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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1920
Page
11
The Cheyenne State Leader publishes daily except Monday with Randolph Leigh as editor and manager. The paper’s masthead lists Carey Avenue address and notes Association AP affiliation and republication rights for news dispatches.
A New York Sun correspondent from Indiana advocates an optimistic club in every town. He urges members to vow to ban pessimism and promote a gospel of optimism based on love and faith in America. The piece notes optimism must be coupled with action and earnest striving, not foolish bravado.
Twelve Italian girls released from detention at Ellis Island under bond to learn 40 English words in 60 days before marriage to American men. The piece notes the safety training may misfire, arguing the literacy test fails to curb immigration woes while enabling Bolshevik propaganda and leaving capable workers excluded.
Representative Blanton of Texas complains that no war department official can be reached by telephone between noon and 3. He insults leather-covered sofas used by clerks and mocks them for enjoying what he calls buttermilk siestas.
The notice reports collars priced at 25 cents rising to 35 cents next month. It questions if the hike is a price boost or a trust tactic while an editor mocks soft collars. It notes high wages for manual labor and a mass exodus of 140,000 teachers seeking higher pay.
The piece notes a shift from a $100 to a $125 monthly salary standard for Fed Chicago employees as a symbol of rising expectations. It reflects on juries and legal language, critiques consumerism, and contemplates Kaiser Wilhelm II amid comments on responsibility for widows and orphans.
A satirical note highlights how the country may claim more deaths of American soldiers from cigarettes than in battle. Also remarks on Mary Pickford's fan devotion, farm animal counts in 1919, and Prohibition's mixed domestic impact.
Commemorations mark Victor Emmanuel II and Thomas R. Marshall on birthdays. A San Francisco labor representatives meeting aims to shape a proposed National Labor party in California. Also notes anniversaries and historical events from 4820 to 4919 in a digest of figures and dates.
One year ago today President Wilson returned to Paris amid a warm reception. Emilé Gottin an anarchist who attempted to assassinate Premier Clemenceau was sentenced to death.
The notice lists several prominent figures born on this day including the United States president born in North Manchester Indiana, Russian writer Maxim Gorky born in Ni zjni Novgorod, motion picture pioneer William N. Selig born in Chicago, Canada’s finance official T C G Boville born in County Antrim, Ireland, English department dean Richard E. Burton born in Nortonford Gen. The ages range from 52 to 66 years.
Notice invites all interested in the booze question to a March 15 talk by Dr Bulgin on The Four B s Bulgin Blackstone Bootleggers and Booze. Temperance groups urged to attend and support the event with choir music at 7 15.
James Garman of Mayfield Kentucky reports relief after taking Foley's Kidney Pills claiming they stopped a half hour of discomfort by aiding the kidneys in removing waste. An automobile insurance listing appears as a separate detail.
Billy the goat is captured and dyed black with charcoal and a third horn added to resemble a three horned absurd boast. The disguise aims to fool circus crowds as performances begin and shows the tampering by a ringmaster helper.
The readable fragments show a puppetry or toy scene with a character bidding farewell. Mentions Billy and cages appear, with copyright note attributed to Saalfield Publishing Co. Akron. No clear date or full context available.
NOTICE TO KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS All members are invited to attend Knights of Pythias Night on Tuesday March 16 at the Tabernacle. Dr Bulgin is scheduled to speak on a subject of particular interest to members. A large attendance from the order is desired.
Hobbs and Huck Feldt and Finkbeiner offer prompt efficient service for auto top making. Kirkpatrick Real Patate and Insurance at 4824 Carey Ave promotes quick results in leader want ads.
An advertisement for National Rubber Tire promotes a puncture and blowout free tire that doubles mileage and acts as a perfect substitute for air. The ad urges readers to contact F. B. Wadsley, State Distributor, Bresnahan Block Room 2 in Cheyenne, via mail or phone 1492.
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