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Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1920

Page

14

Cheyenne Socials Highlight Townsfolk Gatherings

Mrs. Albert Crowland hosted a Wednesday afternoon tea for visiting Miss Marie McCurdy of Lockhart Texas with bridge games and a course tea. Ensign Francis McInerney leaves for Bremerton after a leave with his parents. he will serve aboard the USS Mexico cruising Pacific waters.

Albert Crowland Marie McCurdy Lockhart Tex Cheyenne Cronland W. K. Mylar Clarence Swainson Francis McInerney Bremerton Washington J. H. McInerney Wnsign McInerney Mexico Pacific

Peasants cling to religion in spite of Soviet decree

In Reval and Pskov areas, thousands of Russians attend church despite Bolshevik aims. A cathedral scene shows rich clerical robes and poor worshippers, with beggars outside and pilgrims inside. A visiting priest recalls persecution and the belief that religion remains essential to life and morality.

J. H. Duckworth Reval Esthenia Pskov Lenine Trotzky Kremlin Neonle T Red Russia

Boy dies after wheelbarrow collapses into well

Ployd W. Lantaff, four, fell fifty feet into an abandoned well when a wheelbarrow he was sitting on collapsed the ground beneath him. He was killed.

Evansville W. Lantaff

Polo Tryouts for Regimental Team Near Fort Russell

Despite muddy field conditions last Sunday the Fort Russell polo team showed strong stick work during afternoon matches. Tryouts for the regimental team to compete in the invitation tournament hosted by the 15th Cavalry Polo Association in August are underway as officers split duties on a fast, aggressive squad. Hostesses for the previous event were Mrs. Van Tassel and Mrs. Abbott from Cheyenne and Mrs. Keifer and Mrs. Richart from the post. next Sunday's hosts will be Cheyenne's younger set. The Polo Association entertainment committee plans hunts at the 15th Cavalry Hunt Club park, daily teas and luncheons, a buffet luncheon on the tournament’s last day, and a polo banquet.

Fort Russell 15Th Cavalry Polo Association van Tassel Abbott Cheyenne Keifer Richart The Polo Association 15Th Cavalry Hunt Club

New GNU toledo admission ends in strange parade

A fragment reports a novel gnu entering Toledo area. The animal allegedly died after kicking itself to death en route to the Toledo zoo, despite no signs of illness.

Gnu Toledo

Willard Fields for Constable in Kansas Primary

Douglas county records list Jess Willard the heavyweight champion among 90 aspirants for political honors in the August 3 primary election without his knowledge His name appears as a candidate for constable of Wakarusa township where W C Simmons owner of the Lawrence World Journal farm resides Simmons also appears as a candidate for the same office with his bid filed without his knowledge.

Lawrence, Kas Jess Willard Douglas County Usted Willard Wakarusa Township W. C. Simmons Lawrence Daily Journal. World Simmons

Texas cannibals left prehistoric mounds, says professor

University of Texas anthropologist James J. Pearce reports that extinct Texas inhabitants roamed the Edwards plateau from Austin toward New Mexico. They hunted with flint weapons, showed paleolithic culture, and left kitchen middens and human bones indicating cannibalism.

Austin Tex Texas James J. Pearce University of ‘Texas Smithsonian Institute Bureau of Ethnology Pearce Edwards Plateau New Mexico America

University to Publish Ethnology Report on Edwards Plateaus

Dr J Walter Fawkes leads the Smithson ian Bureau of Ethnology in corroborating a forthcoming Smithson ian Institute report on Edwards plateaus. The University of Texas will keep the unearthed material forming a nucleus for a museum in anthropology. Follow-up work will study East Texas funeral mounds linked to a later race with distinctive pottery and polished weapons.

J. Walter Fawkes Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology Smithsonian Institute University of Texas Pearce Edwards Platea East Texas

Jews Can Never Sell Palestine Policy Revealed

Dr Baer Epstein, special commissioner for the Jewish National Fund, announces that land bought in Palestine by the fund may be developed and rented but cannot be sold. The fund plans to spend 1 250 000 dollars next year to reclaim barren land for Jewish renters, with prior investments totaling 7 million francs in 6 000 acres and agricultural colonies. City lands in Jerusalem Tiberias Haifa Jaffa Safed are reserved for public buildings.

New York Palestine Jewish National Fund Fund Baer Epstein England Epstein Jerusalem Tiberias Haifa Jaffa Safed

Fifty men raid Dublin post office in daylight letters seized

A band of fifty men raided the general post office in Dublin early today and took all letters addressed to Dublin Castle and to officials of the Irish administration. The incident coincides with urban signage activity by Sam Marchick & Sons who were granted permission to erect two electric signs on West Sixteenth Street yesterday.

Associated Press Dublin Dublin Castle Administration of Ireland Sam Marchick & Sons

Pete Cordillo Faces Long Prison Term for Murder

Convicted of second degree murder, Pete Cordillo, one of three state prohibition department representatives found guilty in the slaying of Frank Jennings near Laramie, remains defiant and optimistic about a possible life sentence next Monday.

Pete Cordillo State Prohibition Department Frank Jennings Laramie Cordillo

Prisoner borrows pass to walk free from jail

Frank Wielder, jailed on forgery charges in Los Angeles, borrowed a visitor pass from an unidentified person and walked past the turnkey to freedom. Authorities know neither the time nor the destination.

Los Angelys Frank Wielder

Woman Dawyer to Defend Brother in Thiac Murder

In Sundanchor Wyoming on July 15 the first Wyoming case with a woman as counsel for a murder defendant unfolds as Frank Hickey faces a jury for the murder of Laben Wood. His sister Mrs. Catherine A. McKenna, from McKenna and McKenna in Los Angeles, has arrived to defend him.

Sundanch Wyo Wyoming Frank Hickey Laben Wood Hickey Catherine A. McKenna McKenna & McKenna Los Angeles Calif

New Coal Mine to Open at Almy in Wyoming

Evanston Wyoming July 15 A new mine will be added to Wyoming coal producers by Red Canon Coal company opening a slope north of No 8 mine at Almy to tap No 4 vein. The colliery will be a wagon mine without immediate railroad connection relying on wagon transport for its output.

Evanston Wyo Wyoming Red Canon Coal Company Almy

Lightning Splits But Not Kindling at Wyoming Ranch

A July storm north of Sundance Wyoming shows a bolt hitting Willard Good’s residence turning it to kindling while another bolt hitting the Crewdson wood pile only scatters logs and reduces some to kindling.

Sundance Wyo Willard Good Crewdson Place

Wyoming Fuel and Feed Company Now Chartered

A long established Cheyenne business became a corporation yesterday as articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state. The Wyoming Fuel and Feed Company is capitalized at $100,000 with shares of $100 par value. Directors are Charles W. Riner, Frank J. Gallivan, George I F Storey, John L. Murray Jr., and Maurice L. Verbrugge.

Wyoming Fuel & Feed Company Charles W. Riner Frank J. Gallivan George IF. Storey John L. Murray, Jr Maurice L. Verbrugge

U S Went Dry Hagen Stayed Wet

In Seattle, Hagen Adams ignored dry laws while his wife seeks a divorce. She alleges he continued drinking despite prohibition and cites his persistent drinking as the reason for the split.

U. S Hagen Seattle United States of America Hagen Adams

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