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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
5
The ad column lists items for sale including a drop head song machine, two irons, a Buick six touring car, and a high-grade new player piano offered at factory price with strong guarantees and a time-limited opportunity.
The thirty third annual session of the Laramie county teachers institute will run from August 30 to September 8 at the high school. Instructors include Dr. Herbert Patterson Miss Florence Flanagan T O Ruch A B Jes pu Miss Serafina Facinelli Miss Edith Fowler and Miss Claire Avery. Facinelli will discuss Standardization Fowler will speak on Hot Lunches In Rural Schools and Avery on School Health. Theresa Jenkins will deliver My Journey to the Maine an evening address. The talk will appeal to American Legion members and the public alike.
Secretary of State announces six proposed amendments to the state constitution will appear on the November 2 general election ballot. Three originate from the Thirteenth Legislature with topics including city tax levy, school district indebtedness for buildings, and highway construction and maintenance. The others cover county debt limits for bridges and roads, state debt for highways, and a livestock tax for inspection and protection.
Chicago August 27 A Governors Day event will honor Senator Harding's front porch campaign in Marion Ohio August 31 with fifteen to twenty governors expected to call on the Republican nominee. Governor Caley of Wyoming is among those who have accepted.
The first finished installment of The Girl From Cheyenne produced by Charles LeWitt has been received from the San Francisco laboratory and screened. LeWitt is editing footage for pacing and will assemble the film when the remaining parts return. The film debuts at the Princess theater on Thursday September 2 for a three day run with five daily showings to meet demand.
Caroline Rankin gives an eccentric old maid performance in Bryant Washburn's Paramount Artcraft comedy drama What Happened to Jones at the Princess Theatre. She is Alvina Smith who receives a mail engagement to a reformer, prompting mistaken identity and rapid laughs. The show is scenarized by Elmer Harris from George Broadhurst's play, a bootlegging reform farce set in a dry town.
A bold skipper rules a rough crew until arrest for assault in port. The film follows his escape from prison, battles with beach gangs, rescues a captive lady, and a romance set across oceans and a chaotic Latin American republic. Japanese weddings feature bonfires built from the bride’s toys.
Fatty Arbuckle stars in Rough House at the Lyric for today only and draws laughs with signature Arbuckle humor. Wallace Reid appears in The Love Burglar, a sparkling comedy farce on the same program.
The Marquis of Blandford and Lord Ivor Churchill receive $1,000,000 each from their grandfather William K. Vanderbilt. The two are sons of the Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt.
Dublin considers abolishing streets with English named origins such as Queens Square Townsend Street and Brunswick Street in favor of naming streets after leading Sinn Féiners according to a local report from August 27.
Charles M. Schwab announced a new two cycle internal combustion engine designed for ships and stationary use. The engine, an American invention, has reportedly passed a successful test on an ore carrier of Bethlehem Steel.
In Paris on August 10 a new automatic time recorder for pay station phone calls was installed at a major exchange. It is among several modern devices and methods the government is testing to upgrade telecommunications infrastructure.
An effort to modernize France's telephone system outlines plans to restring copper wires and greatly enlarge facilities. The initiative includes installing modern switchboards and expanding telephony access across the country.
Carl Paulson and his wife arrive from Copenhagen with 15 children to farm in Minnesota. He says if more workers are needed he will send for two married daughters, three married sons, and nine grandchildren.
Perth Australia August 27 A bill will be introduced in the forthcoming parliament session to remove the disqualification preventing women from standing as candidates for parliament. The move reflects evolving attitudes toward women in public life and could enable greater female participation in legislative processes.
President Pessoa tells congress the housing shortage in the federal district is urgent and condemns the current pace of house construction. He urges action to accelerate building and address the housing crisis.
Advertising expert W. D. Shank of Kansas City tours Montana Utah Colorado and Wyoming promoting the Wyoming Tribune the State Leader and the Stockman Farmer. EH Katz Special Advertising agency backs the papers with Chicago staff O M Smith and C B Emery visiting next week. A man named Gus Feters a Mexican man was arrested Friday on a drunkenness charge and posted bond.
The document proposes direct assistance through loans to private building companies and individuals at a low rate of interest to support development. It outlines how such funding would stimulate construction activity and housing access.
PARIS reports the Armenian Republic has sufficient grain for eight months, according to a telegram received. The message confirms stocks adequate to cover needs through the coming period amid ongoing regional concerns.
United States grain corporation executives report from Colonel William N. Haskell allied high commission to Armenia that he left the country for Paris with American army officers. Telegram notes grain supplies will come mainly from the harvest with 40 000 tons of flour still in America.
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