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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1920
Page
12
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A literary society gathering at Odd Fellows' hall featured Rev Josiah Dodson presiding and James Boliver McHenry delivering a speech on The Peace Table. The audience listened with respect as the orator asked what America needs as it expands its influence globally, joking about rubber boots and highway robbers reflecting on past and present times.
Senator Warren criticizes the organic act funding and warns that a laudable purpose to make the country a prohibition nation could escalate costs from two million to an estimated fifty million dollars annually, highlighting a stark fiscal dispute over prohibition policy.
A city faces a $60,000 revenue gap and weighs emergency taxes on films while considering Sunday movie bans. The piece argues against singling out theaters for heavy taxes or religiously motivated closures, urging fair, universal taxation and no punishment of entertainment as a whole. It cautions Blue Law echoes and calls for equal treatment of all businesses and beliefs.
An editorial discusses Vice President Marshall as a prairie man who values Jefferson and Jackson and calls for restoring the dual system of federal and state government. It argues for local self government, resisting federal usurpations, and notes expansion of federal power with nationwide prohibitions and woman suffrage. Centralization appears to be growing, diminishing state reserve powers.
Statistics show October production at 5,031,590,927 cigarettes, up by over two billion from 1918. Projected annual output reaches about sixty billion, far above the three billion the old tobacco trust produced in its first year. The rise is attributed to wider male smoking and the spread of the cigarette habit among American soldiers in Europe.
Billy escapes his performance by chewing pages on stage and revealing the ring master's ventriloquist gag. The goat, believed to be a professor astrologer, flees in the darkness with the Burroetta, as the circus chaos ends the show for the night. The tale introduces Billy's unlikely bond with the little Mexican Burroetta and hints at future adventures.
A New York bank report warns the delusion of prosperity created by high wages and high prices cannot last. It argues lasting prosperity comes from producing more than is consumed, not less.
Rt. Rev. Charles A. Anderson, bishop of Chicago, celebrates twenty years since his consecration. A national auxiliaries committee meeting is set in Washington today, with Winnipeg preparing for the National Soil Products Exhibition and agricultural body meetings. An international teachers conference will convene in Cleveland under the National Education Association. Aldermanic primaries in Chicago nominate candidates for April, in nonpartisan fashion. Packer legislation and packing industry hearings resume today before the House Agriculture Committee.
The record lists several sports items: the Guba American Jockey Club winter meeting in Havana, the Winter meeting of the Business Men's Racing Association in New Orleans, the opening of Columbus Ohio's annual automobile show, the Coronado Amateur Championship golf tournament opening in Coronado California, and a boxing match between Wild Burt Kenny and Roy McCormick scheduled for 10 rounds in Calgary.
John Garland Pollard, long time Virginia lawyer and former attorney general, has been named by President Wilson to succeed J. Franklin Fort as a member of the federal trade commission. Pollard, 49, from Virginia, studied at Richmond College and Columbian University, began practice in Richmond in 1893, served as a Democratic elector in 1904, and was a gubernatorial candidate in the latest election.
A compact digest lists notable events and births to deaths across two centuries. Drury Lane burned in 1809, Charles Inglis died in Halifax in 1816, Keats died in Rome in 1821, Marie Sebach born 1837, Grant Allen born 1848, French cattle import ban in 1895, US House funded food inquiry in 1947, and 1918 ship Morizel wreck with 92 fatalities near Cape Race.
President Wilson arrived in Boston in the afternoon to address the league of nations and immediately departed for Washington thereafter.
Birth anniversaries recorded for Rear Admiral Joseph E. Craig born in Medina New York 15 years ago today pianist Rudolph Ganz born in Zurich Switzerland 43 years ago today Sir G Arthur Pearson English publisher born 54 years ago today sculptor George T Brewster born Kingston Massachusetts 58 years ago today baseball great Honus Wagner born Carnegie Pennsylvania 46 years ago today
Sheridan Wyoming February 13 A warrant charging Mrs Mildred French with forgery was issued by county attorney M L Blake and placed with the sheriff Sheriff Thomas learned she had left the city and notified neighboring sheriffs leading to her arrest in Gillette The offense involves passing a forged signature on a check for 652 and authorities allege she issued other checks under a similar scheme
In Bridgeport Vermont man Albert Lee Cowles arrived at Miss Elizabeth Kinney's Capital Avenue home with bridal roses to witness a planned wedding. The Rev Hal T. Kearns states Cowles just married Miss Kinney to William Pugsley, who then depart on a wedding tour. Cowles had been sweethearts with Kinney for seven years, a Vermont license was sought, and the bride-to-be reportedly did not wish to reside in Vermont. The piece also notes other unrelated marriages and a stock exchange seat purchase at about 120000 dollars.
Reported in Berlin a student riot followed crowding outsiders from hearing Dr Hinstein lecture on his theory of relativity. The uproar reflected exclusion anger and a sense of entitlement amid widespread unrest among youths and spectators.
Long Island tenor Guido Ciccolini, famed for operatic deeds, awaits the arrival of a baby as his home buzzes with nervous excitement. The news notes the eager father to be and hints at the high spirits surrounding the event.
The Newcastle News Journal cites broader shifts with Senator John Shafroth of Denver possibly heading the shipping board to replace John Barton Payne. It notes Chicagoan Franklin XK. Lane as successor to the interior secretary, BE. W. Meredith of Iowa as agriculture secretary, a Wyoming native as the House Republican whip, and a Democratic convention set for San Francisco.
Letters from readers span marital strain and youth romances. Mrs. Thompson counsels a lonely wife to either accept her husband or leave, warns against a rival, and urges contentment with personal happiness. A teen asks if kissing a 14 year old is proper, and she says a girl of 14 cannot trust lasting love. A 19 year old seeks help stopping a gambling boyfriend, advised to end the relationship if he won’t change.
The Harvard endowment fund for the week ending today stands at about 44.96 million dollars toward a target 45.25 million, as reported by Edgar H. Wells. A Wat Yard man in Sofia notes his $100 subscription and extends gratitude. gains are led by Hawaii, Porto Rico, northern Ohio, and Boston amid widespread participation.
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