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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1920
Page
4
A damaged OCR fragment from the Cheyenne State Leader contains mentions of pricing terms and Associated Press rights. The readable portion cites AP republication rights and reserves, with unclear surrounding data and dates.
The governor of Wyoming, in a Douglas address, is condemned for inflaming radicals, promising rights removals and denouncing patriotism. The piece accuses him of exploiting office for political gain, undermining constitutional limits, and misrepresenting the federal government amid wartime memory.
Women representatives from about a dozen states converge in Madison Wisconsin for the Mississippi Valley Conference of Women's Clubs while a regional temperance union session opens in Macon Georgia. The third convention of Mental Hygiene Societies of the United States and Canada also begins in New York City focusing on wartime mental hygiene lessons.
Winter racing meets convene the Cuba American Jockey Club in Havana and the Business Men's Racing Association in New Orleans. Golf continues at Pinehurst and Belleair with women's and Valentine events ongoing. Boxing cards feature O Dowdes, Silent Martin, and bouts in Detroit Poughkeepsie Kansas City Cincinnati matchups listed.
Albert Thomas, elected unanimously as director general of the International Labour Organization, rose from reserve infantry officer to wartime munition expert. Born in Champigny forty two years ago, he led munition workers and was offered an under secretaryship by Millerand during World War I.
A timeline notes events from the 1861 Montgomery assembly of secession delegates to 1919 U S senate actions on Bolshevism and Philippine independence. It covers Kansas suffrage moves 1869 Topeka, John Mitchell minting history, Tokar conflict 1884, Women’s Enfranchisement 1889, Manila clash 1899, and 1946 Philippine path to independence.
The remarks list multiple historical birthdays from different countries and eras. Frederick Ebert of Germany is noted as born in Heidelberg 19 years ago today, Jean Richepin a French poet and dramatist born in Algeria TL years ago, George Brandes of Denmark born in Copenhagen 78 years ago, Charles B. Schaff of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway born in Licking County Ohio 4 years ago, William A. Oldfield a U.S. congressman born in Franklin Arkansas 46 years ago, with references to various dates and places across a broad timeline.
The Supreme Council in 1919 referred the territorial claims of Greece to an expert commission. Premier Borden urged concessions by the great powers within the League of Nations framework.
Wyoming supreme court issued a mandate directing the commitment of Charles V. Loy to the state penitentiary at Rawlins for life after his appeal for a new trial was not pursued within the 30 day period. Loy was convicted April 27, 1918, of shooting and killing William Ashford, a porter at the Albany hotel, and has spent about two years in custody in Laramie county.
The regular dance at the Elks Home is set for Thursday in February. All persons with invitations to former dances are cordially invited to attend.
In a parade tale Billy the goat defends Nanny from Mike Rooney and toppled a milk cart. He fights off the bully, escapes with Nanny, while a passerby clubs Mike in a street brawl and a disorderly conduct arrest follows. The goats flee as onlookers watch.
A fourteen year old New York girl, Helen Quen_s Jameson, bested more than 100 professionals in a poster contest held by the International Flower Show winning the $500 prize for the best poster. Her victory over noted professionals in the event shows remarkable talent from a young artist.
Lieut. Watkins of the regular army on special duty in Cheyenne will address the regular meeting of the Army and Navy Union this evening. The enthusiastic young officer is here on an important mission.
Progress is rapid on the Fargo Oil company natural gas line from Poison Spider fields to Casper. Fargo operates six wells with large acreage for future development and expects indefinite production. Gas to fuel Mid- West Refining and Standard Oil of Indiana plants and to be available for domestic use.
Marriage licenses issued yesterday to Frank C. Hollingsworth of Denver and Sibyl Beyler of Idaho Falls Idaho and to Jose Martinez and Cleofas Velasquez of Cheyenne. The latter couple wed in the early afternoon by Judge Frank Housman.
C E Summers of Holdredge Nebraska recounts severe cough and sleep disruption from exposure. after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound a WOc bottle, one dose stopped coughing all night and a second dose before bed completed recovery. The remedy has been used with satisfaction for over thirty years.
Advertisement touts a homemade cough syrup using Pinex 2% once poured into a pint bottle with sugar syrup or molasses. Claimed to relieve ordinary coughs within 24 hours and aid bronchitis and hoarseness. Pinex described as a concentrated Norway pine extract with guaranteed satisfaction.
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