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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
4
In a Cheyenne State Leader column the piece debates governance as pull versus push, citing Roosevelt and Kaiser contrasts. It notes Popocatepetl’s smoke, a recanting governor, and tiny Cochrane county Texas with 67 residents, wryly remarking on local biscuit baking worries and political nominating thresholds.
United States export figures for the year ending June 30 1920 reveal a sharp rise in automobile shipments. 24 356 commercial cars and 115 519 passenger cars were sent abroad compared with 12 921 and 41 291 the prior year, signaling growth in American auto production and foreign demand. Professor Simon Askenazy of Warsaw has been named the Polish ambassador to London.
The piece argues that small apparent differences mask deeper similarities between groups. It notes hatred can stem from likeness, critiques how observers generalize, and reflects on religion, politics, and war as reflections of shared human traits. It ends with a witty aside about Pilsudski and a joke about coal and ouija boards.
The United States Chamber of Commerce reports a 50 percent drop in demand for baby carriages over six months, implying a smaller birth rate. It notes changing family habits with fathers at the wheel and babies riding in family autos rather than carriages.
In the kitchen a bride bets she can avoid wasting food as a playful exchange unfolds. The quirky scene centers on clever dining mishaps and domestic humor.
The cornflower, or bachelor button, carries legends of healing eye washes and lovers fortunes. Myths link Cyanus to Flora and a tale of transformation into the blue bloom. A Greek tale and English nursery rhyme tie Cyanus to the flower.
Governor Carey offers a $500 reward at Weston county prosecutors' request for Walter Sim, charged with murdering Fred Walker in the Osage oil field last June. Sim escaped Newcastle jail on August 19 with possible outside help and remains at large as Walker dies from wounds in hospital.
Women join marksman ship classes at the Fort Russell range as applications surge. The Lions club committee, Cham ber of Commerce, and other bodies manage the rush with government furnished rifles and instructors ready to teach. Preparations speed to use the range before the grange closes the last of November. Everyone is invited to join.
Mulliorrie Gon Vigt Vigt leaves pen after pardon from Governor Hobby on his 71st birthday. Edwards, who killed a man a decade ago, vows to use oil wealth to aid fellow inmates. Pardons also grant to two cellmates, Carbaugh and Nantey, both life-term killers. Residents planned a welcome, but Edwards requests privacy while touring.
Joe Long and Frank Fay provided their names when taken into custody by Denver police. They said they had run away from their homes in Denver, Colorado. Officers were notified and it is likely the youths will be sent back there.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Standard Oil representatives arrived in Cheyenne from Casper in the morning, spending several hours and departing at 4:30 PM in the Philadelphia car. A planned stop at Laramie was canceled as the party continued east after inspecting Casper refinery work and other interests.
Thieves broke into the Paxton and Galla gher company warehouse on Fifteenth street and Warren avenue Wednesday night and stole cigars candy tobacco and all postage stamps they could locate. They likely planned to open a confectionery store and serve customers with stamps. No other valuables were recovered.
L. C. Huntoon joins Charles E. Wells Music of Denver as Wyoming state manager after ten years in Cheyenne. Wells distributes Chickering Vose Ampico and Gulbransen instruments and Huntoon will run Cheyenne warerooms while overseeing state operations.
A fire partially destroyed Mrs. Sophia Coyle's home in Butte Montana. While carpenters were on strike she took up tools and completed repairs herself. She installed partitions shingled painted and plumbed the house and has her two children back home as finishing touches continue.
A historical note states plaster in pyramids remains well preserved after thousands of years. It also records that in 1919 Hungary faced a population deficit with 1550 more deaths than births.
In charge of pilots Leon Hardt and A. Smith two aerial mail planes left the municipal landing field for San Francisco Thursday morning. The two planes had arrived from Omaha earlier in the week and two more arrived Thursday evening. Of the four planes two will fly to the coast and two will stay to begin the service.
An assembly of women in New York warns that healthy American women are rare and urges women to heed health signs such as headaches backaches and nervousness. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a reliable remedy to restore health.
Robert Demasellis, who acted as general manager for Charles Ponzi, offered to turn over to receivers for the Securities Exchange company about 10000 dollars Ponzi placed in trust for him. He claimed ignorance of Ponzi schemes and was identified by Attorney General Allen.
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