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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
5
Veteran Eddie Foster leaves Washington for the Boston Red Sox in a winter trade involving Harper Menaskey and Roth and Shannon. The piece traces Foster's long, steady career, his shift to a new club, and notes on performance and aging.
The article confirms plans for Georges Carpentier to face Jack O'Dowd in his first engagement in the United States. The Frenchman, a light heavyweight, weighs about ten pounds more than O'Dowd, and Mike expresses a desire for the match. Kilbane vs Walger is postponed from January 46 to February 25 due to Walger's cold.
A San Francisco luncheon highlights the YWCA building drive for 1920. A Chinese girl, bound feet and a restaurant waitress, testifies to the YWCA as safety and home in a foreign land. Campaigns already top five million dollars with many cities exceeding goals and the drive runs to March 20.
Sheridan Wyoming February 49 At least 7000 acres of sugar beets will be raised in this territory next season says F Ogborn manager of the Sheridan Sugar company This will assure a 145 day run at the local sugar factory and help overcome hardships since its inception Ogborn spoke before the Sugar Boys club We now control 15000 acres of land to dictate crops.
Milton Sowash a 60 year old sheepherder was found dead in the charred ruins of his cabin on Antelope creek 65 miles north of Douglas Wyoming. He had not been seen since February 2 and a neighbor discovered the fire damage. He left a widow in York Nebraska and little was known of him locally.
If you have lost something call 93 and let the Leader find it for you. Leader Want ads bring results.
The Gasper Tribune nominates Pat rick Sullivan of Gasper for secretary of the Interior, citing his western spirit, rise from poverty, and credentials. It notes the paper has not yet consulted Sullivan but will cast his hat in the ring for the new president's cabinet.
Shanghai police have been tracking an organized gang of Chinese blackmailers using bombs in stores and public places when demands were refused. Only one arrest has been made amid ongoing efforts to suppress the group.
The Cap Polonia once tied to the former German emperor’s world voyage plan was allotted to a leading company that surrendered after the first voyage due to extreme coal use. Wood plugs and obstructions found in steam pipes suggest removal will lower coal consumption toward normal.
In Rio de Janeiro on January 26, preliminary work starts on vast irrigation canals for Brazil's drought stricken northeast. The congress appropriated 50 million dollars to extend railroads into the area, with completion expected in five years and hopes this region becomes among the most fertile and prosperous in the country.
The Owyhee Land and Livestock company with capital stock of 300000 dollars is formed with 300 shares at 100 dollars each. Directors include John G. and Hugh W. Paylow, 7 Sheehan, W. C., Note Ware, and Price A. Hawkins. Articles filed in the office of the secretary of state on Wednesday.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure. It targets the King, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding piles and promises relief from irritation and sleep disruption. One applies the ointment and may experience rest after the first use. Price 60e.
Readers learn that over 130000 boys and girls have written recruiting officers seeking army facts for prize essays. In cities and towns, parents also inquire, hoping their children win prizes as of February 20.
Gheyenne resident Glifford Sewall contesting challenges to a will of Mrs. Ellen Gonroy. Sewall denies undue influence and asserts the will was made with Mrs. Gonroy of sound mind and in proper form.
The defendant denies that the will of Mrs. Conroy was procured by influence or that she was infirm or bedbound. He contests claims of unfair advantage and asserts lack of knowledge of an earlier will. Sewall seeks to admit the December 23, 1919 will and have a subsequent will set aside.
The United States dominates naval stores with southern pines supplying over 20 million dollars annually. Only France rivals in this field, producing about a quarter of U S output. A Portland turpentine company gains a permit to extract pitch from 160 acres of Douglas fir on the Umpqua National Forest, pioneering western development.
A gym sign for The School for Scandal by the Devereux company of New York drew questions from observers. A puzzled man asked what was being staged and whether it was Shakespeare or Goldsmith. The notice hints at a famous English comedy.
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