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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1920
Page
14
Rese Star runners win trials and prepare to compete in Antwerp Olympic Meet. The two sprinters are among those present as officials call for entrants.
The hundredth anniversary of Susan B. Anthony born February 15 1820 is marked as a milestone for American suffrage. Anthony, a militant suffragist and author of the constitutional amendment enfranchising women, was born in South Adams Massachusetts to a cotton manufacturer and a liberal Quaker father.
Susan B Anthony moved to Rochester in 1846 and lived there until her death. A schoolteacher from age 15 and temperance lecturer at 30 she helped found the first woman’s temperance society and led abolition efforts. She organized the National Loyal League during the Civil War and championed woman suffrage after. In 1867 with Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton she sparked a western suffrage push. She was arrested in 1872 for voting in New York and fined but never paid. She drafted the federal suffrage amendment in 1875 and spoke before Congress for decades. She fell ill in New York on February 20, 1906, and died March 13, 1906 in Rochester.
Kid Williams returns as boxing manager. Maranville and Hank Gowdy balk at Boston offer. Frankie Mason tops flyweight scene as newspaper sporting editor. Art Phelan coaches Florida baseball. Sailor Tom Sharkey moves to oil business in Louisiana. Tris Speaker backs Indians for pennant. Carpentier vs Dempsey debated by critics. Giants trading spree continues with McGraw quiet. Jack Coombs to run Detroit pitching next season. Tred Fulton denies afray with Harry Wills claims. Frank Dixie Davis traded to St Louis Browns. Mike Yokel regains middleweight title in Worcester. Moran followers track European career. Pittsburgh hopeful he dominates.
A collage of sale notices covers business real estate on 1713 Pioneer avenue and 22 by 126 foot lots, sell or trade for a 1948 Mitchell Six and Studebaker Six, auto parts and tires, real estate in Pioneer and Residence Park, a Fairbanks scale, a bunk and various car models, with contact details for Frederickson Garage and W O Benner.
Large advertisement offers officer and Army surplus apparel at deep discounts. Olive drab wool sweaters priced to 7.95, waterproof mackinaws 19.95, and late model wool shirts variously priced. Used uniforms graded A and B with bulk quantities and shipping details.
Stockholders meeting held November 1919 at the firm’s Wyoming office resolved to dissolve the corporation and distribute its assets among stockholders after officers reported all debts paid in full. officers authorized to file a dissolution certificate as required by law.
The Omaha market lists corn with several spellings and prices for white and yellow grades, including No. 4 white at 1.37 to 1.38 and No. 3 yellow at 1.40 to 1.42. Oats show No. 2 white at 87 cents and No. 3 white at 86 to 86 1/2 cents. Stockers and feeders are steady to 25 cents lower.
Chicago market receipts show hogs steady to 15 cents higher with top at 15.40 and heavy packing sows around 13.40 to 13.85. cattle receipts 41,000 with beef steers steady to strong, heavy calves and week stock weaker. sheep receipts 4,000 with lambs and yearlings showing small gains. Omaha market reports hogs 14.60 top, 14.10 to 14.40 bulk, sows 13.75 to 14.00, pigs 12.60 to 14.50. cattle receipts 800 with steers and stockers up 25 to 50 cents, others steady. notice includes official Wyoming and Colorado publication dated November 4 1919 signed by J I Garper president and Edwin T Jones secretary.
Boston dispatch reports the MacMillan expedition plans to reach Baffin Land in 1921 for a two year Arctic study. The voyage will use the Bowdoin schooner designed to withstand ice, with a crew of six and supplies for two years.
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