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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1920
Page
4
The article profiles Ray Chapman as a fast and brilliant shortstop, noting his hard work and cheerfulness. It compares him to Honus Wagner, praising sacrifice plays that helped his team win and urging readers to evaluate how their own records stack up.
The article argues France recognises Wrangel's south Russian government while the United States refuses to recognize any Russian division. It says the U S policy backs no partition and aims for Russian unity for peace, with Poland Finland and Russian Armenia as exceptions. Britain shares the peace goal.
The author notes the shift from summer to autumn with cooler days, nut gathering, wheat bins, corn shocks, and harvest energy. The calendar marks September 23 as the changeover, though nature may deviate, while farming activity and city business pick up with autumn’s brisk, tonic mood.
The newly elected Labor government in New South Wales establishes the first Ministry of Motherhood tasked with supporting mothers and children in industry. It plans an endowment funded by a graduated income tax to subsidize large families, proposing eight children with subsidies for all but the first two. The move frames child welfare as a community responsibility, akin to public schools.
The piece argues that keeping a stiff upper lip is overpraised and suggests replacing it with a stiff lower lip for more effective steadfastness. It uses a humorous tone to challenge the conventional expression and mockingly praises the purist view.
The orchid, called the belled bloom, boasts over 12 000 varieties with Antrim lore of the man orchid and species resembling a lizard bee and butterfly. In Mexico and South America orchids cling to trees and rock crevices while wind scatters their tiny seeds. Prices for rare specimens reach 10 500 dollars and higher at private sales. Orchids yield sedatives for nervous disorders and the vanilla seed from one variety can grow stalks twenty to thirty feet tall. The genus name Orchis traces to Greek myth of Pantellus torn into flowers by bacchanals who mocked mercy with a transformed torn body into blossoms.
In Kansas City on August 28 a jury handed Walker Lee a death sentence after convicting him on a statutory assault charge for attacking 54 year old Mrs Elizabeth Dahm. The case drew widespread attention in local crime coverage.
The article describes a sugar campaign rush in Wyoming with warmers facing car shortages and elevators at full capacity. Grain is being bagged to ship in available cars, Torrington Pine Bluffs and Burns experience relief as sacking reduces bottlenecks, while wagons and motor trucks crowd roads. Silos boost corn storage as hail storms reduce potential yields and beet racks drive wagon demand for war needs.
The Ohio Oil company finished three wells in the Rock Creek field bringing initial flows of 200 barrels per day on two wells and indicating southeastward extension. The field now yields about 4000 barrels daily excluding drilling, with oil treated at the Midwest Refining Laramie plant. Elk Basin Consolidated Petroleum holds a 42 percent interest in the sections involved.
A Seattle Tacoma limited interurban train collided with an automobile at a grade crossing near Edgewood station Tacoma killing two people and injuring three others all automobile passengers were hurt.
Texas railroads announce they will appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission for relief after refusing to accept rate increases approved for intra state freight by the Texas Railroad Commission. The decision followed a Monday conference among attorneys for the major Texas lines in Austin.
Captain B. W. Gilmar former Guam governor announced on arrival in San Francisco that he intends to resign his army commission. He was recently relieved as Guam governor and spoke Monday.
Mrs. L. A. Broderick has departed for Taylorsville Kentucky in response to a message notifying her of the death of her mother Mrs. I B Beauchamp at the family home there. Two months ago Mrs. Broderick made a similar journey to Taylorsville to attend the funeral of her father.
The Fifteenth Cavalry band from Fort Russo will headline the Platte county fair this year with a larger cavalry detachment under Colonel Dugan. The unit will perform frontier day style exhibitions and deliver one of the west’s top musical offerings according to fair organizers.
The Bilis confectionery store changed hands Monday with Bruce Porter and W. R. Sheneman taking possession. Former owners Mr. and Mrs. Lom Bilis stepped out as Porter and Sheneman assume full control. They plan to continue the store’s reputation for fine wholesome candies and ice cream.
In Dublin a large number of the Royal Irish Constabulary refused to suppress political opinion. They removed their uniforms and left the depot dressed in civilian clothes, informing the commandant on Monday.
In Houston a public health service hospital study finds 640 patients with 215 receiving no compensation from the bureau of war insurance. Barely half get full compensation and only 36 are satisfied with their awards.
Jersey City Aug. 23. New Orleans heavyweight Martin Burke and Bartley Madden fought twelve rounds to a draw. Burke led early, but Madden improved and evened honors as the bout progressed.
Sydney reports that a Trades Union Congress resolution adopted Sunday calls for workers to cripple all industries in response to future deportations. The document frames broad industrial action as a defense measure amid deportation pressures.
Advertisement claims a monthly compound cures obstinate abnormal cases in 3 to 6 days with no pain or work interference. Pricing listed as 2.00 and 8.00 for double strength. booklet offered free. Mail order from Kansas City Missouri.
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