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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1920
Page
12
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The Churchill Parent Teachers Association meets Friday at 3 PM at the Churchill school house with all members urged to attend. Various clubs hold meetings or speakers including Mrs. R A Morton traveling to Laramie and John J Pershing speaking at Elk’s club. The Y W G A and Current Events clubs report meetings and new committees, with Miss Vera Lund leading publicity and Miss Redford speaking on unpreparedness and club expansion.
Miss Anna M. Dobbin reports severe teacher shortages as 36 vacancies appeared at the start of the year and 24 resignations followed. Now only three vacancies remain, yet 60 teachers have been hired since fall. She notes rural salaries are among the state’s lowest, while cities like Cheyenne and Sheridan have raised pay.
Ray E. Lee, in charge of the census, addressed the Rotary club at a Plains hotel luncheon and urged citizen cooperation in reporting residents away during enumerator visits. Judge Potter noted Cheyenne’s growth, while Frank J. Wiffler and W. Deming offered newcomer and old-timer perspectives. Colonel M. O. Bigelow invited members to a smoker honoring General Pershing at Port Russell tomorrow night. Harold Vaughan sang selections.
Cardinal Karkawski of Warsaw warned that Poland has its entire army on the Russian frontier to repel Bolshevik pressure but the Polish forces are too small to endure the onslaught for 20 to 25 years.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, New York, is put forward by his friends as an acceptable candidate for president. Butler has for many years been a wheelhorse of the Republican party.
The Pittsburg district shifts from tin lunch pails to company cafeterias as plants invest in hot meals. In Munhall's Carnegie Steel Homestead mills more than 44,000 workers eat daily in cafeterias. Westinghouse in East Pittsburgh plans a dining hall for 3,000. American Sheet and Tin Plate runs 22 cafeterias. meals cost 25 to 35 cents with desserts, tea, and milk widely available.
Wyoming grants charters to multiple firms this week including The Western Engineering Company in Casper with 50 000 capital to engage in general construction and led by Walter Mannen Ernest Marquardt Clifford Moulton George Handbury and H B Dunham. Wyoming Clinical Laboratories Inc also in Casper with 50 000 capital and three directors in its first year. Jenne Ranch & Realty Company based in Douglas with 125 000 capital organized by Jacob and Anna Jenne and Max Q Guthlin. Felger Oil & Land Company in Thermopolis with 2 000 000 capital and six directors. Lusk Ice & Gold Storage Company in Lusk with 25 000 capital and three directors.
Mary Thompson a 44 year old girl was arraigned on forging checks in her mother Anna Altman name for about 300 dollars. She waived preliminary hearing and will appear before Judge Mentzer for disposition. Altman testified she filed the complaint to place the girl in care. The checks were drawn as Altman secretary of the Laundry Workers union and used to buy clothes. The court appearance drew a strong reaction from those present.
A company superintendent explains that workers receive hot meals at cost with free coffee tea and milk, replacing the old dinner bucket system. The initiative targets office and shop employees at the plant, arguing it benefits long term morale and finances.
Wyoming residents face a 1919 income tax bill estimated at about £7000, as Internal Revenue official Leslie A. Miller reports. The amount reflects total earnings and applies to taxpayers across the state.
Detective Sergeant Dalrymple, chief guard of the White House executive offices, has served over 21 years protecting presidents. He has intercepted hundreds of threats and greeted thousands of distinguished visitors, gaining intimate knowledge of successive occupants of the mansion.
Princess Kwa, descendant of King fopi, the noted Maori chieftain, dances native dances at the Palladium London and agrees to help entertain with a company of Hawaiians. She is pictured wearing her dancing costume and a string of native pearls.
Generally fair conditions Wednesday give way to cloudy and colder Thursday. Snow is expected in the northern portion, creating wintry travel concerns and cooler temperatures for that region.
An old advertised remedy promises fast relief from colds and coughs with a bottle of King's Naw eev ery. Suitable for children and adults, it claims to shorten illness and prevent after effects, with prices listed for 60c and $1 bottles.
Readers are urged to trust Dr King’s New Life Pills to relieve torpid liver and clogged bowels. The tonic action is said to clean the system and restore normal digestion, with a price of 25 cents at druggists.
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