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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1912
Page
16
The notice lists Tretousse Kid Gloves for ladies in lead ing shades and Derby Kid Gloves for ladies street wear in all shades. Ireland Cape Gloves in assorted tans at 1.25 per pair, Perfection 16-button length in all shades at 4.50 per pair. Men’s kid gloves, silk lined or unlined at 1.75. Ladies silk lined kid gloves and related items offered by Demater & Place.
Advertises women and men hosiery with Onyx and Wayne names. Prices range from 1.00 to 2.50 per pair, with silk embroidered options and Lisle hose in multiple colors. Highlights include black tan and white shades and quantities like 135 and 1.50 2.50 pair.
The Mystic Maze club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs W Shade for a pre holiday gathering. Christmas decorations and a 6 pm supper marked the event with invited guests Mrs Harris Bump Barry Teasley and members Mrs Border Christensen Taylor Sigler Nagel Panman Zalesky and hostess Mrs Zalesky. The OG H Club held a Christmas party at Gertrude Bender's home with festive greens a tree and gifts for all attendees.
The club hosted a festive gathering with song and conversation, featuring Santa Claus who turned out to be a hostess in disguise distributing gifts. Young ladies opened presents around a tree and praised the event as the best in club history. A Christmas feast followed near midnight as all members attended.
This evening Miss Nell Huff and Miss Fredonia Huff host the Delta Alpha society of the Presbyterian church. The Jewish Ladies Circle met at the Schule with Rabbi Dr Schlen addressing the group. Mrs J A Miller assisted by Mrs E Wellnit2 and Miss Chertock served refreshments at the bake sale. Baptist ladies plan a bake sale at Johnston grocery for Sunday dinner and Christmas feast. Mrs J B Sammon and Mrs J Dobbins in charge.
A retired army officer cites a magazine claim that French excavations in Babylonia uncovered 45 000 tablets detailing ancient kings and law. The piece argues Babylon as mother of laws, notes early mail delivery, civil service, and the first turbine engine in Egypt, and claims wireless telegraphy and musical instruments predate modern times.
A critic reviews Frank Frost Abbott’s The Common People of Ancient Rome noting that paternalism and public baths mirrored in Rome reappear in Los Angeles today as civilization progreso. He draws parallels from Diocletian’s denunciations of luxuries to Plautus on price trusts, showing ancient concerns resemble modern economic tensions.
In October sharks enter lagoons between the barrier reef and atolls to pair. Spearing of large numbers is possible by skilled harvesters. Sharks range seven to fifteen feet. their livers yield about five gallons of oil. Oil prices reach $78 a ton. Males and females pair, aiding hunting efficiency.
In New York a group calling themselves the Alimony club, inmates serving time for alimony defaults, held a Christmas banquet in jail. Twelve sat to a repast, two recent rejoiners having just regained liberty. Songs and toasts drew laughs as they toasted their uncertain fates.
A Prince Albert Cape of Good Hope father relates a miraculous recovery from a night attack of croup. He used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as directed for about an hour and twenty minutes, and his child recovered from all danger.
The Tching Pao, the oldest newspaper in the world, marks its thousandth anniversary. Since inception a copy of each issue has been preserved in the Peking palace archives. The paper upholds accuracy with strict discipline, including dismissal or imprisonment for errors in the past.
South Cheyenne Aid Society gathered at the home of Mrs H C Varoum for a business meeting and social luncheon. Mrs Piper will host the group December 26. The Johnson School presented a pleasing program before holiday vacation. Mr Henry Folck returned from a Colorado ranch with daughter Virgie Erna to visit Mr Lester Folck.
In Pittsburg Kei Yamada defeated George Slosson of New York 400 to 341 after 49 innings. The match was the third in the Morningstar Slosson Yamada purse series, totaling 1000 dollars. Yamada posted an 88 49 average while Slosson had 64 7 49.
Evelyn Arthur See, freed on bail after a year in jail, has barricaded himself in the temple with four women and a girl followers, resuming his mystic teachings. He promises new revelations to end prisons and crime, while planning future work and seeking reassurance from two mothers and their daughters in the faith.
Washington reports the War Department perfected plans making Hawaii the key Gibraltar of the Pacific. A secret board and naval officials tested approaches to Oahu and Pearl Harbor. Land batteries and offensive stores are in place, with work rushed on Panama Canal defenses.
McAleer states no deal to trade Bock O'Brien who impressed as a wing for the world champion Red Sox. He dismisses rumors linking O'Brien to the Neem Plicher and mentions ongoing evaluations with the team.
Captain Peacock of Los Angeles cares for a pet swan and a handsome goose known as Russian. The birds arrived three years ago and now follow the captain, begging for food like dogs, while the swan seems disconsolate as crackers and popcorn vanish from his pockets.
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