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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1920
Page
4
A letter asks newspapers to publish a young man's name after he removed his hat for a woman in an office elevator, hoping to set a new etiquette standard. The piece contrasts hotel and office building manners, cites outdated views, and notes varied social expectations for men in women’s presence. It also touches on golf, suffrage interest in Ohio, and Spain's raisin imports.
E T Meredith accuses lumber profiteers of excessive profits and says timber prices rose 300 percent while production costs grew 60 percent. He urges the Department of Justice to act to relieve housing shortages and cites the Lever Act to curb profiteering.
The article extols King Cotton as the dominant American export, noting raw cotton shipments for the year ending June 1920 reached 1 381 707 502 dollars while manufactured cotton added 564 036 786 dollars. It highlights cotton earnings surpass other sectors and discusses iron and steel, meat and dairy values in a broad postwar trade overview.
William J. Rose of the Pennsylvania railroad warns against excessive purchases of diamonds while neglecting measurement and timekeeping. He laments a national drift toward conspicuous spending and urges prudent saving and restraint amid ongoing economic strain.
A garbled byline fragment from a historical newspaper page presents garbled names and captions. Readable elements point to a comic strip or column feature with uncertain attribution and illegible surrounding text.
The article recounts Francisco Villa's surrender negotiations with President de la Huerta, aided by Elias Torres and Doctor Villareal. It describes how offers to Villa were crafted, a staged armistice, and a pursuit by northern generals, ending with Villa's dramatic escape and a military move into Coahuila.
Fragment describes a surrender event where an officer is put on the wire to communicate with President de la Huerta. Federal authorities lose track of Villa and learn of Sabinas capture from de la Huerta.
Hawaii face rising food costs as taro based poi climbs in price. Over the last two weeks poi and other staples surged from 20 to 40 percent, driven by scarce labor and wage pressures impacting production and distribution.
Hundreds of thousands of responses poured in to the Ever Ready Daylo flashlight prize contest. Organizers expect weeks before a final decision is announced as they sort through the vast submission volume and select winners.
Judges and art editors of Life spent months reviewing return submissions from all states plus Alaska Hawaii France and England. Participants mailed telegraphed or even sent from mid ocean to the New York office as they sought 10 to 3 dollar prizes.
Salt Lake City opens an autoteria a self serve auto repair shop where owners work on their cars under a supervising mechanic. The facility rents tools charges small fees for use materials and for the mechanic's time.
The Rotary and Lions clubs plan a joint meeting on Tuesday at 12 15 with Mr Herbaman of Seattle wa sh as speaker on city building. Secretary T Paul Wilcox asks members to attend promptly. Well 9 completion anticipated Sunday with NY officials present. Oil Mountain test at 2100 feet suggesting drill on cap rock.
The Green River Petroleum company is drilling below 1,000 feet on the northwest quarter of section 27 in township 113, in the La Barge field, Lincoln county.
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