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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
2
Mrs Bertha Burnsides wife of Charles H Burnsides a barber in Sheridan Wyoming drowned in her bathtub after stepping into cold water while heated from canning. Her husband found her body about fifteen minutes later as water flowed from the faucet. Attempts to revive her with a pulmotor failed after an hour.
Captain Carroll MacKenzie Cheyenne airplane pilot bound to the district court of Sheridan county for trial on assault with intent to commit a felony after arrest in Sheridan with a 16 year old girl in dishabille. He is also bound over on liquor possession. Edward S. Maroney of Cheyenne secretary of the Southern Wyoming Aircraft corp pleaded guilty to liquor possession and paid a $200 fine. Roy Ramsey of Sheridan bound over on liquor possession.
SHERIDAN Wyo Aug 26 Joseph Findahl ranchman sent a defiant message to Sheriff Thomas saying if you want me you will have to come and get me after being notified to appear in district court for contempt for violating a water irrigation order He was taken to court by a deputy sheriff and the judge set a twenty day term
The federal forest service has warned ranchers that high hay prices may delay highway work on the Solitude Trail to Cloud's Peak in the Big Horns. Hay costs $35 a ton for teams used in road construction in Wyoming's top hay region.
WUSK Wyoming Aug 26. W B Gregory a Northwestern railroad construction worker attempted to board a swiftly moving freight train here and fell under the wheels losing one foot. He was taken to the hospital where his condition is not critical.
Afton physician Dr Horace Call and his wife were injured when their car was struck by an electric vehicle near Atherton Montana. Their seven year old son Worth Call was killed instantly and the couple’s two babies were injured. The car was demolished.
Le ban Bert a Battle of Boulder Colp an oil field worker for the Producers and Refiners company died instantly when anvil he was unloading from a truck struck him behind the ear breaking his neck. The body was taken to Boulder for burial. His wife daughter and son survive.
Casper Wyoming August 26 An oil field incident gave George W Burris a wartime gas experience without the front line He worked for the New York Oil company in Poison Spider field and siphoned gasoline from a tank He inhaled fumes and was revived in a hospital about 20 miles away after the episode drew attention to his case.
Casper Wyoming August 26. The State Teachers Association legislative committee endorsed a proposed amendment to raise the school tax levy from 2 to 4 percent. They urged notices to county superintendents to promote passage and informed the state department for teachers to learn of it. They cited inadequate $1,000 annual salaries and urged higher bonding limits to $50,000 and support for class work. The group stressed lack of provision for outlying district students to attend high school and urged tuition-based arrangements with nearby districts.
Casper Wyoming records Mrs Roy Uriens 238 years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Mills as a sleeping sickness patient after a Denver specialist evaluated her Monday night. She has long endured drowsiness and heavy sleep this past week with a guarded outlook for recovery. Previously Miss Marguerite Mills.
Casper Wyoming August 26 Lyle E Jay officially nominated for county assessor in Natrona county by a ten vote majority defeating soldier candidate Frank J Devlin. R Ly Forbes defeated I L Hambright for sheriff by 18 votes as early returns showed, the only Democratic contest drawing interest.
William Morris, a Standard Oil foreman, received a message that his brother was among three men who were asphyxiated while working on an oil well in the Buffalo basin. Details of the tragedy were not provided.
Death from a gunshot wound inflicted by unknown assailants is the coroner's verdict in the Nancy Wales case at Lander Wyoming. Her husband John Wales was wounded by a shard. a note ordering them off the ranch was found on a gate as authorities seek handwriting leads.
A blaze at the E. S. Baker home on Third and Kenwood in the Ekenwood addition consumed the house early today. Wind carried embers over half a block, with defective wiring or an oil stove explosion cited as possible causes. loss estimated from two thousand to two thousand five hundred dollars.
Casper Wyoming August 26 drilling for oil near Shoshoni has uncovered two coal deposits to be developed once equipment and mining organization are secured. The Howe well six miles northeast of Shoshoni hit a twelve foot vein of high grade coal. A Lincoln Nebraska firm named the Wyoming Coal Oil and Refining company is formed to develop the property.
Dr. David B. Kendall reports his son Paul E. Kendall, second lieutenant in the 27th Infantry, has earned the Army Distinguished Service Medal for extraordinary heroism at Posolskaya in Siberia on January 10, 1920. He commanded a detachment, attacked an armored train at 1 a.m., and disabled it leading to its surrender.
Leon Kaimaky of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society reports in New York that three million Polish Jews face hardship under the new government. He cites laws hindering employment and notes many families have relatives prospering in the United States. The society plans to help 15,000 Polish Jews and their American relatives reunite, supported by American Jews.
Weather data for Cheyenne Wyoming covering twenty four hours ending 6 p m includes temperatures 53 73 65 humidity 44 to 58 wind SSE velocity 6 to 108 and cloudy conditions. Normal and actual mean temperatures show a one degree cooler change. Highest 74 at 1 p m lowest 52 at 7 a m total precipitation 11.39 inches year to date with normal 11.03 inches.
Third party staff oppose the idea that Hawaii and other Pacific islands ever formed direct land connections. They argue the islands rose from ocean depths along zones of weakness and were never much larger than today. Professor William A. Bryan contends a Pacific continent existed long ago.
Weather Bureau notes August 26 1920 improvements on Fort Collins and Greeley routes with main roads in southern Wyoming ranging from good to excellent and some rough stretches near Bid Muddy Field west of Moneta and north of Wheatland. A Lincoln west detour runs about three miles due to construction labeled work.
In Honolulu the Pan Pacific Scientific Congress heard RB C Andrews of the New South Wales Geological Survey dispute claims of a pre historic Pacific continent. He argued geological evidence does not support connections between the Hawaiian and other Polynesian islands and any mainland ages ago.
Christmas toys received in San Francisco include ties made from tin cans that have crossed the Pacific four times. The cans were first used to ship case oil to China, then refilled with soy bean and other vegetable oils and shipped back to the United States.
The items were emptied again, purchased by Japanese and sent back across the Pacific to Japan where they were made into toys for American children.
Local brief highlights Cheyenne as five days remain in sage chicken season with preparations by sportsmen. Notices cover transport changes, courthouse, real estate, and taxicab services, plus a parade of regional travel and weather notes and upcoming meetings.
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