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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
2
Justice Louis D Brandeis honorary ZOA member and Nathan Straus of New York head US delegation to the International Zionist Conference convening in London on July 4. Rabbi Stephen S Wise posed with them at the pier.
Automobiles, baby carriages, storage services, and local notices fill a Cheyenne page. References include Hobbs Huckfeldt Firnbiner selling baby carriages, Union Trust savings at 6 percent, Pine Bluffs airplane activity, and various services like painting and storage in 7 20 19 style copy.
Police question whether Eddie Buckles has an outside accomplice as a man held in the county jail faces burglary charges. The report notes a footpad in the case and asks if Buckles is linked to the alleged crime.
Police seek motive and suspect pair after two Sunday night attempted break ins at the Mellquahan residence on East Eighteenth Street and a window tampering report at Nineteenth and Evans. A man loitered near East Sixteenth before fleeing. detectives hold a description as they pursue leads.
Reports note City Street Commissioner Heirsig attending a city commissioners meeting after weeks. Plains hotel hosts a chiefs of the good roads program. Cheyenne area reports show wheat and barley heights 18 inches to 2 feet on non irrigated lands with predicted bumper crops. Fence construction expands between Cheyenne and Burns as barbed wire shortages eased. Leslie A. Miller departs for San Francisco to chair Wyoming Democratic delegation. Secondhand furniture remains pricey due to high replacement value. Indian Paint Brush wildflowers bloom widely, with flat hill tops near Cheyenne nearly covered. Alfred Bennyson located on a homestead at the US land office docket. several presidential names appear among settlers but Bennyson is a poet. Union Pacific park workers burn rubbish, creating smoke that alarms locals about a possible viaduct fire. Cooler weather boosts Cheyenne dance halls and outdoor venues. Weeds bloom around Lake Minnehaha adding a fishy odor to the park. A group of homebuilders will occupy fifty new cottages by week’s end. Mercury beach had no swimmers as water remained cold. Presbyterians Ladies Aid hold a quilting session to speed up contract quilt work. Frontier celebration posters are distributed to towns along the Union Pacific between Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs.
An advertisement invites readers to mail a 5 cent slip to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pain and rheumatism, and a cathartic for constipation and headaches, with the claim it is sold everywhere.
City commissioners ruled taxes on taxi licenses non transferable. They refused to transfer Ralph Mart’s unused license to a successor and declined a refund for Neva Baker’s unused portion, forcing the successor to obtain a new license.
Terrible Tessig sought a refund after her health failed, claiming her license to operate a restaurant on West Seventeenth Street should be refunded. The Cheyenne commissioners refused and warned against refunds or transfers, insisting each business must be licensed under its own name to avoid a blanket practice.
The forecast shows partly cloudy conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday with little temperature change. No significant storms expected and daytime highs near normal for the season. Overnight lows remain comfortable, and light breezes are anticipated.
Miss Lucy Branham of Baltimore announces a protest by women bearing banners. The group from the American Women's Emergency Committee of New York urges the convention to adopt a trade relation plank with Soviet Russia.
A Bolivar Missouri drugstore owner recalls developing Nature's Remedy after refining his earlier Dr. Lewis Medicine for stomach liver and bowel issues. He notes his formula tones the divers and entire digestive tract producing mild thorough elimination and claims millions will take Nature's Remedy tonight for better health.
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