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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1920
Page
3
A large dance planned for August 31 at the Glenrook dance hall to raise funds for the Bachelor’s Quarters camp at Big Muddy. Midwest camp organizers secured an orchestra and refreshments. invitations are being sent via the Casper office force.
A stream of social items reports visitors and travels among Casper area residents. Margaret and Nanneen Dinneen from Cheyenne visit R B Dinneen at their ranch near Casper. Mrs. M. E. Hawkins goes to Riverton to visit her daughter. T. C. Spears travels overland to Denver. Others include H C Brotschneider en route to Denver, Miss Ethel Klasick and Inez Clemments touring the region, and numerous locals visiting relatives, taking vacations, or resuming work in Casper and nearby towns.
The Big Muddy nine edged the Casper Merchants 11 to 10 on the home field Sunday, evening a previous loss and signaling a possible third meeting. Lineups list Mekibben Ub Deck Bowen Bowen etc and Kinney Ib for Big Muddy with Merchants' Tatum Champlin Bummel Kinney Gray Relmerth Gantz Scown Kamman.
Jack Leary Burlington division passenger agent reports Wyomington State Commission approved intrastate railroad fare increases. The new schedule raises passenger and Pullman rates for travel within Wyoming. If state approval had not been granted, national body rates would apply only for travel from or into other states. The ruling makes the new rates effective for travel from this point to Thermopolis and other Wyoming cities.
Schulte family traveling from a Yellowstone Park tour with Mr and Mrs Henry Beyer and Miss were in a car accident. No injuries occurred though the top was damaged and the windshield broken. The vehicle that caused the crash fled the scene. The party were in Basin yesterday and Thermopolis today.
Ohio Oil Company men Joh Sutherland Earl B Douglas Robert Gore and D8 Baker with Clay Powers of Illinois Pipeline and Frank Taylor hunted Deer Creek over the weekend returning Sunday night with a well filled bag. They reported large rainbows and many brook trout among the catches.
The report outlines national delegate rules for the major fraction of paid-up members and notes 64 740 paid-up members in El Paso. it covers post accessions, women's auxiliary units, and a Denver strike incident where Legion volunteers aided law and order without direct participation in the strike.
Officials report pending arrangements for Victory medals for naval and marine personnel. Navy reserves may receive medals without applications, while former navy men can apply at recruiting stations. Marine Corps plans medal distribution late October with direct submission to local recruiting offices. Deceased Marines receive medals by mail to next of kin. Legion ceremonies remain unaffected.
Kansas City reports the Jefferson Hotel famed for its night life has been demolished to clear space for a traffic route. Prohibition during the war killed its cabaret in 1919 and business faded in recent months, though the hotel stayed open.
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter of Minneapolis named head of the General Federation of American Citizenship. She returned from Chautauqua N Y where she spoke at a women’s institute stressing responsible citizenship and outlining plans for the federation’s next biennial convention to be decided at the Washington D C meeting September 14 to 16.
Roswell New Mexico to host the American Legion convention on September 24 with Herman G. Baca as state commander announcing the event. Delegates will be elected to the national convention. A lost black purse with card and money was reported, asking the finder to return both to Tribune. An ad lists a four piece bedroom set, a Royal typewriter, a 3 karat diamond ring and other items at 431 Med Apts.
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