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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1920
Page
10
Fragmented text notes a state leader event at a sales site with feasting and speeches. Mentions Ge Gand Coe Sal and Teentewen, with references to rights and approvals. Reading is garbled but suggests a political gathering with fundraising or sale activities and attribution to Associated Press style.
A NY actor manager Rob ert Whittier faced threats and a police court fine after reviving Ibsen s An Enemy of the People. Protesters link the play s anti orthodox message to Bolshevik ideas, while Whittier portrays Dr Stockmann exposing corrupted baths and taxes.
The text discusses how price committees curb restaurant profiteering as markets shift to fair pricing. It notes five cent pies and nickel coffee reappearing in Pittsburgh, with restaurants facing lower wholesale food costs yet pressure to maintain profits. It cites Cleveland and Pittsburgh committees urging fair competition to prevent losses and unfair cross-market pricing.
A 1790 mutiny on the Bounty leads to Pitcairn Island as a new nation with 1920 population at 275. John Adams survives as the lone adult male, governing tightly after dissension, drunkenness, and intermarriage with Tahitian wives.
Readers warned against assuming decline in suffrage activism as supporters press forward with rallies, petitions, and political organizing. Observers note continued involvement across communities and potential shifts in public opinion.
Little locals report Misa Ruth Hanesworth returning from Washington and resuming Corsett school studies. Cadets are measured for uniforms and a new outfit may arrive next week. City crews discuss bonfires, leaves carpet City Park, and students plan college enrollments as University of Wyoming and University of Colorado open registration.
The Minnie Bell Oil company of Raw capital stock in the Wyoming secretary of State office Tuesday. Directors listed as W.N. R. Greenfield M. C. Greenfield and H. A. France. The Iowa-Wyoming Oil company of South Dakota filed certified articles of incorporation with capital stock 5,000,000. The Wyoming corporate office will be in Casper with J. F. Christensen as agent. Centennial Valley Oil company certified an increase of capital stock from 150 to 250000.
Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of Judge John A. Riner’s appointment to the U S district court for Wyoming. He will attend a Plains Hotel banquet as guest of honor hosted by the Wyoming Bar Association with speakers including U S Senators Thomas of Colorado Warren of Wyoming and other dignitaries from Colorado and Nebraska.
An early 20th century appeal urges readers to start a savings plan with $1 or more, claiming small amounts saved now will grow significantly in years. It emphasizes that ten years or even five years hence the accumulated sum can buy more, and invites readers to let the service serve them.
A Cheyenne attorney named Preme Stiman and several attorneys from other Wyoming towns will attend the banquet, according to a brief notice.
At the request of the Fremont county attorney Governor Robert D. Carey issued a proclamation offering a reward of 260 pounds for the arrest of Joe Korich accused of complicity in a recent attempt to murder and rob a mine paymaster at Pposia. Two other suspects were arrested and bound over on $20000 bail each.
Rudolph Hofmann replaces J. C. Newlin who resigned to take an executive banking post. Hofmann, the youngest state examiner in the office’s history, has served as resistent examiner for two years and previously worked in banking. He becomes the third person to hold the post after Harry Henderson of Cheyenne and Newlin.
Thomas J. Brough of Lyman in Uinta County was rereappointed Tuesday as a member of the state board of immigration for a four year term.
The W Own Baphopes Pore Club formed under Mr. Brandenburg with a five dollar prize for the best name awarded to Miss Jennie Brown. Elected officers include President L. D. Collins, Vice President Mrs. M. Earle Blick, Secretary Miss Sue L. Knight, Treasurer Miss Jennie Brown. They will meet monthly at the Plains hotel with plans for profitable and pleasant events.
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