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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
12
Businessmen in Sheridan rally to back a 20000 drive led by the Commercial Club to advertise and develop the town. Secretary Fisher faces opposition, but supporters say smart spending will attract thousands in return and lift local industries. Cheyenne urged to join the effort.
The long awaited House Bill No 1 is issued in print and presents a formidable framework. It centers on strong powers for the commissioner, seizure provisions, and strict duties and penalties. The act reinforces Wyoming’s “go good and dry” stance with exhaustive definitions and headings.
The United States School Garden Army presents a nationwide pageant titled The Victory of the Gardens. Aimed at schools, the show blends poetic prose with brief lyrics and swift dramatic action designed to be spoken or sung to fitting music.
A school performance features a quasi play with a stunning display where small girls in gauzy white pink and blue dresses perform a Wild Flower Dance. A Butterfly Dancer in black with yellow wings enters as the awakening of the flowers is depicted in pantomime and music.
A discourse on thrift describes how saving builds personal ladders to better employment and family security, while safeguarding time and tools. It argues thrift strengthens government finances, supports war savings, and fuels national resources, then promotes industrious, prudent citizens who contribute to community welfare and steady progress.
Mrs Thompson of Denver reports that Moelien Mark and companions abducted her 18 year old daughter from the east and brought her to Laramie for fortune telling work under a city license. Mark was arrested in Cheyenne on federal complaint after the mother and daughter traveled to file charges.
Baron Eberhardt von Pawel sold the Uncle Sam interest to the West Hazlett company at Howell. The lease of the land housing the well is transferred and operations will resume to sink the well into the oil sands. Weal & Hazlett is a major regional operator with ample capital and expertise.
One of the largest threshing machine shipments ever received in Cheyenne arrived Tuesday at the Arp and Hammond Hardware Company yard, lured by Union Pacific. The four large improved threshers are slated for transfer to the International Harvester Company for the Cheyenne branch house to be built this summer.
New York May 14 A magistrate held Miss Johnie Berger 33 on peace bond after she denied kicking Joseph Goldmuts claiming a skirt prevented such action. The court noted the defense could not be sustained and upheld the bond.
Motorcyclists are invited to a fishing party at Granite Springs on Sunday May 18. Meet anytime, but please notify by Saturday noon if joining. A repair machine departs at 9 15 a m and returns at 7 p m. Fish are fried and lunch served from 12 to 3. Camp at lake's upper end. Come either way.
Sailors avoid pointing at ships preferring a nod or hint of presence. Java experiences frequent thunderstorms. Lord Rothschild’s famed butterfly collection is valued at roughly $0,000. Whales reportedly dive 300 yards per minute when harpooned.
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