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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
4
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Today honors William Jennings Bryan on his 60th birthday and Moorfield Storey of Boston marks his 75th. The day also notes various sports events and a list of birthdays and anniversaries, including historical notes on notable figures and milestones.
Billy the goat drinks at a stream after reuniting with Nanny the goat beneath a rising moon. Nanny introduces their twin kids Day and Night, recounting their joys and Billys lingering thirst and weariness. They share stories of their separation and Billy expresses pride in fathering healthy kids.
Purcell's The Faery Queen is revived at the Cambridge New Theatre after a 200 year gap. The opera had its sole 1689 performance, its score lost, with a 1704 London Gazette offer for discovery. it reappeared exactly 200 years later in a Royal Academy of Music manuscript bundle.
Advance notice of Fannie Ward in The Profiteers at the Atlas theater promises an emotionally intense pathos driven drama about food market manipulation exposed by Ward's screen husband. Herbert Rawlinson stars in The Silkless Bank Note, a detective tale, with Ruined by a Dumb Waiter as a Keystone comedy.
Washington March 18 The national conference on community organization opens here tomorrow drawing scholars and public welfare experts. Franklin K Lane's call guides the gathering to discuss labor community relations democratic neighborhood units and Americanization efforts. Plans include Flag Day June 24 Neighbor Day community activities and block party celebrations.
The column argues General Wood overemphasizes Roosevelt as his model in history and wartime, while ignoring direct involvement in the latest conflict. It questions Wood's independence and warns that teachers votes may influence his chances, noting his dependence on Roosevelt as inspiration.
The piece argues that foreign powers have repeatedly overestimated discontent in the United States. It cites Louis Napoleon in Florida and Louisiana during the Civil War era, Spanish plans around 1898, and German schemes in 1917 18. It concludes that distrust of foreign leadership and self interest among Americans doomed these efforts.
A critical view links Turkish eagerness for U.S. friendship to possible loans, contrasting with reports from Rev C T S Crathern about Marash. The diary notes American hospital bombardment, flag firing, orphanage burning, and Armenian massacre survivors aided by French troops and Armenians with arms. Separately New York Republicans and Tammany Hall discuss female delegates as a dollar debate looms.
One year ago today Archbishop P J Hayes was formally installed in St Patricks Cathedral New York. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and President Lowell of Harvard engaged in a public debate in Boston on the League of Nations.
Today marks anniversaries of William Jennings Bryan born in Salem Illinois 60 years ago and Alfred von Tirpitz born in Cronimas 71 years ago. Also Octave Thanet Alice French born Andover 70 years ago, Moorfield Storey Roxbury 75 years ago, William Wambsganss Cleveland 26 years ago. Cheyenne visitors J G Spiegel A D Reed and N Stegall from Lusk. Leader WAN ADS are result getters.
Stockholm reports Prince William of Sweden, second son of the king, left with four friends for a year of study in Honduras. The sailor prince, raised in the navy from age twelve, is noted as a poet and top sportsman, a skilled golfer.
Manager Barrow believes Tim Hendryx will mature into a big league star with the Boston Red Sox. He notes Hendryx lacked seasoning during his time with the Yankees but has since gained experience that should boost his major league prospects.
A Chester shipping firm reports a French order for an 8000 ton tank steamship. It is believed to be France’s first ship order placed in the United States since the armistice was signed.
In London a joint agreement between the Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers Federation of Great Britain and trade union representatives raises minimum wages by 125 percent for men and 800 percent for women operatives. It stands as the first such accord in the clothing industry.
USDA figures show city men eat two-thirds more beef veal and mutton than country men while country men consume two-thirds more pork than city men and one-half more poultry.
A thousand dollar prize is offered for a stone throwing contest in Joplin Missouri to be held within a month. Competitors include Joe Henry of Avilla Missouri and G A Thomas of Rogers Arkansas. Judges say the winner must throw a rock more than 580 feet. Henry reportedly hurled a stone across a 40 acre field in practice. Thomas threw a lime to the top of an eight story hotel and then cleared the structure with a black walnut.
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