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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
7
A dense OCR of classified ads and public notices lists for sale items from a pool hall to houses, along with multiple land and patent notices. It includes for sale entries, lost and found, contractor bids for a forest road, and numerous land filings and public sale notices from the U S Department of the Interior Cheyenne.
Notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish claim to lands in Sec 31, T17N R68W6th P Meridian, Cheyenne Land Office Wyoming. Listed applicants include Orville Cotton Aleck Kirkbride Harry Coreathbaum Charles A Rodgers Chas Goyens Abraham Wolinsky and Sam Magelvsky with dates in August 1920 and prior filings in 1916 1917.
Wyoming brief notes report visitors for Frontier Days including Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Newton and daughter of Casper. Local business listings include J A Kirkpatrick real estate taxes and taxi services. Police report cites Iceman and Turman arrests with fines. Coroner candidate W W Dumm seeks Republican nomination for August 17 1920 primary. A man is cleared in a car theft case involving his wife as co-owner.
TOKIO, July 17. A second class cruiser, among the fastest planned in the navy, was launched today. The vessel is designed for a speed of thirty five knots.
A series of social events unfolds in Cheyenne and surrounding towns. Invitations extend to Denver visitors J T Kendall and Herman Gates plus John Fairchild from Ping Bluffs. Milo Burke hosts Savannah guests and Frontier Days figures attend gatherings at Mellquham and Plains hotels.
Mr and Mrs John D Connelly welcome a baby girl born Wednesday July 28 at 8 am at Cheyenne Private hospital The new arrival weighs eight pounds and is named Josephine in honor of mother formerly Miss Josephine Schmidt
The dispatch describes a movement to form a large Mahomedan state across trans Caucasia from the Caspian Sea to Erzerum. It aims to be a Turkish satellite, framed as a nationalist project distinct from Bolshevism and focused on countering Allied powers. Lenin and Kemal reportedly share goals but differ over Moscow's Armenia role.
TOKIO July 28 Perec Dupuy the first Venezuelan minister to Japan said his mission is to encourage Japanese immigration to Venezuela where agricultural labor is needed. He notes there are no Japanese in Venezuela and plans to negotiate entry with Japan for South American republics.
Secret instructions detailing how to replenish the fuel oil supply for the San Diego naval base were sent to Rear Admiral Welles by Twelfth Naval District headquarters. The base is reported to be without oil due to failed price negotiations, and six destroyers with low tanks were ordered to seize oil here.
C C Cullen a former Cheyenne Wyoming saloonkeeper and W H Mohn operator of the Cog road restaurant at Manitou were arrested in Colorado Springs for violating the prohibition law. A large quantity of moonshine whiskey was seized and Sheriff John Weir with deputies conducted the raid. The sheriff sought a still believed to be the source of the whiskey and had surveilled local parlors and restaurants for a week.
Jack Johnson, a Black fighter, was moved from Joliet county jail to Geneva after reports he was taken for a car ride by Joliet Sheriff Newkirk. District Attorney Cline ordered the transfer and told Geneva Sheriff Poole Johnson should be treated as a prisoner not a guest.
Two thousand five hundred acres of irrigable and grazing lands in Johnson county, Wyoming, will be sold to the highest bidder at Buffalo on October 11 starting at 10 a.m. The tracts, formerly part of Fort McKinney reservation, cannot be sold below appraised prices from $5 to $22.50 per acre. Detailed descriptions and valuations are available from the Buffalo land office.
Public notice states no delivery by Cheyenne Delivery Co on Thursday afternoon. TL 29.
Regular meeting set for Friday night July 30 at 7 30 with guests Dr J F Davidson from Crawfordsville Indiana and wife and Brother J J Cassidy district manager of Nebraska and Colorado. Initiation and attendance requested. Anna Weeghar Scribe Frontier Court No 1. From Gem City Court No 2 Laramie Wyoming. All friends invited.
Political announcements state that F.R. Dildine and T. M. Van Tress seek county commissioner seats for four and two year terms respectively, both subject to Republican primaries on August 17, 1920. The notices are directed to voters in Laramie County and urge party supporters to participate in the upcoming primaries.
A sensational ad promises a genuine Indian receipt and a box of Kotaka ointment mailed free for 10 cents to cover notice costs. It claims legions have overcome dandruff hair loss bald spots and invites readers to respond via J H Brittain BZ-801 Station F New York.
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