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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1920
Page
4
An unclear fragment mentions Cheyenne state leadership and names like Epher Bern er of the Associated Press, with other garbled terms and stray references to MINNIE and NED CURLS THON PROS.
A reflective essay recalls Margaret Fuller and Carlyle on accepting the universe. It argues civilization faces carnivorous nature, struggle, death, and inherited sins, urging steadiness, resilience, and acceptance without complaint. The piece notes Haig and Diaz chair a Napoleonic anniversary committee, with a wry jab about Napoleon’s absence.
Council of National Defense reports two items. Bureau of Labor Statistics notes wholesale prices mostly steady with farm products foods up and textiles down. Treasury Savings shows War Savings Stamps and Savings Certificates sales up about 44 percent in early October. Public thrift rising as consumer demand slows and retailers hold prices.
A Moscow dispatch via London reports the death of John Reed from typhus fever. Harvard graduate, Reed left the United States and embraced the Russian movement as exile, living with his wife Louise Sere in Moscow amid war and famine. Previously imprisoned in Finland for alleged plots, he was released and remained in Russia pursuing his cause.
A man who toiled in a sweatshop with grit becomes negligent after a better job arrives. He works from bitterness and a fear of humiliation, seeking to prove himself through oppression. With the sweatshop urge gone, he questions what remains to drive his labor and family.
The guide stresses keeping wounds exposed to air to avoid infection, warns against washing with contaminated water, and outlines the risk of blood poisoning from even small skin breaks. It notes air carries fewer germs than dirty water and emphasizes preventing germ entry during injury and dressing. It mentions uric acid as a urine component and gout, and discusses yeast use in treatment, noting potential benefits but lack of specificity and possible risks with overuse.
Reader asks how to gain flesh at 21 with 110 pounds. Answer notes that thinness not always diet related. Suggests sending name and address to Information Editor Public Health Service Washington DC for a booklet on Malnutrition.
Mrs. Geneva Hardy traveling from Casper to Laramie found her boxcar robbed after opening it here. Missing items include an auto valued at 1500 to 1800 dollars an ermine muff and fur robe and other valuable goods. Police investigate whether the theft occurred en route or after arrival.
The Highway Report notes light rain or snow yesterday along the east slope of the Rockies. Skies should be fair in southeastern Wyoming with no significant precipitation expected west of the mountains. Western Nebraska reported no precipitation.
Millerand, new French president elect, wears official insignia for a publicity photo after succeeding Deschanel who retired due to ill health. Millerand had previously served as premier of France.
A list shows states where U S senators are to be elected next Tuesday with party letters for expiring terms. The fragment includes Alabama two vacancies D Arizona D Arkansas D California D Colorado D Connecticut R Florida D New Hampshire R New York R North Carolina D North Dakota R Ohio R Oklahoma D Oregon D Pennsylvania D Florida appears garbled Florida again Vermont R Wisconsin D centering on party designations and partial state names.
The list notes states with upcoming governor elections next Tuesday and marks current governors' parties with D or R and adds Rhode Island as well. Arizona Arkansas Colorado Delaware are among those named.
An incomplete local item describes a large group of coaches aiding Tad Jones in designing an airplane project in New Haven. Details are fragmentary, but the effort involves multiple residents and coaches.
In New Orleans the Tulane team announces three players from last season, including Puyno and Reallieu, as retained members for the upcoming route year.
Casper Wyoming October 27 The Midwest Refining Company began building a compression plant to extract casing head gasoline from Salt Creek gas. The new unit will raise output to about 400 barrels daily, blending gasoline with crude naphtha for shipment to Casper refineries.
24 hour weather summary for Cheyenne Wyoming ending 6 PM shows temperatures 21 46 47 with high 53 at 3:30 PM and low 19 at 6:00 AM. Relative humidity 81 72 and wind SW at 4 to 10 miles per hour. Precipitation 0 inches in last 24 hours. total since January 1 is 14.46 inches vs normal 12.80.
Jackson Wyoming October 27 Farl Griswold an ex convict from Colorado who earlier tested the killed man has been arrested charged with complicity in the first burglary in Kelly the Kelly Mercantile store robbery two months ago Griswold wearing store boots and with two stolen rifles says police Priestly a pal at the J P ranch where they worked is also in custody charged with complicity in the burglary
A midnight burglary at a Riverton, Wyoming drugstore ended with a fatal shooting when a man fired through a store window, killing a 17 year old youth and wounding another. Police identified no clear motive as investigators search for suspects connected to the break-in at the drugstore near the ice cream parlor.
The people of Cheyenne and Wyoming show great interest in the State Leader and the publication aims to help them. The notice promotes renewed engagement during a special election period and a year-end offer aligned with state leadership.
Cheyenne residents can start the Daily and Sunday State Leader now for 1.50 dollars prepaid, valid through February 1. The local mail rate is below the city rate of 60 cents per month, and the paper can begin immediately.
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