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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
6
Cheyenne women gathered at the YWCA to hear Miss Gladys Booyee discuss character reading, based on Dr. Katherine Blackford. The program featured Miss Zilpha Guilfoil outlining a home for young working women and plans for the next six weeks.
Police reveal a man known as Harvey, a jewel thief, has twenty six wives. He attempted suicide twice after arrest. Elizabeth Pryor of Spokane, married Harvey on March 25 1919 and a body believed to be hers was found later. A Sacramento woman, Eliza beth Williamson, says Harvey married her as Lewis. Harvey admits several marriages.
A fashion note outlines blouse choices for summer wear as separate skirts regain popularity. It highlights the over blouse with Russian cossack flair, the hip length blousette, and the shirtwaist tucked to the belt, favoring dotted rose georgette crepe with organdy collar and pleated fringe cuffs.
A fragmentary column blends verse by Roy K. Moulton with a humorous tale of misfired cookery. A folk verse on peat, dream imagery, and a New England kitchen anecdote describe a clever but adventurous method for cooking a large ice carp wrapped in clay beside a cedar plank.
A fragmentary verse recalls a carp on a board and cedar plank caution, with a later lament on lost Spring and unkindly missed love. The speaker reflects on winter of the heart returning to light through Love’s remembrance and fevered roses.
A humorous reflection contrasts two nail driving moments. It notes how a firm hit with a worn hammer can dispel a grouch, while a flourish with a smooth hammer often leads to a smashed thumb and a flood of unprinted language. Ed Milk drives a milk wagon on Long Island.
A dainty bather named Betty Spring perches on a car front fender while photographers capture her seaside pose. The piece notes Staten Island doctors raising prices per visit and jokes that residents can outlast death by letting nature run its course.
A Louisville era style ad notes kidney discomfort and swelling as signs of kidney trouble. Mrs. L Gibson from La Junta Colorado reports rapid relief after using Foley Kidney Pills and says she feels fine now. The advertisement claims availability everywhere.
An advertisement claims nine of ten women suffer constipation and promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a mild laxative that purports to cleanse the system and improve complexion. The ad urges women to try a package priced at 85 cents and to tell friends, via Forbes Pharmacy.
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