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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
6
Cheyenne is Wyoming's capital and largest city at the junction of two transcontinental railroads and major highways. The municipally owned water works draws mountain water from 25 miles away. It serves as a division point for the air mail, near Fort Russell and a key jobbing center.
Washington reports that American railroads wore out more than twice the number of freight cars and locomotives in 1920 than they ordered. Total 1920 orders for freight cars ran about 2 percent of cars in service, with 125000 cars needed yearly for replacement. Locomotives ordered were only 1706, delaying full replacement for decades.
Henry Altman recalls Coal Oil Johnny Steele a Cheyenne figure who died at Ft. Crook Nebraska after a life of extravagance and early fortunes from the McClintock oil farm. The tale contrasts Steele’s reckless spending with John D. Rockefeller’s restrained wealth building in oil history.
Governor Robert D. Carey issued a proclamation that the Wyoming Compiled Statutes 1920 are now the law of Wyoming. First bound volumes have arrived from the Mills company of Sheridan for the legislature and state offices. general sale copies are not yet available, with a small advance supply expected soon.
Reports say new skyscrapers under construction in Chile are designed to withstand earthquakes, promising enhanced safety for dense urban cores amid seismic risk.
The Pilgrim Oil company of Cheyenne and the Horseshoe Oil company of Riverton filed articles of incorporation with the state secretary. The Nevada-California Power Company seeks to raise its capital from five to ten million dollars. Emmet Grain & Elevator of Colorado will have Wyoming offices in Casper. Directors and stock values are listed for each company. The report includes weather and livestock updates with regional snow depths and recent ground conditions across Wyoming.
Jeffersonville Indiana January 4 Representatives of the Russell Sage Foundation are studying the high marriage and divorce rates in Clarke County. More than 3000 marriages occurred last year, though the population is about 30000. Since November 28 1919 there have been 297 suits in local courts with 143 for divorce.
The weather bureau reports the week ending January 3 averaged about ten degrees warmer than normal with day temperatures around 40 and nights near 27. Daily extremes reached 58 and 19 below zero, reflecting wide variation.
Advert says Olive Tablets substitute calomel for gentle relief from constipation and biliousness. It claims to soothe liver and bowels without forcing action and promises quick, sure results at bedtime with 15c or 30c per box.
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