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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
10
Washington reports a Bureau of Internal Revenue interpretation loosening rules on home brewed beverages. Any person may manufacture non intoxicating cider and fruit juices for home use without bond, provided the product is consumed at home. The decision clarifies that alcohol content need not be under a strict 0.5 percent.
Giley R. McConnell former Democrat leader in Laramie has filed for a party switch to Republican. Four years ago he won county and prosecuting attorney on the Democratic ticket and two years ago sought renomination but was defeated by George Patterson who is now the prosecuting attorney.
A bill will be introduced in the next Wyoming legislature to adjust the nominating primary filing period. Current law ends 30 days before the primary election date which, since the vote falls on Tuesday, always lands on a Sunday and creates filing confusion. The measure aims to shorten or lengthen the period by one or more days.
Unseasonable spring weather causes many to suffer coughs and hay fever. Foley's Honey and Tar is pitched as a trusted family remedy for coughs colds hay fever asthma and croup and is said to soothe the throat and ease breathing.
H C Evis will spend a fort night vacation at Elk Mountain with unspecified companions or activities noted in the brief item.
Harold A. Littledale of the New York Evening Post Kirk Simpson of the Associated Press and Paul Mallon of the United Press fell 8000 feet during a Navy dirigible crash while covering the America’s Cup race between Resolute and Shamrock off Rockaway coast. Littledale relayed the event by wireless from Jamaica Bay noting the crew’s rescue efforts and a possible gas valve leak as the blimp descended.
The narrative recounts a descent from 1,000 feet as gas escapes and the aircraft veers toward Jamaica Bay. The bow hits water first and the C-10 tilts, flooding the front compartment while crew throw ballast, batteries, and equipment overboard. A radio is discarded as a hull gash opens along the starboard propeller side.
Lee Hiles, said to be from Oklahoma, bound over for trial on a charge of attacking Hthel Whiterock, 13, and Edith Whiterock, 14, daughters of a motor tourist. The alleged assault occurred at a camp on the outskirts of Laramie.
James A. Malcom of Riverton Wyoming and Evelyn R Gordon of Oakland California were issued a marriage license Wednesday morning at the County Clerk’s office.
James Miller of Bennington Nebraska 82 revisits Cheyenne recalling 1867 to 1869 frontier days. He claims trees may have grown since his 1869 visit, describing the site as creek and prairie and recounting pioneer era events for Frontier Days attendees.
Mr. Miller, arriving July 27 1867 with a railroad crew from Julesburg Colo, notes Camp Carlin near Crow Creek and a tent saloon run by Pat Malloy. He describes the rapid town rush as trains neared the site, Cheyenne taking shape though the name and spelling varied until the railroad cemented it. He later followed the line west to its end and found Cheyenne “dead” two years after founding.
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