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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1912
Page
12
City notices list Miller’s repair shop advertising correct watch repairing and adjusting with moderate prices and high quality work at 1709 Carey Ave. Other items report a demented man released from jail near Ava Wyoming, divorce decrees in district court, and several small local notices.
John Wilcox of the Tribune staff travels to Sheridan to marry Ming Myra Arlen after a six year courtship. Arlen teaches song in Sheridan and is connected to Indiana University. The Christmas ceremony at the Sheridan Presbyterian Church will be performed by Dr M DeWitt Long with about 24 close friends attending. The bride’s parents are Rev Henry Arlen and Mrs Arlen of Nashville Tennessee.
Harry M. Webee, lawyer, artist and Socialist orator, will lecture at A. O. U. W. hall on Eddy street between West Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets at 2 40 this afternoon and 8 oclock this evening. He will discuss free speech struggles in San Diego and critique conspiracy laws used to suppress labor opinions.
The first Australian heat wave of the season set records in several cities. Euela on the South Australian- Western border recorded a notable figure while Poma in Queensland reached 110 degrees. Newcastle in New South Wales faced its hottest spell in 16 years amid dust and wind.
In Appleton Wisconsin officials seek a large strong man to serve as a city appanker or truancy enforcer. The new role aims to discipline unruly children under parental guidance and is supported by three pastors and all local educators.
Ground will be broken within two weeks for Plains Automobile Company to serve Wyoming with Buick and National cars. Eaton McMillen and H A Andrews lead the effort with a two story concrete building adjoining the Plains hotel on Central avenue. The lower floor houses the garage and repair shop while the second floor will host dances and conventions. Ed Pavelka will head the repair department.
Sunday services at the Presbyterian Church include 0:45 p m Sunday school 1 a m morning worship with the sermon More Blessed to Give Than to Revolve 6:20 p m Young People meeting What the Coming of Christ It Means for the World and What It Will Do 7:20 p m Cantata by a double quartet Special music at both services Christmas tree and exercises Tuesday at 7 o'clock Sunday school 2 o'clock West Side chapel pastor Rev Leon C Mills study at 1809 Carey avenue telephone 6759
Yesterday marked the shortest day of the year with sunrise at 7 16 a m and sunset at 4 40 p m making nine hours and twenty four minutes of daylight. Days will lengthen gradually until June 11, the longest day of the year.
A fragmented ad lists cozy footwear and room comforts marketed for Christmas. Readable fragments mention slippers and bedroom accessories with a light holiday shopping emphasis.
Cheyenne Business College plans a social Monday at 7 30 pm featuring a lecture by Attorney W C Kinkead and a student musical program with light refreshments. All students are urged to attend including day and night school students and prospective winter term enrollees.
The full penalty of eight percent and annual rate of eight percent on the total amount of all taxes unpaid on January 1 1943 as stated by Luke Voorhers County Treasurer.
The Jolly Pallbearers, a group aiming to extract cheer from funerals, organized in Weilston Missouri. Chief mourners and officers were elected, crape badges chosen, and a clubhorse supplied as members discuss life, death, and outlook with motto Soy and a belief there is too much gloom in grief.
The text notes a satirical claim that a funeral club promises "special inducements to members to die in membership" to maximize occasions for mirth, implying a morbidly humorous or critical assessment of a group’s attitudes toward death.
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