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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1920
Page
4
The snippet shows Cheyenne State Leader history and postal filing notes, noting 1867 establishment, daily schedule with Monday exception, and editor Randolph Laigh with Benemeron mailing. It lists office addresses and subscription rates for weekly and yearly terms, including Carey Seats telephones.
A group of Republican newspapers claim it is no worse to exceed spending limits for nomination campaigns than for elections. They argue slush funds and barrels distort delegate selection and ballot outcomes, urging a companion law to mirror election funding rules.
The piece argues Bolshevik Russia shifts from radical upheaval toward restraint and mutual guarantees. It notes initial abolition of capitalism and conscription of labor, then a pivot to seeking peace, debt payments, noninterference, and external leniency, warning nations to be wary of this apparent moderation.
Admiral Sims tells a senate investigation panel he did not receive formal orders to counter British influence, stating he only heard informal advice from Admiral Benson tied to Benson’s alleged anti-British sentiment.
The interstate commerce commission nears deciding flight rate increases to cover a billion-dollar wage rise for railroad workers. The public anticipates higher costs as consumers brace for impact, while the commission’s stance remains unmentioned.
The push for higher teacher pay garners broad public backing for solid reasons yet some educators market dissent by claiming top performers quit over pay. This implies remaining teachers are inferior, an inference critics deem unfair and counterproductive.
A periodical on the auto industry notes more than seven and a half million registered cars in the United States in 1919, up about one and a half million from 1918, illustrating rapid market growth.
The author argues that claiming a league of nations cannot exist without U S participation reveals a large Yankee conceit, warning against assuming exclusive American leadership in global affairs.
Billy and Nanny the goat plot to steal Mr Bells’s kids by moonlight guided by a sheep’s tale. They escape the pasture past barbed wire into the road, hide as wheels approach, and reach Mr Bells’s farm hoping to seize the children, only to find the barn empty and their plan foiled for now.
In a schoolhouse scene the Dictionary Man and Madame Garden Manual welcome Madame Spring Manual to explain ants and aphids. The Doodle Bug is described as a predator that traps ants, while the ants milk aphids for honey dew. The tale emphasizes garden lessons and friendship among characters.
Henry Morgenthau mounts a broad career arc from German born lawyer to real estate operator and diplomat. He gained national prominence in 1942 for campaign work, rose further as ambassador to Turkey from 1943, and has long received the Bnai Brith gold medal for service to American Jewry.
A compilation of notable dates: 1845 Swiss religious war start after Catholic Protestant quarrel. 1848 Hungary declares independence. 1856 Crimean War ends with Paris Treaty. 1868 Harriet Livermore dies after first female speech in Washington. 1870 Texas readmitted to Union. 1892 Ravachol arrested and sentenced. 1916 submarine sinks Portuguese. 1913 daylight saving starts. 1913 Presbyterian church anti prohibition stance. Archangel troops near mutiny later denied.
Washington report from March 29 shows forecasts that women voters may fall short of men by over 2.5 million if suffrage is ratified and registration laws pass. Estimated eligible men 29,677,690 vs. potential women 26,885,666. 1916 saw 18,528,743 votes cast with many unregistered. Some states already have women outnumbering men in voting age. Massachusetts leads with 58,264 more women voters, followed by North Carolina and South Carolina.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY March 29. Sixty hitherto unknown species of Miocene fossil fishes that lived in bays covering Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Barbara counties in California have been added to science by Dr. David Starr Jordan. The Stanford collection now numbers about four hundred specimens, larger than that of all other institutions combined. The fishes likely lived about 2,000,000 years before Christ, long before the glacial period and before humans.
A comparative test pits Camels against all brands to measure flavor burn and satisfaction. Report highlights aroma, strength, and burn rate across common cigarette types to assess relative performance and consumer appeal.
Fifty years ago today the fifteenth amendment to the U S Constitution took effect. Delegates gather as a Southern Baptist student convention opens in Louisville with attendees from several states. Members of the Republican dinner in New York City invite all GOP presidential hopefuls. Maine Democrats meet in Bangor to nominate presidential electors and appoint delegates to the San Francisco convention. Western agricultural officials meet in Regina to discuss drought conditions and farming methods. Sports schedule notes include Cuba-American Jockey Club meet in Havana, Pinehurst open championship, Olympic qualifiers in Pittsburgh, Metropolitan AAU championships in New York, and boxing events.
Joseph Calllaux former French premier born 57 years ago. Duke of Buccleuch premier duke of Scottish peerage born 56 years ago. William G Besler president Central Railroad Company of New Jersey born in Galesburg Illinois. De Wolf Hopper New York City stage veteran born 62 years ago. Dr Alexander Humphreys Stevens Institute of Technology president born Edinburgh Scotland 69 years ago.
A reader notes the Chinese saying that declaring a work extreme vexatiousness is as maddening as organizing a parent’s funeral, an ordeal many find hardest to endure in life.
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