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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1911
Page
11
A columnist argues against women proposing marriage, claiming men prefer initiating proposals. The piece suggests women lack the courage and that asking would insult male pride, noting exceptions for wealth or status. It condemns women who propose and asserts many would face rejection.
A Thursday evening home gathering on East Sixteenth Street honored Mrs Farnsworth with music by Mrs Heaney Mr Farnsworth and guests including the Embreys and many friends. A buffet supper followed as the group of merry makers gave a lively social sendoff.
The narrative lists Walter James and guests at a supper hosted by Mrs. Law with Mabel Norcross and Ruby Walter helping. Attendees include E A Walter and John Cassen couples, Ethel La Pash Annis Reese Della Richardson Grace Emerson Fred La Pash Thos Hunter and Walter James, with Rev. Frank J. Moore visiting Greeley from Congregational circles. Mrs. Luella Moore and Miss Phelps left for Denver en route to Chicago and Philadelphia. Mrs. Paul Compton travels to Cincinnati then New York. Waller Dover of Guernsey visits D S Swan. Elizabeth Forsman Jennie Forsman returned from Galesburg. Sumner Bly of New York visits sister Mrs. J W Kazabee on Eighteenth Street.
James D. Le Cron private secretary to Governor Joseph M. Carey will marry Miss Helen Cowels in Des Moines Iowa Tuesday evening. After the wedding the couple will travel to Cheyenne via Denver and are to be at home May 1 at 106 West Twenty-sixth Street.
In Cheyenne the Percy Smith furniture store on Geveniench and Eddy Streets features a home library window arrangement. A writing desk table and three easy chairs sit amid wall decorations and glass front cases housing books, presenting a complete home library scene.
At the cosy home they have prepared at on House wired between Seventeenth and Hightenth streets Mary Walker and Joseph Horm plan a quiet afternoon gathering with guests and a brief social in a small local setting.
In Cheyenne the community paused 1 to 3 pm to honor Augustus Albert Buechner junior member of Buechner Jewelry company. Services at St Mark's Episcopal Church drew crowds and pallbearers from lodges. Remains viewed at 909 East Eighteenth Street before burial at Lakeview cemetery. Relatives attended from Wheatland Albuquerque Shel-bina Lincoln Denver.
A promotional note touts Pape's Cold Compound as curing grippe and breaking up severe colds after two hour dosing, claiming quick relief from headache, congestion, fever and other symptoms. It asserts no quinine is present and brands the product as the result of years of research costing over fifty thousand dollars.
The couple is to be married at 4 o'clock this afternoon and a dinner will follow to accommodate late relatives. Ming Walter has been employed for several years in the Hene family and Mr Horne by the Union Pacific machinist company.
Engine 109 awaits overhaul as preparations for a busy fruit shipment season begin. Several staff changes occur at Buford and Laramie while a U P work train advances on double tracking. Soda fountains come to U P dining cars this summer. Swift Contracting to build a new round house and hire crews.
Clerks at the U. P. depot are compiling the regular monthly payroll to forward to Omaha where the month’s pay checks are issued. Officials anticipate a similar payout next month with a hoped for larger payroll the following month.
Company undertakes near total rebuilding of the Wellington to Cheyenne Mink road from Ft Golfing area. Work focuses on improving surface, drainage, and safety features along the corridor.
Rail and other materials are unloaded daily for the line restoration to Wellington. 85 lb rails will cover the Ft. Collings to Cheyenne track and the new segment to Wellington, with work starting after grade completion and aiming for completion by July.
In Eaton Colorado on March 24 Dr Candlin reported no grasshopper activity while worms thrived eating grasshopper eggs. Samples were sent to Prof. Sthur Johnson of Fort Collins to identify the worm species and a possible worm industry may be developed to reduce grasshopper eggs each spring.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal cold cure used worldwide. It urges readers to look for a signature by W. Grove and mentions Collier’s White Leaf and Ineri Co as associated names.
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