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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
4
The Cheyenne State Leader announces publication details and pricing for subscriptions, with editor and manager credits and postal information. It notes Associated Press membership and republication rights for news dispatches and local views.
N Y World argues the treaty is binding and not subject to amendment. It warns the Senate’s obstruction risks war, trade bans, and alienation from allies as the covenant of the League of Nations stands in force and the United States must accept its terms.
The piece argues referendums cannot easily alter the Eighteenth Amendment after three-fourths of states ratified it. It notes Governor Smith's stance, potential court actions, and suggests a path via a nineteenth amendment or a public vote approach. It also touches on political rhetoric, New Jersey liquor politics, and historical notes on marriages and health indicators.
A joint resolution introduced by Rep Blanton of Texas calls for Edward Keating to be removed as secretary of the Congressionally Commission for Reclassification of Salaries of Government Employees. It accuses him of promising raises and of denouncing Congress for opposing the Plumb Plan. The measure says Keating also worked for the Plumb Plan league to spread propaganda and edit a newspaper promoting socialist and Bolshevik ideas aimed at railroad workers and organized labor.
Adolph Goebel of 2012 Snyder Street enlisted in the United States Navy yesterday. He will train as an aviation mechanic at the aviation mechanics school in Great Lakes Illinois.
Fat people are urged to try Marmola Prescriation Tablets as a harmless fat reduction method. The ad claims a loss of two to four pounds weekly and offers purchase through any druggist or by mailing $1 to Marmola Company, Detroit, Michigan.
A marriage license was issued yesterday to John N. Smith and Miss Julia Gillespie of Cheyenne, and one was issued Monday to James G. Gromer and Miss Effie Houck of Cheyenne. TRY A LEADER WANTAD.
New twin drydocks at Norfolk Virginia built in record time in under a year. Concrete structures house two docks with lengths about 650 feet each. Photos show locks accommodating battleships with ease.
Readable items note the twenty second annual Tuskegee Negro conference, established by Booker T. Washington, opening at Tuskegee Institute. Chicago housewives plan mass meetings to cut living costs. Notable speakers include Maj. Gen. Sir David Watson Hon Frank Carrél and Senator Charles P. Beaubien. Local church talks on Presbyterian unity. Sports calendar lists multiple events across Cuba Havana New Orleans Spokane Atlanta Philadelphia Detroit Boston Calgary and Duluth with bouts and tournaments.
Anthony Caminetti heads the Deportation of alleged Reds and has been Commissioner General of Immigration since early in the Wilson era. A California lawyer, he was district attorney for Amador County from 1887 to 1892, served in both California houses and two terms in Congress. He is noted as a pioneering Italian American in federal politics and a loyal Democrat.
Entries mark births deaths and events from 1769 to 1901 including Junius letters publication 1824 Stonewall Jackson birth 1838 Paris opera house fire 1859 Henry Hallam death 1870 Duke of Connaught arrival 1871 Paris riots 1889 National Woman Suffrage Association meeting 1901 German emperor visit to Queen Victoria at Osborne.
One year ago today the Supreme Council agreed to study the Russian situation. British and American labor leaders were forced to form a labor congress linked to the peace conference.
Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson former first sea lord of the British Admiralty Frederick Madison Smith former head of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Nathaniel B. Harris former governor of Georgia Dr James Henry Morgan president of Nickinson College Francis B McGovern former governor of Wisconsin all born today on various years ago in locations like Plano Illinois Jonesboro Tennessee Concord Nebraska Wikhart Wisconsin and various years ago.
At the Pan American financial congress in Washington on January 20 1917 Argentina urged United States states to modify banking laws to allow South American banks to open branches in the United States. Frank A Vanderlip presented the request citing American banks expanding abroad and seeking reciprocal access.
Billy the goat slips into a yard near a cabbage patch and is mistaken for a stray dog by a woman and child. They lock him in a shed promising tomorrow’s market work, while Billy detects another goat’s bleat from an adjoining shed as night deepens.
A man rises to search a nearby shed and finds a beautiful white Nanny goat basking in moonlight among straw. His heart swells at seeing a goat from his own tribe, and he notes that tomorrow Billy will meet Nanny.
In Seattle on January 20 General John J. Pershing attended a boxing show when a Navy crowd of about 2,000 shouted against Jack Dempsey. They called for Bob Martin the heavyweight champion of the American Expeditionary Forces to represent America in a bout with Georges Carpentier.
Republicans and Democrats in the House assailed the porkless rivers and harbors bill, which totals 12.4 million dollars, a substantial cut from the committee estimates. Representative Freeman mocked it as the spare rib bill, while Representative Blanton countered with bone and little meat. Freeman noted about 60 million dollars remained unexpended from prior appropriations and argued seven million for improvements suffices.
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