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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1918
Page
4
Mer and Mrs Thorne plan a private fiftieth anniversary dinner with four children and five grandchildren present. A party honors Mrs Charles Leininger at the Bruce home with Miss Gibson from Knoxville as guest. Various informal gatherings at Mrs Mentzer’s home and at the Private Hospital opening are noted along with multiple local social events and dances.
Cheyenne society records a traveling schedule and family visits as residents and guests prepare for a golden wedding anniversary. Visitors include Miss Edith Duffy’s family, extended relatives from Denver, and travelers from Sioux City Iowa. The piece notes relocations to California and Iowa, a student returning from Boulder, and John McCabe’s Cheyenne roots tied to the Dennis Tarkington production.
Andy Roedel Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. A B Roedel, has returned from San Diego where he has been training for the army air corps. He and his friends take pride in bia success on stage with previous Cheyenne appearances and ongoing admiration from fans.
Wyoming reports a complete classification of registrants under the selective draft, dated March 1 with Feb. 27 figures. About 45 percent are Class 1-A locally, while the district board places as much as 60 percent in 1-A, partly due to delinquents and foreigners who failed to return questionnaires. Delinquents include migratory workers. many have left the state. The War Department prorates quotas while states compile enlistments for credit. Induction timing is unclear, with rumors of a second draft by April.
The Girls Friendly Society of St Mark's will go to Red Cross headquarters this evening for patriotic work. The P B of the W C T U holds a business meeting tonight at headquarters. The Jewish Circle meets Wednesday afternoon at Miss Amelia Adamaky's home. King's Daughters of the Congregational church meet Friday evening in the church parlors hosted by Mrs J A Broderick, Miss Etta Linn, and Miss Ethel Bangert.
News briefs report Cahill & Holliday coal firm promoting orders, a 100 percent American Society meeting at the county courthouse tonight, and old papers for sale at 26 per bundle. Visitors include A E Roevel Jr from the aviation corps and David J Howell returning from New Orleans. Fire alarm at Tupper building due to a smoking oil stove. Notables: Orlando Miller’s forgery warrant, Reed H Hollister seeking furniture buyers, Mrs Frank Roach buys a Nineteenth Street bungalow, and J F Berry from Basin. Letters from Lieut Harry B Henderson in France and J H McKimmon of Torrington arrival. State penitentiary warden Felry Alston in Cheyenne. state charities board meeting. district draft-exemption claims adjournment. Senator George Young in city. new notaries Reynolds, Clark, Mayes. General J C Thompson returning from Wheatland. Harry Hunt returns to Laramie. Anglers note on fish worm sightings. old papers for sale again.
State Food Administrator Diere urges Wyoming to conserve wheat to support Allied forces. He warns that the Food Administration may divert grain from U S mills, pushing substitutes as a wartime policy to keep wheat for Europe, with July 1st as a deadline.
W True a quarry worker for Utah Construction near Hanna is hospitalized with gassed lungs after inhaling poisonous fumes in the mine. He was found on the street in serious condition and, after examination by Dr N C Nelson, was ordered sent to St John’s hospital. Dr Christensen compared the gas’s effect on his lungs to German trench gas.
Members are summoned to an open meeting at the Court House on Tuesday evening March 5th at 7 30 p m. Busi ness of importance will be discussed. All members should attend. Acting Secretary Joan J McInerney.
Work began last week to convert the Steinberg brick into a bank building with occupancy planned around April 1. The front of the old First National is being remodeled and extended to house Powell Drug and Jewelry, slated for early April, while Mme Volckner will use the old drug store building for millinery space.
A 1916 testimonial from J. B. Brody of Bonner's Ferry Idaho praises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney ailments after about fifteen years of selling it. He notes no dissatisfied customers and endorses its value to patrons. PMID
A sales pitch from Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York invites readers to request a sample bottle of Swamp Root and a booklet about kidneys and bladder. The message asks the Cheyenne Daily State Leader to mention medium and large size bottles for sale at all drug stores.
Peter Dalman an Austrian of Rock Springs and railroad employe was arrested in Green River and brought to Cheyenne for investigation by U S District Attorney L Rigdon. He allegedly said to hell with the United States I’m for the Kaiser and could be interned with German aliens if convicted.
The state council of national defense urges residents to plant war gardens in Wyoming noting peas lettuce and radishes can yield fresh food 60 days or more after sowing and advise starting now with mid June as a target for planting. Graling The Sherman Paint Co.
Agnes B. Wright leads a state wide drive to stock new libraries for soldiers in camps with books. The effort, organized by the American Library Association, runs March 14 to 20 and aims to fill libraries built with a Wyoming contribution of about 4500 dollars after a larger national fund raise.
Cheyenne school will operate on three upcoming Saturdays and suspend the regular Easter vacation to finish work by the end of May. This allows pupils time for sewing and garden planning, per a statement from Superintendent Bra Fi Fee.
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