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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
14
The Caribbean island Curacao emerges as a potential resting place for former German Emperor Wilhelm II. The Dutch possession boasts a stable, orderly Willemstad, a diverse population including a strong Jewish business community, and a thriving liquor industry based on Curacao orange peel.
Louis F. Swift president of Swift & Company declares in the 1920 Year Book that employees should get in debt not for luxuries but to invest in company stock. He notes the stock savings plan has brought many employees ownership and a path to permanent income, with over 48,000 people now or soon to be shareholders of record.
A Melbourne dispatch reports captain Sir Ross Smith has landed at Point Cook airfield finishing his flight from Sydney to Melbourne and completing the final leg of a journey from England. The total distance surpassed 13 000 miles.
A health center for women and girls opened at 43 East 22nd Street New York City under the war work council and YWCA social education department. Dr Florence Meredith will direct the center which offers free examinations and optional gymnasium work aimed at corrective exercises. The center operates daily from noon to 10 pm. Dr Augusta Rucker notes a strong need to educate women about health.
Mme Marcelle Tynaire describes a Paris fashion craze with countless maids and midinettes in heavy feathered styles and roughened faces. She notes the trend is mirrored in America and growing rapidly.
Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago fulfills a Frontier Days promise by sending sewer expert George C. D. Leath to Cheyenne. Leath reviews J. A. Whiting’s storm sewer plans, compares details, and may suggest advantageous changes at no cost to the city.
Sheridan Wyoming February 26 John Baker a 24 year old plumber is in the hospital with a bullet through the lower body. Circumstantial evidence ties his wound to an attempted burglary of Ralph Denio's basement at 508 Sumner street. Night chief Henry Walker fired on two intruders as they fled in an automobile. Baker later presented at his brother Hugh Bakers home with a bullet wound claiming accidental discharge.
The Army and Navy Co-operative Society in London resolved a walkout by inviting 10 000 striking workers to a fancy dress ball at Albert Hall, where tensions eased and differences were settled.
Emma Goldman reports warmly on Soviet reception at the border and Petrograd. She notes deportees are housed at Smolny Institute while praising the people’s spirit despite cold and hunger. The message highlights immense enthusiasm from locals and hospitality extended in Petrograd.
Ben Bridges of the Little Boulder county region faced a moose attack provoked by his Airedale. The enraged animal charged the dog, then struck a horse, causing the team to balk near a steep embankment. Bridges swiveled the horses into motion and dispersed the moose.
Plans to nationalize California redwood forests to prevent destruction by commercial interests will be discussed at a Save the Redwoods league conference in San Francisco starting tomorrow. A strong movement toward forming state and national redwood tracts is expected to emerge from the meeting.
Sacramento reader C. M. Goethe donated 10000 dollars to fund children's playgrounds in China. He aims to replicate the Calcutta model in Chinese capitals and provincial centers to spread American educational ideals. Goethe serves as a director of the National Playgrounds Association and the National Community Service Board.
The report records temperature and wind data for Norman. The day’s high reached 86 degrees at 4 PM and the low 9 degrees at 5:45 AM. Mean temperature was 22 degrees with 6 degrees rise in 24 hours. Winds peaked at 22 mph from the W at 8:56 AM. Total precipitation since January 1 was 6.73 inches. normal since January 1 is 0.92 inches. Snow trace remains unmelted. melted snow trace.
Massachusetts governor Coolidge, a national figure through his administration, is noted as not included in Who's Who. The piece remarks that many newcomers render the blue books outdated and invites readers to use Want columns to sell items.
An old advertisement extols Vicks Vaporub as a remedy for catarrh colds and influenza prevention. It describes internal inhalation and external application, including nasal snuffing and spinal chest rubbing, and cautions to consult a physician for serious illness. It highlights L Richardson of North Carolina as the product’s origin.
Stop Good frame at 122 East 20th street. Corner lot. Trisvis an eight room two story house priced at 14000 with favorable terms. New bungalow south side 1000 down then 14 per month. Three homes on Thames street with 500 down. East Side home full lot west front large garden shed 2015 Van Lennen street 1750 down. Call 67.
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