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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
4
A brief fragment from the Associated Press appears, with boilerplate rights and republication notices. It references news dispatches and local news published in the paper, noting AP exclusivity for credited material and reserved rights.
Dr. Royal Meeker, U S labor statistics commissioner, notes families with children cut clothes spending after marriage and with each new child. He says wives become domestic slaves, tied to home duties, unable to attend meetings or church unless attire suits housework. As family size grows, most nonfood expenditures fall in both percentage and absolute terms.
The speaker argues that essentials and comforts must be trimmed to address the urgent need for food among lower income groups. This highlights a widening gap and stresses the necessity of action to bridge it.
Our country and especially the West face a coming era of vast hydro electric development. The coal strike accelerates the electric era and the push for oil products strains crude resources. Electric light heat and power can relieve the world, and the West holds untapped power awaiting development.
A Heidelberg professor says Germany need not be ashamed of the defeat but cautions that Germany should be ashamed for its lust of conquest that led the world into the most destructive war.
Some of William J. Bryan's political policies would be less objected to today as several have been adopted. Conservative democrats now fear the man more than his ideas due to his association with disaster.
Maurice Maeterlinck asserts discrimination and criticizes American girls as as pretty while calling jazz music ugly in a provocative public statement.
Under prohibition law the single man is denied the married man's privilege of home concocted wine, but it may be presumed that even the bachelor Seadog will risk making port.
Billy the goat Nanny and Billy whiskers drag Tim and Mike toward a pond. A fast chase follows as the goats steer the cart into a tree overturning it, sending the boys sprawling. The goats flee while Mike pursues. Nanny hides under a thorn-apple tree.
A Saturday only special at the Princess features the film See Land of the Sky presented by the local YWCA. The program offers an evening screening with brief remarks and a community audience.
Oakland report says Harold Graven UC student charged with manslaughter after a speeding automobile fatally strikes Mrs. Marion A. Forrest, a prominent Eastern Star member with ties to California and New Mexico, early today.
Denver January 23 feeder sale totals exceed 1.06 million dollars as the stock show features a major feeder cattle auction with strong demand.
The issue notes Henry J. Raymond's centenary as NYT founder and orator, Gen John M. Thayer’s birth centennial as Civil War general and Nebraska senator, and the 25th anniversary of the Chicora disaster in Lake Michigan. It also mentions laying of the Civic Auditorium cornerstone in New York by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
The Cincinnati native Charles Henry Niehaus marks age sixty five as a prominent American sculptor. His statues adorn the Capitol in Washington and the Library of Congress, with works in Trinity Church doors New York and the Connecticut state house. He designed memorials in Canton Indianapolis and won a national Key memorial commission Baltimore.
A fragmented ledger notes key events including the 1853 New York to Chicago line completion via Cleveland Norwalk and Toledo, 1870 Prince Arthur’s White House audience, 1883 Michael Davitt jailed over speeches, 1891 Massachusetts Historical Society centennial, 1894 Laura Schimer Mapleson’s NYC death, 1905 Lord Grey’s Montreal visit as governor general, and 1919 Lisbon proclamation of a Portuguese monarchy.
Thousands of returning troops arrived in New York from France as a wave of postwar demobilization moves through the city. President Wilson announced plans to visit Chateau-Thierry to review Allied efforts and meet with French leaders.
Beatrice Harraden, English novelist born in Hempstead England 56 years ago today. Dr Kate Barrett, physician sociologist and humanitarian born in Glifton Virginia 62 years ago today. Edith Wharton, author born in New York City 58 years ago today. Marcus A Smits, U S senator from Arizona born near Cyn thiana Kentucky 68 years ago today.
Winter racing meetings in Havana and New Orleans set actions for the Cuba American Jockey Club and the Business Men’s Racing Association. A 100 day meeting opens at Tia Juana Lower California. The Chicago Automobile Show begins its annual event. The Midwinter Handicap Target tournament closes at Pinehurst No. 2.
Skiing events listed include the Opening of the annual congress for the National Ski Association at Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Skating features the annual junior and senior silver skates derbies in Chicago on Sunday. Boxing bills announce Johnny Kilbane versus Johnny Murray for six rounds and Willie Ryan versus Eddie McAndrews for six rounds in Philadelphia.
The South Carolina senate approved a bill making smoking tobacco or other substances illegal in any public places during meal hours and sent the measure to the house for consideration. The action reflects a push to curb smoking in public dining areas statewide.
San Francisco dispatch reports John H. H. Athwood, special assistant US attorney general, continuing living cost investigations by moving from California to Denver. Also includes a classified rental notice and a YMCA feature blurb.
Urges readers to assess kidney health and warns of hidden risks from kidney disease. Promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure all for kidney liver and bladder issues with purchase details and an offer for a sample bottle by mail.
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