Burns Day Celebration in Cheyenne Honors Scottish Bard
A Cheyenne gathering at Mrs Andrew Gilchrist home celebrated Robert Burns with music talks and tributes. Nearly one hundred guests wore plaid, featured a Burns painting draped with the Scottish flag, and included speeches by local leaders and clergy. A formal tea followed with Scottish and American dishes, and toasts to Burns King George and President Wilson. Red Cross news reports Absaraka Camp Fire girls aiding in patriotic work and seeking donations for a wardrobe and extra storage in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brillant Burns
Robert Burns
Andrew Gilchrist
Cheyenne
Scotland
Gilchrist
Highlands
Helen Davidson
Marjorie Lannen
Fred Bolce
W. HW. GH
T. B. Kennedy
FE. Mason Faith
G. W. Stanley
J. MM. Carey
Cyrus Beard
George van Winkie
J. J. Shingler
J. 8. Stub- Dalefield
Burns
Burna
George
Wilson
America
Ee Samuel Carson
William Lawten
Mae Douglas
Margaret Burdick
Red Cross News
Absaraka
Red Cross
el Cross
Highway Commission
R. A. Hopkins
Mary O'Boyle
Denver
Women’s club meeting changes and art group report
The F W A club will meet Monday afternoon with Mrs William DuBois instead of Mrs John D Clark. The Coterie Art club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs A W Albee with good attendance. Sewing and visiting filled the afternoon until tea was served. Visitors enjoyed the session with members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. A. Club
William DuBois
John D. Clark
Coterie Art Club
Coteria Art Club
A. W. Albee
Visiting List Highlights Local Travels to Denver and Beyond
Mrs Richard Slaney and Miss Ruth Cook visited Denver yesterday and return Sunday Miss Mildred O Flaherty will stay in Denver for a short visit Mrs Mollie Ingersoll returned from Rawlins visiting her nephew Carl Raife in Wyoming Mrs Samuel A Smoke came back from Columbia Mo with Judge G W Trimble and Mrs Nelson Boice Major and Mrs Smoke host at Fort Russell while Lieut Boice serves in France Mrs Boice traveled to New York to see him off Miss Valeria Bonnell arrives from Fremont Neb to begin duties as high school teacher Monday Miss Tuccretia Whitehead departs for St Louis for social service work Mr B F T David of Douglas returns from California via Denver and Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Slaney
Ruth Cook
Denver
Mildred O'Flaherty
Colorado
Mollie Ingersoll
Rawlins
Carl Raife
Samuel A. Smoke
Columbia
G. W. Trimble
Neb
Tuccretia Whitehead
St. Louis
BF. T. David
Douglas
California
Wyoming
David
Cheyenne
Sweetly Suited to Sunny Climes
A Florida setting suggests the scene for a fashionable gown described with fur hat and dainty velvet details. The frock features two front flying panels on white panne velvet, a straight velvet drop skirt, and a white crepe blouse with a silver-embroidered velvet vest. Mentions of Judge and Mrs. J M Carey, and plans of Robert Carey at a Denver stock show, plus Mrs Carey’s trip to Coronado Beach and Phoenix for the cold season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
New York
Judge
J M. Carey
Robert Carey
Carevhuret
Denver
Carey
San Jeso
Coronado Beach
John F. Carey
Phoenix
Ariz
Cheyenne Congregational Missions Report and Club Meetings
The Congregational Missionary Society met with Mrs H Jensen for an eighteen member session featuring a lengthy report on the Woman’s Board of Missions Interior meetings by Mrs M A Kline, with Cheyenne delegate. St Mark’s Guild held a parish meeting with sewing and tea. A Cheyenne W C T U Prayer Day in the Carnegie Library auditorium drew strong attendance and featured Frances Willard and Y P B program segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Missions
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
H. Jensen
Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior
M. A. Kline
Cheyenne
Carnegie Library
Frances Willard
Weather Summary for August A Period
Weather report notes cloudy skies and a normal to above normal temperature for the date. Actual temperature 44 degrees with a 11 degree rise in the last 24 hours. A high of 62 and a low of 39 were recorded with 41 mph southwest wind observed in the morning. Precipitation totals remain at 0.29 inches since January.
Packers Worked to Foil 1916 Probers in Swift Files
A federal trade commission inquiry reveals Swift & Co. actions to block meat packing investigations. Letters show Swift executives pressing Senator Wadsworth and urging avoidance of criminal prosecutions, while packers kept cattlemen informed and sought to kill the Borland resolution in committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Swift & Co
Federal Trade Commission
Senator Wadsworth
New York
Francis J. Heney Bald
Louis F. Swift
McManus
T. W. Tomlinson
American National Livestock Association
BE. C. Lasater
Falftrrias
Texas
Rancman
Cattlemen's Association
Heney
World's Record Price for Hogs Set at Denver
A carload of twenty five hogs weighing 6700 pounds sold for 2211 dollars at Denver Stock Show securing the grand championship. The average price per hog was 88.44 dollars and the hogs were under seven months old. The winning hogs were supplied by Northern Colorado Development company at Red Lion Colorado and accompanied by two carloads of Poland China boars winning blue ribbons in fat hog and bacon classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexyhr
Denver
Coffin Packing and Provision Company
Northern Colorado Development Company
Red Lion
Colo
Receivership Sought for Denver Rio Grande Railroad
Federal hearings opened in Denver on January 25 1918 to appoint a receiver for the Denver Rio Grande. Alexander Baldwin of San Francisco and Barnard Keown of Denver lead the petition by Equitable Trust Co after judgments totaling about 88 million dollars tied to bond defaults and asset seizures. The motion asks marshalment of all railroad assets under federal supervision to protect creditors and ensure interest payments in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pres
Nenver
Alexander KR. Baldwin
San Francisco
Western Pacific Railway
Barnard By. Keown
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
In & KR. G. Railroad
Walter HH. Sanborn
St. Paul
Federal District Court
Annonces
Hove
Denver
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
United States District Court
Robert K. Lewis
Walter H. Sanborn
Eighth Judicial District
Equitable Trust Company of
New York
Equitable Trust Company
Thot Frog and Switch Company
East St. Louis
Elliot Company
Wilson
Equitable Company
Seizuce
Cook County
Equirade Company
Rio Grande Company
William' A. Mu Ado
Death of Pioneer Mrs. G. W. Linn in Cheyenne
Mr and Mrs Oscar Linn of Sidney Nob inform Cheyenne friends of the death Thursday evening of Mrs G W Linn mother of Mr Linn. She was a pioneer resident of western Nebraska. The funeral will be Sunday. Mrs Oscar Linn was Miss Riley Newley of Cheyenne before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Linn
Sidney
Nob
Cheyenne
Mr. Linn
G. W. Linn
Nebraska
Riley Newley
Germany Faces Demobilization Debate and Soldier Returns
The German press debates demobilization as peace talks unfold. Socialist deputy Paul Gehre claims over 12,000,000 mobilized, forecasting hungry, exhausted soldiers returning home, with strengthened family ties but sterner, more decisive minds. Stuttgart’s Die Gleicheit recounts a brutal work conflict as a consuming monster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paul Gehre
Voasische Zeitung
Fighders
Tiny tots face a fearsome fairy tale trap
The passage recounts how three year old Karla and two year old Freddy react to a fairy tale moment. Karla questions a wolf demanding flour and Freddy exclaims at a windmill calling it a big iron cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karla
Sistenine
Freddy
Joseph Sladek Dies Pioneer Resident Of Cheyenne
Joseph Sladek a Cheyenne pioneer and old soldier died at the Leavenworth Kansas soldiers home Thursday morning He served in the Third United States Cavalry at Fort Russell and later ran an express business in Cheyenne His daughter Mrs Jack Walsh was notified and traveled to Leavenworth but did not reach him before his death She will accompany the body to Cheyenne and funeral arrangements will be made upon noon arrival
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sladek
Cheyenne
Leavenworth
Kan
Third United States Cavalry
Fort Russell
Jack Walsh
Cow care under heat described in Casell's Saturday journal
The excerpt reports Miss Mevfure driving cows to shade to keep them cool during a hot morning. The account notes the farmer Warmer assisting, aiming to prevent the cilk from souring due to heat and thunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caseell
Saturday Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boyd’s Cash Market
Veal
Betty Brown
St. Mark's Guild
Philip Brown
Guild of St Mark's
Weather Report
Packers
Wadsworth
Swift's
R. C. McManus
J. M. Chaplin
A. D.D. White
G. F. Swift Jr
WH. Swift
Borland
Missouri
Doolittle
Kansas
KR. C. McManus
EL. FP
SWIFT
Attormmey
D.grg. CO
Priver
Switche Company
Gi. W. Lens
Fowne
Wm. Myers Dry Goods Company
Die Gleicheit
Stuttgart
Everett True
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