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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
12
Cheyenne State Leader, established 1867, published daily except Mondays by Tribune Publishing. Office locations listed. editors include J. Charles Thompson and M. Cosby. Associated Press content rights noted. subscription and mailing details shown for various periods and delivery.
The Dearborn Independent argues for a naval holiday to curb government spending and balance naval power with Britain and Japan. It notes looming annual budgets of three and a half trillion dollars over 25 years and questions cutting small salaries while preserving huge battleships. It criticizes big navy advocates and urges restraint to reduce taxes.
Everett True muses on criminals and risk as he contrasts underworld graft with highwaymen. He questions why aspiring thieves reject safe, large schemes for audacious, costly robberies. The piece ends with political aside about Harding and Johnson, noting New Year news.
Three Omaha youths planned a robbery for a few thousand dollars but netted over three million in securities and about $100 000 in cash. Within weeks all were in prison with grim fates. one labors for nothing, another sews, and the third moves rocks to a crusher. They were driven by a belief that graft and government plunder were widespread.
Second of four articles on bad air explains how healthy volunteers in a small cabinet suffered headache dizziness and low mood. Relief came from drying or cooling the air or stirring it with fans, none of which changed chemical composition. The key is continuous air motion and a cooler environment.
The article explains how heat loss by radiation and evaporation depends on dry air, and that a well vented room with fresh outside air is essential to maintain safe conditions. It notes crowded poorly ventilated spaces have high temperature and humidity with little air movement, causing ill effects not from carbon dioxide or low oxygen but from altered air properties.
Weather report for Cheyenne Wyoming covering 24 hours ending 6 pm. Data include temperatures at 6 am 12 noon and 6 pm 7 28 24 degrees with wind from W to SSW gusts and humidity 86 46 35 percent. Normal temp 26. actual mean 14. 6 degree rise in last 24 hours. Highest temperature at 1 80 pm and lowest -8 at 2:00 am. Precipitation since January 1 0.2 inches. normal since Jan 1 0.12 inches. Snow and rain totals 0 for last 4 hours.
A fragment from Boston Transcript quotes Jack Staylate reflecting on a late farewell as dawn breaks. The brief note captures a quiet, intimate exchange and the mood of their parting in the early hours.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a natural remedy for women’s ailments. It claims the medicine relieves headaches backaches and general female disorders based on 50 years of treatment by Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York. It promotes tablet and liquid forms and a 10 cent trial package.
Wyoming towns including Green River Casper and nearby areas face a rash of check kiting. Arrests include T. J. Mitchell alias I M Chase in Casper after a gun incident and a drafted check raised from 6 to 525. Other suspects Leroy Devine and George Walsh were nabbed in Green River after two attempts to pass raised checks.
Intercession by the Mexican government failed to induce the Arizona state board of pardons and paroles to commute Pedro Dominguez’s sentence. He is to be hanged January 14 at the Arizona penitentiary in Florence.
Basin Wyoming January meeting of the chamber of commerce drew a large crowd to discuss economic growth. Leaders outlined proposed industrial development initiatives for Basin Basin area, aiming to attract investment, create jobs, and enhance local commerce.
Tentative plans for a Basin market house were adopted and an industrial development plan approved. Nine new directors were elected: C. B. Beck, BE. A. Gebhart, W. Gd. May, Warren Dailey, Harry Wise, R. R. Ferris, . B. Otteson, A. B. Martin and B. P. Wigton.
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