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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1920
Page
10
The Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce plans a Buy at Home Week during December under chamber auspices. An at-home exhibit titled Buy at Home Week will be organized with local business participation to promote shopping locally this winter season.
A London contest defined a friend as the one who comes when the world goes out. The best answer says a true friend knows all about you and still likes you. The piece urges keeping old friends through life’s storms rather than chasing new, unreliable acquaintances.
Congressman Clyde Kelly drafts a bill to reform postal savings banks arguing taxpayers funded national banks by 5.25 million in interest losses last year. He cites 150 million loaned to banks at 24 percent and borrowed back at 6 percent, a 65.25 million loss. He urges lifting deposit caps and paying 4 percent, with plans to return funds to the people at 5 percent.
Prof James Purnton a diction expert plans a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Words to stop word misuse. He cites examples like back and hack and urges direct action against overworked terms while warning of a potential revolutionary response.
Berlin reports the first congress of shop Soviets ends without a pro Soviet government stance. About 1,000 delegates, including communists and independent socialists, clash over policy as German industry faces shortages. Rudolf Wissel warns textiles and iron need foreign supplies. Germany loses grain and ore access under the Versailles settlement, prompting calls to secure credits and imports.
Upton Wyoming reports a basement fire at the public school destroying the building and a $25,000 addition. The district must cover a $40,000 shortfall due to unpaid firefighting costs and insufficient insurance. Principal Able Parham and teacher Helen Glasgow aided evacuations amid smoke.
The article outlines skin functions including protection, waste excretion, and temperature regulation through perspiration. It notes cleanliness requires frequent washing, cold baths as tonics, warm baths for sleep, and cautions about overuse of very hot baths. It mentions typhoid as a disease example and stresses clean skin to prevent germ spread.
Lincoln County likely has one Democratic member in the new legislature as official canvass follows. Jensen led Republican Deloney by 16 votes in the lower house race with Jensen 1 524 and Deloney 1 508. remaining precincts will determine final totals.
Lovell Wyoming reports the clay brick and tile plant, shut down weeks earlier due to creditor faction, has resumed operation under a creditors backed reorganization. The plan involved relinquishment and cancellation of extensive bonus stock issued to numerous persons, leaving outstanding stock near sixty million dollars.
Lovell Wyoming report states Ells Jolley died after a homemade bug body on a light car loosened during travel. The seat detached, Jolley fell, later developed pneumonia, and died following medical examination.
Paris residents see President Millerand on the streets without a guard near the Elysee Palace and along the Champs Elysees toward the Seine. Crowds recognize him as he walks, and no detectives appear, a contrast to past presidents. The democratic gesture sparks comment and popularity.
Ten years after being entrusted to the federal Home for the needy children, the St Matthew’s home moves from the bishop’s house to a new building near the Laramie fairgrounds. The facility trains and shelters children and aims for adoption or return to a natural home. it carries an $11,000 debt secured by property value. The opening is tomorrow with a luncheon at 1 o’clock hosted by Laramie ladies and clergy guests expected.
Rawlins Wyoming reports the defeat of Albert J Rosier a Republican veteran prosecutor by Andrew McMicken Jr a Democrat in Carbon County The tally shows Rosier 1421 McMicken 1595 The sheriff race favors Democrat Sheriff Sandera by 8063 votes amid broader Republican losses in the county The story notes a trend toward women authors in spiritualism books.
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