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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1912
Page
10
A garbled ad lists former prices for ladies outfits from 1.25 to 66.00 and new specials on house dresses, robes, kimonos, and white silk brooch items with marked reductions, though several words are distorted. The offer emphasizes substantial markdowns on multiple garment types.
Newspapers note John Wilcox will wed Ming Myra Arlen in Sheridan with plans to reside in Cheyenne. A double wedding follows at the Richardson home with Ernest Yonick and Perry family members. Cheyenne visitors include Horace Plunkett, Miss Helen Gilland, George Barrett, and many students returning for holidays.
The engagement of Edith Judy to Mr H A Patten was announced recently. She will arrive tonight and be a guest at the Patten home of Mr and Mrs H B Patten until after New Year. A Christmas morning breakfast will precede a tree in her honor, hosted by the Darning Club and several young gentlemen, with further courtesies planned.
Christmas events fill Fort Russell with dinners and dances. Mr and Mrs Julian Leiblinger invite guests to a Christmas party at their home Wednesday evening March 25th. Officers returning from schools join families, including Captains Crallese and Frizzelle. The Tompkins family faces scarlet fever as their daughter Margaret remains seriously ill.
The Women’s Club outlines a winter clinic at the clubrooms noting members plan a short vacation period for attendees. Few details clarify dates or activities beyond a coordinated club initiative.
All members favor ad journment after the holidays during Chleiman week.
The Mission Circle of the Baptist church met Friday with a large attendance and varied program led by Miss Morgan and Mrs. Mudge. Mrs. Towner gave a reading while Mina Louise Stimson played piano. Refreshments were served by Emma Farmen and the hostess. Several ladies attended from Fudge Turpin Towner Bruce Stanfield Van Winkle Phillips Law Laverents Hamilton Taylor Higgins Schoelse and Rev. Van Winkle.
The National Conservatory of Music of America at 126 West 7th Street New York offers more free training than any other school, with admissions from September exams and semi annual rounds. Scholarships for Voice Piano and Violin will be awarded at the January 4 1913 examinations, 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 pm. A recruit named Rudy Kallio joins the Vancouver club in the Northwestern league. he is a Russian and once pitched for Astoria Oregon, noted for his class.
Los Angeles December 21 Mrs Clara Baldwin Stocker heiress to the Baldwin estate arrived from Chicago in a private car to Arcadia home. She escorted a $1 006 000 collection of gems wares and luxury items including a $209 000 yacht a $250 000 diamond wardrobe 100 000 private car 40 000 liverware 20 000 cars and a $60 100 Arcadia residence. She said she would spend a million or two to have a really good time and noted she has already received about $1 500 000 from her father’s estate with half of the remaining $24 600 000 soon to come.
Cardinal Gibbon sends a Christmas message to the United States praising the year 1912 as peaceful and prosperous. He notes slow stage reform in New York and that moral improvements cannot be legislated but are gradual. A Ripley Saunders poem about a forgotten Christmas child accompanies a cartoon showing a mother and child in want.
T A Cosgriff and G KE Abbott of Cheyenne lease the north front of the Ira theater in Casper to open a private bank named Cosgriff and Abbott. They are tied to the state’s largest banking interests. R Wyland, current cashier of Glenrock State Bank, will be Casper cashier and supervise setup as he visits this week.
A quote by N. B. Bhajer urges journeys to learn how distance creates illusions and to value the nearby land and life that needs no translation to be understood. The passage extols travel as a means to discern reality from mirage.
A fragment states the first and greatest law of breeding and mating, claiming like begets like as a guiding principle. The line appears as a succinct maxim attributed to breeding ethics.
A New York Evening Post correspondent recalls that the late W. Gilbert disliked Jane Austen, and compares him to Mark Twain who reportedly held a similar view. The quote suggests a library without Austen would be a good library even if it contained no other books.
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