Randolph Leigh Dies at 86 in Weekly Record
Randolph Leigh, aged 86, noted in the 4 Month 4 Year Weekly issue, listed with a price of 3.50 in the Cheyenne State Leader archive from 1387.
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
4
Randolph Leigh, aged 86, noted in the 4 Month 4 Year Weekly issue, listed with a price of 3.50 in the Cheyenne State Leader archive from 1387.
The piece contrasts Bolshevik rule in Russia with czarist authority noting executions and plans for an international revolution. It also reports Yellowstone's elk feed shortage with 30,000 spent on hay and a need for 1,000 tons to feed 10,000 elk through winter.
In southern Montana about 5000 elk from government herds were killed and thousands wounded as they wandered north to escape heavy snows. Wyoming preserves wildlife. Montana allows open hunting Oct 15 to Dec 25 and permits two elk per hunter. Winter hunger compounds that danger, raising fears of extinction.
Supreme Court Justice Mullen of New York holds that it is not immoral for women to smoke cigarettes. The ruling came in a separation suit where evidence of cigarettes in the wife’s drawer was challenged as bad character. He argues that even abundant smoking by respectable women does not indicate moral failing and notes that some of the best women in America and the world smoke.
A quotation argues that patriotism shifts from a moral shelter to a political tool. It suggests Dr. Johnson would see today’s partisans using nationalism as their usual business, warning of rhetoric over principle.
Some interviewed reports say the census man is much less inquisitive than preliminary announcements indicated, suggesting a milder approach in collecting data. The notes contrast early promises of thorough questioning with calmer field interactions observed in practice.
The president of the Mormon church states polygamy is no longer a live issue. He asserts that if it remained an active matter it would soon fade away due to declining interest.
Lawmakers debate how to handle Berger this session as they seek to persuade his loyal electors. Profiteer prices and leap year dynamics are presented as a strategy to probe the resolve of the cautious single man.
The line suggests a tough year ahead with plenty of tasks to complete. It frames 1920 as demanding despite a brief easing period, hinting at continued effort, diligence, and perseverance required to meet goals.
The article recalls the eightieth anniversary of the burning of the steamer Lexington on Long Island Sound with 140 deaths. It also notes multiple today events including elections, conventions, and legislative sessions across North America.
Today features the Guba American Jockey club meeting at Mavana and the Winter meeting of the Business Men's Racing association in New Orleans. Gulf Annual New Year's Tournament occurs in Belleair Florida alongside the Winter League of Advertising Interests in Pinehurst.
One year ago today the Berlin government announced the final suppression of the Spartacan uprising. In Luxemburg Princess Charlote Adelgonde was invited to succeed her sister Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide as ruler.
Today's notable birthdays include the Duke of Aosta born in Genoa 54 years ago, Prince Arthur of Connaught born 37 years ago, Lord Balfour of Burleigh born 71 years ago, and Maj. Gen. William P. Duvall born in St. Marys County Maryland 73 years ago.
The Capitol Coal & Ice Company and the Cheyenne Ice Company began cutting ice on Sloan's Lake yesterday morning. Officials fear thinner ice now could cause a shortage next summer if harvest is delayed.
Virgil G. Hinshaw has summoned the Prohibition national committee to meet in Washington to fix the time and place for the national convention. He has served as chairman of the committee.
Thelma Hicks, colored, appeared before Police Judge C G A Swainson on a charge of using profane and abusive language and was discharged.
Mr. Wagner near a town buys a long bearded Billy goat hitched to a red wagon. The goat secretly explores at night eats lettuce and beet tops, tramples flowers, and noses a doorbell, prompting a surprised wakeful owner as the tale continues.
Weather and road status across Wyoming and surrounding routes. Freight and passenger progress noted with six to eighteen inches of snow in Fremont County and 12 to 14 inches in some segments. Several highways report fair to good conditions with some passable or limitered sections and seasonal chain requirements, including Cheyenne Wheatland Lusk Fort Bridger and Rock Springs Pinedale corridors.
The Cheyenne Home Builders association will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the Industrial club at 8 o clock this evening. All stockholders are urged to attend as several important matters will be considered.
Marriage licenses were issued Saturday to Albert H. Smith and Laura May Sandison of Thatcher Nebraska and to Herbert N. Boyd and Carrie Frank of Cheyenne.
The Ohio Oil company will build a pipeline from Lusk to the Lance Creek field to carry gasoline from the casing head plant. The line is expected to be completed in about one month.
The Merrit Oil corporation’s deep test in the Big Muddy field on section 9 is stalled on top of the first sand. A bailer and tools lie at the bottom, casing suspected to have parted, risking a new hole for the second Wall Creek horizon if not resolved next week.
Mrs. R. J. Smith died at a local hospital Sunday. Her body was sent to her Kimball, Nebraska home by Hobbs Huckfeldt and Finkbiner, accompanied by her husband.
Mrs. Clara Johnson twenty, arrested in Laramie on shoplifting charges and alleged gang member connected to a string of thefts in northern Wyoming towns. Robert Brooks, also arrested locally and taken to Cheyenne on larceny charges, is described as another gang member.
The annual meeting of the B. T. Williams Oil Company was held in Casper yesterday. All the directors were reelected, and no changes were made in the list of officers. The board includes Eugene T. Williams, William J. Hines, B. T. Sullivan, Martin McGirth, and Josh Orites.
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