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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
16
Mrs C K Snyder will entertain the Mount Melrick club this afternoon at 517 East Eighteenth Street. Mystic Maze club to be hosted by Mrs Win Hainesworth tomorrow afternoon.
In Church Circles the Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society met with Mrs D L Kepler. Rain kept attendance small yet reports on the Woman's Board and Assembly were read and a social lunch followed. Eight members attended. The Guild of St Mark's hosts a remnant sale Friday at the Parish House. An open air W C T U meeting at City Park 4 PM features Miss Christine Timing, with a Gallante supper to follow. General invitation extended.
Miss Tinting will attend and address the assembly on Japanese Tea. The Sunergae of St Marks Church hosts a Japanese tea at the parish house on August 7 followed by an evening dance.
Willing Workers led by Mrs. Percy Smith and Mrs. Frank Smith host a Friday afternoon gathering at 2216 Evans Street. The Methodist church primary department hosts its annual planning session on Friday August 2 from 2 30 to 5 at City Park with Cradle Roll members and mothers of children invited.
A Youth's Companion overview explains feminism as a French invention aiming at women's rights beyond suffrage. It contrasts Germany’s industrial focus with France’s educational access and professional gains, noting Curie as a symbol, and argues that feminists are essentially all women and nearly all men.
The article reports on the Walshes, a wealthy couple, being in Cheyenne and believed innocent of any scandal. It notes their marriage on Saturday, their hotel apartment on the fourth floor, few close Cheyenne friends aware of the union, and an early evening car ride after 6 PM.
A New York City police officer faced charges amid a turbulent career marked by the shooting of John Fay, suspensions, and alleged wrongful arrests. A later scandal involved a supposed river plunge for money and a forfeited stock-brokerage loss.
Tokyo dispatch notes Japan’s state rites after Matsuhito’s death and Yoshihito's accession. Officials announce the new era name, mourning grips the empire, and public ceremonies are halted as funeral plans and imperial mourning arrangements proceed at the palace.
Fragmentary ad copy promises a Jet Tooth brush for 400 with call for details and free delivery to Cheyenne. It mentions open day and night and promotes chocolate milk at the Pountala with unclear timing or source.
Arthur Thomas and Clyde Peter Brook two Denver youths on a tandem motorcycle to Yellowstone Park suffered a serious crash west of the city. Easterbrook fell when a bolt loosened, was dragged several yards, and was critically injured with severe gashes. Rancher Hart moved them to Cheyenne then Denver for treatment after the mishap occurred Monday night.
The Democratic House forced three tariff measures wool sugar and tariff revision back to the Senate with no amendments adopted. A conference was approved on the sugar bill by 144 to 84 as Democrats plan a caucus on the wood measure to seek action in a tense tariff fight.
The third party in Minnesota was launched today with all districts represented. A landslide shift from the Taft ticket to Roosevelt was recorded as the platform backed direct primaries and US senatorial elections by direct vote. The group urged initiative referendum and recall and called for a national progressive party. In Phoenix the progressive state convention elected fifteen delegates and a fifth vote to the Chicago national convention for Aug 6.
Lincoln July 30 Nebraska Republicans split at two conventions adopting opposite declarations of principles and naming rival state committees paving the way for two state tickets. One platform urged individual liberty equality of opportunity and popular control of government plus strict Sherman antitrust enforcement.
Margie, a frequent visitor, repeatedly borrows from Mrs. Jones and asks for a cooking utensil. Mrs. Jones, fed up, tells her neighbor to go do something else. Margie then appears again with a lisp asking to bend something for the eighth, pleading.
In Tibet, a single-way rope bridge of bamboo rope and leather thong allows people, animals, and cargo to cross wide rivers like the Mekong and Salween. Two platforms, posts in rock, and a wooden slider enable safe, if precarious, crossings despite floods and long spans.
Mrs Gertrude Halle Lan man widow of William Camp Lan man inherits 91 000 000 from her father and retreats to the Bilaters of Mercy Convent in Hookset New Hampshire after a nervous breakdown in New York where she had engaged in slum work Her sisterhood name is Mary Gertrude Wisconsin co eds Must Keep House at Madison UW vows to learn housekeeping in a hazardous devices course linked to a home economics program.
The British Board of Trade inquiry findings place Titanic's loss on excessive speed and insufficient lifeboat readiness. J Bruce Ismay and Cosmo-Duff Gordon are exonerated from improper conduct, with recommendations for watertight compartments better drills and lifeboats for all aboard. Lord Mersey notes no inquiry into US committee attacks and defends Ismay's decision to board a lifeboat.
The body of Miss Dorrag Snodgrass was identified by Frederick Schmidt of Mount Vernon as the fiancee of Schmidt. Police say the body was found face down in reeds near Dubois Creek by James and Mary Young. The case notes no violence but considers possible poisoning or drowning. Amelia Danby, 18, also missing since July 13, four days before Miss Snodgrass.
The notice requests a Want Ad advertisement space in the Wyoming edition. It seeks placements, rates, and contact details for classified advertising in the state publication.
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