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Newspaper

Cheyenne State Leader

Location

Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1920

Page

8

Carbon Black and Natural Gas Save Newspaper Printing

Reid L. Carr of New York warns before a Washington committee that carbon black, essential to ink and many other products, is produced only from natural gas. He notes immense growth in U S publishing, the efficiency of modern presses, and the gasoline recoveries from gas plants, urging conservation to protect industry and the public.

United States Reid L. Carr New York City National Natural Gas Conservation Committee Washington Carr Benjamin Franklin America Our Fathers Rotary Perfection National Association of Printing Ink Makers Cowley Wyoming

City Camp Ground Rapidly Filling Frontier Tourists

Forty automobile parties representing nearly every U S section were comfortably located at Sloan's Lake municipal camping ground yesterday. Most will stay through Frontier Days, with projections of about five hundred parties by opening of the big carnival next Tuesday. Tourists show varied camping gear from simple tents to elaborate canvas and framework units, travel stains of khaki and denim predominant, despite a lake bathing rule.

United States Sloan’s Lake

Olive tree pests threaten fruit, wood, and leaves

Besides birds, numerous insects attack the olive tree causing damage to fruit, wood and foliage. The article notes diverse pests affecting olive crops and foliage health, highlighting the need for control measures.

Old West saloon ruins mark Cheyenne Frontier Days scene

Old timers visiting Cheyenne for Frontier Days will find the West Moyer saloon on Pioneer Avenue a tottering ruin. Once a bustling frontier venue with a bar area and gambling room, its walls slump, plaster falls, and bullet holes remain in the plaster as the annex to the Whitehead Block decays.

Chey Cheyenne Old West Moyer Pioneer Avenue Eddy Street West Moyer Place Whitehead St. Joseph

Heightened Filing Window For County Nominations

The period for declaring candidacies for county offices remains open at the county clerk’s office. Only a few filings have occurred so far, with most expected on the final filing day a week from tomorrow.

Settlement of Captain Cochran’s Estate Reported

The executor Giovanolo of Lexington Kentucky has settled the estate of Captain Griffin Cochran who died in France in January 1919. The estate totaled about $20,000 with Alfred J. Cochran of Hot Springs County Wyoming as chief beneficiary. An Illinois aunt receives life benefits. The estate included $10,000 war risk insurance $7,000 old line insurance and $3,000 in real estate. Cochran once served as telegraph editor of the Tribune.

Griffin Cochran France Giovanolo Lexington, Ety Cochran Alfred J. Cochran Hot Springs County Wyo Illinois Captain Cochran Telegraph The Tribune

Local notices and arrivals fill Cheyenne scene

City workers haul dirt on Twentieth Street while residents and visitors arrive for business and leisure. Names include Pierce and Mrs LaFlesche, J A Kirkpatrick, Judge Tiball, Mary Cameron, and George Cook. Public notices note painting services and taxi trips as W Weeks visits from Lander and C L Rhinesmith runs for coroner.

Coffins Convert Press Room to Storage Space

The former State Leader Publishing press room, sold to Triune Publishing, is now used by a local undertaker as a coffin storage area. For a decade the room served as lodging for itinerants with no hotel, who left once aware the space was a coffin warehouse.

State Leader Publishing Company Tribune Publishing Company State Leader Old Leader State l Leader

Injured Boy Hit by Flying Stick After Car Crash

Erville Cook from Pawhuska Oklahoma was injured Monday when the car he drove struck a large stick on the road. The stick flew and struck his head causing facial and possible skull fractures. He underwent surgery at St Johns hospital and is recovering. A party of Indians was in the car. There are more than 600 000 depositors in the postal savings banks.

Erville Cook St. John's Hospital Mylar Cook Pawhuska Okla Hoe Postal Savings Banks

Cheyenne's Old Pagon Becomes Furniture Store

The Percy Smith Furniture company has finished transforming Cheyenne’s former city hall and jail into a furniture storage and display extension. Doors cut between buildings allow truck access. the old jail’s high gratings remain as relics. The combined space now ranks among the region’s largest furniture-area floors.

Percy Smith Furniture Company Cheyenne Smith Building Old City Hall Durant Volunteer Fire Company Smith Company Old City United States Old City Hall

Candidates Still Taking Examination

Forty young men from Colorado and Wyoming seeking army commissions completed the first week of examinations at Fort Russell. The exams will continue for several more days.

Colorado Wyoming United States Army Fort Russell

Sinn Feiners Raise Terror Flag in Cork City

In Cork on Monday two military lorries carrying soldiers were attacked by civilians with bombs. Sixty to seventy soldiers were injured amid city street fighting between Sinn Feiners and the military. Two civilians were wounded and about thirty more injured, raising total casualties above one hundred. The violence followed a bayonet incident that injured a former soldier.

Cork Ireland

Child Struck by Car in City Park

A small child was struck by a car driven by a local doctor while crossing near a drinking fountain in the city park. The tot was passed over but authorities believe no serious injuries occurred. the doctor assisted the child at the scene.

Unnamed Babe Rescued After Vehicle Passes Over

Eyewitnesses report a baby was rushed home after an axle passed over the infant rather than the wheels, a detail credited with saving the child's life as authorities collect facts.

Astonished by Farm Results in Wyoming

R. H. Williams of Arizona visited Cheyenne to study farming in Laramie County and eastern Wyoming. He expressed surprise at the notable development of dry farming in the semi arid region and observed its success.

Wyoming R. H. Williams Arizona Cheyenne Monday Laramie Mr. Williams

Cheyenne Sighting Cited by Western Investigators

Wyoming figures figure prominently as investigators tracing a movement. Professor Williams notes Cheyenne as a natural home base for the inquiry and its regional significance.

Wyoming West Cheyenne Wiliams

Manufacture of Pneumonia Tires in 1920

The 1920 production plan calls for pneumitia tires to use about 400000 bales of cotton as raw material.

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West Moyer's Twentieth Street Union Trust Co Pierce LaFlesche T. W. LaFlesche New Castle City J. A. Kirkpatrick Carey Ave V. Jean Tiball Second Judicial District Hobbs, Huckfeldt & Finkbinder J. B. Oakie Mexico Sunday Mary Cameron Buford Geo. Cook George W. Brimmer Hudson W. 16Th William R. Weeks State Highway Commission Lander W. W. Dumm C. L. Rhinesmith Casper Cheyenne Sunday Jenkins Shoe Co Lincoln Highway Percy Smith Company Ointmen. Com Liberty Bonds Ohenstein Graham Plains Hotel Rawlins West Seventeenth Street E. Roedel Cheyenne Stamp and Novelty Works Cheyenne, Wyoming Studebaker Corporation Num Dildine’s City and County 19Th St
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