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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1920
Page
7
A collage of want ads and notices includes help wanted listings for a housekeeper, office work, light hours, and sales agents, plus jobs in auto repair and detective work. Also offers maternity hospital services, building estimating courses, and a notice about city warrants payment. The page contains lost item notes, marriage service claims, and thanks cards, with contact details and dates peppered throughout.
Jordan Davis colored was bound over to the district court for trial on bootlegging charges after a preliminary hearing. Bond set at 300 dollars. Witnesses for the defense supported that Ollie Finley went there only to buy aspirin, while Finley testified he had often bought liquor at the premises, which Mrs. Crosby described as a house of prostitution.
The Cheyenne Trades and Labor Assembly and the Wyoming State Federation of Labor announced new officers after recent elections. Key figures include Harry W. Fox as president of the State Federation of Labor and H Rob ert Smith retaining the Cheyenne Assembly presidency along with other re elected or new officers.
Citizens discuss a proposed special session bill to create a combined police and justice court in Cheyenne with authority up to 800 dollars, aimed at faster cases and economy. The plan includes higher salaries to attract a competent judge and would relieve district court backlogs including bootlegging cases awaiting May trials.
Eddie Gahan writing for the Casper Tribune argues Wyoming should be a top boxing state. He cites Casper and Lusk as oil boom centers and urges legislators to permit championship bouts, saying visitors from the Atlantic seaboard miss boxing. He praises Casper as ideal for a major match.
Grain prices and livestock figures for Chicago and Omaha show hog receipts and price ranges, with top hogs near 15.00 and bulk trades around 14.40 to 14.90. Cattle and veal mostly higher versus week-ago, with sheep and lambs gains noted. corn and oats prices listed by contract and grade.
A vintage ad touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a harmless fat reducer offering 2 to 4 pounds weekly loss without lifestyle changes. It claims quick, secret results and urges readers to send $1 to Marmola Co., Detroit, Michigan, or ask their druggist for a case.
Minneapolis dispatch reports flour unchanged and barley at 1.24 to 1.25 per unit. Rye No 2 at 1.80 to 4.80, bran at 43.00, corn 1.41 to 1.43, oats 82 to 83, and flax 5.20 to 5.45.
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