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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1920
Page
7
Rese Star runners win trials and will be among those present when officials call entrants for the sprint at the Antwerp Olympic Meet. Two men advance into the field in a tight sprint event with national significance.
The piece notes the hundredth anniversary of Susan B. Anthony's birth on February 15, 1820 in South Adams Massachusetts. It describes her as America’s first militant suffragist and author of the constitutional amendment enfranchising women, nearing ratification by states.
Susan B Anthony led a long campaign for women’s rights from her 15th year as a teacher to directing national suffrage efforts. She organized temperance and abolition activities, helped found the National Loyal League, and with Stone and Stanton promoted a West driven suffrage drive. She was arrested in 1872 for voting, fined but unpaid, and drafted the federal amendment in 1875. She lectured widely until illness felled her in 1906.
Kid Williams becomes boxing manager as Rab bit Maranville and Hank Gowdy of the Braves reject terms. Frankie Mason, boxing editor, prepares for a flyweight title bout with Jimmy Wilde. Art Phelan to coach Florida baseball. Sailor Tom Sharkey enters Louisiana oil business. Tris Speaker backs Indians for pennant. Carpentier vs Dempsey debated by critics. Giants trading buzz grows with McGraw absent. Jack Coombs to direct Detroit pitching next season. Tred Fulton defends meeting Harry Wills. Frank Davis to St. Louis Browns. Mike Yokel wins Wyoming middleweight crown. Moran followers track Europe career.
Classifieds advertise sale of business lot at 1713 Pioneer avenue and 22 by 126 foot size. Also offers to trade for live stock a 1948 Mitchell Six and Studebaker Six in prime condition. Additional entries promote Holdinge Pioneer and Residence Park lots, Fairbanks scale, several car makes, and Frederickson Garage parts. Contact details shown.
Army salvage warehouse advertises new and used army clothing including wool sweaters coats mackinaws and puttees with prices and sizes. The listing notes conditions and ship terms and invites cash orders from Greenville South Carolina. Also includes varied for sale notices and classified items from 415.
Notice states stockholders met November 1 1919 at the company office and unanimously resolved to dissolve the Wyoming corporation. All debts paid, assets to be distributed among stockholders, officers authorized to file the dissolution certificate as required by law.
Reading shows May and July corn prices with fractional changes and bid ranges for White and Yellow corn grades. Oats bids for May and July delivery listed with white grades and percentage quotes. Stockers and feeders noted as steady to 25 cents lower in Omaha trading on February 14.
Chicago market receipts 10 000 hogs with mixed changes across categories and top prices around 15 40. Cattle and sheep receipts compare to last week with varied movement. beef steers firm to weak, calves and feeders lower, lambs and yearlings up modestly. Omaha market shows hogs 7 000 with 10 to 20 cent declines, cattle demand stronger for steers and stockers, and sow/pig prices noted with ranges. Official notices include Wyoming and Colorado publication dated November 4 1919 signed by J I Garper and Edwin T Jones.
Boston February 14 The MacMillan expedition plans to reach Baffin Land in 1921 to study its unexplored west shore and interior The voyage will last two years with dog team reconnaissance and an interior crossing The Bowdoin schooner designed for extreme ice will carry six men and supplies for two years under MacMillan and Bowdoin College alumni led by Peary as president
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