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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1914
Page
3
The Fourth of July will be celebrated with three days of activities at Fort Collins and Laramie. Citizens from Cheyenne and other towns plan to attend, with eagle cries and city pride signaling the nationwide holiday spirit.
Mr and Mrs 0 B Atherly and son Everett went to Carr yesterday and return today visiting Mrs Atherlys brother. Willis Oliphant family back from Des Moines. EB Mason Smith to return from Chicago. H B Ridgely family to Basin visiting old friends. Kathryn Teague secretary to Governor Carey to Butte Montana for vacation. E W Burke leaves for Hannibal Missouri for two months. Clara Dodds back from Lincoln NE student to summer with mother Effie Dodds. McQuilkin couple from San Jose left Cheyenne for Denver and Boulder after touring east. Clyde and Mrs Davis return from wedding trip to the Pacific coast and settle at 126 West Twenty-sixth. Mrs H R Allen to Davenport visit eastern states. E E Gorsline family and sister to Keokuk later. Thomas Tobin Des Moines and grandson Philip Tobin visit Joyce Tobin. Mrs Carl Skinner of Billings visiting. John Fedderbaam trips to Albin homestead last week.
Mrs Tanner wife of Captain Tanner formerly of Fort Russell is due to arrive with her baby for the summer and will occupy quarters No 45. Mrs Sparks mother of Lt Leonard Sparks visits and plans to ship household goods east. The public is invited to Children’s Day at the Presbyterian church with Laura Lee of Laramie delivering organ music. Major Reno and guests attend informal dinners while Durham marks Children’s Day with Rev Van Winkle preaching after morning service.
The Woman's Club of the RMA will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs W B Hinrichs for the regular monthly social session and Fraternal Union Card Party. Fraternal Union card parties close for the season with one Wednesday evening at Fraternal hall. Mount Mellick Club hosts Friday, and Mystic Maze club ladies scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
In Church Circles Presbyterian Missions the Presbyterian Missionary society will meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. C. M. Peters. Mrs. George P. Knight and Mrs. C. A. Shafer will lead the program. The Methodist Aid society will not meet Thursday due to the Fourth of July. The Baptist Willing Workers plan an open air meeting at City park Friday afternoon with basket lunches, weather permitting. if rain, the gathering moves to the church parlor. The Altar and Rosary Society of St. Marys will meet Thursday afternoon at the Knights of Columbus hall hosted by Mrs. Ww. E. Mullen, Mrs. Walter Bradley, and Mrs. John Smith for Cradle Roll and Children's services. The Methodist Sunday school today will focus on cradle roll mothers.
Mrs. Mary Bulger won $5,000 against saloonkeeper Louis Penica after he continued supplying alcohol to her husband, an habitual drinker. The U S Supreme Court upheld the lower court verdict, grounding the decision in the welfare of wife and children over personal liberty claims. The case revives 1875 and 1903 Nebraskan statutes allowing relatives to seek damages for alcohol as a cause of injury or death. Virginia Alexander seeks $10,000 from saloonkeeper Jacob Bosch for continuing to sell liquor to her husband, who died from excessive drinking.
At 7:80 tonight the Presbyterian Church hosts special pipe organ music by Mian Laura Lee, former pupil of Dean Bode of Lar amie. The program includes Hymn of the Nune, Mendelssohn pieces, and other selections as listed, with Dean Bode noted.
On this date, the National Deaf Mute College in Washington opened with nine students and a small faculty under Dr. Edward Miner Gallaudet. It later became Gallaudet College Kendall Green, the world’s first higher education institution for deaf mutes, with graduates moving into diverse fields including law, journalism, finance, and sports.
The Britt Lyceum issues a 20 page folder detailing Cheyenne’s six day Chautauqua starting July 9. It includes half tone sketches of talent, ticket prices, and a full six day schedule with lectures by Dr. Frank L. Loveland and others, concerts by Ethiopian Serenaders and Hinshaw Singing Band, and performances by Arden company and Childs Hawaiian Singers.
New Orleans rejoices as the Gahagen bill allowing 20 round prize fights in the city clears the state senate by 20 to 1. Dominick Tortarich and Joe Golden announce plans to bid for the biggest fights following the approval.
Fifty thousand men and boys marched in the International Sunday School association parade in Panali Chicago. Altar bibled banners carried atop riders, each division head bore an oper Bible as part of a solemn pageant.
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