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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1912
Page
8
In the Realm of Women edited by Mrs. L. Kr. Tyson the Help-One-Another Club will meet at Mrs. Joan L. Thomas Thoreday's home at 822K Dist Street. A feature of the session is a display and demonstration of aluminum cooking utensils by the agent who will prepare coffee and hot cakes for refreshments.
Mu Beta Club under Mrs Hardman will entertain members in apartment 3 at the Mission building Friday afternoon.
The Altar and Hostry Society of St. Marys hosts a lawn social at Mrs. Rice residence 201 West 11th Street starting 2 PM with activities for adults and children. Ice cream and cake are on offer with admission 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.
Suppper runs from 6 20 to 8 00 PM inviting all residents. A second column lists a tempting menu appealing to a wide audience.
A Presbyterian Church and Ald Society member group invites attendees to a Friday afternoon picnic at Pioneer Park. Participants are asked to bring a lunch and join in a shared community gathering.
The Jewish Ladies Circle will meet this afternoon with Miss Lena Brown joining the gathering.
A brief home remedy suggests slicing four ripe bananas and pouring lemon juice over them. Add a gill of tea water and half a cup of sugar, then let stand in a cold place for thirty minutes.
Add one cup sugar to lemon juice and two cupfuls of peach pulp. Dilute with water, chill and serve.
A historical kitchen note explains making apricot lemonade from dried apricots with lemon juice and sugar and chill water. It also covers apple sauce from apples with cinnamon nutmeg and oven slow cooking, plus tips for refreshing fruit drinks using sieves, maraschino cherries and soda water for variety.
An item notes July discounts at Mrs Clara A Ligterns Beauty Parlor 411 W 19th St with reduced hair work costs. Hanson’s Special On Ice Cream and Cold Drinks advertised daily changes.
Catholic ladies hold a town social Thursday with afternoon and evening gatherings at the home of Mrs Peter Rice located at 201 West 11th Street.
The Industrial Club directors authorize a page advertisement in the Chicago Record-Herald to promote Wyoming. A Frontier Committee led booster edition is planned for the last Sunday in July or first Sunday in August, highlighting Cheyenne and Frontier Days to reach readers in Illinois Nebraska and Chicago.
St Mark’s Guild hosts a parish supper on Wednesday July 24 inviting all to a meal for 85e at the parish house. The Sherman Co is listed in connection with the event and window glass is mentioned in the fragment.
A boy named Harry Lyon ran away from home claiming mistreatment by his stepmother. He told Sheriff he wanted to stay in Wyombe rather than return, saying his stepmother forced him to do house work and expelled him from school. His father W F Lyon seeks letters for updates. The boy’s account suggests parental conflict and child mistreatment.
A 14 year old boy was taken into custody by the department and United States Marshals Patton and Ridgely after a Cloverly arrest. He appeared before Basin commissioner for a preliminary hearing and pleaded guilty. He was bound over on $500 bond to appear in U.S. court before Judge Riner on November 11.
Frank Fenwick testifies he visited Jenkins home multiple times between 5:20 and 8:00, finding no response or light and noting possible curtains. A D Bostwick identifies Jenkins with a black overcoat and hat about four o’clock. Forecaster Grant recounts April 14 temperatures from 82 to 44 degrees with 35 mph wind to show fire was used that day. Julia Argue notes bilade visible in dining room alley sighting. Prosecution rests its case.
The defense at once begins with statements as the court opens this morning. Witnesses are called to the stand to present their testimony and rebuttal. The session proceeds with formal court procedure and anticipated rulings.
Testimony details Jenkins left handedness and handwriting as officers recount the discovery of Mrs Jenkins's body in Cheyenne. Police chief Schoels testifies about a bloodstained coat, a tin box, and 127 arrests, while witnesses describe Jenkins’s clothing and statements prior to the murder.
Witnesses described the killer’s appearance and clothing on the morning of the murder at James Bros. Cigar store. Testimony from Leffingwell and others noted Jenkins’s weak health, weight, and planned marriage. Cross examinations questioned prior statements about his dress at Keefe hall and on Sunday morning before noon recess.
Vincent Astor will sail for Europe this evening on the Majestania. secretary Mr. Dobbyn arranged the trip. He will join Mrs. John Astor in London for two months of traveling on the continent, with his mother to accompany him home on return. He will pass the Olympic, Titanic’s sister ship, as he departs at about 1 AM Wednesday.
In Guadalajara on July 28 hundreds fled from ongoing earthquake shocks that damaged buildings and cracked the grand cathedral. Debris filled two streets as residents sought refuge in nearby towns amid the tremors.
The Senate approved a $225,000 amendment to the dry appropriation bill to continue the Tariff Board by 34 to 20. A Democratic amendment to create a congressional tariff commission was defeated 81 to 21, with mention of Liquid Veneer and The Sherman Co.
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