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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
11
Mrs. J. E. Stimson hosts Baptist chain ladies with needlework music and a dainty lunch. Miss Louise Stimson and Mrs. Matthews entertain. 60 guests attend, sharing gifts for the parish house kitchen and dining room.
Mrs Arthur Williams entertained Thursday afternoon with a tea honoring Mrs Earl G Tanner and Mrs Rufus B Clark. The cordial event featured refined appointments and was attended by local social figures at Fort Russell social gatherings.
Captain and Mrs Noble and others host dinner parties. The Regimental Card club meets at the Infantry club. The 11th Infantry hosts a dance at the Oymnashim Saturday. Mrs Dyer receives Artillery ladies this afternoon. Wednesday Evening Club enjoyed bridge with Lieut Brunzell as top scorer. Next week the Dowells host. Mrs Myer hosts a charming post dinner for bachelors and young ladies with pink carnations and formal place cards.
Women clubs gather for varied activities with Five Hundred games led by Mrs. A J Miller and Mrs. F M Miller. Guests include Mrs. Mullett and Mrs. Guam. F M Club hosts, congenital circle members meet for sewing, dining, and a mystery behind their club name. The Help One Another group sews for a hostess with music and a five o'clock lunch.
The Tuesday Evening Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chaplin on Wednesday evening. Fifteen ladies attended and the real series of five hundred was played after supper. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Newlin and Mrs. Dodds were among the Koosta members present.
Presbyterian Aid Mrs. L C Hilly hosts this afternoon at her home 20th street St Mark's Guild entertains at Mrs William Daley 710 FB 20th street Congregational Ladies' Aid meets at Mrs J A Hiner for social and business, annual officer election The Baptist Ladies bake sale tomorrow at Johnston's Grocery Missionary Society Methodist Women meet at Mrs John L Thomas 22 E 2ter St paper on Buddhism Q O A met Thursday with Current Events led by Dorothy Van Winkle
Charles Klein's drama The Lion and the Mouse stirs deep interest with its political and financial themes. The production is said to provoke extensive investigations and promises a long life in American theatre.
Washington announces Cheyenne will direct four new railway mail lines including Cheyenne Denver Alliance Guernsey Billings Thermopolis and Cody Frannie under Chief Clerk Mulford. The move will boost Cheyenne mail business and is said to bring about a population rise with twenty new workers and additional staff from the east.
Winter weather roughens skin causing redness, chapping, and dryness. A home remedy uses maytone dissolved in witch hazel for face neck and arms, plus Mother's Salve for chaps or sores and dry shampoo made from corn meal to keep hair clean and fluffy. Repair work crews patched a cooking accident damage at the courthouse involving T Jon Fisher.
Vacationing Hiness Fortes depart for Rock Springs while J B Douglas and wife head to Omaha for family illness. Oregon Short Line halted for three days with no trains into Granger. U P trains divided into stubs at Green River as four snow plows push to clear west end tracks.
During the recent stormy weather U P line freight was held up as agents at stations rushed perishables on trains envoywale. Cheyenne reported about six cars of fruit with heaters used by all railroads. Laramie and Hanna also saw stored freight while heaters prevented freezing.
General Superintendent Ware of the U P visited the city yesterday and departed for Medicine Bow with Superintendent McKeown. Snow drifts along the U P track and right of way are deep but expected to clear enough to allow movement of all trains today.
U P reports show both the Oregon Short Line and the Laramie and Hahn's Peak roads blocked by snow for three days. Hahn's Peak line has six engines and several cars stuck between Laramie and Coalmont with plows unable to clear the drifts. line expected open by week’s end. UP trains likely to run by Saturday. Night Clerk Leo Crandt returns after vacation. Local UP crews reporting for duty include Engine Foreman Geo Hobbs, Switchmen Rufus Stabler and Sam Seeger, Brakeman M Crandt, and others visiting from Kansas City and Fremont, Neb.
Operator Chas Sumner of the V V P yard office is spending his vacation visiting friends. Conductor Geo Howen and wife have also been ...
Four Oregon and Washington Railway and Navigation trains arrived in Cheyenne on No 4 after delays from the recent snow storms in the west. An extra force of clerks will be needed to handle the work in the office.
Special Agent J. W. McClements of the U P released C Morton the U P guard held on charges of mirroring a fellow guard named Baker. A writ of habeas corpus forced admission to bail set at 12 500 dollars, with McClements prepared to provide security.
I. P. road officials will cooperate with local sheep owners to deliver feed to flocks snowbound on the desert and plains, transporting it to the nearest point along the line free of charge. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ketchum of Ottumwa Iowa are visiting. he is Burlington employee. W. L. Smith, C. & S. trainmaster at Holder, Colorado, also visited Cheyenne yesterday.
The U S Department of Agriculture will exhibit results of the breeding program at Fort Collings and send representative Government stud horses to the National Western Horse Show in Denver during January 17 to 20. The first U S breeding experiment aims to develop an American type of carriage horse from the Standard Bred trotter. The stallion Carmen and seven of his sons will be shown, with strong interest from horse men. Colorado & Southern Railway offers special reduced rates to the stock show. consult agents for rates and sale dates.
City marshal records show 30 saloons operating in Cheyenne after license renewals for 1912. The Mint saloon has new ownership by Mr Schwartz and will reopen, leaving about one saloon per 500 residents.
An old fable narrator tells of a hen who loses her voice and seeks a remedy from a doctor while the other hens boast and crow. The husband reassures her that beauty or song may not matter and reminds her that eyes and loyalty matter more. The tale ends with a cautionary moral about hard work and a grateful master.
A health note advises that a baby's restlessness often stems from constipation. It recommends a mild laxative like Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, suggests avoiding harsh purgatives, and mentions free sample offers from Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello Illinois.
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