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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
6
The piece jokes that Cupid faced a poor February in Cheyenne with few marriage licenses amid leap year, Saint Valentine’s Day, and five courting Sundays. It hints the H L of L may have restrained him and scolds the ILC or I.L. for pressuring Cupid.
Dr Loyal L Wirt, a government inspector and lecturer with wartime service, returns from official travels in Turkey Armenia and the Orient and will address Cheyenne at the tabernacle this evening. His brief talk will cover impressions from the trip and experiences abroad.
Frank E. Barnett 44 general superintendent for Archy Allison construction outside Cheyenne died in Laramie hospital after a steel beam fell on his leg last Friday. His leg was amputated and he succumbed to shock. Funeral plans to be announced. body to Cheyenne for burial. Survived by widow and 5 year old daughter and relatives in Ohio. He lived in Cheyenne 18 years and worked with Allison four years. He was injured during unloading of a car of steel when a chain broke and a beam struck him.
In Natrona County Casper authorities seek the presumed killer of rancher James Corbett. No trace of employee Ned Livingston, named at the crime, has been found two months after the murder on January 17, and investigations by all local and state agencies have yielded no lead.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States will hold its eighth annual Increased Production Convention in Atlantic City from April 27 to 29. Topics include government role in production, anti trust laws, taxation, especially excess profits taxes, farm production, and labor relations with representatives from the American Federation of Labor and business interests. Group meetings will cover major industry divisions.
The Rotary club at the Plains hotel gathered yesterday noon for a St Patrick’s day themed meeting. W dinneen spoke on St Patrick’s life, Dr Barry urged city officials to have blinds removed from former saloon windows, and Col M M McNamee offered support for an aviation field. William Mullen, famed as Wyoming’s prize Irish story teller, entertained. District Rotary convention attendees plan a 3:25 pm departure Sunday.
Nora Bayes headlines a benefit performance for the American Legion at the Princess Theatre on Tuesday March 28 presenting Ladies First with Arthur Gordon and Al Roberts. The show follows Betty Burt whose aunt forces her into politics only to be defeated by her fiancé in the mayoral race.
The screening of Just Squaw at the Atlas features a Western romance with gunplay and hand-to-hand combat. The plot centers on Fawn a kidnapped girl felled by a half-breed stigma, a love triangle with The Stranger, and tensions involving an Indian squaw and Buck Jones.
Mrs. Dora (Harvey) Talbot, wife of Bishop Talbot and former head of Wyoming and Idaho mission work, died February 29 in Bethlehem Pennsylvania and was buried March 2. Born in Roanoke Missouri she married Bishop Talbot on November 5 1873.
The Corona Typewriter article reproduces Loy's work from Laramie county jail on a Corona typewriter. The piece ties to Sheriff Smalley's hotel and a Thanksgiving menu card. A western drama involves LeGal Rogue's Roost murder, Fawn, and a Stranger, ending with a dramatic court-like confession and a screen climax. The bill also features The Two Doyles and Almost Zeroes.
Thirty Protestant denominations plan a united campaign across the United States from April 25 to May 2 to raise 86 777 572 dollars for world church work. Rev W L Wade Wyoming state director says the goal is the largest ever and based on a scientific survey. Preparations will start at Cheyenne with a state conference March 48 attended by denominational directors and a national speaker team.
Constitutional guarantees suspended across Salvador due to a second revolution. President Melendez reported in full control, with official advices reaching Washington confirming the situation.
Sam Brainard a Civil War veteran and Wyoming pioneer leaves Cheyenne to reside at the Old Soldiers' Home in Buffalo. Once a 360 pound figure, the 82 year old weighs 150 now and has no local relatives. He formerly worked as a firefighter, policeman, and constable in Cheyenne and Fort Collins. His Wyoming journey began in 1872 with a return to Buffalo after early settlement there.
A blaze at 1928 Pemrican Street at 9 35 yesterday started from a box of ashes against the house. The fire department stopped it before entering the building. Estimated damage is 850 dollars. the residence is owned by Mrs. W. C. Clark.
Sixteen field representatives of the Western Union Telegraph company gathered in Cheyenne under District Superintendent 4.8 McClintock and District Commercial Manager A. A. Gargen of Denver for an educational and development conference. The meeting continued today with attendees from Denver, Cheyenne, Fort Collins, Rawlins, Longmont, Golden, Rock Springs, Evanston, Greeley, Sheridan and more. A milk food-value note accompanies the report.
Athens Georgia March 417 The eighth district republican convention delegation to the national convention Dr W L Harris today was instructed for Major General Leonard Wood The only item of livestock in Germany which increased during the war is goats Germany today has 3 000 000 goats ten per cent more than in 1914 Goat milk is being very largely used as a completely satisfactory substitute for cow s milk
The projected line across Austral will expose travelers to a rail journey through a desert region with scarce life and little interest, describing the majority of the route as dreary and unengaging.
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