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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1912
Page
3
The Cheyenne society page reports invitations to the marriage of Miss Jane Thompson to Mr. Stanhope Blunt set for January at St. Mark's Church. Also listed are engagements, dinners, dances, and musical events with local guests and organizations including the P B O Sisterhood and Canton No. 4.
The ad touts Dr Miles Laxative Tablets as a gentle remedy for constipation. It cites Mr N A Waddell of Waco Texas praising their pleasant action and ease of use and notes the tablets are sold by druggists with a money back guarantee.
Rose Dinner at Theut and Kilbourne home featured American beauty roses, pink decorations, and corsage bouquets. Attendees included Col. and Mrs. Dyer, Capt. and Mrs. Bryson, Lt. and Mrs. McNair, and Lt. and Mrs. Kilbourne among others. Mrs. McNair hosted a Saturday tea with music and pink decor. Artillery officers entertained with cards and dancing at the Artillery club. Major Wartmann and family, with Mrs. Hoffman Thompson and others, plan departure to Fort Omaha as Field Signal Company comes under Major Hartmann. Mrs. Dyer hosts a Thursday lunch and Mrs. Dyer’s sister Mrs. Stanton invites for a tea Friday.
On Monday evening a review event was held at the Roedel home featuring the Shakespear Club assisted by Mrs Roedel and Mrs Toedel.
Mine Johnston entertained the Bhakespeare chip at six thirty. Following dinner the evening featured a review of an elaborate study on the poet weeks Modern Drama Maeterlinet and Roaland. The social evening and program were enjoyable with only members present.
Sunshine society will entertain attendees at a social gathering this afternoon in the library. Mrs Marthand Hoffine will preside and guests are expected to attend social hour and refreshments.
Mrs Ray Olds will be welcomed by the Mount Mellick club tomorrow after noon in aScheduled event detailing guest arrival and social gathering at the club residence.
The Saturday Musical club plans Thursday rehearsals and May festival work for the Opera Pirates of Penzance. Members wishing to sing in the opera should attend. The piano division, formed in December at Mrs Daiber's home, will give its first concert on Saturday January 27 at Mrs Joseph Wasserman's home.
The Methodist ladies host a hot chicken supper tonight from 6 to o clock in the church parlors. The Baptist Missionary Society meets next Friday afternoon at Mrs. Newell Bell’s home. Mrs. A F Saunders at 2718 Central Avenue hosts the Westminster Guild tonight. Mrs. J Fleming hosts the Methodist Ladies Aid society Thursday afternoon in the church parlors.
The Le Brun Opera Company is announced as the third entertainment in Cheyenne's winter program set for January. The article notes concerns about children catching colds and recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe, effective treatment available from all dealers.
Policeman McLaughlin quelled a fierce alley scuffle at the Post tailoring company as room-mates denied harming each other. They claimed no fight and reconciled on scene. The brief disturbance segues into notice of The Lion and the Mouse at Capital Avenue Theatre on January 26 featuring a love tale and political tension. A recipe hint adds a lemon cinnamon pudding note.
Rev Hille famed as the Marrying Parson performed two weddings in Cheyenne. Sergeant Frank Arnold and Fanny Galdesman wed at the Presbyterian Manse, receiving candy boxes from witnesses. J Walter Vandrey and Matilda Torgerson, residents of Glenda Wyoming, were married at the Swift home on West 21st Street and planned a Denver trip before settling in Glenda. A loud charivari followed the Vandrey ceremony, prompting playful notes about the parson’s past serenade antics.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a woman pressing a man about old vows and a shining gun. He doubts recall yet hints at past claims and celestial omens. She expresses regret, wishing she had not resisted surrender.
N G Davis in the new superintendent’s office learns his wife in Topeka has given birth to a son Sunday morning. A rotary snow plow on the C road broke through a large drift, restoring trains to Orin Junction after a week of blockage. Extra equipment and a special mixed train handled the surge in passenger and freight traffic.
Both the C. and 8 and U. PF roads reported solid business Sunday with a new 3.25 dollar round trip rate to Denver for the stock show. About 100 tickets were sold locally and more travelers are expected as a 5.25 dollar round trip rate remains in effect through the week.
The Tadies of the G I A of the B of L BE will hold their regular meeting this afternoon in the A. O. Al. W. hall. A full attendance of members is earnestly desired because of the important business to be trans acted.
Assistant General Manager Ware of the U P was in the city with General Manager Fuller returning from the snow blockade duties on the Sixth division. Five carloads of hogs headed for the Pacific Coast moved through on the U P. This follows the recent blockade delay. buyers note first stock shipment since. The page also advertises films at the Atlast theater and offers health remarks on calf feeding.
The legislature outlines a method to measure hay stacks in Wyoming noting that four hundred twenty cubic feet equal a ton of clean native hay after up to three months in the stack. It details how to compute cubic feet by width, length, and ground distance, then convert to tonnage by dividing by the allowed cubic feet per ton.
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