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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1918
Page
3
Red Cross groups at the headquarters held a productive afternoon with volunteers earning badges and delivering gauze donations. Recitals and concerts support the Red Cross and animal relief funds, featuring Dr H R Millard and Miss Lucille Millard with accompanists. Fort Russell officers and families move gears with new arrivals and travel plans, while Cheyenne society follows weddings and visits among local families.
W D B Gray and Mrs Gray returned from an Easter visit in Denver. Miss Elizabeth Whitaker, daughter of Mr and Mrs Dugald Whitaker, attends Miss Walcott's School in Denver and spent Easter in Cheyenne with her parents. Mrs G P Johnston returned from Chicago after a Southern trip with Dr Johnston. Miss Marjorie Nash, longtime pianist in the orchestra, appears in the notes.
Mrs Oliver Frey will entertain the Coterie Art Club at 506 East Twentyfirst Street tomorrow afternoon. The Woman's Club meets at the library for elections annual reports and year end business. Mrs D R Kinport will host the Womans Club at the RM A with a discussion on the nations finances. The Chevetine Art Association meets at the library Thursday at 4 00 p m with furniture placement discussion led by Mrs Charles Brintid.
The Methodist Aid society will meet Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs Archer Meyring, 2223 Evans Street. Hostesses will be Mrs Meyring, Mrs B Eoe, Mrs A Lo Pitieh and Mrs Ier. The Girls Friendly Society met last evening at the Parish House to continue sewing layettes for French and Belgian babies.
Eighteen of twenty representatives of the City Federation of Women’s Clubs attended yesterday afternoon at the library and conducted substantial business.
Local dealers plan a two and one half cent per pound hike for better cuts due to higher wholesale costs. The Associated Press cites Denver and Chicago reports attributing the rise to lean cattle receipts and seasonal factors, while denying influence from meatless days.
Casual notices show visitors arriving in Cheyenne from Casper Kennermer and Wheatland as well as business ads for coal and auto express services. The item notes meat price increases in Denver and a series of travel and office notices including notary appointment for Fred H. Wyckoff and various relocations to Colorado Springs and Dallas.
The Wyoming Stockgrowers Association plans a Kemmerer gathering April 11 and 12 with a full program announced by president Robert D. Carey. He expects more speakers from Gov. Osborn and Gov. Stubbs to be invited, and rooms in private homes arranged for visiting stockmen.
Mrs Charles Bristol chaired a routine meeting. An open meeting is planned for Monday May 6 with officers elected for the coming year. Miss Kathryn Rennitt will demonstrate war bread substitutes. The Queen Bether Circle held a social with thirty attending and discussed a dance to be held at the Maxonte temple with a committee appointed to arrange it.
Hays will address the Liberty loan drive at 4 30 Friday afternoon at the Atlanta theater as first speaker in the third campaign. He will urge attendance to back government war funding with free admittance and patriotic music by an orchestra. A Pine Bluff meeting with W B Ross of Cheyenne is planned later.
About 70 members of the faculty of the University of Chicago have entered the war service, reducing staff as the institution supports national mobilization and ongoing academic duties amid wartime demands.
Police report two suspects, Burger Bay resident of 1422 Thermes A Treat and an automobile mechanic, along with Frank Judd, are held in connection with an iron theft. Authorities declined further details pending charges.
The arrest concerns Ray and Judd accused of stealing a large quantity of iron from L. Bresnahen's barn three miles west of the city. Bresnahen had stored iron pillars and stair parts there during remodeling. Police say the pair tried to sell the iron to a city junk dealer.
The report shows a temperature of 38 degrees current with a 90 percent humidity and north wind. Averages run 35 today with a high of 55 and a low of 22, precipitation since January 1 at 1.65 inches, last 24 hours rain none and snow 1.4 inches unmelted and 0.1 inch melted.
Smoker costs rise as Camel Lucky Strike and others jump to 18 cents per pack effective April 1. Two for 36 cents on cans of Prince Albert and Bull Durham sacks 7 cents. Local suppliers cite higher material and labor costs squeezing profits. Call Leader offices for details on ads and declarations.
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