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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1916
Page
16
Tourists from Denver and Boulder join visitors from New York and Washington in Cheyenne for short stays. Residents from Wheatland Fort Collins and Horse Creek arrive for business or leisure while a Kansas City group travels via C B station. A Maccabees gathering and local sales add to the day’s events.
Memphis visitor F W Nichelle reported 115 degrees in Memphis this summer. Denver residents Barker Westland and Freler were in Cheyenne on a short visit. Chicagoan George Reeder stayed in Cheyenne yesterday. Telluride mining district’s H L Seukett visits today. Carpenter residents Anna Jobbins and Clara Bastian spent yesterday or last Sunday in Cheyenne.
The Wyoming Oil and Mineral Developing Club reports land loaned in the Big Muddy field, adjoining producing wells. Marion W. Edwards notes several rigs rising nearby and good wells reached under 1000 feet. Arrangements are underway for one or two new drills. Many Casper applications for stock surge as excitement grows. Will buy a good farm.
Aug 28 item notes Mr and Mrs F W Johnson returned from Salt Lake City visits. Leona Curry hosted tea for Ruth Boyle and Jane Smith. Ruth Boyle and Jane Smith visited again at Curry's Sunday dinner. Curry plans Cheyenne trip to enter high school. John Boyle sold Dale Creek ranch and moves to Ogden. he works for Union Pacific. Haymaking prospers despite dryness. Saltsman advertises employment and sales in Wyoming with Continental Jewelry Co in Cleveland.
A description of Shredded Whole at the Water, a steam-cooked shredded wheat toast baked for crispness. Ready to eat, portable and nourishing, best toasted with butter or cheese. Produced at Niagara Falls, New York.
The Presbyterian Missionary Society and the Presbyterian Missionary Society gather for meetings. The Woman's Auxiliary of St. Mark's meets this afternoon at 2710 Garey Avenue with Mrs. C W Taylor leading. The Willing Workers meeting set for Friday September 1 is postponed for one week pending hostess announcements.
The Presbyterian Aid society will gather Friday afternoon in church parlors for entertainment by Mrs. A F Saunders and Mrs. W B Hoshaw. Also note Baptist and Methodist picnics scheduled at Lake Minnehaha with meals and activities. Local travelers from Basin and Cheyenne observed, markets list apricots at 45 cents per basket and a case price of 1.60.
Announcement for pupil reporting locations by grade and area within the Churchill Corlett and Fort Russell districts. Details include who reports to Churchill School Central at Corlett, the appropriate school for various areas, and dates for high school registration and classification directions from the superintendent’s office.
A Bay of small notices shows Baxter Adams performing a loop at a fair, apricots priced 48c per basket. Government wagon road planned from Gardiner to Cooke City, 65 miles through Yellowstone. Meeteetse to Wood River road work to begin. Basin post office expansion discussed. Labor Day events planned in Kemmerer with State Attorney General D. A. Preston as speaker.
Notice outlines school start at 9 am Tuesday September 6 1916 for Cheyenne public schools. Children aged five by February 1 1917 may enroll. late entrants not after October 1. Reports and class assignments listed for High Johnson Converse Central schools and affected grade levels.
The 1916 county assessment shows an increase of more than $500000 over 1915, as reported by the Uint a County court clerk. Worland's sugar company moves to build beet dumps in preparation for the coming season.
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