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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1917
Page
7
The State Leader welcomes the members of the Fourteenth Wyoming Legislature as the session begins. He urges harmony and focus on state welfare, stressing nonpartisan handling of highway, schools, industry, labor, and other vital questions for all people of the state. He warns against political jockeying.
The piece labels Thomas W Lawson of Boston as engaging in vague charges in the Washington peace leak probe. It urges specificity about officials allegedly profiting from advance information and questions the motives of stock brokers and partisan politicians seeking publicity and discredit.
The article depicts Mr Lawson testifying before American statesmen about a banker and a cabinet member, implying whispers of influence and early morning calls. It questions the spread of gossip and suggests forcing Lawson to confirm or face censure for speaking vague rumors.
Rev Percy Stickney Grant in New York honors Inez Milholland Boissevain at a memorial in her name. He praises her work for humanity while noting regrets she opposed the president, a progressive leader seen as unifying democratic aims. The piece cites Canadian and U S support for the president amid campaign misgivings. A Weld County News editor comments on a Colbert case report about detectives and a bloody flatiron found in a Philadelphia dining room.
Mrs Kendrick hosted a dinner at the executive mansion honoring little Miss Helen Dawson on her January 16, 1916 birthday. Guests enjoyed red roses, damask table settings, tiny gift boxes with jeweled pins, and a festive ice cream dessert in flower pots.
An advertisement promises a wonderful safe method to quit drinking and make the home happy. It claims reliability and low cost, offering confidential guidance through a plain envelope mail submission to Edw. J. Woods in New York. The message urges readers to show it to others.
The Cheyenne opening legislative week features a January 11 recital at the Park House by Prof. Remo Cortes with Mr. J H Chauteauvert performing Italian French and English songs and Arabian selections. Mrs Muriel Forsyth and Miss Zell A Ferris assist with the program.
Two tables and four substitutes were listed for a game at five o clock. Mrs Mary Dill entertained about thirty five members and friends at the home of Mrs W W Busacile. Spicy pink and white carnations set a festive tone as an informal program included talks by Mr Forbes and Mr F H Yelton, with music during the social hour.
The City Federation of Women's clubs held a bi monthly session at the library with President Mia Galen A Fox presiding. Plans formed to host legislative ladies during the session and Mrs A A Baerresen and Mrs W B Hinrichs were named to arrange. The Cheyenne Art Association will meet Thursday at 4 PM at the Carnegie Library to discuss business. The federation pottery exhibit for Cheyenne and four Wyoming towns is in planning with an announcement soon. Mrs A A Baerresen will present a paper titled Furniture Placing.
A special called meeting of the Sunergae of St. Mark's will be held this afternoon at three o'clock in the Parish House to elect officers and transact other business.
EERE DD Women's Clubs of Alpha Club met this afternoon at the Carnegie library with Chapter C, FP. E. Ox Mrs. Galen A. Fox hosting. The Mount Mellick Club met Saturday at Mrs. Ashley Gleason's home for sewing, visiting, and Christmas tales.
The regular P. B. meeting will be held this evening at the headquarters with the young people in charge of the program. The Jewish Circle plans a gathering with Mrs. Ernest Welloite on Wednesday afternoon at her home on Pioneer and Twentieth streets.
The College club held a Saturday meeting at Mrs. James B. True home with Miss Whitehead as assistant hostess. Officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs. J. A. Huston, Vice President Mrs. A. D. Johnston, Secretary Miss Dorothy Sibby, and Treasurer Miss Eleanor Clark.
The Methodist Aid Society hosts Thursday afternoon at the church parlors with Mrs F R Diidine and Mrs Frankenfield entertaining the ladies. The Congression Aid Society holds its annual meeting next Friday afternoon in the church parlors with officers to be elected. King's Daughters of the Congregational church meet Friday evening with Misses Addis Brubaker Kathryn Wade and Mabel Hewes as hostesses and a large attendance urged.
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