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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1920
Page
7
A scanned classified section shows instructions for addressing ads and a long list of mixed items. WANTED TO SELL items include corsets, furniture, cars, bungalow, and relinquishment properties. RENT notices list rooms and houses, with prices or terms. SALES include tools, appliances, and a sanitary couch.
A dated weather record reports actual mean temperature 62 degrees, high 77, low 49, with 24 mph NW wind and 7.58 inches of precipitation since January 4. An accompanying ad-like note promotes Moley’s Honey and Tar as a trusted cough remedy, citing Mrs A B Griffith of Andrews Indiana and urging families to keep it for colds, croup, and whooping cough.
May 28 Cheyenne Wyoming reports traffic conditions on the Lincoln Highway and Yellowstone Highway. Routes from Pine Bluff to Cheyenne show a mix of good surfaces and rough stretches with several specific segments noted as rough, fair, or poor, including the Fort Collins and Slater corridors.
A reader from Luxar Pa describes sleepless nights and back pain from weak kidneys and liver. After using Foley Kidney Pills he reports relief from backache stiff muscles and rheumatic pains, with improved mornings and reduced dizziness.
A reader from La Junta Colorado reports kidney discomfort with swelling fatigue and appetite loss improving after using Foley Kidney Pills. She notes she feels fine now and credits the remedy for the relief.
School parents assign responsibility to a teacher for daily moral and mental instruction of their children amid calls for scrutiny and reforms. The piece discusses educator influence, parental expectations, and community concern over classroom guidance.
Daily market notes from Offenstein and Graham show May corn opening near 1.94 with a close around 4.89 and July corn opening near 1.67 with a close near 1.63. May oats opened about 4.04, with mixed highs and closes around 1024, while July oats show other mixed figures and near 87 percent close.
Wheat prices list No 4 Northern spring 2.80 No 2 mixed 2.88. Corn No 2 mixed 1.95 No 2 yellow 1.92 1.95. Rye No 2 2.16. Barley 1.50 to 1.62. Timothy seed 10 to 12. Clover seed 25 to 28. Pork nominal. Lard 20.50. Ribs 17 to 18.25.
The annual meeting of the Producers and Refiners corporation will be held in Cheyenne on June 28 to elect directors and address routing matters, per stockholder notices.
Notice to creditors and interested parties that executor P. Jacob Gruft has filed a final account and petition for distribution in the estate of Della M. Gautt deceased. Interested persons may examine the papers at the District Court in Laramie County Wyoming and file objections within thirty days after the last publication, before June 29 1920. If no objections are filed, final settlement will be made. May 12 1920.
Mrs Susie Sacatans ey of Bayonne New Jersey reports six months of back and leg pain fatigue and headaches prevented work She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength and recommends it to friends The ad touts the medicine as a forty year popular standard remedy unable to live without genuine value
The state highway commission will maintain the Yellowstone route from Cheyenne to Yellowstone Park with daily patrols on rebuilt stretches. A two week plan funds a tractor ascent to Copper Mountain and hot springs sector, including subventions to troops and a scout program at city park.
From June 1 to 8 Boy Scout week will be nationally observed. An effort will be made to secure funds as part of a finance drive to support scouting activities.
An old advertisement touts a Monthly Compound for obstinate cases claiming relief in 8 to 5 days. It emphasizes safety with no harm or work interference, lists prices 2.00 and 8.00, and offers a free booklet from the Southington Remedy Co. in Kansas City Missouri.
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