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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
8
Mrs Bertha Burnsides wife of barber Charles H Burnsides in Sheridan Wyoming drowns in her bathtub after entering cold water while overheated from canning. Husband found her about 15 minutes later. water still ran from the faucet. An hour of resuscitation efforts failed to restore respiration.
Captain Carroll Mackenzie Cheyenne airplane pilot arrested in Sheridan with a 16 year old girl found at 2 a m en dishabille bound to district court for trial on assault with intent to commit a felony. He also bound over on possession of intoxicating liquor. Edward S Maroney secretary Southern Wyoming Aircraft corp arrested for possession of liquor pleaded guilty paid 200 dollars and costs. Roy Ramsey Sheridan bound over on possession of intoxicating liquor.
Sheridan in Wyoming reports ranchman Joseph Findahl defies a court order on water use and must appear in district court for contempt. Deputy sheriff brings Findahl into court as the judge condemns the defiant stance with a twenty day sentence.
The federal forest service warns ranchers that hay costs of 35 dollars per ton for road crews could delay the Solitude Trail project toward Cloud's Peak, the highest peak in the Big Horn range, in Wyoming where the area is a major hay producer.
W. S. Gregory, a Northwestern railroad construction worker in Lusk Wyoming, attempted to board a swiftly moving freight train despite warnings from companions. He was struck by the wheels and lost a foot, then transported to a local hospital where his condition was listed as not critical.
Afton physician Dr Horace Call driving a car was hit by an electric vehicle near Atherton Mont. Their seven year old son Worth Call died instantly while Dr. Call Mrs Call were knocked unconscious and their two babies injured. The car was utterly demolished.
Rawins Wyoming August 26 Anvil Bert a Battle of Boulder Colp an oil field worker at Producers and Refiners new camp in the Ferris field was killed instantly when an anvil he was unloading from a truck rolled free and 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 Experience on the battle field in France was not necessary to reveal to George W Burris how it feels to be gas ed He is an employee of the New York Oil company in the Poison Spider field and while siphoning gasoline from a tank inhaled fumes and was revived in a hospital 20 miles away.
The State Teachers Association committee in Casper endorses a constitutional amendment to raise the school tax levy from 2 to 4 percent and urges notices to county superintendents. It cites inadequate state salaries for superintendents, proposes bond limit increases, supports class work, and advocates tuition payments for rural students to attend out-of-district high schools.
Casper Wyoming August 26 Mrs Roy Uriens daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Mills is said to be the victim of sleeping sickness after a month of illness. A Denver specialist who treated her Monday night believes the case is serious but recovery possible. Mrs Uriens is 23 years old and was Marguerite Mills before marriage.
Natrona county voters narrowed county level races on August 17. Lyle E. Jay won the assessor nomination by ten votes over Frank J. Devlin. Forbes narrowly defeated I. L. Hambright for sheriff by 18 votes as early returns indicated.
William Morris, foreman for Standard Oil, received word that his brother was among three men who suffocated while working on an oil well in the Buffalo basin. Details of the accident were not provided.
The coroner's jury rules death from a gunshot wound inflicted by unknown parties. Mrs. Nancy Wales, 50, died at Bishop Randall hospital after leg amputations for wounds from an ambush near her Cottonwood creek home in Lander Wyoming. Her husband John Wales, 55, was injured by a splinter and is expected to recover as detectives seek clues and the handwriting on a warning sign surfaced.
A morning blaze swept through the E. S. Baker home at Third and Kenwood in the Ekenwood addition. Cause listed as defective wiring or an oil stove explosion, with the fire beyond control before help arrived. property loss estimated between 2000 and 2500 dollars.
Drilling for oil six miles northeast of Shoshoni, Wyoming, uncovered two valuable coal deposits. The Howe well passed through a twelve foot coal vein of exceptionally high grade. A Lincoln Nebraska company named Wyoming Coal Oil and Refining Company has been formed to develop the property.
Dr. David B. Kendall reports his son Paul E. Kendall second lieutenant in the 27th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Force has received a heroism decoration. At Posolskaya Siberia on January 10 1920 he led a detachment against an armored train at 1 am disabling the train and forcing its surrender.
Leon Kaimaky of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society reports from Poland that three million Polish Jews suffer under new laws making livelihoods hard. He notes Warsaw and other cities are lively, but Jews face limited prospects and many families seek reunion with relatives in the United States.
Weather data for 24 hours ending 6 pm includes temperatures of 53 at 6 am 73 at noon and 65 at 6 pm. Wind SSE and velocity 6 to 108 miles per hour. Precipitation total 11.39 inches since January 1 with normal 11.03. Highest 74 and lowest 52 recorded. AKRON notes a man run over by repairer's auto seeking damages.
Third party staff, including Andrews, argued that Hawaii and other islands never formed a connected landmass. They claim island groups rose from the sea along zones of weakness and remained small. Professor Bryan of Hawaii, by contrast, contends a Pacific continent existed in ancient times.
Weather Bureau notes August 26 1920 that main roads in southern Wyoming range from good to excellent with rough stretches near Bid Muddy field west of Moneta and after fresh grading north of Wheatland Lincoln west detour about three miles labeled construction work weekend.
In Honolulu Aug 10 RB C Andrews chief of the geological survey of New South Wales Australia told the Pan Pacific Scientific Congress that theories of a prehistoric Pacific continent and connections between Hawaii and Polynesian islands with a mainland are untenable. He cited geological evidence to support his view.
Christmas toys from Japan include ties made from tin cans that have crossed the Pacific Ocean four times. The cans, once used to ship oil to China, were refilled with soy bean and other vegetable oils in China and shipped back to the United States.
The text notes that items emptied, purchased by Japanese, were sent back across the Pacific to Japan and transformed into toys for American children, illustrating a cycle of disposal and repurposing in postwar trade.
Cheyenne brief notes include ongoing wildflower bloom near the plains and five days left in the open sage chicken season. Local sportsmen plan final excursions into chicken country amid civic updates and small business notices.
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