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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
12
Postwar real estate records show Long Island mansions and suburban estates selling at luxury prices. Wealthy districts report bids exceeding gilded expectations while upscale apartment houses see floors rented for high sums. Auto dealers, shopmen, and other merchants note a surge in luxury spending signaling a quick return to extravagant consumer demand.
The piece notes a unusually mild season with extended pleasant days despite occasional freezes. It contrasts if peace continues, winters may remain mild, easing cold shortages for households that faced previous harsh seasons and missing severe winter weather.
The piece discusses a reform bill urging changes to federal and state trial procedures to curb delays and technical objections. It cites recent cases where defendants freed due to indictments or procedural flaws and calls for amending the judicial code to allow review without regard to minor errors, asserting public justice depends on timely, fair trials.
The American Bar Association proposed a bill ten years ago and through its efforts 15 states have enacted it. It has passed the House three times and the Senate twice, with favorable reports. It is now before the House Judiciary Committee.
New York hosts Carnaval de Victoire a charity ball that raises nearly $16,000 for free milk aid to French babies. Other cities including Minneapolis Lexington and Chicago emulate the effort promising thousands of dollars and broader publicity for the cause as powdered milk is distributed to reach dying infants and soldiers.
Article notes policy deliberations from the Paris peace talks influencing national platforms. It asserts Woodrow Wilson guides a wide range of groups and factions toward a peace oriented agenda. It suggests returning military perspectives will pivot national campaigns while local issues fade.
New York papers praise Governor Beith for naming an upstate superintendent of prisons, seen as proof of independence from Tammany. Critics and supporters alike laud the choice as fair and fearless, reflecting Smith’s broader department heads selections.
Government and Red Cross officials credit packing and shipping divisions for a wartime efficiency gain. By baling uniforms and knit goods in waterproof wraps, bales replace cases, cutting bulk by half to a third, slashing freight costs, and easing handling. The method relies on burlap substitutes and rugged Kraft paper bales, with tests validating waterproof, durable packaging and doubled payloads per bale.
In federal court David Cool of Sheridan Wyoming pleaded guilty to shipping diseased cattle interstate under the 1884 act. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Judge Riner. The case involved a tramload of cattle from Wyoming to Omaha that were suffering from scabies. The government prosecutes such movements of livestock.
The new British Parliament convenes to organize its work while Québec’s Legislature also opens afterwar reconstruction debates. Sir Wilfrid Laurier speaks in Toronto to form the Central Ontario Liberal Association. The Maine State Poultry Association holds its annual convention in Portland. Robert A. Cooper is sworn in as governor of North Carolina succeeding Richard I. Manning. A Texas state ceremony accompanies a military parade honoring Governor Hobby’s son and state officers. A $50 appropriations vote supports inaugural ceremonies marking William Sproull’s term as Pennsylvania’s governor. Postwar issues and public concerns are noted.
Fragmentary OCR lists regional hardware and implement associations across multiple cities including Portland Denver Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis and Buffalo. Mentions groups such as Oregon Hardware and Implement Association and Denver Colorado Editors Association among others with unclear additional details.
A digest of sports items lists racing at New Ort and Havana, golf at Belleair, and the Midwinter Handicap Targa shooting tournament at Pinehurst. Names Billy Miskers and Bill Brennan appear among participants, with rounds noted in Milwaukee.
Washington January 26 The war for food is on. President Wilson’s drive to feed war areas is echoed by National War Garden Commission head J L Pack. He calls for doubling last year’s gardens and urges community action, sugar saved spoonful by spoonful, to stave off Bolshevik influence and keep order. The railroad administration aids by distributing posters and coordinating kitchen garden campaigns inviting neighborhoods to organize and grow.
Young Mémorial trees are proposed by school children of Chicago to honor Mrs Bela Flagé Young. The American Forestry Association backs the plan and Dora Wells, president of Ella Fingy Young, supports children in memorial planting. Mrs Jobe Sherman of Chicago voices that Chicago women advanced education and conservation.
A national Democratic women conference discussion unfolds as preparations advance with delegates arriving from several states. The event aims to address party issues and mobilize support across the Washington area.
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