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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1920
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text references a Cheyenne State Leader item with unclear names and dates. The readable parts mention an Associated Press tag and a publication context. Content is too garbled to establish a clear event or outcome.
A nostalgic look at how small towns replace horse drawn fire engines with gasoline powered motors. The piece names Prince and Charlie as beloved horses now retired and notes the shift to a motorized fire service, contrasting urban adoption with rural pace and ending with a quip about Jack Johnson.
Captain Joe Bernard returns to Nome Alaska after four Arctic years chasing blond Eskimos. He jokes success hinges on peroxide and warns future blond hunters to plan supplies. A separate note mentions an American setting an endurance piano record for 106 hours amid mixed local color.
Henry Ford reduces Ford car truck and tractor prices reversing inflated price structure. Orders already placed will receive the new lower prices, affecting about 146,065 customers who expected higher costs. Ford argues businesses must take temporary losses to normalize markets amid broader price tensions including Greece and Britain quarrelling over a carve of Turkey.
The faded text proclaims Edith May Leuenger Edwards of Monroe Wisconsin as the prettiest salesgirl in America in a national contest among thousands. Her picture is printed by The Daily and the article praises her as a genuine, approachable girl from a modest background.
In a hurried note the cartoonist criticizes provisions and sizes up a printed text. The sketch hints at decisions to sign or reject clauses, reflecting swift judgment on legal wording and personal views of the matter.
Public Health Service guidance from Washington describes milk as an essential daily staple providing protein fat sugar and calcium for bones and teeth. It notes vitamins in milk and stresses drinking milk reduces meat needs and supports eye health, advising consultation with a physician for cataract concerns.
Political candidates rush to campaigns as election looms in five weeks. A local hardware firm advertises baby carriages and sulkies. Cheyenne’s major highways lead to ponds and creeks favored by wild ducks. Auto top work and prompt service offered by Hobbs Huckfeldt & Finkbiner. September city bills to be audited Monday and county bills next Tuesday.
The Chamber of Commerce dining room announces weekday meals from breakfast 7:30 to 8:30, luncheon 12:00 to 1:30, and dinner 6:00 to 7:30. Sundays offer breakfast 8:00 to 10:00 and dinner 1:30 to 7:30. Transients welcome. rates by the week or by the meal. phone numbers 17073 or 7263. Mrs. George W. Welsh manages.
A fragmented 1920 poem recalls affection for old clothes and familiar rituals. The speaker longs for cherished garments and simple routines, imagining modest pleasures like garden tending and tinkering with a car, while a sly note of commerce hints at change.
Alexander Kerensky, former head of the Russian revolutionary government, concludes a brief stay in London. He says Bolshevism is dying in Russia but outside dictates could unite Russians in support of a Soviet government. He recalls his role in protecting the imperial family and plans to publish a major statement. Civilian hunters may shoot at Govent Lake this fall for the first time in years.
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