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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1920
Page
3
City News in Brief notes Frontier Days prep and swollen crowds as Cheyenne hosts visitors from Denver Ogden and Casper. Mentions decorations frontier committee meetings and a growing tent town at municipal camp ground. Forewarns about law enforcement patrols and a chain gang detail downtown.
Six good desks including three flat tops two rollers and one typewriter desk Four office tables Twelve chairs Three Underwood and one Remington typewriters Model 3 linotype Linotype magazines Linotype and stereotyping metal Wrapping paper Cash register Burroughs adding machine Composing stones Stereotyping equipment Electric starting system for large motor Composing room turtles Handsome quarter oak office set in town Come early, we are selling them fast.
In Berlin and other parts of Germany large quantities of American Confederate currency are in circulation. Unsuspecting buyers exchange it for marks at current rates, with one merchant reportedly taking 28,000 marks for a bundle. The American Chamber of Commerce warns Germans to have Confederate money inspected by banks before acceptance.
A forthcoming U.S. Bureau of Education bulletin reports about twenty percent of schoolchildren require corrective eye care. Separately, the text notes the world coal reserves total more than seven million tons across all classes.
Hinshaw says Bryan is unrivaled in Prohibition Party support and could win on a prohibition ticket. Others named include Poling, Colvin, Howard, Patton, Calderwood, Haynes, Baldwin, Needham, with women mentioned for president or VP roles. State tickets expected this fall as party reviews platform and actions.
The Anti Saloon League plans to defeat Governor James M Cox in the fall. The national executive committee meets in Columbus with state reps to outline policy. Dry Ohio Democrats withdraw financial support and reclassify Wayne R Wheeler as a Republican political figure.
Charles McGarvey and Ben OConnell praise Cheyenne’s growth from frontier town to modern city and congratulate the Leader. They commend the new publishers for a square deal, noting it suits them. Both men are Democrats.
A vintage advertisement extols the Sonora talking machine for its solid cabinet build and even finishing on all sides. It urges checking cabinet thickness and knuckle-tap soundness, praising the Sonora as the highest class talking machine in the world.
David Miller endorses the new arrangement and plans to read both papers. Miss Fry of the Plains hotel predicts rising sales as a real morning paper arrives. Al White notes many subscribers request the Leader, while many already switch to both editions. A census fact states 351 per thousand in the U S are foreign born or born to foreign-born parents.
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