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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1920
Page
8
Ostrich feathers are used artistically to trim a marine blue taffeta frock. The skirt features graceful draping while a basque like bodice and small sleeves create a tunic effect. Feather banding lines the silk edged sleeves and outlines the skirt’s silhouette.
Iver Emend and Charles Broadhurst, arrested at Laramie on theft from a tank car in transit interstate, are jailed awaiting federal grand jury action in May. The car carried wine from California to Nebraska after the prohibition amendment took effect.
Suffragists hope to fulfill Susan B Anthony prophecy that American women will have suffrage in 1920. Ratification by seven more states would achieve this. Activists plan centennial birth observance on February 16 and mark the milestone with renewed advocacy.
State Secretary Harry Fisher released a list naming 184 Wyoming families with kin who died in World War I eligible for France’s certificate of appreciation. Certificates will be presented on Washington's Birthday February 22 at local region posts with ceremonies. Names and residences span Laramie to Cheyenne, Gillette, Douglas, Evanston, Cody, and many other Wyoming towns, covering multiple counties.
Sir Ernest Rutherford, famed University of Manchester physicist, asserts he solved the riddle of transmutation of matter after years studying radioactivity and its substances and radiations. The article then lists many names and local notices, ending with a note about a 377 foot pendulum at the Hiffel tower.
A fifteen year old lad from Mr and Mrs William C Kalsa Chippewa Falls Wisconsin entertains with piano masterworks and his own humorous short pieces.
William Wilkinson left his Ford on the south side of Seventeenth street between Pioneer and Carey avenues last night. He found it missing after the show and reported it stolen, then learned it had been returned to its original spot shortly after he reported it.
Guy Chiter and George R. West were arrested here yesterday and taken back to Scotts Bluff by Chiter's father and the sheriff. They were caught after reaching Cheyenne while attempting to flee at the suggestion of West.
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Nick Buckovitch and Nick Perslin pleaded guilty to highway robbery after an attempted hold up of a mine pay car near here. They were sentenced to 40 to 42 years in the penitentiary. Nick Slas lackovich was wounded and hospitalized. The report notes the incident occurred February 9 and mentions the trio's escape to Des Moines New Mexico before capture.
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