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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1914
Page
3
A mix of household recipes for raspberry desserts and creams, a note on Mrs. V. S. Glafcke retiring from her Cheyenne floristry business, and social gatherings including bridge ten at Mrs. B. H. Knight’s and an informal porch party in honor of General and Mrs. Hanson. Also mentions Mystic Maze club meeting at Mrs. William Border’s.
Mr and Mrs W B Ross gave a casual bridge party Saturday evening with guests including Mr and Mrs Hanks Mr and Mrs Ryland of Oklahoma City and Mr and Mrs Chanhous. Mrs Charles Ohrnhous and Mr T B Kennedy achieved top scores and prizes were awarded. A supper followed amid pleasant chatter with Hayden of Durango and Hunter couples among the attendees.
The Visiting List records many residents returning from trips and visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Stoker honeymooned in Colorado and plan to settle in Cheyenne. Others travel to Sheridan, Casper, Denver, Estes Park, Seattle and beyond, with relatives and hosts listed and trips by car or train noted.
The meeting of the Past Matron s club of the O B 8 has been postponed until Wednesday July 22.
In church circles the King's Daughters will meet Thursday evening in the parlors of the Congregational church with hostesses Mrs. Pfeiffer Miss Rose Baird and Miss Mabel Potts. The Altar and Rosary Society will meet Thursday afternoon at Knights of Columbus hall hosted by Mrs. Thomas Cobry Mrs. W E Mullen and Mrs. L R Bresnahen. South Side Aid Society Mrs H F Varnum will entertain the group Thursday afternoon.
Beasie O Holmes of Ballard kissed chauffeur Joseph J. Taylor during a joy ride. The impulse cost two lives, including Holmes and Wellwood Murray a young lawyer, when the car crashed into a fence and overturned. Irene Helliwell injured. Taylor injured but alive. Nearby reports: explosion kills 35 naval cadets on gunboat Tungeohi in Shanghai. Canada steamer hits Cape Chatte rocks. Rosedale passenger steamer aground near Jamaday sandbar with many rescued by boats.
The court closed its busiest session in history on June 22. Justice Lurton, born in Kentucky, served in the Civil War under Morgan, studied law at Cumberland, practiced in Tennessee, and rose to the Tennessee Supreme Court before becoming a federal judge and later a Supreme Court justice. He took office January 3, 1911, as the fourth Confederate veteran to join the high court.
A long list of arrival names across plains and towns including Plains Casper J J Marshall Cody Frank Clapf N G Bagley Bor deaux W H McCoy Ed Dolan Pine Bluffs Lee Moore Diamond A A Spaugh Manville Geo Selby Wheatland C C Hula Mise Ethel Ardt Rose J Wise Fred Coolidge Dan Burton F J Simpson Laramie INTER OCEAN Geo W Storey Burns J A Murray Horse Creek J C Nash Hillsdale Geo F Richardson Casper Leroy D Willy Jenkin Jones Archer Albany A C Woodward M Steffler Casper Normandin Mangus Pearson Carl Johnson Howard Thompson and wife A J Hinckley Pine Bluffs J M Cline Diamond Metropolitan Sam Orman Wm Mills Casper John Curry Iron Mountain A J Ferguson Douglas Louisa Mills Casper D M Fittcraft Riverton Ben Stetson Iron Mountain T M Curry Hilldale Tracy Bomhoff Egbert W B Todd Ava Wm McDonald James Brown Riverton C F Russell wife Casper Mrs BE Thompkins Lander
City commissioners awarded the Alexander street water mains extension from Twentieth to Twenty-third streets and east to Dunn to W. W. Alsup as the lowest bidder. Bids came from James Morrison, W. W. Keefe and Co., and Alsup. Sidewalks were ordered on Twenty Second and Seymour streets per a petition of five property owners. City Clerk Showalter reported $23,762.69 in warrants issued and $15,996.70 in license fees collected for April May and June.
Sir Edward Caron proposes two clear options to Ireland’s government on July 13. He says Ulster seeks only justice and warns that without it, escalation toward struggle may follow. The remark frames a stark demand amid ongoing political tensions.
A July 13 blaze in East Woodbridge street destroyed the Chope-Stevena Paper Company and nearby firms, costing about 200000 dollars. A wall collapse injured several firefighters but none seriously. The fire was attributed to a lightning strike.
A fashion note on summer frocks emphasizes belts buttons and girdles as key adornments. It describes removable trims including patent leather satin velvet and taffeta pieces with novelty buttons and underbodice pin fixtures, plus pattern details for sizes 4 to 42 and yardage estimates.
An advice line claims every woman may benefit from a five to one remedy to ease headaches backaches languor nervousness and depression linked to indigestion or constipation. The note stresses circulatory issues from poor digestion.
The outcome of a strike vote affecting 55 000 engineers and firemen on 4k railroads west of Chicago will be announced tomorrow. Reported tonight that workers voted to strike if needed after negotiations froze June 1. The affected lines span railroads west of Chicago nationwide.
Washington July 19 Rep Lever of North Carolina, chair of the House committee on Fericulture, urges Americans to eat meat and poultry, insisting meat supply will tighten as farmers must raise more beef and consume less grain. He warns of rising prices and urges citizen adaptation to the coming food realities.
A reflective column argues that true achievement is measured by the means a man employs. It cautions against glamorous ends without ethical methods and highlights integrity, discipline, and steady effort as the hallmarks of lasting success.
In St. Petersburg a lay monk Gregory Rasputin was stabbed by a woman named Guseva in Petrovsky Siberia to avenge a claimed victim. Some reports say he died, others say the wound was not mortal. Rasputin wielded strong influence over the emperor and was seen by many as power behind the throne. The assailant pursued her target for a long time before attacking in the disguise of a bereaved person.
A girl’s sense of beauty comes from within, not from another’s praise. A wife’s sobbing tears trigger a husband to confront a painful distance between them and his own feelings.
A cryptic line contrasts the steady path of a tight rope walker with feverish symbols. It likens malaria to a chill followed by fever and compares love to a fever that ends in a chill, exploring how beginnings shift to contrasting ends.
Philadelphia and Ephrata women report severe nervous prostration symptoms including heart palpitations headaches dizziness and sleeplessness. After using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound they regain ability to work and improve health and weight with letters of praise and a note offering personal advice from the company.
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