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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1920
Page
10
A nostalgic relic of a slower era notes the shift from horse drawn fire brigades to motorized engines. It recalls Prince and Charlie the team horses, their retirement, and the coming of engines pressed by a button. The passage links this change to broader urban modernization and ends with a quip about Jack Johnson.
Captain Joe Bernard returns to Nome Alaska after four years in the Arctic chasing blond Eskimos and a quest to beach his Eskimos. He jokes about peroxide as a must for future blond hunters and wonders if blonds may exist nearer home. An American sets a piano playing record of 106 hours, drawing sympathy for the lonely performer.
Henry Ford announces the first voluntary price reductions for Ford cars trucks and tractors. The move covers orders placed before the cut and aims to realign inflated prices, with implications for other manufacturers facing high material costs and price adjustments.
Edith May Leu enberger, a Monroe Wisconsin resident, wins a national contest as the prettiest salesgirl among thousands of entrants. Her photo is printed in the Daily, and she is described as a genuinely American girl from a village blacksmith background.
A hurried reader riffs on provisions and prints, indicating confusion about what is agreed and what remains uncertain. The fragment hints at interpretations and possible signing decisions influenced by personal views.
The Public Health Service in Washington urges milk as essential in daily meals. Milk provides protein fats sugars and calcium for bones and teeth and contains vitamins. It recommends one glass per meal and advises seeing a physician or eye specialist for cataract treatment if needed.
A concrete approach is being laid at the rear of the city county building. Political candidates ramp up five weeks before the election. Hobbs Huckfeldt and Finkbiner advertise baby carriages and sulkies. Cheyenne highways lead to ponds and creeks where wild ducks rest. Auto tops also serviced at Hobbs Huckfeldt and Finkbiner. County bills for September to be audited next Monday. those not paid to the county next Tuesday.
The Chamber of Commerce dining room lists weekday meals from 7:80 to 8:30 for breakfast, 12:00 to 7:30 for luncheon, and 6:50 to 7:30 for dinner. Sundays offer 10:00 breakfast and 1:30 to 2:80 dinner. Transients welcome. prepaid options and weekly payment available. seating capacity expanded by twenty. contact Mrs. George W. Welsh at phone numbers 17073 or 7263.
A reflective poem fragment from 1920 sketches a preference for old clothes over new fashion. The speaker imagines returning to simple rituals and comforts, cherishing familiar garments, garden plots, and tinkering with a car while resisting modern chic. The piece ends with a wry, cautious note on selling such garments to a black bag buyer.
Alexander Kerensky, former head of Russia's revolutionary government, finishes a brief holiday in London. He says Bolshevism may be dying in Russia but outside dictate support could unite classes for a Soviet government. He recalls safeguarding the imperial family and plans a forthcoming statement. Civilian hunters will be allowed to shoot at government lake this fall.
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