Dancing party at Parish House highlights Cheyenne social
Lieutenant Clarence Riner and Miss Florence Riner hosted a Saint Mark parish hall dancing party for about 60 couples with stage flags, evergreen decor, buffet lunch, and a punch table. Guild of St. Mark's held a New Year tea with music by Mr. Reilley and Mrs. Hart.
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Florence Riner
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United States Marines
Guild of St. Mark's
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Mesdames Voorhees
Barber
A. K. Smith
Nash
Denver
Hart
Mra. Skinner
Mra. Whitaker
Bradley
Hoffman
Bartley
Kent
Guild
R. W. Bradley
G. W
Hoyt
KH. W. Whitcomb
Birthday celebrations at General Edwards home
The general marked his birthday with a grand New Year reception and a gin er party attended by Lieut Dowell Mrs Horn Miss Young Miss Berry Captain Pavia Dr Sherwood and others. Guests praised his companionship before he left for Washington for about three weeks. Riding class attendees resumed daily exercise at the post riding hall after vacation.
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Lieut
Dowell
Mra. Horn
Mins Young
Mins Berry
Emily Berry
Captain Pavia
Dr. Sherwood
Wr. Hailey
Lieut. Anderson
General Edwards
Washington
Visiting list notes multiple Nebraskan residents
Miss Vera Kimball returns to Cushing after visiting Mrs. J. T. Birog and others in Lincoln and Sidney. Andrew and Kenno Roede depart for Ann Arbor and Colorado Springs to resume college after holidays. Mrs. Goodrich and Dorothy Knight visit Denver with Dr. and Mrs. Orr. Mrs. Bernard Hollum and Mrs. Lassen visit Lincoln relatives. Miss Knight to Lincoln University. Hospital Ald. society meets at the library. W W C hosts at 2104 Eddy St. Methodist Aid sews carpet rags after a short meeting. Delta Alpha hosts at Apartment 14 Nettford. Reilly sings at St Mark's. Christmas Cantata repeated at Kesbytetian church with choir and double quartet.
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R. D. Goodrich
Dorothy Knight
Denver
Orr
Miss Knight
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Clara Dodds
University At Lincoln
Broken Bow
Bernard Hollum
Centennial 6
Lassen
Hattie Lassen
W. H. Tolles
Limon
Colo
D. L. Cook
Taft Names Land Register
Washington January 8 Taft appoints W. F. Ralston to register of the land office replacing A. D. Chamberlain. Local government sources note this reshuffle impacts land records and administrative oversight.
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Washington
Precins Taft
W. Fall Rons
Dog Saves tenants in rooming house blaze
In Denver a dog named Prince alerted residents when grease spilled onto a stove ignited a ground floor restaurant. Tenants fled as smoke filled the brick building at 1964 Broadway. J L Darby rescued Mrs Elizabeth Miller and baby Edward and carried them down stairs. Damage estimated at $1,000.
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Broadway
Prince
J. L. Darby
Panio Cricken
Elizabeth Miller
Rooming House
Edward
Darby
Pits
Miller
Minnie Sullivan
Michael
William
Alx
Leonard
Paul
Neataurant
Cafeteria Dinner at the Robinson Promises Best Home Cooking
Hot Springs reporters welcome Charley Starr as the first baseball bird to report, noting he arrived late last winter and played a whole Mobile season without medicine. The civic note invites readers to subscribe to The Leader.
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Hot Springs
Charley Starr
Charley
Mobile
Senator seeks employee over prank parcel post eggs
Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio seeks the Senate office building employee responsible for a parcel post prank. A package from Mawalllon Ohio contained eight raw eggs that were not cooked and leaked during transit, arriving in a disheveled condition on the desk.
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Washington
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Senate
Mawalllon
Coffin Sent By Mail From Zanesville Post Office
For the first time in U.S. history a coffin weighing 14 pounds was mailed from Zanesville to Dexter City Ohio. The coffin company mailed the casket as a separate package so the body stayed within an 11 pound limit. Total postage totaled 68 cents.
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Zanesville
Dexter City
Guthrie man sues over refused live hen parcel post
John Anderson filed a complaint in Guthrie Oklahoma on January 3 alleging that rural mail carrier Luther Arnold refused to accept for parcel post delivery a live hen tied to a mailbox with the address card attached to its leg. Anderson contends live poultry was allowable through parcel post.
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Guthrie
Okla
John Anderson
Luther Arnold
Anderson
Live Lobster Held Up Under Parcel Port Law
New York on January 3 reports the first violation of the parcel port law when a Philadelphia addressed package opened revealed a live lobster and live shrimp. The package was held for being unmallable matter as 1,600 packages were mailed at the main post office and thousands more at branches. Grand Central Station branch saw 8,000 bundles arrive in the morning from suburban towns including 40 cartons of exces.
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New York
Philadelphia
Grand Central Station
Chicago Tests Parcel Post With Odd Packages
Freak packages clogged the mails as clerks handled a jack rabbit sent to a commission firm and a broken shovel returned to a hardware house. Downtown firms joined the trial with Booln houses sending items and more than a thousand pairs of shops mailed. The first carrier left with two salts of clothing and a package of five.
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Chicago
Early mall orders dispatch hundreds of packages
Fragmentary text states pounds of butter and many other parcels. Later in the day the mall order houses sent hundreds of packages to the sub-station.
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Mall
Flood of Freak Parcels Clogs San Francisco Post
Post offices overflow with bizarre parcels sent via parcel post including oranges, geese, ducks, and beef, despite warnings. About 600 items were found around street mail boxes yesterday and will be sent to the dead letter office. Downtown stores continue using post deliveries.
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San Francisco
Post
Parcel Post
One Million Pays Fines by Mites in Idaho
A movement in Boise urges one million people to donate one cent each to cover $600 fines imposed yesterday on RK S Sheridan and C O Hroxon publisher and managing editor of the Capital News. They also face 10 days in county jail for contempt after criticizing Colonel Roosevelt over electors’ ballot issue.
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Idaho
RK. S. Sheridan
C. O. Hroxon
Capital News
Don Dunning
Owyhee County
United States
Sheridan
Broxon
A. R. Cruton
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Paul Davis Named New Manager Of Newport News Team
Paul Davis is appointed manager of the Newport News team in the Virginia league. Under terms of the Grim deal the late manager and part owner received the players contract, and Davis must assemble a new lineup including several signings such as fast New England semi pros.
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Paul Davis
Newport News
Jack Grim
Grim
Davis
New England
Pittsfield Adds Young Ring of Players Named by Zeller
Manager Jack Zeller lines up a Pittsfield roster featuring Obat of St. Louis urged by Umpire Red Held, Curtis the Toronto catcher, Johnson the pitcher, Wolfe the Atlanta shortstop, Williams the Buffalo third baseman, and Luhrson the Mobile pitcher.
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Jack Zeller
Pittsfield
Obat
St. Louis
Red Held
Curtis
Toronto
Johnson
Wolfe
Atlanta
Williams
Buffalo
Luhrson
Mobile
Northwestern gains. Southern League blocks Class A bid
A month after a Milwaukee meeting, the Southern League blocked Northwestern League of the North Western from a Class A rating under the population clause. President Kavanaugh argued Northwestern had no rights under the clause and prevailed.
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Milwaukee
Coast League
Southern League
Kavanaugh
Northwestern
The Candy Special at The Robinson
A lighthearted feature notes a candy special at The Robinson venue and reflects on appearances versus perception in a playful line about a woman who seems unaware of being looked at.
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Robinson
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