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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1920
Page
11
The county grading crew works with city officials on levy matters at municipal sites while shipments arrive for city county projects. Notes mention local residents and workers like Kirkpatrick and Miss Nell Emberg, with various duties and relocations cited amid scattered town chatter.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a Walworth man and a station query about lines. It appears to reference a booking for an event at Eternity Junction with unclear details and an August date or amount.
Lewis Fuller, a taxi driver, writes from jail that he has nearly recovered from a blow to the head but is deaf in both ears after three soldiers attacked him near the reservation on July 16. The trio Wayne S. Stanley Milford Kabgus and Omas Carroll face grand larceny and assault charges and await Army rein list. they were captured near Wray Cole and brought back. Failor’s condition improved after initial fears he might die, and an operation to restore hearing is planned.
Voters for the coming general election must register during a five day period starting next Monday. Registration is required for the presidential election and applies regardless of prior voting. Registration locations include city county building, Burlington depot, Industrial Club, Pine Bluffs, Carpenter, Hebert, Burbs, with other sites outside not requiring prior registration.
County Clerk Ida R. Graham warns that anyone listed on November ballots must file a campaign expense report by next Monday or be omitted from the ballot. Candidates have twenty days from the primaries to submit accounts, and any spending or non spending must be stated. Blanks are available in Clerk Graham's office.
Frances Cleveland seeks a divorce from Roy Cleveland in district court citing non support and cruelty after a 1919 Lafayette Indiana marriage. Jeanette Aguilar files to divorce Mike Aguilar alleging desertion and more than a year without support following a 1918 Cheyenne marriage. defendant’s residence is unknown.
Weather report for Cheyenne Wyoming details twenty four hour period ending 6 p.m. August 91. Observed temperatures around 66 to 64 with noon values near 66. Wet bulb reading about 1.43 and relative humidity around 90 percent at times. Wind direction from the north with moderate velocity.
The isolated island Marken experiences significant land rise and partial emergence of Hol-2 in a dramatic geologic shift. Local observers report parts of the hillside appearing above water and new settlement potential forming along the shore.
In Mvansville on August 31 a white and brown beagle hound named Queen, mother by adoption to five piglets, lost her five puppies when the hogs of farmer Sehneider killed them. Queen then lured five piglets, becoming their mother, before being given to Fred Schmitt. Queen cried loudly when separation from the piglets began.
The Wyoming Highway Commission awarded a 290-foot reinforced concrete bridge over the Big Horn river at Thermopolis and a 45-foot bridge over Dry Creek on the Yellowstone Highway in Park county. Chan, Levon & Templeton of Thermopolis secured the Thermopolis bridge, while Kendall Brothers of Denver won the Dry Creek project to improve a dangerous section near the Cody entrance to Yellowstone Park.
Ex service men may enroll at half rate through January 1 at the Los Angeles Y M C A. Regular courses in commercial, engineering and automobile departments start September 7, with strong interest in flying. Night classes in accountancy advertising Spanish salesmanship and public speaking begin the first week of October.
Marriage licenses issued Tuesday include Theron Jack Taylor of Colorado Springs and Mary Ellen Nimme of Cheyenne. Also named are Maurice A Verbrugge and Jeraldine I Murray of Cheyenne, and Peter J Koehler and Dorothy Johnson of Greeley Colorado.
Notice details opening times for all Cheyenne schools on Tuesday morning September 7 at 9 for grades and 8:45 for high school. It lists reporting sites for Johnson Converse Central Churchill Corlett and transfers policy, plus compulsory vaccination requirements for all school age children.
The Man Trail plays at the Lyric for the last times today. A vivid western tale of pioneer days with hardships feuds and lonely sorrows focuses on Richard Traverse and a notable cast. Also showing is Ben Turfin in his Bennett comedy The Battle Royal.
The Frisco Jaxe Band, famed for jazzy melodies, arrives from Tafle Cafe in San Francisco for a big engagement at Eagles Hall. Manager Mr. McKeon secured the booking to offer patrons a premier, costly dance band experience.
John Barrymore endures a demanding portrayal in the Robert Louis Stevenson classic as he acts two emotional roles. He stars at the Princess today and tomorrow while Lionel Barrymore headlines The Jest on Broadway with cast peers L. R. Wolheim and Cecil Clovelly also appearing in the film. The Jest’s Italian set design was moved to the Famous Players Lasky studio for the legend scene.
Viola Dana plays a shimmy dancing chorus girl in The Chorus Girl's Romance. Advance reports say admirers will see her sultry shoulder shaking as the film screens today tomorrow and Friday at the Amuse.
Hundreds have phoned about the debut of The Girl From Cheyenne at Princes theatre. It opens Thursday with Charles Ray in The Sheriff’s Son and Friday Saturday with Robert W Chambers in The Fighting Chance. critics praise photography and actors’ poise.
The feature "La hom" portrays frontier life with nature romance and grand adventures in vast open spaces. It follows men leaving eastern homes with families to face dangers and shipboard exploration in a new land. An added attraction will be a Weekly and Christie Comedy.
Weather Bureau notes good to fair road conditions in several counties. Loveland and Greeley show fair surfaces with Lincoln closed and detours in effect. Western Nebraska roads fair with Cheyenne north to Moneta generally good. Hydrophone signals can travel underwater up to 40 miles.
The Sand Hills OU in the cone ke dier district reports the well at 3,188 feet in emet quarter of section 6f. It has shot down and awaits Ga Ing with 200 feet off to the bole. Thin wall lies a quarter mile from a General Petroleum Co. well in section 147. deeper drilling may make it a flowing well.
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