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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
13
Cheyenne social group the Y W C A hosted Miss Gladys Booyee who spoke on character reading rooted in Dr. Katherine Blackford. Zilpha Guilfoil outlined a plan for a home for young working women and Maurene Garley presided as president.
Police say a man known as Harvey, a fence for bond and jewel thieves, attempted suicide twice after arrest. Investigation reveals twenty six marriages including to Spokane resident Miss Elizabeth Pryor, married March 25, 1919, a body later found believed to be hers. Williamson of Sacramento says Harvey also married her as Lewis. He admits some unions.
A fashion notice discusses summer blouse trends balancing practicality and style. It highlights the town blouse, the over blouse with a Russian cuff appearance, and the blousette length. The item described is a dotted rose georgette crepe blouse with organdy collar and pleated frilling cuffs, paired with a small black tie or dainty pin.
A fragmentary poem chatter intercuts with a humorous cookery aside. The speaker recalls hauling peat and dreams on siding cars from a misty bog to a burning mountainside while noting the odd life of a New England boiled dinner recipe. The piece blends rural imagery with tongue in cheek kitchen lore.
A fragmentary piece describes removing a fish skin with a hammer and knife, lifting a carp from a board, tossing it over a fence, and cutting the board on cedar planks to avoid splinters. The other text reflects on missed spring, winter of the heart, and lost love with emotional contrast.
A humorous verse contrasts two nail scenes. One ends with a tidy hit and mood relief while the other ends in a smashed thumb and a torrent of unlearned language. The narrator notes Ed Milk drives a milk wagon on Long Island.
A dainty bather named Betty Spring poses on a car front fender at Tent Cuy Goronado California as she tires of waves and seeks a ride along the shore. Staten Island doctors raise prices per visit while residents are urged to let nature take its course to beat the rising costs of dying.
An ad features Mrs. L. Gibson of La Junta Colorado praising Foley Kidney Pills for swift relief from kidney trouble. The copy notes swelling in hands and feet dullness loss of appetite and eye puffiness as symptoms and claims the product is sold everywhere.
An advertisement claims nine of ten women suffer constipation and links it to pimples, sallow skin, bad breath, and poor mood. It touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a mild, pleasant laxative that cleanses and purifies, improves complexion, appetite, and wellbeing, urging customers to try a package at Forbes Pharmacy.
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