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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1920
Page
7
Partial OCR shows a Cheyenne post office centered matter with editorial office lines and Associated Press rights. The fragment includes contact lines Carey Avenue, telephones, and subscription pricing notes, indicating a vintage newspaper masthead and service details.
The article argues New Jersey residents should train for industrial roles in transport and utilities to keep public services running during strikes. It likens this to the Plattsburg idea of volunteer military preparation and urges arbitration as the fair method to resolve labor disputes.
Reverend Ellis M Slipperly, former pastor of three Peekskill area churches, retires from ministry to work as a pearl cutter in a jewelry shop earning $880 yearly. A New Jersey businessman also shifts to machinist work to seek greater fortune. The piece frames honest toil as a badge of honor and hints at buying his wife pearl strings someday.
Reports from Rome quote Chancellor Renner expressing hope that past hostilities are forgotten as Austria and Italy mend ties after the downfall of Austria-Hungary. The piece notes wartime costs, political shifts, and varied postwar tensions including U S military leadership, American politics, and broader global unrest.
Dear Mrs Thompson I am a girl almost eighteen dating a twenty two year old engaged with my mother’s consent How can I make him enjoy my company without the blues and is it all right to marry soon The column advises a visit home for homesickness and cautions against hasty marriage The next letter asks why boys lose interest after a week or two and suggests lasting education over youth beauty The final query asks whether to finish high school or go to business college and is urged to complete high school then a business course.
The page lists breakfast items such as Florida oranges, hominy grits, corn muffins, and a tomato cheese rarebit with salads and desserts. It then details sausage flavored casseroles layering hominy with sausage and vegetables, pimento hash, lettuce salad, and a banana cherry dessert with peanuts. It ends with American chop suey and a soft molasses cake recipe.
A fragment describes a recipe step for tested Tomato Cheese Rarebit Slir using one cup of hot strained tomatoes as a base. The note focuses on prep of a cheese and tomato dish with unspecified additional ingredients and method.
A poetic vignette depicts a kind elderly woman offering aid to a cold tramp who asks for help. The scene shifts to a feature on word limits and authorial life, quoting magazines and Columbus Dispatch satire. It touches on social manners, beer bottles found in a cellar, and reflections on courtesy toward women.
A magazine piece titled Why Men Hate Their Wives was written by an unmarried woman. The Red Deer Advance notes village council enforcement of chicken running and bicycles on sidewalks. A Chicago policewoman complains that salary forces undignified dress or staying indoors.
A collage of 1919 era notes spans wage strikes at window washing, a bank cashier under investigation, sugar shortage findings, Cohan’s latest show, fashion trends, Lenine and Trotzky, New York saloon closures, League of Nations covenant debate, profiteer alerts, near beer Champions, and prohibition’s impact on the corn market.
A collection of playful anecdotes and classroom banter. A trombone player’s accidental blast, a girl mishears a church gathering, and a teacher uses a rhyme to help memorization. Johnny updates Columbus dates while a landlord quip echoes.
A reminiscence by James I. Patten recounts Washakie leading a Shoshone buffalo hunt in October 1874. The caravan, weather, and tribal pageantry unfold across the Wind River agency to the Big Horn Basin, including a fierce roundup near Gooseberry Creek and a dramatic night near Owl Creek. The tale covers hardships, medicine, and the shift toward agriculture as buffalo herds faded.
A university advertisement claims nine men from nine departments could start a modern civilization if isolated together on an island, a provocative concept highlighting interdisciplinary collaboration.
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