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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
15
Dr James J Walsh of New York, a famed platform orator, speaks tonight at 8 15 at the Parish House under Knights of Columbus auspices on the construction. He will outline the problems facing the United States and offer suggestions for their elimination.
A Wall Street Journal view credits Wyoming with solving the crude oil shortage as Montana rises as a future supplier. The Salt Creek field leads production, with an acre yield far exceeding Midcontinent and Appalachian fields. Government and IRS estimates show enormous future output for 100 and 200 barrel wells, guiding lease activity following new oil land bills.
Leslie A. Miller, collector of internal revenue, greeted Sergeant John J. McKenna of the United States Marine Corps at his Cheyenne office. The two, once together at Mare Island, recalled training and shared a night out celebrating their days in uniform.
Mrs. George Ruth reports Babe Ruth told her after a remarkable day of three home runs that he appreciated the praise and asked for a big steak. The article cites Ruth’s wife as the source for the quote about his "bats" and appetite.
J. Steinway Scoville an itinerant window washer arrived in Cheyenne last night and will seek work this morning. Ex serviceman who has journeyed from New York to San Francisco earning money by washing windows, he has done so for ten years barring army service.
Articles of incorporation filed in the Wyoming secretary of state office for several oil entities. Washoming Oil of Rawlins with 1 million capital, directors Eaton Bonine Nelson Wickersham Petit. Carroll Royalty of Newcastle 1 million capital, directors King Barber Walker Britton O’Bannon Eastburn Carroll Copsey. Wyoming High Test Oil of South Dakota 100 thousand capital, directors Gira, KB, Dornacher Null Clair. Tower Oil of Sheridan 150 thousand capital, directors Morgareidge Randall Lothian Daigh Dagey Nelson Shickley Pearson May Johnson May. Drayton Drilling dissolving. Lowell State Bank dissolving. Lavere B. Carr agent in Newcastle.
Richard Rose pleaded guilty to embezzling the U S mail at Rawlins. He was sentenced by Judge John A Riner to two years in Leavenworth penitentiary. Rose allegedly stole oil stock worth 7006 from the Bosylins depot platform, converting it to cash and wiring funds to a Cheyenne bank. He was arrested in Boise Idaho after spending 3000 of the proceeds and has been jailed in Laramie county.
Ruth blasted twelve of his first sixteen homers at the Polo Grounds as the Yankees aimed to justify their 125000 purchase. The hot streak prompted groundskeepers to extend the foul line from the wall to the second tier and even to the roof to curb Ruth's mighty drives into the stands.
Rain fell in Cheyenne easing lawn sprinkling while Torrington reported heavier showers nearby. Notables include notaries Clara Adkins and Dorothy Gereke moving offices, marriage licenses to Pottorff and Grome and Binney Stone, and a larger police force during the street carnival.
Doc Grant, arrested south of Denver as police seized a still and whiskey mash valued at 100 000, visited Cheyenne to settle affairs and sold his prized Cle Aero eight roadster to Johnny Baker. He spent a day in Denver jail before returning to Cheyenne for remaining matters.
Rear Admiral Williams sought help from the Knights of Columbus lost baggage bureau after two trunks of champagne given by French admirers were declared lost by American customs. The bureau located the trunks in New York and aimed to return them to the admiral, highlighting an unusual postwar dispute over missing luxury cargo.
A fragmentary report recalls Casey tracking a missing daughter amid peasant maid rumors as customs officials echo a Prohibition era stance. The admiral’s champagne is challenged, signaling a tense clash between pursuit, law, and saloon era excess.
Immanuel Baptist Church in Chicago equips parlors to be open all day and into night as cozy community spaces for young men and women living in hall bedrooms to get acquainted under proper conditions.
Unsettled Wednesday with probable showers in the north and east, followed by Thursday with partly cloudy skies. Temperature changes expected to be minimal across the period.
A line from The Grenade warns not to rush a move until the mud’s depth is known, highlighting caution and measured action.
The remark suggests that people hoping to contact Mars may be those who feel ignored on Earth and now try a distant outreach as a desperate effort to gain attention.
In New Zealand the Prince of Wales refused to ride a specially prepared train during a railroad strike. He stated that if trains cannot run for the people they should not run for him, adding I am one of the people.
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