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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1920
Page
12
The Literary Digest national straw poll shows Wadoo and Wood leading as responses mount from 11,000,000 voters. The third week’s tally is summarized by the State Leader with the Digest’s permission.
The Digest's unofficial poll records rapid ballot growth with over 381,000 counted and potential to exceed a million. Wood leads in daily totals, with Hoover and Johnson close, while California favors Johnson but the Pacific region favors Hoover. Second-choice ballots could shift overall standings. McAdoo shows strong second-choice support, and Dem-Republican cross-voting is noted amid regional gaps and diverse candidates.
The region along the Canada Alaska divide shows expanding silver deposits with potential to surpass the Cobalt region. Minerals were first found eight years ago and recent discoveries indicate vast ore bodies, signaling a future wealth of mineral wealth in the district.
The Grand Trunk Pacific railroad plans to handle unprecedented business as deposits are worked on a big scale. Ore values reach thousands of dollars per ton in silver and gold. Diamond drilling and development advance as mining experts foresee silver fields rivaling Nevada’s Comstock lode.
Roads show mixed conditions with portions near Greeley to Denver fair to good weather permitting improvement in a few days. Northbound truck routes report impassable Hanna and Lyman areas, Cody to Meeteetse very bad, Lask directions blocked. Denver and Cheyenne note passable segments and ongoing travel advisories.
In Egypt beer has been consumed for 5,000 years. The modern fellahs brew a beer known as busa by a process almost identical to that described by Herodotus and depicted in hieroglyphs and sculpture dating back to 3000 B C.
Dr Frederick N Millener and assistant spent two nights listening for signals from Mars with ultra sensitive equipment near Cedar Creek Omaita Nebr. They detected no messages but deem further trials justified and plan another listening session despite close planetary approach this year. Weather notes report 67 high 82 low and 5.49 inches year to date precipitation.
The report records temperatures 42 and 63 with wet bulb readings 32 and 32 and humidity 100 and 46 percent. Wind shifts SW Ss W with speeds 7 16 20. Conditions show fog and clear skies with normal and actual mean temperatures 46 and 50 degrees respectively. Change in the last 24 hours not specified.
The piece argues Venezuela, with vast riches and extreme poverty, faces illiteracy and no nurses while four missionaries work to spread Gospel to about two million. It notes U.S. interventions against European aggression and calls churches to act for spiritual health and security.
A YMCA survey in Buenos Aires among a large student population shows only five men claim belief in God or any Christian faith, reflecting broad secular trends across Chile Argentina Uruguay and Brazil as they modernize.
The new phonetic system enables an ordinary adult Chinese to learn reading in two weeks. It could be taught at each of 6,000 evangelistic centers. A nation wide extension program is part of the Inter church plan. Smokers May 8 Ft Russell.
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