto its side. All occupants escaped the wreck and were promptly out of the water, though shaken and uninjured aside from fright.

Whites Park George Gilland Gilland Robert C. Shanklin South Bend Ind Martha Fox Galen A. Fox Hatel Park Cheyenne

Mayor Taylor Vacationing in Denver for Two Weeks

Mayor Ed P. Taylor leaves Tuesday for Denver to join Mrs. Taylor who visits friends. They will spend two weeks in Denver and Platte canyon. He will return refreshed and ready to address public concerns. meanwhile residents should contact the city clerk for any complaints or business.

Ale Velley Margaret Prout Ogden Utah Horace Jenking Walter Yeager D. R. Rinports Minnie Hass Cody Yellowstone Park J. D. Shingle Avery Haggard Denver Ed P. Taylor

Cheyenne Man Wins Two French War Honors

H. K. Fisher, of 821 East Seventeenth Street, received the Croix de Guerre and the Medal Militaire from the French government for gallantry. He served two years and eight months with French forces and later in the U S Army, totaling 819 days of combat. Fisher was wounded and badly gassed, injuring his health and preventing work.

H. K. Fisher Mr. Fisher New York United States Paris Wyoming Fisher East Seventeenth Street

Alleged discrimination in steel industry faces hearing

Denver August 17. Agricultural papers and farm groups charged big steel interests with pressuring mid western farm machinery makers and farmers to pay excess value. They planned to seek a Federal Trade Commission hearing to end the extra charge.

Denver Cast American Farm Bureau Federation Federal Trade Commission

President to Recognize Mexico If Conduct Improves

Aug 17 report from Mexico City says President Wilson will recognize the Mexican government if terms outlined by Secretary Colby are met. The proposal requires respect for lives and property, indemnities to foreigners harmed, and repeal of confiscatory Carranza decrees.

Mexico City Wilson Colby de la Huerta Fernando Calderon United States Washington D. C Excelsior

Proposed Amendment to Constitution 10 Raising School Debts

The article discusses a proposed constitutional amendment to raise indebtedness limits for municipalities and school districts from 2 percent to 4 percent of assessed property value. It cites need in Wyoming districts like No. 1, Laramie County, where mills reach the limit yet funds for a new high school are lacking. A majority vote is required, but not voting counts as a no.

State of Wyoming Laramie County

Funeral Services for Mrs Armento

Funeral services for Maria Mena Armento were held Tuesday at 2 pm at Harry Bricker brothers parlors followed by Mass at St Mary's cathedral with Father James Hartman in charge. Interment was in Olivet cemetery. She died Sunday night at 11. Survived by husband, a Union Pacific employee, and three children at 715 West Fifteenth Street.

Maria Mena Armento Harry Bricker

Judge Tidball to Hold Court Here

Judge W. T. Tidball of Laramie will be in Cheyenne Wednesday morning between 11 and 1 and will hold court for Judge Mentzer. He will depart at 1 15 for Wheatland and stay until Wednesday night, then return to Cheyenne Thursday before catching a train back to Laramie.

Methodist Church Fred Miller Harry Farthing Central Avenue Ladies Aid Society W. T. Tidball Laramie Cheyenne William CC. Mentzer Wheatland

Warsaw Falls Report Unconfirmed By Paris Dispatch

A Geneva dispatch says diplomatic sources received word that Warsaw fell yesterday with Bolsheviks entering from the north and northeast. The report has not been credited locally.

Paris Geneva Warsaw

Envelopes Adopted in England and U S Between 1840 and 1850

Envelopes began to be used in England and the United States between 1840 and 1850, marking an early shift in mailing practices. The period saw the spread of preprinted postal items and standard forms influencing communication.

England The United States

Russian children travel home from Vladivostok to Petrograd

Some 780 Russian children, among an estimated 6,000 sent abroad as war raged in Petrograd, travel by way of the Panama Canal from San Francisco to New York under American Red Cross care to return to Petrograd. Their journey follows years of wandering, isolation, and care by the Red Cross as they moved through western Siberia and Vladivostok.

Washington Petrograd San Francisco New York Panama Canal Vladivostok American Red Cross Red Cross Russia Iberia Omsk Panama Canal Ports New York City

Greek and Roman Chorus Celebrates New Marriages

A tradition across ancient Greece and Rome featured a chorus of youths and maidens singing marriage songs before the chambers of newlywed couples, signaling communal祝福 and celebration.

Irishman Barred by British House Lords

Alexander M. Carlisle of Belfast and privy counsellor was barred from House of Lords privileges by a Monday resolution. Foreign Secretary Hart Curzon condemned Carlisle’s reply to an apology demand as aggravating an insult to the house. A note adds mention of a small fly genus whose eggs and larvae are consumed by American Indians.

London Alexander M. Carlisle Belfast House of Lords Hart Curzon Carlisle

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