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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1920
Page
4
General Grant did not strongly support a party until after his 1868 nomination. He voted for himself for president that year and had previously been a whig then a know nothing and a democrat. The piece notes his evolving political views and compares to Hoover.
Department of Agriculture figures show crops animals and animal products raised and prepared for market by American farmers in 1919 total 24 982 000 000 dollars. That amounts to about four thousand dollars for each of six million farmers. The Farmers out not to grumble despite others complaints.
A 25000 word letter by Col. Roosevelt is revealed and noted for its extreme length, surpassing even the lengthy Civil War editorials by Alexander H. Stephens in the Southern Sun.
A college professor unable to afford a barber highlights rising costs while a bootblack earns about 225 dollars weekly. The piece suggests manual labor may draw labor away from skilled professions as economic pressures grow.
The pound sterling, normally worth $4.86, has slipped to $3.19, while the German mark plunges so far that one American dollar buys 333 glasses of Berlin’s best beer, illustrating the currency collapse.
In remarks from supporters, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia receives golden opinions for his handling of Uncle Sam's finances during his tenure as secretary of the treasury and his work on national money matters.
The piece argues Germans lack of honor and obligation adherence, highlighting Scapa Flow, von Reuter’s reception, and German reluctance to surrender war criminals. It contrasts German behavior with allied obligations, notes Irish and German political stances, and ends with satirical asides about prizes, ghosts, and public figures.
Billy Whiskers sneaks into a farmhouse kitchen and cellar, sampling salad, floating island pudding, cakes, and ice cream before a noisy mishap alerts the cook. He escapes upstairs and spots hats with greenery and a rose, then meets another goat as the tale ends with a cliffhanger.
Edouard and Andre Michelin, French tire brothers, offer a $100,000 prize to the first inventor who builds an airplane that rises vertically and lands vertically. Peter Cooper Hewitt claims to have constructed a plane meeting the conditions. The text notes Ireland allows only judicial separation for mismatched marriages.
Today features multiple events as inventories for liquor remain due by individuals under the prohibition ban, New Mexico declares a special session on the federal woman suffrage amendment, Britain begins parliamentary sessions with the home rule bill, a 32nd Christian and Missionary Alliance convention opens in Boston, hearings on second class mail rate increases begin in the U S House, and western Canada’s Saskatchewan Grain Growers meet at Saskatoon to craft a farmers program.
Fat That Shows Soon Disappears promotes Marmola tablets as an easy solution to reduce visible fat. It claims after meals and at bedtime tablets remove fat with no effort, offering purchase from druggists or direct mail from Marmola Company Detroit Michigan.
Henry Willis of Sandy Point Texas reports strong relief from a bad cough after using Foley's Honey and Tar a remedy widely advertised as a guard against influenza. The testimonial claims one bottle cured a severe cough after trying several medicines. Gontalns no opiates sold everywhere.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a final remedy for sweet breath rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes. It also notes in Holland cat breeding for fur is a recognized industry.
Cuba American Jockey Club holds winter meeting in Havana while Business Men Racing Association conducts New Orleans meet. National and American League baseball and Western League meetings convene in Chicago. Millrose indoor games in New York. Manitoba Curling Association bonspiel opens in Winnipeg. Chow Chow Club of America and Airedale Terrier Club of America specialty shows in New York. Boxing cards feature Willie Jackson Johnny Sheppard in Milwaukee and Bryan Downey Harry Krohn in Akron with other bouts in Bayonne New Jersey.
The British Parliament opens with General Sir William Pulteney, the new Black Rod usher, replacing the late Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson. Pulteney, in his sixtieth year, has a military career from the Egyptian campaign through the South African war and World War I, where he led the Third British Army Corps in France and earned the KCB and French Legion of Honor.
The list notes Montesquieu’s Paris death in 1755 and birth in 1689, the 1763 Paris Treaty ceding Canada to England, Victoria and Albert’s 1845 anniversary, the 1867 British North America Act, Mrs. Henry Wood’s 1887 death, Weyler’s 1896 Havana governorship, the 1904 Alice of Albany and Teck marriage, and Lindley Garrison’s 1916 resignation as U.S. War Secretary.
The 1919 German National Assembly at Weilmar adopted steps to guard the eastern frontier. Debates focused on drastic armistice terms to prevent Germany from renewing the war, discussed by the supreme council.
The notice lists several prominent individuals celebrating birthdays on this date. John F. Kramer, first national prohibition commissioner, born in Richland County Ohio. Hugh Campbell Wallace, US ambassador to France, born Lexington Missouri. Sir Robert Falconer, president of the University of Toronto, born Charlottetown PBI. Charles C. Kearns, congressman from Ohio's Sixth District, born Tonica Illinois. William G. Evans, famed American League umpire, born Chicago.
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