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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
4
Night laments Day is missing and enlists strong goats to batter down a gate. The trio breaks the gate, startling the mistress, while Night and Button slip outside with Night determined to find Day and Night’s pale-faced love interest Wide watches.
Passage notes women praising a hotel room as unusually comfortable and attractive, with remark that years of restraint had limited them. It hints at behavior in bar rooms and reflects attitudes from 1920 era with cautious phrasing about women and propriety.
The excerpt lists events and figures from 1809 to 1917 including Cornelius K Garrison a notable transport promoter who died in New York City He is linked with early rail and steamship ventures The text mentions the 1898 US squadron under Commodore Dewey against Spain and the 1917 oath of Carranza as Mexican President It also notes the 1864 Methodist National Covenant and the 1895 Pocahontas strike in West Virginia indicating broad historical milestones.
The vice president criticizes self styled reformers and glib regulators who push for laws without substance. He laments the omnipresence of gabble that fails to advance real events and urges newspapers to publish fewer speculative opinions and more about actual world affairs.
A government effort with an average of 2.26 deputy collectors traced 295,977 delinquents for 1918 and earlier, saving the treasury about 19 million dollars at a cost not less than ten percent. About 5 million returns filed. 131,000 individuals did not file. few understatements occurred, likely inadvertent. Delinquency was higher among lower incomes. federal collection exceeded state and county dodging.
The New York legislature again declines to abolish the death penalty for murder. Debates note that swift, heavy penalties may deter crime, while others argue that proof of deterrence is uncertain. The piece cites crime trends, British examples, and mentions 24,000 abandoned New York farmhouses. It also recounts Manila preparations for a 1521 voyage anniversary and other varied items.
Advice columns discuss marriage readiness based on finances and social expectations. Topics include whether an engaged couple should wed, napkin etiquette for guests, dealing with parental disapproval, and disclosure of prior marriage to potential partners.
A report from Columbus details women leaders forming the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. An observing reporter followed them into a bar deemed the meeting space, noting the scene where women conducted business, chose their state federation, and elected a president amid prohibition era decor.
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes including dressing for greens, meat rolls with cabbage leaves, sponge cake, poached eggs on spinach, and egg and spinach salad. Also notes on cleaning woodwork and general meal planning. The page blends breakfast to dinner ideas with practical cooking steps and storage guidance.
A July newspaper column recaps a spur of the moment protest where two painters blankly sign a board while sixteen bystanders, in overalls, watch. The writer mocks rising clothing prices, predicts further inflation, and questions whether the overalls fad will ease the cost of dress wear or true labor hardship.
Today features Argentina to adopt Greenwich time, a Washington banquet marking Harvard Clubs, and a Mexico City industrial congress to study labor issues. Sports include Pimlico and Lexington racing, Washington Tacoma trap, Penn relay, Oklahoma and LSU scholastic championships, and notable boxing matches in Lawrence and Buffalo.
The United States Army bids farewell to Maj. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe who retires today. A former quartermaster general, he led the Southeastern Department and was famed as the subsistence expert. His prewar study of European armies shaped his border and mobilization duties. He hails from an old Hudson River family.
One year ago today reports say the Peace Congress opened at Versailles with news of a pogrom in Pinsk where many Jews were slain and hundreds injured during May Day riots in Paris.
The item lists several notable births marked today including Duke of Connaught, uncle to King George V and former Governor General of Canada, plus Rt Rev Thomas O Gorman bishop of Sioux Falls born Boston 77 years ago. It notes Joseph E B Willard US ambassador to Spain born Washington DC 55 years ago, Harry Leon Wilson author born Oregon IL 53 years ago, and Paul Nick Carter Chicago NL baseball pitcher born Lake Park Georgia years ago.
A sailor agrees to work for a meal and rounds up sheep, only to discover a jack rabbit among them, mistaken for a lamb. Representative Sweet of Town narrowly escapes a would‑be rider who demands a drive to the Capitol, then feigns a fuel shortage to refuse him.
The Pocatello Idaho Tribune reports survivors once described as married and crippled are improving. The item notes recovery progress and ongoing care, with emphasis on hopeful outlook for those affected and their families.
A Toledo Times account describes a man who ran about forty feet before collapsing while still wielding a revolver. Detectives needed to remove the gun as he urged them to hurry an ambulance.
NAN writes to Roy joking about breath and supply in a playful note. The reader is left with a whimsical exchange about obtaining breath through spring onions.
A well known evangelist questions readiness for heaven then prompts followers to "say it with a brickbat" in a provocative public remark. The exchange centers on spiritual urgency and provocative rhetoric.
A May Day celebration notes the 100th anniversary of the Cato Street conspirators execution and marks anniversaries of MBH Church South and other figures. Rt Rev John Hazen White observes silver jubilee, Maj Gen Henry G Sharpe retires, Miss Mae Pershing christens a steamship, with Nebraska capital referenced.
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