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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1920
Page
6
A mixed string of local ads lists livestock hens and roosters available, used Buck-Star range, a Buick roadster, various furniture and appliances, house lots for sale, a 1916 Ford touring car, a twelve room house to be moved, two ranch properties for sale, and a clothes theft case with Navra turned over to county jail for petty larceny.
A Mrs A B Griffith of Andrews Indiana endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough cure for lingering cold symptoms after the flu. She claims her family used it last winter with the flu and would not be without it. The ad urges preventing croup and whooping cough and notes the product is sold everywhere.
Notice to creditors and others interested in the estate of Della M. Gautt deceased that the executor has filed a final account and petition for distribution with the district court in Laramie County Wyoming. Objects may be filed within thirty days after the last publication, before June 29, 1920, after which the executor will proceed with final settlement. Dated May 12, 1920. P. Jagob Gruft, Executor.
An old advertisement urges readers to cut out the slip, enclose five cents, and mail it to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, plus Foley Kidney Fills for pain, rheumatism, backache, and kidney and bladder issues, claiming a wholesome cleansing cathartic effect for constipation and biliousness.
Mrs L Gibson of 42th and Neison Street La Junta Colorado says her kidneys troubled her for some time. After using Foley Kidney Pills she reports feeling fine now and notes swelling fatigue and loss of appetite improved.
At a May 9 1920 meeting of John F Reynolds Post No 33 Department of Colorado and Wyoming G A R the post unanimously adopted resolutions on the death of Comrade Samuel A Bristol charter member of Post No 88 The post extends sincere condolence to his mourning family and notes his brave soldiering amid mourning lines from a poem This resolution will be furnished to the family and published in local papers and recorded in the post files. Arthur Amailat Adjutant
A dry faction of about sixty deputies exists in the French Chamber of Deputies. They are backed by the League Against Alcohol, a group campaigning for prohibition in France.
A reader from Luxar Pa. reports backache stiff muscles and rheumatic pains linked to deranged kidneys. He says weak bladder and bad kidneys plagued him until Toey Kidney Pills relieved the ailments by purging poisonous acids from the system.
Market report lists prices for May and July corn and oats, with openings highs lows and closes. Notable figures include corn near 41.80 and oats around 1.00 to 0.85 in various contracts. Prices show minor fluctuations amid open, high, low, and close values.
Bond market notes show Liberty issues trading with Liberty 1st at 84.00 and Liberty 2nd at 84.00 with various quotes including 90.46 and 50.80 guidance. Prices indicate small movement and fractional price entries among Liberty securities.
An advertisement claims TATONIC removes acids and gases from the body and restores health. It asserts thousands have benefited and offers a money back guarantee via the seller.
OCR readout lists Liberty entries with unclear placements and inconsistent numbers. The fragment mentions Liberty in 2nd 3rd and 4th positions with fluctuating figures, but no clear event, date, or teams. Further context is needed for a precise summary.
Chicago market notes show mixed corn at about 1.98 to 2.00 per bushel for No. 2 and 1.95 to 2.00 for No. 2 yellow, oats at 1.18 to 1.14, rye 2.10, barley 4.70, and timothy seed 10 to 12 per unit with no wheat price quoted.
Hogs receipts 11,000. Market active and strong with weights up to $14.40 top and bulk sales around $18.75. Beef steers and butcher stock active, few loads handy weight steers at $42.00. bulls and veals steady, stockers and feeders down up to 25 cents. Sheep receipts 1,000, market generally steady with odds and ends.
The state highway department completed Theere-shaping of the Cheyenne Nort Collins road between the city and Colorado line and moved a 20 ton Caterpillar tractor and grading equipment to the Cheyenne Torrington road. The road will be graded from the city to Goshen county, with the Uta Construction Company set to begin work after shipping equipment from Salt Lake.
Drillers near Lampman Saskatchewan found a 12 foot coal vein at 240 feet depth on B J Riddell farm. Nine test holes across three sections all hit coal at 210 feet, seams 4 to 15 feet thick. About 32 million tons of high grade coal implied for a district served by CN Railways with strong shipping. Lampman coal shows 70 percent fixed carbon and 12 600 BTU versus anthracite 79.56 percent and 13 400 BTU, with similar ash and lower moisture but higher volatile content.
Lieut. Henry Roget and his dog Follette accumulate 19 000 hours of flying eight years of service. They survived three crashes in wartime and Roget becomes the first aviator to cross the Mediterranean and return without a stop.
Canada signals willingness to assume the Armenian mandate should the League of Nations extend the offer. Ottawa presents itself as ready to take responsibility for Armenian administration if accepted by the international body.
C Jefferson and Miss Hattie Ingram of Atchison Kansas wed last Christmas day. The couple just returned from their honeymoon and news of the marriage reached Cheyenne friends recently. Jefferson, a pioneer resident and property owner, wedded Leavenworth native Hattie Ingram, former principal of Lincoln School.
Wooden sidewalks in Petros Grade are being removed to supply firewood. The work grounds the area, disrupting foot traffic as crews cut planks for fuel.
An advertisement from the Southerington Remedy Co highlights a monthly compound promising relief from obstinate conditions in 8 to 5 days with no harm or work interference. It offers mail order, pricing two dollars for standard and three dollars for a double strength, with a free booklet and requests writing to Kansas City, Missouri.
A brief note states that telephone service is probably no better or no worse than the general average of both business and domestic routines. The remark suggests typical performance without significant excess or deficiency in daily use.
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