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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1920
Page
23
The Literary Digest nationwide straw vote for presidential preference grows as 11,000,000 voters participate. At the end of the third week, Wadsworth Wood leads in the ongoing canvass, with results reprinted by the State Leader with Digest permission.
The Literary Digest reports a rising unofficial national poll with over 381,000 ballots tallied and expectations the total will exceed a million. Generals Wood Hoover and Johnson lead in daily and second choice totals with regional variances, while McAdoo and Pershing show notable support in first and second preferences. The Boston Globe notes the poll may reveal how 44 million voters are leaning and projects future ballot patterns.
In the Stewart BC region a new silver mining boom is described with deposits along the Canada Alaska boundary. Eight years after initial discoveries, large quantities of rich ore have been found and the district is touted to surpass the famed Cobalt region in promise. The article highlights rapid development and vast mineral potential.
The Grand Trunk Pacific railroad plans handling unprecedented mining deposits on a large scale. Ore values reach thousands of dollars per ton in silver and gold. Diamond drilling and development work proceed as mining men expect the new silver fields to rival Nevada's Comstock lode.
The latest highways report notes cars traveling to Denver via Greeley road with hazards near Cheyenne and improved conditions beyond Dover. State trucks from La ramie report fair roads and soon better weather. Northbound trucks have traveled eighteen miles. Hanna and Lyman directions are impassable. Cody to Meeteese remains very bad.
In Egypt beer has been drunk for 5,000 years, with the modern practice of the fellahs similar to the Herodotean method. The process is described in hieroglyphs and depicted in sculpture dating to around 3000 B C, showing a long continuity of beer culture.
Dr Frederick N Millener and assistant tried two nights for signals from Mars using a 50 000 meter wave length receiving setup on a Cedar Creek farm near Omit a Nebr Weather data notes a high of 67 and a low of 82 with 27 mph west wind and rainfall in the last 24 hours
Morning 6am shows 42 with a wet bulb 32 and humidity 100 percent. Evening 6pm records 63 with wind SW and velocity 7. Fog at dawn then clear by night. Normal temp for this date 46, actual mean 50, with a 4 degree rise in the last 24 hours.
A voice notes vast riches and deep poverty in Venezuela with 85 percent illiteracy and no nurses. It cites infant mortality and calls four missionaries to spread the Gospel to about two million people while noting U S intervention against European threats. It urges churches to intervene for religious health and safety.
A YMCA survey in Buenos Aires among a large student population finds only five men acknowledging belief in God or any Christian faith. The report notes broad secular trends across Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, with men especially breaking from traditional church ties.
A new phonetic method lets an ordinary adult Chinese learn to read in two weeks. It could be taught at each of the 6,000 evangelistic centers as part of a nation wide extension program under the Inter church plan. Smok er May 8th Ft Russell.
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