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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
10
The Cheyenne police completed a private telephone system linking five police call boxes to headquarters and enabling direct rings to all boxes from headquarters. The system enhances the existing police alarm network and uses dry automobile battery power. Locations of the five boxes are kept confidential to prevent wire-cutting sabotage.
sewer backups flood the Corlett schoolhouse basement forcing cancellation of classes yesterday. engineers discuss sealing basement floor holes and alternative relief plans as underground water flows overwhelm the sewer system in Cheyenne.
Heinie Schuman set to box Kiscus Lub at Fort Russell riding hall on May 8 and meet Jimmy Hanlon at the Denver Stockyards stadium on May 12. A strong local following expects two more wins within fourteen days, extending the lightweight’s remarkable street of victories.
Three marriage licenses were signed yesterday by the county clerk. Couples named include Clifford Delbert Giggey and Hazel C. Fartell of Boulder, Henry W. Lyons and Ima Stabler, a Gheyenne couple, and Earl B. Rountree with Margaret Sharp of Gur ey Nebraska.
Finnish society has advanced in female education since fifty years ago when no high schools for girls existed. Now many young women are pursuing University education, aided by parental support and broader opportunities.
A wartime sale of U S army equipment in France moved 3 000 000 000 francs of machine guns artillery limbers from Is Sur Tille s area. The piece details subsequent unrest in Butte involving soviet factions, the governor, and arrests linked to the 1915 1947 upheavals and 1949 federal troop deployments.
NG Conservative Union miners in Butte face a tense period as US troops arrive April 22 1920 to quell a strike called by Metal Mine Workers Union No 8 IWW. The city, famed as a major mining center, witnesses a shift from its historically peaceful labor record and rising disaffection beginning around 1910 with saddle equipment disputes and labor strife.
Miss Clara Johnson daughter of William EB Pussyfoot Johnson greeted her father in New York on his return from England and accompanied him to the Johnson home in Westerville Ohio. She believes her father will help achieve his anti prohibition aims and unite Europe eventually.
The radical leader Rev. Lewis J. Duncan, a socialist, drove into the 1940s political battle by seeking control of the Butte Miners Union. After his 1943 reelection by a large vote, peak tensions led to the June 13 1944 Miners Union parade being disrupted by I W W and Duncan loyalists as Charles H. Moyer investigated.
Reports from San Remo outline terms of a Turkish treaty granting Britain control of the Dardanelles and water routes, protectorates over Egypt and Mesopotamia, influence over the Caucasus and Batum, control over parts of Persia, and joint protection of Constantinople with Italy and France, with borders subject to future talks.
Jack Dempsey's manager learned from the New York collector that if the fighter earns 8.5 million for facing Carpentier the income tax would be 304,350, leaving Dempsey with 1.9565 million after taxes.
In southern Missouri a printer, to celebrate a June 30 sale order, drinks and later prints a distorted public sale bill. The bill lists absurd items such as 25 cows, 11 cultivators, 8 piano mares, 120 rods of canvas belting, various farming tools, and other oddities, ending with a note about more items to come.
U S Tires representatives in town present the seller’s side of a price dispute. They emphasize that tire quality rests with the owner’s care and choice, not the car itself, urging informed decisions based on the maker’s standards and their experience.
The High School Boys' Gleech present a minstrel program featuring toe and clog dancing and a chorus performing "thirty and twenty" at the gym next Friday night. Miss Florence Flannigan and Storey assist rehearsals. two performances are planned with enthusiastic if exaggerated spasm-like moves.
A controversial assertion claims that 95 percent of Indian men and 99 percent of Indian women have never learned the first letter of the alphabet. The remark highlights alleged widespread illiteracy and sparked debate over education and cultural barriers.
The article states India has 208000 population per Protestant ordained missionary. In the United States, there is one minister for every 642 people, highlighting differing church provision between the two regions.
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