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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1920
Page
2
Article by Montefi Katterjohn explains the evolving craft of screenplay writing from basic skeleton plots to full continuity sheets. It covers imagination as the key, warns against overemphasizing technique, and notes cost shifts from early 250 word synopses to modern multi reel scripts.
London reports the 1919 Labor Gazette notes rising wages and higher living costs. Hours of work fell across 6.4 million workers by 41.5 million weekly hours, averaging six and a half hours less per person. Passes granted to 5.647 million workers cost £2.111 million weekly. In 1913 disputes affected 2.57 million workers, losing 34.483 million hours. End-year retail prices rose 25% from 1944 levels, with food 186% above prewar. 1949 prices up 5% for the year. January 1, 1920 food at 186% of prewar retail prices. The piece blends postwar economic pressures with wage and price shifts.
Sydney report recalls Capt Ross Smith flight from England to Australia highlighting currency problems. The team faced currency changes after long legs, making payments difficult. They endured extreme weather from snow in England to 90 degree heat on landing in Australia, with sandwiches frozen and coffee nearly congealed.
An advertisement notes swift relief from piles and skin blemishes promising cure in six to fourteen days. It touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and suggests rapid cosmetic results for a lass, with Sands-Hayes Drug Co promoting the remedy.
Former Senator Joseph W. Bailey formally announces his run for Texas governor on the Democratic ticket. He leads a Texas Democratic faction that backed party reconstruction in Fort Worth last fall, grounding the shift in Jeffersonian principles.
Sydney, Australia, Feb 25. Minister of the Navy Sir Joseph Cook, a peace conference delegate, defended Australia’s claim to one vote in the League of Nations council. He argued American objections are political and predicted those objections will end after the U.S. presidential election. He contrasted Britain’s empire voting power with US influence and cited other nations sharing one vote each. He noted Australia’s wartime sacrifices and warned that penalties like ostracism and boycott enforce the treaty even without a world conquest.
Leiden plans mark the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers landing at Plymouth. English Protestants who lived in Leiden after leaving England, including John Robinson, are featured. Committees include American and British ministers and Dutch foreign affairs officials. Rev J Irving Brown travels to America to garner support. Ceremonies will be held at Leiden University town hall and in Amsterdam Rotterdam and Queenstown.
Chinese statesmen in Peking express gratitude to the United States and Admiral Gleaves for America's stance on the Shantung question and the peace settlement in Europe. Premier Chin Yunfleng and Marshal Tuan Ghi-jui praise U.S. diplomacy, urging ongoing advice and cooperation to maintain Pacific peace.
London Feb 25 A novel wireless emergency calling device lets ships in distress ring alarms on other vessels within range without an operator on duty. Ships with automatic transmitters call ships with matching receivers, triggering bells aboard the called vessels. The system aims to draw immediate attention to S O S calls.
London February 25 John Far ringdown Seaman has been courtmartialled four times during five years in the army and spent four and a half years in detention He has never been abroad and is now serving three years penal servitude for theft of postal drafts.
Fort Worth Texas Feb 95 The Texas Cattle Raisers Association will meet in Houston March 16 for its annual session. A meat market plan led by President W W Turney of El Paso is to be proposed to cut prices for consumers and aid cattlemen. The plan envisions a chain of retail markets Texas wide with cattlemen selling directly from the range to butcher shops that slaughter themselves. If approved, a committee will be appointed to implement the idea.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind Feb 25 The wearing of silk stockings by girl students at Shortridge high school will be prohibited under an edict from principal George Buck The ruling follows suggestions that thin stockings cause colds and will be enforced during the influenza epidemic.
Missouri requires county assessor returns by March 1 with penalties for noncompliance. Individuals face up to 5000 dollars fines. corporations up to 5000. Taxes due by June 4 with 4 percent delinquency charge if late. No quarterly installments. full amount due at once. Married filers exempt to 2000, singles to 1000, plus 200 for each dependent child.
The oil and gas division of the Texas railroad commission has appealed to soil operators property owners and the public to report flagrant wastes of oil and gas. The field is so extensive that inspectors cannot check all operations and belated waste reports prompted this action.
A roundup of visitors and locals in Cheyenne noting Mrs R Burt of Riverton and others guesting at the Albany and Normandie hotels. Names include Rock Springs business travelers George Young and others from Pine Bluffs Little Horse Creek Wheatland Burns and Gasper, with several registered guests and locals in Cheyenne.
A jumble of brief society items and classified blurbs lists visitors including Des Rhoomsker of Torrington and Mr and Mrs H Ryan of Riverton with local references. An ad promotes a furnished room at 206 Hast 25th with steam heat and privileges. A stray line cites a product ad for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and Sands-Hays Drug Co.
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