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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
4
The article reflects on the old practice of mortgage foreclosures with a sheriff’s handshakes and notes how mortgages have long been a feared and central investment. It traces ancient origins from Babylon and mentions early lenders and methods before modern record keeping and banks.
A historical mock ledger breaks down Columbus 1492 voyage costs from August start to March landfall. It notes pay scales for Columbus 300 a year, Pinzon brothers 180, crew 2.50 monthly, total around 7000 with cannon expenses. It contrasts silk shirts and cabbage prices changing 41 percent.
A historic look at prunes, once scorned, now a leading export. California produces three quarters of U S supply, total exports reach 114 million pounds with strong domestic use. Prunes touted as economical breakfast fare and a symbol of changing fashion trends in New York society.
The piece recalls old fashioned campaign rituals like dripping oil torches, oilcloth capes, and nighttime parades with horses and brass bands. It questions what became of these methods as political campaigning evolves and hints at family preferences swinging between Cox and other factions amid possible voting complications.
The text describes infant growth from birth to sixteen months. It covers physical traits such as head-body proportions and limb development, and milestones in senses, movement, social awareness, and speech. It notes varying abilities by month and cautions on caregiver support.
The piece notes many tonsil diseases with varying symptoms and invites specific questions. It also addresses a 37 year old woman whose pulse sometimes skips and flutters during stair climbing, suggesting shortness of breath as a potential early sign but urging a careful physician examination to rule out serious heart trouble.
Weather report notes date with mean temperature 44 degrees and actual 46 degrees. Change in last 24 hours shows 6 degrees cooler, high 52 at 11:00, low 37 at 6:10 am. Wind average 7.7 mph. Total since Jan 1: 14.15 inches, normal 12.48 inches. Precip last 24 hours 0.06 inches.
Roads in southeastern Wyoming are good to excellent with detours near Medicine Bow and Lincoln. Fresh grading in Weld County improves some routes while others remain rough. The item notes a surge of Italian immigrants and a statistic on Delaware women in gainful occupations.
New York report says Miss Anta Fisher, formerly a Red Cross worker in France and now with Near East Relief in Syria, has been made a full captain in Prince Feisal’s Arabian Army at Damascus. She leads industrial education for women and children in Damascus as the French withdraw.
Tourist flow reduces rail usage on lines through Cheyenne Large and Hines with Baby Carriages and Salkies at Hobbs Huckefeidt and Finkbiner noted. Cheyenne motorists heatless garages drain cars at night while taxi and touring car use fluctuates. Stanhope E Blunt arrives from Denver to join Mrs Blunt and their daughter at General J C Thompson home.
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