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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1918
Page
3
Cheyenne social column details the McMinn family with Professor George McMinn of the University of California and new son born April in Berkeley. It lists the Dalsies club members and marriages, plus school play at Converse school and upcoming food exhibit at Burlington depot under City Federation of Women’s Clubs.
A Red Cross event at the headquarters drew a turnout of young women from the Union Pacific Goal knitting club. They reported that a total of $206 was raised at the Red Crow benefit, paid out in pennies, as part of their Thursday evening gathering to support Uncle Sam.
Mrs. Raymond Frank of Denver arrived to visit Mrs. Doroph Was sermen. Mrs. Frank, born Hazel Oberfelder, is widow of the late Ray mond Frank of Denver. Mrs. A. Goldfarb and daughter Miss Goldie Goldfarb left for the east, visiting St. Louis Chicago Philadelphia and New York. F. H. Vaughan and Fred E. Pratt of Fremont are in Denver for a few days. Mrs. George Van Winkie has returned from Denver and Boulder. Mrs. A J Schuling has returned from Denver where she visited her sister Mrs. Mary Morton formerly of Cheyenne. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker and son have returned from California.
Coal ads and brief notices mingle with travel mentions. Charles Smith visits from Horsetail Creek, J T Gregory comes from Wheatland, Max Rice travels from St Louis, J A Peterson from Crawford, and Reed Hollister advertises bikes. Local buyers urged to order Liberty Bonds and engage regional suppliers. Old papers offered at 25 cents per bundle.
The Woman's Club of the R. M. A. plans an afternoon event hosted by Mrs. John Doyle at 611 East Seventeenth Street. The College Club postpones its Saturday meeting and will tea for Cheyenne High girl graduates during the May session. L. A. to the O. R. C. cancels tomorrow's gathering and will resume on the second and fourth Wednesdays. Oak Leaf Chapter No.1 O E S meets Thursday evening May 2 at the Masonic hall. No invitations will be mailed due to chapter illness.
A Cheyenne note lists piano tuner A. F. Chick from Pine Bluffs and several visitors arriving from Omaha Rawlins Ogden St Louis Kansas City Denver and other cities. Names include H. Reiners G. truma F. Geblite R. W. Stevens J. D. Goldberg and W. Wilken among others in the city on business or social calls.
Fragmentary OCR discusses fashion elements and a sequence of names and places without clear context. Readable parts mention variety of styles, garments and a public sense of trend, but no coherent event or outcome is identifiable.
Neighborhood was startled when a 68 caliber revolver bullet entered a hall window and flew past T Joe Cahill’s family. Investigators found several boys with ammunition and a hatchet staging a pretend war, placing cartridges near wells while adults scrambled for safety. Police will question those involved as officials warn of potential danger from stray shots.
Paris residents endure German artillery as the Fat Bertha shelling continues from the northeast. The big gun is described as a morale tool, not a battlefield cannon, with Parisian life adapting around the threat as theaters resume and neighbors bond in cellar shelters.
In a discussion with a French expert, a long range gun could fire to 70 miles and even beyond. The belief claims a 20 mile high shell path through vacuum with wind and air conditions altering its course. Bertha and future anti shell gear threaten daily Paris life as 400 pound shells could strike at any moment.
The United States announces that the keep of enemy aliens interned will be paid by Swiss and Swedish relations for the German government. Law abiding enemy aliens receiving charity will be cared for by national committees formed to raise subscriptions.
The steel skeleton of the new Hynds building was completed by mid morning with J B Stimpson photographing the frame. HW Hynde owner and R N LaFontaine contractor joined workers at the crane foot as rivetting and final alignment were set to begin later today once pipework for the air hammers is in place.
London restaurants move to meatless dishes amid rationing proposals. A longtime dining house manager questions meat service, suggesting a plate with wind could blow away if exposed.
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