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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
3
A horse trained to stand unaided escapes after a hired man ties it to a post with a rope. The animal chews the rope free, bolts through the streets at high speed, then returns to the hitching post and calmly chews the rope end. The State Leader Want Ads note the playful mischief.
Lieut and Mrs Edgar Z Steever hosted a Tuesday night dancing party with a large room cleared for dancing and Victrola music. Guests included Ruth Lacey Louise Lacey Elizabeth Lacey Emily Jones Evelyn Jones Constance Jones Gertrude Thompson Letitia Thompson Rosalie Stone Walter Lacey Harry Reed Norton Lee Maurice Dinneen Kenneth Forde Paul Busse Sam Thompson Percy Hoyt Beriah Thompson General John Charles Thompson and Mrs J C Thompson Jr. Guests were served punch and later substantial refreshments.
Miss Mabel Yeager, from Sidney, was misidentified as North Platte. The corrected invitees include Misses Yankel Hughes Roe Woods Gillespie and Masters O Neil Grace Richardson Richardson Mille Grace, listing both young visitors and accompanying guests.
A card from Mrs. P. Jacob Gauff mailed from the summit of Rigi Kulin in the Swiss Alps describes her high elevation stop. She notes the stunning scenery and the journey's progress as she travels through Alpine regions.
Mrs. Verna Wilkes of Plattsburg Mississippi credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling a healthy baby after prior fertility issues. The testimony notes relief from nervous prostration indigestion and female troubles and urges others to seek the remedy and advice from the company.
Miss Velma Wilseck entertained a group of young girls including Miss Meryl Carter of Laramie at a cheery porch party in Cheyenne. The event featured merrymaking, games, and a dainty lunch on the screened porch with several Denver and local guests.
Two young daughters of Mr and Mrs W W Powell celebrated eleventh and thirteenth birthdays with a festive party. Guests included Geraldine Irwin Margaret Platner Ruth LeTora Irene Nolan and several others. The event featured games contests and a cake with tri colored candles before a birthday feast.
E Newman arrives in Omaha with a brother and sister from Wisconsin. Mrs C B Treat and daughter Marian of Denver visit Cheyenne friends. Mrs Henry Altman visits Denver.
Mrs Theodore Schultz will entertain at a Fort Russell social this afternoon with a card party event featuring neighbors and friends.
Lieut. and Mrs. Van Mort hosted a brilliant reception last evening honoring Mrs Weldenglaal of New York and Mrs. Paul W. Baade bride of Lieut. Hande. Guests toured rooms from eight thirty to eleven with lavish decorations including palms, roses, and lace. Receivers included Mrs. Van Horn and Mrs. Bundy while guests wore elegant gowns and admired the floral arrangements.
About one hundred guests called during the evening and enjoyed hospitality. Mrs Fe T Comegys, widow of the late Colonel Comegys of the US Army Medical Corps, is visiting her son BE T Comegys at Port Russell, attached to the paymaster's department.
Lindsay Short of Temple Indiana says all medicines like Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy would lessen suffering if meritorious. Available for sale by all druggists.
A community announcement describes a forthcoming parade featuring Yankee Robinson and a Texas show, with related wild west exhibitions at the show grounds. Early arrivals are advised to come promptly for best amusement, and ticket details include Wish suits with prices listed for various ages.
Classified notice notes straw hats priced at $2.00 and 2.10 pounds, with further reductions on various switches and wall moods. Mentions Mrs Clara A. Lieler’s beauty parlor at 411 W 10th St with phone listed as 817 W.
In our kitchen the luncheon and dinner at the Inter Ocean Hotel Cafe are available with the note that hat work can be done during July at Mrs Clara A Ligler s Beauty Par 411 W 10th St. Phone 817 W Sanitan The Sherman Co
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