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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
6
Post office shelves emptied as Cheyenne residents bought heavily allocated army foodstuffs. Canned cherries rice and soup sold out. bacon corned beef and beans remained available in price lists detailing item, purchase limits, weight, cost, postage and war tax. Orders delivered to buyer addresses via parcel post amid heavy demand.
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.
Forssell executive secretary of the War Camp Community Service Cheyenne since March has secured a release to return to his Minneapolis position, leaving Thursday. He led a group of schools in Minneapolis including deaf and sub normal schools, residing at Pillsbury Settlement House. Secretly ship C. EB. Pinley will oversee Cheyenne until a successor is named.
The Wyoming public service commission issued a temporary order authorizing Rawlins Electricity Fuel Co to raise flat residential lighting charges and commercial lighting and power rates. The company must file monthly income and expense statements for review to decide on a permanent rate order.
The Red Grass Home Service notes that insurance lapsed can be reinstated within 18 months by paying two months premiums covering the last and reinstatement months. The policyholder is uninsured during the intervening months and has no benefits if death occurs then.
Washington Aug. 19 Secretary Baker defended before a senate subcommittee his recommendation for an army of 575000 men. He noted the disturbed world conditions and said he did not wish to bear the responsibility of proposing a smaller force. He acknowledged the bill's compulsory training for 10yearold youths was proposed by military experts, though he approved it. He suggested native troops might assist overseas, and favored naval training as an alternative for youths. He opposed separate air ministry, citing coordination concerns and favoring expansion within existing mill structure. He reported 10718 air planes, 6988 service planes, most equipment obsolete but superior to European types. funding could buy more planes to achieve mastery.
Mrs. U. S. Talliaferro Jr announces county chairmen for the Salvation Army home service drive set for September 4 to 8. Key names include Mary G. Bell in Albany, Masie Doty in Goshen, J P Keller in Converse, Mary D. Jackson in Fremont, and many others across Laramie, Natrona, Platte, Sheridan, Weston, Big Horn, Campbell, Crook, Hot Springs, Niobrara, Park, Sweetwater, Washakes, and Worland counties.
A brief report notes frost touched coffee crops in New York with early Brasil reports showing cold pockets but temperatures not alarmingly low and no widespread damage expected. Local observers say the frost impact appears limited and not serious.
Notes from Cheyenne including visits by Miss Viola Massey from Mandelson and Mrs Jones of Horse Creek. Stock quotations available daily via Stock Growers National Bank with wire feeds from Omaha and Denver. Caspar and Lusk visitors mentioned, local businesses advertise auto tire vulcanizing and furniture repair. Also listings for baby carriages, ragtime piano lessons at Plains Hotel.
The Women's Relief Corps will gather this afternoon at Mrs. Etta Self's home 2012 Pioneer Avenue for a social hour with cards and entertainment.
The Navy recruiting band of 45 under Chief Bandmaster George L. Rogers arrives from Fort Collins at 12 45 and performs at 3 and 8 pm at the Princess Theater in Cheyenne. A Navy life lecture, reels, and acts by Paul Williams and Robert Dawson accompany the program to boost enlistments.
A small fire in a box car was quickly put out in the Union Pacific yards yesterday afternoon with minimal damage. A false alarm later drew the fire truck to Nineteenth and Pebrican. the call came from Box 34.
A lively program features One Step Mickey Morning Noon and Night selections by J Francis Noonan Maytime tunes and a novelty act by Acrobat-Sailor Paul Williams. It includes a trombone quintet Serenade A Night in June and a Western Blues fox trot plus the national anthem.
EB Sutton of Kansas City dies of heart failure while traveling by auto to Yellowstone Park near Douglas. His wife son and daughter-in-law were with him. after a farm-house rest he grew ill again and died minutes later. The body was prepared for shipment to Kansas City.
Oliver Fry installs carburetors at Pry's Garage located at 1712 Seymore, used part numbers Us-4J. The note records workshop work and address with a clear service entry.
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