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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1920
Page
28
Metropolitan group delivers a polished production with a discerning cast and chorus. Rudolf Friml offers witty lyrics and graceful music that charms from start to finish, featuring original touches and elegant staging.
Sheriff Howell tracks a claimed road agent plot near the yie ranch after a Canada liquor load is found dumped at Charles Barnes place. Sorenson reports two failed hold ups south and north of Newcastle as authorities wait his return.
In a wartime misprint tale from London Tit-Bits a resident recalls a miswritten epitaph at a prominent industrialist’s tomb. The joke centers on the garbled word hiends and the neighbor’s surprised question about the altered inscription. Also noted is a Danish coast mussel substitute used to feed birds during food shortages.
Sterling actor Thomas Meighan known for The Miracle Man Male and Female and Prince Chap appears in a new play at the Princess Theatre. He plays a guest in a tale of a society girl and a French regime, with Martha Mansfield as the spoiled wife and Havana scenery as backdrop.
Hope Hampton, Texas beauty queen turned actress, headlines her own company with the photoplay A Modern Salome. Wyndham and Parcy Standing support, Leonce Perret wrote the scenario, Wilde inspired, directed the feature at Amush today through Sunday with Sunshine comedy Pathe Review and Fox News as fallbacks.
William Russell, star of the screen in Twins of Suffering Creek, moves from comedies to a dramatic role and headlines the Atlas as it shows Monday and Tuesday after a gambler’s taunt sparks a tense plot.
James Aubrey stars in The Decorator a Western drama praised for versatility and gripping storytelling. International News Weekly also features as an added attraction highlighting the film's lively star power.
Bhark Monroe leads Wils Hart in a Hart thriller at the Lyric with tense situations and red blooded action. The two day program adds Hank Mann Comedy, billed as among his funniest.
The text notes an early grant to H. E. Grade for a $20 000 apartment house and an expected permit for a six story Midwest Refining company building at Third and Walcott streets. It predicts October will be a banner building month with rapid progress starting this week.
Alexander Vernon Officer 77 longtime manager of the Great Western Sugar Company plants in Greeley Eaton and Brighton Colo was missing from Omaha and Chicago before being found dead in a Sterling Masonic temple room a revolver lying beside him Coroner Jackson ruled suicide relatives had searched for him in two cities and a note mentioned African bamboo abundance for paper making
Pigg an 18 year old boy admitted running away from home after a fight and fear of penitentiary. A Red Cross worker arranged contact with his home chapter, sending funds for a return ticket and expenses. He soon wrote from home that he is glad to be there and hopes never to leave again.
The attendance at today's world series game reached 25 734, with total receipts of 79 361 dollars reported from Cleveland Ohio on October 9.
KEMMERER Wyo Oct 9 H H Harrison perpetual county clerk of Lincoln county has resigned from his post leaving the office without a top executive.
Mayor Ed P Taylor urged good citizens to act as witnesses and provide first hand information to city officers to curb gambling liquor houses and vice. He cited a secret service report claiming Cheyenne is the state’s center of vice and stressed enforcement requires public cooperation and evidence.
The speaker accuses officials of avoiding responsibility and refusing to testify under oath. They urge authorities to back law enforcement and provide testimony to resolve corruption charges and make Cheyenne a model city.
In Douglas Wyoming on October 9 an unknown thief stole a leather coat from a car in front of a church. Sheriff Messenger arrested the man found with two gallons of hooch and wearing the coat tagged R. M. Wood. He is held for larceny and liquor law violation.
Senator Borah aims to extend the campaign in the east with the Republican speakers bureau drafting the effort, contingent on Hiram Johnson remaining in the west and pursuing opposition to the league of nations.
A curious historical text notes the boat-woman of China as head of the boat with her husband as subordinate. It mentions Neptune as the farthest planet from the sun in the solar system. It also describes a subtdin on the Nttle island of Johanna in the Comoro group who boards ships to seize washing for his wives.
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