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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
12
A mixed extract from a Cheyenne post office notice page and family recipe section. Includes publication notice for the Randol ph Leigh paper and Associated Press rights, plus a small recipe for Date Cookies with a date filling and notes on baking.
A Brooklyn department store announces a broad price reduction on plain reliable goods, especially shoes and clothing, asserting no profiteering and framing the move as a public benefit. The article notes skepticism from rivals but highlights potential widespread price relief if public buys into the sale. It ends with a quip about a man with two penny weighing machines and weight awareness.
Readers visiting post offices discover bulletins with army and navy ads, government sale reports, counterfeit money tips, gardening guidance, baby feeding and seed disinfection pamphlets, and updates on Red Cross efforts. The walls reflect ongoing drives and trustworthy information for the public.
The prohibition commissioner enforces a national rule restricting whiskey prescriptions and liquor handling by doctors and druggists. Physicians may issue at most 100 whiskey prescriptions in three months, while wholesale druggists may handle up to 400 gallons of high proof liquor or 800 gallons of ordinary liquor annually. Most doctors and druggists are unaffected, with many typically dispensing 35 to 60 gallons yearly, a figure likely to drop as physicians reduce alcohol use in medicine.
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association pledges members to match last year's newsprint consumption from May to December. Monthly reports will show usage, aiming to prevent increases and possibly prompt reductions. Call for broader adoption by other large paper users and note producers must also cut wasteful practices. D'Annunzio plans a rival league of oppressed nationalities including Cuba, while Cuba taxes Americans heavily in sugar tobacco and liquor. Congress is urged to consider ultimate taxpayers in policy debates.
At the start of the nineteenth century Eli Terry, a Connecticut carpenter, built and sold clocks from his horse last, making wooden works by hand. His clocks, though plain, were sturdy and still tick in many Connecticut farmhouses.
Frances Trego Montgomery narrates Billy and Day and Night causing playful chaos aboard a ship. The captain, tired of mischief, plans to sell them to a traveler bound for Constantinople. Night hides a steward’s soup, goats roam corridors, and apples vanish, prompting the captain’s decision. The tale ends with the voyage toward Constantinople and a hinted new life for the mischievous duo.
A woman proprietor explains the community kitchen to business and club women, detailing how the kitchen operates, typical menus, and the strain of late arrivals. She notes many expect full meals on short notice, while self sufficient homemakers need not use such a facility. The piece contrasts married and single women in relation to cooking needs.
A 1920 reflection notes that working women, pressed for time, need convenient cooked food centers. It laments hours that fail busy patrons, as she rushes from 5 to 7 pm to pick up meals for herself and a business associate. The piece questions whether new conveniences serve those with time and money.
The New York advisory hints theaters may raise prices to five dollars next year though attendance remains below capacity in most cities. The piece argues higher prices won t fix box office woes and may spur community theaters offering affordable access to classic plays and education through accessible performances.
A Brightwood library scene mispronounces a book title as cheese during a boy’s request. Two brides wed and briefly return to mill life seen as humor in misfired plans. A Brookyn street corner brood of crap shooters scatters when a cop pockets their coins and quips a dinner bet. A groom pleads for jail dues. the magistrate imposes two dollars and fifty cents amid comic calamity.
A young girl asks for guidance on building a life and love amid doubt. The adviser urges patience, common sense, and restraint, urging hope that joy lies ahead and discouraging rash revelation of personal plans. A second reader seeks relationship counsel about secrecy, faith differences, and parental concern.
This grain and sauce guide provides step by step directions for polenta with Italian sauce and cheese, plus fruit canoes and lettuce salad with cheese dressing. It lists ingredients, proportions, and cooking steps for polenta, sauce, dumplings, and decorative fruit servings.
A concise urging that creating a will while in good health can reduce future settlement costs and protect an estate from unnecessary expenses. The note emphasizes prudent planning and timely action to ensure smooth probate.
Joseph Caillaux former French premier has begun a five year exile after a senate conviction for commerce and correspondence with the enemy. Once a dominant political figure he faced World War I allegations of contact with German agents and an earlier fatal clash with editor Gaston Calmette. He was arrested January 14 1918 and tried February 17 this year receiving three years imprisonment banishment for five more years and 100 years disfranchisement under normal French law.
Mrs. Helen B. Hight, the city’s only woman barber, operates a no tip shop. She believes women make better barbers due to a lighter touch and explains her stance publicly.
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