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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
11
A quotation by Eugene Field discusses the overuse of the word up. It notes phrases like talk up eat up chalk up and wet up and set up and warns against letting up on up. The humorous reflection highlights language fatigue and repetition.
A cheerful group including Mrs Charles Root and children of Omaha Mrs Treat and daughter of Denver and Mrs Heweker spent Thursday afternoon at the Lyric in Cheyenne and then enjoyed lunch at The Robinson tea room.
A private party at Pioneer Park reserves the grounds for fifty or more couples to begin at 8 30 PM. Ladies bring basket lunches cups and spoons while hot coffee and ices will be served. Mr and Mrs Will Morrison arrive from New York City to visit the Morrison family during Frontier events.
The party of young girls chaperoned by Mrs. A. J. Robinson returned to town yesterday after a week of delightful camping near Granite Springs.
Rusticating at the Daim the Sohunemans and Schunemans with Mies Le Gro of Boone enjoy Crystal Lake cottage time hosting friends. The Daisies Camp group with chaperones gains Louise Lafey Elizabeth Lafey Evelyn Jones and Mira Ruth Brelech and plans to break camp and return to town Tuesday next week.
Eight girls distributed corn flakes berries and cream during Kellogg Day demonstrations. Miss Ruth Nash at Johnston's grocery won first prize and Miss Mabel Knight at Kelly's won second. Frontier week brings heavy visitors. many local residents host guests.
At the Presbyterian Manse on Wednesday evening Rev Leon C Hills joined Clyde H Porterfield of Denver and Mrs Jose S Mellnay of Lincoln Neb in marriage The couple, longtime sweethearts, met here by appointment and will reside in Denver.
Mr. W. H. Hoar reached sixty six and his family staged a festive surprise with visiting musicians and a bountiful lunch. Guests included Mrs. B. W. Campbell and four sons, George Hoar and family, W. H. Perking and three children, Caroline Perking, Ruth Breachie and others, with mentions of Mrs Holliday and a Wyoming trip to Laramie and a mountain camp with the Daleles.
Mrs. William H. Noble hosted a Thursday card tea with elegant decorations in goldenrod. Bridge and five hundred entertained guests, with Mrs. Kilbourne and Miss Hollman winning the bridge prize and Mrs. Morton, Mita McQabe, and Mrs. Mitchell receiving prizes for "S00" before five o'clock.
Guests lingered over a dining room tea with a delicious hammer menu as yellow and white dominated the table. Mrs Charles Morton hosts while Mrs Mitchell plans a luncheon and Miss McCulloch entertains with a tea for visiting Modest guests from St. Louis and Fort Riley, Kansas.
South Cheyenne notes house sales and rising South Side values as Prudential official A G Arentz visits to audit accounts. The wedding of Miss Bertha Evers to Mr. Jason Sawyer of Rawlins took place at 216 East Eleventh Street with Rev. Hilgendorf officiating and a reception, followed by a wedding trip on No. 6 to Western cities.
The Irwin Brothers Wild West Show heads to Des Moines Indiana after Cheyenne Frontier Days, performing six weeks across the Midwest. The familiar program features roping broncho busting shooting races Indian dances and more, returning to Cheyenne around October 1.
A large Cheyenne crowd attended an outdoor concert by the Fourth Field Artillery band, under the Altar and Rosary society. The open air event began at 7 80 o clock and lasted two hours with a program of classical and popular selections pleasing all tastes.
An essay arguing the power of bold self assertion as the key to influence and achievement. It contrasts confident leaders and charlatans, warning that merit unasserted is unseen while decisive action wins attention and alignment from others.
Poem-inspired verse extols relentless grinding as the method to win in life. The speaker notes that steady effort beats luck, urging perseverance through adversity. The refrain emphasizes continuing to push forward despite setbacks, with a nod to common folk achieving success through diligence.
The Edinburgh Review has endured 110 years with only a handful of editors. Founding editor Sydney Smith helped shape its early direction, followed by Macvey Napier, George Cornwall Lewis, Henry Reeve, and Arthur Elliot who recently retired after 17 years. The piece notes the editors’ long tenures influenced the periodical’s Whig stance and overall efficiency.
A tender poem describes nightfall as a child sleeps beside a caregiver. The speaker guides the child through fears with soothing words and gentle reassurance, until the child rests and the giver may sleep lightly themselves. It reflects on parental care, trust, and the hope of quiet peace.
The piece notes aging reveals two visible changes fatness and baldness. Fatness cannot be concealed while baldness can with a hat or wig. Repeated annual meetings trigger comments about growing bald or gaining weight, highlighting social pressure and self-awareness in aging men.
Eve writes to her daughter in law Cain's wife asking Adam for more birch bark to finish a note. Adam warns to let trees grow ten more years before adding postscripts.
A druggist who gave arsenic instead of quinine faces a moral test. When asked if he has any regret, he answers with a deflecting claim that he has something “just as good.” His knowing response hints at a calculated stance rather than remorse.
A serpent in the form of a book publisher tempts with a thirty percent royalty on Adam's old love letters. The narrator notes the fall of dusk as the leaves arrive, hinting at moral danger and temptation.
A bemused friend responds with cheerful praise as a doctor’s treatment leads to improved relations and a luxury wardrobe. The note mentions a new hat every five weeks and a sealskin coat with ermine furs, signaling a period style shift.
Bargain day at Barnett's offers 27 pretty breawes and various colors including white brown and black. Seringes and wool sponges are featured with sales regularly between 10 and 16 dollars, available Friday only.
A cluttered ad notes good quality towels priced at 1.50 per dozen with 20x40 size in borderless white. Limited Friday offer highlights very low values and urges shoppers to visit the store for a look at the bargains on view.
A Frontier Days feature showcases troop exhibitions at Fort Russell with all service branches. The Fourth Field Artillery plans maneuvers, and after a 1000 mile hike the regiment is due August 17, likely marching to the park before heading to the post.
A special meeting of the Trades and Labor Assembly of Cheyenne is set for 8 p.m. on August 9 at Eagles Hall. All delegates must attend due to important business. President Co R McKinstry urges presence.
Chicago officials received copies of the Chicago Record Herald featuring a twelve page Wyoming section, a full page on Frontier Days, and extensive Wyoming coverage. Jay Kenner organized the state edition with multiple feature articles and numerous illustrations of Wyoming points of interest in FL.
An advertisement touts Saxo Salve as a cure for tarher itch and various skin diseases. It claims the product penetrates the skin, kills parasites, and restores health with a money back guarantee if not cured. The offer is attributed to A. J. Roedell, a druggist in Quvenne, Wyoming.
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