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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
3
A May 4 1920 bulletin from A2D Cook of the U S Department of Agriculture reports Wyoming crop and livestock status. It covers winter wheat rye tame and wild hay pasture plowing and seeding and livestock mortality and health, with year over year comparisons and 1918 and 1919 baselines.
Rain postpones the National League Chicago versus Brooklyn and Pittsburg versus Philadelphia games. Scattered box score lines show teams, runs and hits with pitchers Eller Wingo Barnes Douglas Winter Smith Jacobs Sherdel Clemmons Fillingim O'Neil Gowdy, and a fragmented Cincinnati New York score note.
Rain postpones the Boston Cleveland AL tilt as lineups note Kinney Perkins Sotheron Severeid for Boston and Mays Hannah Wilkinson Kerr Schalk for Chicago. Other clubs RR H and New York sit with varied battery combos as Detro ite details appear.
Jimmy Johnston shines at third base and at the plate for the Dodgers in Brooklyn. Born December 1889 in Cleveland Tennessee, his nomadic early career spanned Kewanee Portland Seattle Ottumwa Birmingham San Francisco Oakland and the Cubs before joining the Federal League, chasing a destined major league role.
Rain-swollen gutters from hillside runoff flood Cheyenne late yesterday. Hobbs Huckfeldt & Fiskbinder advertise auto top making and baby carriage sales, while G F Emberg resumes police work and Sergeant McFarland returns to night duty at police headquarters.
In 1916 and 1917 he played in the outfield for the Dodgers and last year he mostly played first base. The note highlights his continued stay with the team and field versatility.
Weather bureau reports slick muddy roads around Cheyenne. Motorists and motorcycle riders abandon the streets for the grassy prairie due to rain and muddy conditions. Three Michigan tourist cars arrive and camp at the municipal ground. The Merry Go Round near the Post Office opens at 4 PM daily. Marty Davis, former Cheyenne State Leader foreman, visits before heading to Denver for a new job.
Minneapolis grain held steady with flour unchanged and bran at 53.00. Chicago cattle receipts reached 16,000 with a slow market. steers steady to down after Monday, cows weak, calves unevenly lower, stockers and feeders steady to lower. Hogs receipts 38,000 with prices 150 to 250 lower. tops at 415 205. Bulk lights 14.90 to 15.15, hogs 95 pounds 14.60 to 14.25. Sheep receipts 11,000. market slow to lower with lambs and ewes varying from 13.50 to 21.25.
O Maila markets show receipts of 13 500 with prices generally 25 cents lower. top 414.50 for slogs receipts. Cattle receipts 7 000 with beef steers down 25 cents to 15 25e. top beeves 13 25. stockers and feeders steady to 25 cents higher. Sheep receipts 5 000 with clipped lambs 25e higher. top 18 25. wooled lambs steady.
United States Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming is urged to help locate four ex soldiers who subscribed for Liberty bonds but cannot be reached. The missing men are Tonio Scaverto, Ingvald H. Tjelle, Biler Timakos, and Harl B. Merritt, all listed with corps and unit details. bonds issued in issues two and four remain unclaimed.
Local beauty parlor advertises foot specialists manicuring hair dressing hair goods shampooing hair dyeing and bleaching along with toilet articles and sulphur steam baths at 1815 Capitol Ave contact phone 817 for appointments.
The passage advises publishing a state wide list in a general circulation newspaper. It asks claimants to provide serial numbers and military details to identify bonds and requires bond delivery instructions signed by the soldier.
Roads near Cheyenne Wyoming are slippery and muddy after recent rain. The heaviest rainfall fell to the north and west with Denver and North Platte each reporting 0.02 inch. The note adds a cynical line about price spikes.
A reader recalls attempts to recreate earlier culinary methods while referencing a long run of duration and a diplomat’s memoir. The note muses on summer batch work, patience, and fidelity to a past lifestyle as time drifts.
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