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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
2
Cheyenne brief items list visitors from Laramie Denver and Douglas including John Donnelan Northwestern Mutual Life J A Kirkpatrick real estate and insurance Stephen Sibley and J Mason. Local services advertised for painting taxi and baby carriages plus a coroner candidate W W Dumm on Republican ticket and a government marshal on state business.
Roberto V. Pesqueira, Mexico’s U S financial agent, denounces conditions in northern border states as immoral and disorderly. He cites signpost inscriptions to Juarez and Tijuana as evidence along with reports of gambling profits and labor exploitation, accusing officials and merchants of corrupt practices harming the national treasury.
Kemmerer Wyoming plans to open a new postoffice next Monday. Postmaster J C McNamara says $3 000 worth of steel fixtures have arrived and are being installed. The building will match the best government structures and has space for years of local needs with offices upstairs. The move from the old building is planned for Sunday.
Colonel White and Mrs. A L White, well known in Cheyenne, arrived today from Long Beach where they have been living. They plan to stay about two months. The colonel previously managed the Tribune city subscription list and will oversee the cushions at this year’s frontier show as usual.
Anatolia, lying between the Black and Mediterranean seas, is described as on the rise with an independent government forming amid regional upheaval. The piece details its population of about 7 million Turks, diverse ancestral influences, and the harsh economic conditions, including sparse transport, limited markets, and a barter-driven life centered on agriculture and weekly markets.
In Casper Wyoming on July 16 a dog fight on the Sandbar led to tension among spectators and a $50 fine for Curtis Heady in justice court on a charge of threatening to kill. William Brown filed the complaint.
Scores of savings accounts are opened weekly at the Stock Growers National Bank due to the use of Pocket Savings Banks. The note highlights rapid uptake and consumer interest in small deposit devices.
Deputy Sheriff Richard Spatz is in Cheyenne today for official duties.
Harding and Coolidge lithographs begin appearing in Cheyenne window displays as voters observe campaign art across the city. Local merchants report growing interest in the presidential ticket as election season opens.
Big Creek Encampment reports eastern brook trout in high clear water with hair and flies. Crazy Woman Buffalo notes rainbow and native trout with high water and good fishing with flies and bait. Clear Creek Buffalo reports multiple trout species and high clear water with good streams and lake fishing using flies and bait. Christina Lake Lander warns water too high for good fishing though rainbow and native trout present. Encampment Creek Encampment notes eastern brook and rainbow trout with high clear water and good fishing using royal coachman. Middlefork Lander cites rainbow and native trout with water too high for fishing. bait. Little Popo Agie Lander and Rock Creek Buffalo report eastern brook trout with clear water and good morning bait, afternoon flies. July 20 outlook for West Fork Wam Spring Creek Brook's Lake Pell ham Lake Wind River Grosven tre area shows promising fishing.
The government reports about sixty million pounds of wool remain unsold, largely low grade with over half under 46s blood. Auctions drew few bids, failing to meet withdrawal prices. South American 36s fetched 28c, while actual sales totaled 400,000 pounds with small declines.
The War Department announced under the new army reorganization act that the president has appointed seven major generals and twenty two brigadier generals. The major generals are Adelbert Cronkhite William B. Haan Charles T. Menoher Charles H. Muir William H. Wright Omar Bundy and George W. Read.
A National Geographic letter from Barnum Brown recounts prehistoric giants like Trachodon Saurolophus Or nithomimus Monotonius Ankylosaurus and others. The piece explains their size, features and ancient habitats with vivid descriptions of teeth beaks tails and armor.
A brief reflection extols wifehood and motherhood as the top rounds in a woman’s ladder, asserting there is no greatness beyond these roles and praising the virtue of wifehood as foundational to society.
A historical address extols wifehood and motherhood as central to national greatness. It defines a wife as the soul of the home and a maker of men, elevating motherhood to training, sacrifice, and moral leadership beyond domestic duties. It argues women shape the republic through home life.
The article notes that homes reflect wifehood and motherhood ideals. It cites U.S. silver mining output at about 65 million ounces yearly. It reports Brazil and Argentina planning to buy 100 million apples from the United States this year, with potential orders of 50 million more if cold storage is available.
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