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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1920
Page
3
Classified ad promises quick training in auto and tractor repair with master instructor methods. Highlights 6 to 8 week courses, broad job prospects, and a free catalog from Rahe Auto and Tractor School at 2431 Oak St Kansas City MO. Also notes debt collection services and other listings.
Classified notices tout sales positions and business chances from Chicago to Dallas and Oklahoma. Ads promise high earnings selling patented rubber products and calendars, plus oil stock opportunities and land deals, urging rapid contact with firms and managers across multiple states.
Classified blasts offer various employment ads from early 20th century papers. Listings include refinishers for chandeliers and brass beds earning 40 dollars daily, a wide range of sales agents for brushes, tailoring, soap, and more, plus a detective job, a fortune reading service, marriage ads, and a maternity hospital notice. The item compiles generic job notices, ads and personal notices without a single dominant story.
A married man with two children seeks a ranch placement and offers strong references. Send replies to W., G. Bradley, David City, Nebraska, noting this notice also records a land filing: James H. Willadsen of Granite Canon Wyoming seeks final proof March 2, 1920 for homestead claims in Cheyenne Wy. Witnesses include Steven H. Willadsen Andreas Tf. Willadsen George Miller and Rudolph Gale.
The Sheep and Cattle Men’s Supply Manufacturing Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the Plains hotel in Cheyenne Wyoming on the 41st day of February 1920 at 10 a.m. The agenda includes electing a Board of Directors and discussing financing. other business may be considered. J G Findlay president. Jan 30 Feb 10. Also city treasurer notice on warrants dated August and September 1919 to be paid with interest by Feb 14 1920. J J Minerney commissioner of finance. Minor ads follow.
El Paso notes that the Rio Grande’s flow is small outside floods and cites Elephant Butte Dam’s impact. Reclamation records show shallow depths at El Paso and across the river, with averages from 41 feet in January 1919 to 1–4 feet later, and the dam storing water for irrigation on the Rio Grande project.
The Rio Grande has shown past rampages with six miles north of El Paso still-standing brick houses bearing a water line about six feet above floors. In September 1919 floods, the river was said to reach depths of 50 to 60 feet in narrow bed portions.
In Trenton Governor Edward S. Edwards leads a fight for state sovereignty against federal prohibition. Two bills seek to allow alcohol sales above half a percent, while efforts press the Supreme Court to challenge the 18th amendment. The clash pits a Democratic governor against a Republican-led legislature in a public liberty debate.
The federal prohibition amendment faces state resistance as Rhode Island and Connecticut rejected ratification. Governor Edwards urges the legislature to abstain in this session. Despite liberal views on liquor, he reportedly has not consumed alcohol in over 30 years on medical advice. For sale, try a Want Ad in the State Leader. Hobbs Huckfeldt and Finkbeiner advertise a large stock of baby carriages and sulkies.
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