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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
14
Susannah Piearson and family express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and beautiful floral offerings following the death of their son and brother C. W. Piearson.
A urged civic notice explains the importance of being counted in the census. Residents are asked to call 240, give their name and address, and a special enumerator will visit to complete the count and ensure Cheyenne’s population is accurately reflected.
Workmen clear the old Burling ton station at Capitol avenue and Lincoln to fit partitions and prepare the western section for Cheyenne Fruit company. The main fruit company area will become the Colorado & Southern station when railroads return to private ownership. Railroad clubs vacate to make room.
A marriage license was issued yesterday to James D. Austin and Miss Frances Gorman of Fulton, Wyo. The item notes a local drug store and delivery service promotion, reflecting period marketing language and community notices.
Market report shows grain futures for corn and oats with May and July quotes, plus livestock results from National Livestock Yards and Omaha. Cattle, hogs, and sheep prices are listed by class with receipts numbers and market directions, noting declines or steady trends for key categories.
Neck Springs Wyoming January 28 1920 Editor of Cheyenne Leader announces candidacy as a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in San Francisco and expresses support for Herbert C Hoover as the party’s presidential nominee T S Taliafero Jr January 30 February 5
Seattle reports 95 influenza cases as an emergency hospital opens at Red Grass. The Woman's club of the R. M. A. meets at 3 PM Wednesday at Mrs. F. A. M. Stuart’s home 620 East Eighteenth Street. all members urged to attend.
Comic strip installment features George and Maggie facing a domestic misadventure. The strip centers on their humorous schemes and social embarrassment within a bustling urban setting.
An exhibit of captured German weapons and Allied equipment is on display at the America National Bank in Cheyenne for a week as part of a Army recruiting campaign. Major C. J. Nelson and Sergeant J. J. Coone oversee the display, which includes Lewis and Browning machine guns, a light Browning rifle-like gun, a sawed off pump shotgun, a large 387 millimeter gun, a Paris-parade helmet, and German paper goods used as gun covers and harness. The exhibit will travel to other cities during the drive.
William J. Smith faced district court after pleading guilty to selling a quart of whiskey for 42.50 to Vernon Leroy Nelson. Judge Mentzer imposed a $200 fine yesterday morning.
The University of Wyoming announces the resumption of its annual lecture course featuring four numbers, including a Florence Macbeth concert and a Sir John Foster Frazer lecture on international affairs. The Ernest Gamble Concert party and the university music faculty supply the other two pieces with dates to be announced. Also reported is the organization of a state farm bureau at the Annual Conference of Extension Workers, led by local farm bureau presidents.
The university will for the first time enter intercollegiate baseball this spring. Coach Corbett arranged a tentative schedule with Rocky Mountain athletic directors. Practice starts after basketball ends as equipment is received. Games include Colorado Agricultural college at Fort Collins and Laramie, Mines at both sites, and Denver.
Claude A. Rossignol director of the Union Pacific Military band plans a March concert marking the band’s first regular appearance. The group has 30 members with balanced instrumentation. Rossignol also directs the Hillsdale band of 25 members planning a concert soon after.
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