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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
6
The piece surveys Curacao's history under Dutch rule, population in Willemstad, and peaceful governance since emancipation. It notes the island's small size, diverse religious communities, and key industries from sugar to cabinet making, with a hint of the famed Curacao liqueur.
Louis F. Swift, president of Swift & Company, advocates using debt to invest in company stock. He cites the employee stock savings plan and praises debt as a path to permanent investment and income. The firm ranks among the nation’s largest shareholders with over 48,000 employee and subscribed shareholders.
A Melbourne dispatch reports Captain Sir Ross Smith landed at Point Cook airfield completing the Sydney to Melbourne leg and the final stretch from England. The total distance exceeded 13000 miles, marking a historic South Pacific route achievement.
The Health Center for New York Women opened under the War Work Council at 43 East 22nd Street New York City directed by Dr Florence Meredith. It offers free examinations and gym enrollment for women and girls with corrective exercises emphasized open daily 12 m to 10 pm and aims to educate women on valuing their health.
Mme Marcelle Tynaire of Paris says feathered fashion has reached a peak with many maids, midinettes, and working girls flaunting frizzed hair and roughed faces rushing from factory to hairdressers. The trend is noted as distinctly American as well.
Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago funds an expert sewer engineer to review Cheyenne’s storm sewer plans by J. A. Whiting. George C. D. Leath arrives to assess the work, potentially suggesting changes at no cost to Cheyenne. city officials may cover his expenses.
John Baker a 24 year old plumber is in Sherman Wyoming hospital with a bullet wound. Police say he was wounded during a burglary attempt at Ralph Denios 508 Sumner street. Night chief Henry Walker fired two shots at burglars. Baker later showed up at his brother Hughs home with a bullet wound claiming accidental discharge.
London strike by 10,000 workers from the Army and Navy Co operative Society ends when directors invite all to a fancy dress ball at Albert Hall, resolving differences and restoring peace.
Emma Goldman cables America describing enthusiastic reception at the Soviet border and in Petrograd. She notes deportees are quartered at Smolny Institute and praises the people's spirit despite cold and hunger.
Ben Bridges of Little Boulder county faced a moose stirred by his Airedale dog. The enraged animal charged the dog and struck a horse before Bridges spurred his team to safety, narrowly avoiding tragedy on a Boulder road.
San Francisco February 26 plans to nationalize the redwood forests of California will be discussed at the Save the Redwoods league conference opening here tomorrow. The meeting is expected to spur a strong movement to remove redwoods from the reach of commercial enterprise by forming all redwood tracts into state and national preserves.
Sacramento businessman C. M. Goethe donates 10000 dollars to fund children's playgrounds in China. He aims to replicate Calcutta's model in the capitals of Chinese provinces to promote American educational ideals, with oversight from the National Playgrounds Association and the National Community Service Board.
Temperature reached 28 degrees with an actual mean of 22 degrees and a 6 degree rise in 24 hours. The day's high was 86 at 4 PM and the low 9 at 5:45 AM. Winds from WSWSW averaged 12 to 22 mph with trace precipitation and 6.73 inches of snowmelt since January 6.
Governor Coolidge not in Who's Who. His Massachusetts administration makes him a national figure, while the country is full of comers who render the blue books outdated. Advertisers urged to use Want columns to sell items.
An article extols Vicks Vaporub as externally and internally therapeutic for colds and catarrh, advising salt water snuffs, inhalation, and chest applications. It cautions to consult a physician for pneumonia or chronic headaches and notes the product’s inventor L Richardson of North Carolina.
Stop Good hrame at 122 East 20th street on a corner lot. Trisvis two story eight room house priced at 14000 with favorable terms. Also a new bungalow on the south side offering 1000 down and 14 dollars monthly payments. Three Thames street homes require 500 down. East Side home with full lot and garden at 2015 Van Lennen street priced with 1750 down. Phone 67.
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