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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
5
Cheyenne Wyoming reports for 24 hours ending 6:00 with temperatures at 22 39 33 and winds from NWW to W. Relative humidity 82 41 45 percent. Highest 40 at 3 30 pm. lowest 19 at 5 00 am. Precipitation 0.00 inches. total since Jan 1 0.20 inches. Normal 25 degree date. mean 30. 7 degrees colder in last 24 hours.
The Grayburg Oil company posted the price of Somerset crude at $2.00 today with the rate effective January 21. The report comes from San Antonio Texas dated January 20.
Clerk of Court T. Joe Fisher reports a semi annual balance of 3960 dollars after operating costs. Receipts include fines 1800 dollars and filing fees 2228.90 plus inheritance tax fees 3339.09 while costs cover clerk and juror fees. Between July and December 124 civil cases 58 criminal and 68 probate were docketed.
A large boulder on the Salt Lake line of the Union Pacific disrupted service yesterday. The second section of No. 18 Oregon Washington Limited and No. 20 Continental Limited were slowed eight and four hours respectively. Denver trains also faced delays, affecting connections across the feeder line.
Allan McDonald was found guilty of an infamous assault on Jessie Montgomery and as a principal in aiding and abetting Spud Murphy Edward Kruvosky and James Garey in the Howard Street shack attack last Thanksgiving evening. Sentencing is set for January 22.
President Wilson writes to the American Forestry Association saying he cannot name a national tree. The association is compiling a national referendum to determine which tree best represents the United States.
Notice states Kinney Oil and Refining Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting at room 612 First National Bank Building Cheyenne Wyoming on February 1 1921 at 7 00 AM. All stock recorded January 17 1921 will vote. transfer books close that date and reopen after adjournment. H T Severns secretary.
A wide list of visiting notables includes Gale of Him Creek and Woods of Douglas, with Dr. Bennett of Cody, Bowman of Lander, McDonald of Newcastle, and many others in Cheyenne on business or visiting the Plains. Public estray sales announced, plus a jail transfer and a murder-connection inmate en route to Rawlins. Union Pacific trains delayed by a minor landslide. safety and civic events also noted.
The home of William Faircloth, cashier of the Denver National Bank, was entered this afternoon while empty and jewelry valued at 3000 dollars was stolen. Mrs. Faircloth found the scene upon returning home, with valuables neglected elsewhere in the house.
The text lauds the ongoing production process as nearing completion and near perfection, praising the effort and human capability involved. It emphasizes high standards and the nearing finish, suggesting strong quality and achievement as the work approaches its close.
Maurice Tourneur's Associated Producers release The Last of the Mohican adapts James Fenimore Cooper's tale with fidelity. The film is described as Tourneur's greatest achievement, humanizing characters and dramatizing key episodes with stark realism, while saturating scenes with the forest atmosphere.
Wallace Beery as Magna Cooper impresses with malicious subtlety. Albert Roscoe as Uncas and Theodore Lerch as Chin Gachgook stand out. Barbara Bedford enhances the film with beauty and solid acting. Indians are shaved headed and properly costumed. overall, no false touch in the production.
Thomas H. Ince faced unexpected complications while filming scenes for Dangerous Hours at the Lyric theater. To achieve realism he toured Paterson New Jersey’s silk mill district with his company. The article notes a near riot sparked by the production’s demanding realism.
The executive council of the Federation of Labor approved a law to ban nearly all business from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday. The ruling also bars sale of newspapers and periodicals from 3 p.m. Sunday to 3 p.m. Monday, except on election days.
The Princess theater presented Robin Hood on Thursday night directed by Ralph Dunbar. Albert Parr voiced Robert of Huntington while Tom Burton played the Sheriff George Olsen the Other leads Elsie Thiede William White Betty Baxter delivered strong performances. The cast earned praise for their acting and singing with ensemble work noted as needing cohesion.
The producer planned a dramatic riot scene with an actor portraying a Bolshevik agitator. Extras gathered crowd around the factory, shouting and gesturing as the crowd surged toward the entrance, forcing the camera to stop and the speech to be cut short.
Main roads in southeastern Wyoming are dry and good to excellent. Very bad conditions west of Moneta. Snow depths range from two to four inches from Rock River west to the state line.
The reported death recounts a British captain connected to a powder magazine plan aimed at aiding the French. The blast removed the traitor from the scene, with details reflecting wartime treachery and consequences.
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