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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
3
Governor and Mrs Frank attend a cornerstone ceremony and a garden party hostesses welcome guests at the Plains. A military wedding at St Mark's and a dance for Twenty fourth Cavalry enlisted men highlight a busy Cheyenne social week with many guests, travels, and festivities.
Presbyterians host a fort nightly session in church parlors this afternoon. The Methodist social circle plans a Kensington gathering at Mrs Mesring's home 2824 Evang street with hostesses Mrs Archer Mevring Mrs A W French and Miss Hasel Stetok. St Marks guild meets at the Parish house this afternoon hosted by Mrs Andy Swatoson. Frontier week dances planned at the Parish home. St Mary's Altar and Rosary society held a sewing gathering at Knights of Columbus hall with patriotic decorations and musical moments. Hostesses Mesdames Petry Joseph Offfmann and W E K Mullen served a summer tea at 5 o clock.
A tablet will be unveiled Saturday afternoon at a stated time under the Slaughters of the American Evolution Cheyenne chapter. Mrs Maurice Grae shen serves as regent. The event honors the building where the agriculture met and passed the fleet woman's suffrage.
Aro and Mrs W W Gleason return from a motor trip visiting Denver Colorado Springs and Kansas. Their son HW LG Gleason joined, journey covered 1484 miles in four weeks with good weather and safe roads. Mrs Louella Moore librarian and two daughters joined for the trip. Shapcott of Colorado Springs accompanied from their home and will visit for a time. The Gleasons now in Garden City Kansas praise the trip and Cheyenne remains attractive.
Mrs Wayne Harvey of Farview Nob visits Cheyenne as a guest of Judge and Mrs J M Carey then heads to Berkeley Cal for two months with sister Mrs Warrier Knight. Mrs Harvey was Dorothy Knnight before marriage. H B Marshall of Lincoln Neb arrives to visit Alfred Balsam and her mother Mrs F W Jones at Fort Russell. Their aunt Mrs Alice Baisum and cousin Mr and Mrs Henry Balnum host. Madame Guthrie of Chicago, Dr J B Guthrie’s mother, arrives for weeks at Julius Allenstein home. Mrs Reid travels to Oklahoma for summer with her daughter Miss William Dalber. Susie Risker and Blanche Thomas of Akron, visiting at a Frontier area home.
Rennes officials under Mayor Janvier, a former laborer and builder, reduced the city deficit from 106000 francs to a surplus of over 406000 francs without new taxes. He credits nonpolitical administration and council cooperation for efficient wartime governance. The city also raised potato production to 40 tons via municipal gardens, supplying free spuds to canteens and selling cheap potatoes to residents, earning a 7000 franc profit. Meat prices rose sharply.
A Burlington train car misjudged distance and crashed into the Cambria Mercantile store in Cumuria, Wyoming, killing druggist M. A. Lilly and injuring six foreign laborers. The blast wrecked the shop, halted water and light service, and paused mine activity for two days.
The Public Utilities Commission voted to suspend a proposed coal rate increase for ninety days or until a hearing on the matter is held. Burlington filed supplemental tariffs adding a 15 cent per ton rise on distance tariffs and proportional increases on other tariffs. hearings will be scheduled to suit affected parties.
The report outlines rising railroad costs and wartime expenses affecting transit and freight. It notes per mile rates for various services, including passenger and freight movements, and contrasts spending between wartime and peacetime periods, with figures cited for mileage and total budgets.
The readable text outlines wartime logistics in 1807, mentioning war matériel and governance structures. It references a ministerial body overseeing procurement of pew mats and other supplies, with notes on oversight, dates, and involved offices, though many words are garbled.
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