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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
11
Classified notices from the Land Office in Cheyenne announce homestead entries in Wyoming and three year proof filings. Also listed are witnesses, dates, and a hospital electrical wiring bid from the Memorial Hospital of Laramie County with proposal deadlines and security requirements.
W. W. Dumm undertaking company receives a new funeral car, battleship gray finish. Demolitionist candidates for county offices tour Burns. Air mail service disrupted on plane 177 in Medicine Bow range. Capitol avenue eroded sections resurfaced with gravel. Ranchman Pater MacFarlane visits from Pasadena. Bonfires smoke over Cheyenne each evening. Ducks seen at Cheyenne lakes yesterday. Camping party at municipal ground. Voter registration urged before election day. Soldiers’ bodies pass through Cheyenne en route to western states. Democrats from other towns visit to hear W. G. McAdoo. Venue change in murder case near Laramie. School bond and highway constitutional amendments debated. Coal hauling for winter stockpiles. Islay road called roughest highway locally. County Treasurer Stoddard threshing near Hey. City students receive report cards. Winter car market grows. Jennie Bromley visiting Glenda ranch. Top soil moved from Masonic cathedral site. Police activity remains quiet.
The Frisco Jazz Band returns to Eagles Hall Frisco with Doug Inset from Eidelwelas's Gardens in Chicago and banjoist Harry Milan. leader Rinkler again draws crowds as night bills promise top dance music and strong audience turnout.
Lincoln to North Platte and Sterling report as good with cautions on fills near Hillsdale. Cheyenne detours via Happy Jack noted. Medicine Bow to State Line fall. Side trips show Big Piney rough, Daniel fair, Torrington mix of roads with 16 miles excellent then varying. Ebdenal dry warnings and scattered choppy sections across multiple routes.
Constance stars as Mary in a comedietta based on Perfect Woman by Emerson and Loos. The play features a female lead who pursues a woman hater, using vampish indifference to win him. Critics call it one of the most humorous stories for this actress and promise a lively program with a weekly and Pathe Review.
Fanchon and Marco present a new satirical revue at the Princess opening Friday October 22 after their 46 week tour of Let's Go. The show features chorus beauties and a background of dimpled knees with pretty girls, offering a distinctive act retained by popular demand.
The article praises Fanchon and Margo as leading continental talents delivering a captivating performance. They blend graceful dance with vivid costuming and stage effects, featuring a standout dance to Marco’s violin.
Social customs in an old New England family mirror those of a noble fish family in Basil King’s The Street Called Straight. The Eminent Authors picture argues nationality barely blocks life’s deep relations. Atlas shows the film for the last times today with Milton Sills, Charles Clary, Lawson Butt, Naomi Childers, Irene Rich, Alec Burch and Lydia Yeamans Reed. Burbes and Romance and an Adventure Scenic also accompany.
William Russell stars in The Valley of Tomorrow at the Lyric with Mary Thurman and a cast of all stars. The play portrays a dramatic clash between love and hereditary duty amid tragedy and moral peril on stage today and tomorrow.
State Geologist G. B. Morgan reports Wyoming holds about one trillion tons of workable coal with 19 million acres of coal bearing land. Bulletin details regional basins, coal types, historic production in 1918 and 1919, and total value over recent years.
A man learns his sister’s betrayer is the brother he loves and who saved him from death. The tale gains added interest because it was filmed at Lake Tahoe and features Abe Sierras. Diamonds and Oriental peoria values loom large in this era trade report.
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