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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1921
Page
7
An air mail aircraft arrived at the local aviation field on Saturday and had its first test Sunday piloted by Smith. The DH type shares the same model family as current mail planes but features a wider wing span.
Under Cheyenne Chapter of the American Association of Engineers a general meeting is set for Wednesday at 7 30 PM in Carnegie Library Hall. The gathering aims to discuss a proposed bill licensing engineers and surveyors in Wyoming and repealing the current statute. A full representation is urged by the committee chair.
To the many friends, acting individually and organizations, who assisted us in the recent bereavement caused by the death of F. A. Wedge we extend our sincere thanks. Mrs. IF, A. Wedge, Mrs. A. C. Sandberg and family express gratitude and mention L-18 J. A. Kirkpatrick, Real Estate and Insurance. Also notes services by Sedan taxicab and Hobbs Huckfeldt Finkbiner for auto top making and baby carriages. A call to subscribe to the Leader with a reminder to call for delivery.
Final plans for a simple inauguration on the east portico of the capitol were nearly settled after a talk between President-elect W. G. Harding and Elliott Woods. The east steps will be the scene and a small platform will be erected for the inaugural address.
George Walsh and Leroy Levine charged with using a protectograph to raise checks. Sheriff will not take them to Green River. Prosecutor Roche Mentzer of Laramie County declines to try here on an information by Dr. G L Strader. Only one $62 check passed in Green River to date.
A Wyoming plan recommends creating a Fremont Division as a second class county while preserving first class ratings for parent counties. The proposal includes a Green River watershed subdivision spanning Fremont west of the Wind River mountains and part of Lincoln in the east. The committeemen gathered include Na tron a , Alcorn, Howe, May, Tanney, Smith, and Stevenson. The house is expected to consider the favorable report today and push for swift passage.
The senate and house work through several county creation bills with pilots for eastern Fremont and Carey in western Converse. Enabling acts require voters in new territories to approve before legislature action is final. Budget hearings begin with Senator Kelley chairing the joint committee and Fern Patterson as secretary as staff files through estimates.
Cheyenne ex servicemen will meet at the Chamber of Commerce building this evening to debate Wyoming boxing laws and a potential state or federal bonus. The American Legion called the session and invites all war veterans to attend, with the annual election of Cheyenne post officers to follow.
An actor rushing to Cheyenne to keep an engagement telephoned the Plains hotel asking for two clean collars and a room. Due to congestion from a legislative session a bellhop was sent for the collars and room status remained uncertain.
Mrs. Maurice Collins enchanted Cheyenne listeners Monday at the Masonic Temple under Chapter C. P. B. O. Her cheerful numbers included HoteY Piper The Wind s in the South Today and Joy of Spring. Duet with Mrs. L C Hinkle Oh That We Two Were Maying drew strong audience praise with Madame Butterfly in costume. Horace Wells of Denver sang tenor solos and Mrs Harold L Vaughan accompanied.
Readable OCR snippets describe a double homicide of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Willard near an unspecified city. Separate reports note Royce Richardson, a Black man, arrested in connection with a bank robbery and slayings of railroad detectives, with cash recovered. Vivian Larrimore also arrested. Denver report: J. H. Shields, 85, shot his wife in a boarding house room. threat to bystander observed. Other item notes a death by own action in Greeley, Colorado.
Thomas A Bowerman, 56, a rancher living seven miles away, died by poison today. His lifeless body was found by his adopted daughter. Friends say he worried about money matters. Neighbor Ben T McCoy also killed himself Friday and Bowerman reportedly commented that McCoy had taken the easiest way out of troubles.
Lee was arrested yesterday morning with pockets full of perfumes and cosmetics. His room was searched by 11 o'clock revealing more perfume and fancy photographs. He pleaded guilty before Justice Edwards, and by 1 o'clock was jailed for a ninety day sentence.
An advertisement promotes Parmint as constitutional treatment for catarrh and ear symptoms. It warns against sprays and douches, claims Parmint acts on blood and mucous surfaces, and prescribes 1 ounce Parmint with a quarter pint of hot water and sugar, taken four times daily for relief.
The George Witzmaurice production Idols of Clay starring Mae Murray and David Powell opens at the Princess for today and tomorrow. Ouida Bergere’s story follows a London sculptor on a South Sea isle and a pearl smuggler’s daughter as love and fate test them amid lush sets and emotional drama.
A report notes a storyline marked by intense action and heightened mood. It emphasizes dramatic incidents and a prevailing romantic undertone that shapes the overall atmosphere of the piece.
The piece Robin Hood by Reginald de Koyen and Harry B. Smith remains popular as a long running stage work. Manager Ralph Dunbar presents the production on Thursday January 20 at the Princess.
Enthusiastic praise from last season leads manager Todd to book the production for a return engagement. Many will want to see Robin Hood again and those who missed the first performance will not miss this opportunity. In Turkestan a wife can be bought for a box of matches.
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