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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
14
Cheyenne post office sold out canned cherries rice and soup as food allotments released for general sale ran through the day. The window stayed busy with applicants and orders, while clerks warned of a flood of future parcels as orders are filled.
The Altar and Rosary society will meet at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the K C hall. Mrs M A Dugan Mrs T McInerney and Mrs Rose Lacher will entertain the members.
F. W. Forssell, executive secretary of the War Camp Community Service in Cheyenne since March, receives a release to return to Minneapolis. He led Cheyenne operations and will oversee a group of Minneapolis schools including deaf and sub-normal programs, residing at Pillsbury Settlement House. C. EB. Pinley will head the Cheyenne unit until a successor is named.
The Wyoming public service commission issued a temporary order allowing Rawlins Electricity Fuel Company to raise flat residential lighting charges and commercial lighting and power rates. The company must file monthly income and expense statements for review before a permanent rate decision.
The Red Grass Home Service reports that insurance may be reinstated within 18 months after lapse by paying two months premiums, covering the months of trace and reinstatement. The soldier is not insured during intervening months and has no benefits if death occurs in that period.
Secretary Baker told a senate subcommittee that an army of 575 000 men would be needed given world disturbances. He backed compulsory youth military training, floated naval options for youths, and warned against a separate air ministry, citing coordination issues while noting U S air capacity and obsolescence of planes.
Mrs U S Talliaferro announces county chairmen for the Salvation Army home service drive September 4 to 8. Listings include Albany Mrs Mary G Bell Amy Laramie Gardon Miss Masie Doty Rawlins Converst Mrs J P Keller Douglas Fremont Mrs Mary D Jackson Wind River Goshen Mrs G O Gammon Torrington Johnson Mrs J Van Dyke Buffalo Laramie Mrs Chas D Carey Cheyenne Lincoln Mrs P J Inecady Kemmerer Natrona Mrs Oliver G Johnson Casper Platte Mrs C W Crouter Wheatland Sheridan Mrs W S Met Sheridan Weston Mrs EB Raymond Newcastle Big Horn Mrs P K Bischoff Basin Campbell County Mrs A W Baury Gillette Crook Mrs C S Smith Moorcroft Hot Springs Mrs T B Wood Thermopolis Niobrara Mrs Jos Mayes Lusk Park Mrs KR Volckmer Sweetwater Mrs D D county Mrs FP A Gray Washakes Mrs Helen Nowell Worland
An early Brasil cable reports frost in a New York region damaging some coffee crops but temperatures were not seen as severely low to cause widespread damage. Local observers say the cold affected only scattered plants with no major economic impact expected.
Daily notices from Cheyenne include stock quotations by wire for stockmen at the Stock Growers National Bank in Omaha and Denver. Names mentioned: Viola Massey Mandelson, Lusk visitors Baldwin family Rathven, W H Sixth Wheatland arrival, Ione Clemons Casper, Dr W C Foster, A H Wilcox Casper visitors, J A Wende from Buffalo. Also ads for furniture repair, auto tire vulcanizing, baby carriages, ragtime piano lessons at Plains Hotel.
The Women's Relief Corps will meet this afternoon at Mrs. Etta Self’s home at 2012 Pioneer Avenue. Attendees will enjoy a social time with cards and other entertainment.
The Navy recruiting band of 45 under Chief Bandmaster George L. Rogers arrives from Fort Collins at 12 45 PM to perform at 3 PM and 8 PM at the Princess Theatre Cheyenne. Lectures and film reels follow the concerts to promote naval enlistment. Notable performers include Paul Williams and Robert Dawson.
A small fire in a box car in the Union Pacific yards was put out quickly after the fire department responded yesterday afternoon. There is little damage reported. A false alarm later sent the truck to Nineteenth and Pebrican, triggered from Box 34.
A vaudeville program listing various acts including One-Step Mickey and Morning Noon and Night in Visions. Selections by J Francis Noonan, Maytime songs, a novelty Sailor Williams routine, a trombone quintet, Serenade A Night in June, a Western Blues fox trot and the National Anthem.
EB J Sutton of Kansas City died of heart failure while traveling with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law to Yellowstone Park. The party halted at a farm house for an hour before Sutton collapsed and died twenty miles east of Douglas. Body sent to Kansas City with notices to Denver and Salt Lake City handlers.
Oliver Fry and Pry's Garage install carburetors on Us-4J at 1712 Seymore. Local shop completes work on the vehicle, signaling maintenance update and readiness for use.
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