Fort Russell Hosts Dinner Party at the Plains
Captain Johnson entertained at the Plains last evening with guests including Captain and Mrs. Durell and Captain and Mrs. Buskisk. Fred Bolee celebrated his fourth birthday with twelve friends. gifts included toy herds, automobiles, and farming implements as the host joined the merrymaking. Plans for a Red Cross auxiliary at Fort Mansell spring from Cheyenne chapter with wives of officers.
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the Plains
Captain Johnson
Fort Russell
Edward Durell
Buskisk
Fred Bolee
Elizabeth Grace Howard
Mra
F. M. Howard
Fort Manssell
Red Cross
Benefit Dance for Red Cross Planned by G I A
The G I A of the B of L E will host a benefit dance at the parish house on May 20. Kopald's orchestra will provide the music for the evening of dancing.
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B. of L. E
Red Cross
Kopald
Greeley Man A Shields Travels for Cheyenne Business
Greeley resident A Shields spent the day in Cheyenne on business.
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Greeley
A. Shields
Cheyenne
Violet Mersereau Stars in Mor gans Raiders
Famed actress Violet Mersereau headlines the Bluebird production Mor gans Raiders a Civil War era tale praised for historical scope and engaging narrative She plays the daughter of a Kentucky mountaineer who disguises as a boy and travels with a band of raiders aided by a grandfather and a Yankee ally.
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Y Fiolet Mersereau
Mia Mersereau
Lois Weber New Picture Receives Praise
Fragmented OCR text discusses Lois Weber and a new picture at a studio in Holly likely praising the film. Mentions Mildred and Willem steel and projection room scene. Details are garbled but indicates favorable reception of a new Lois Weber project.
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Lois Weber
Lois Weer Peices
Mildred
Willem Steeel
Ee Weber
Holly
Viola Dana Seer Bi Dae Triumph In Blue J
Film notes describe Viola Dana in a string of listed titles including Blue J Viela Wana and Aladdin's Other Lady Sappace. Fragments reference other films and appearances, with unclear context and mixed spellings.
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Viola Dana
Petn Soul
Sappace
Fate
Kiden
Visiting List Brief Moves For Health Of Child
Mrs. K Olds wife of Captain Olde of St Russell will leave late this week for LaJonta Colo for the health of her small son William. Mary Ruth will accompany her mother and brother. Miss Henrietta Kolshorn returned to Laramie after attending a Cheyenne food exhibit. Mrs. M P Keefe is in Denver for a few days. Mrs. Arthur Carpenter visits from the Federal ranch for a few days. Her mother Mrs W G Brute has been ill. Mrs Elmer Cook and her small son go to Denver for two weeks. Mrs Cook will hear Gelli-Curdh sing tomorrow evening.
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K. Olds
Federal
W. G. Brute
Elmer Cook
Denver
Sunshine Society to Meet at Library and Red Cross Rooms
Sunshine Society holds a library meeting tomorrow afternoon with a brief business session then adjourns to Red Cross rooms for work. The Parent Teacher Association invites parents of high school and eighth grade pupils to a Tuesday evening session in the assembly room. Governor Houx discusses his Washington trip with a round table on the year’s work and future plans. Miss Alice McPheridge and the high school girls sextet perform. Mrs J A Jones and Isabella Hukley play piano. The Queen Esther Circle hosts a Mother's Party Friday evening May 10 at the Masonic temple with each member inviting a mother.
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Sunshine Society
Red Cross Rooms
FP. T. A
Parent-Teacher Association
Governor Houx
Washington
Alice McPherridge
Queen Esther
Queen Eather
O. EB
Wil Cwfertali
Masontetemi
Cheyenne Art Association Meeting Set for Thursday
The Cheyenne Art Association will meet at 3 30 in the afternoon with Mrs. T P Fahey guiding the program assisted by Mrs. Charles Bristol.
D A R Op A R Meeting With Mrs Ed Nash Saturday
The organization notes a gathering of the D A R Op A R group scheduled for Saturday afternoon with Mrs Ed Nash. The item lacks full details on location or agenda.
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Op. A. R
Mra
Ed Nash
Church Circles to Hold Carnegie Library Benefit Concert
The Frances Willard W C T U and Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian church plan concerts at Carnegie Library auditorium. Proceeds go to Red Cross and the Guild missionary fund. Public invited. a free will offering will be received.
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Frances Willard
Weather notes and erratic city column item
The report cites temperatures 47 and 48 degrees with a 5.47 inch precipitation tally since January, listing wind northwest at 6 to 9 mph and a high wind velocity around 9:45 p.m. A Carnegie Library notice requests attendance for a silver offering and a local fundraising drive.
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Piddy Didy
Hmikhest
Longat
W. Pitman
Draft to be called June 10 in Juneau Alaska
An announcement from the governor's office states that the draft will be called on June 10. Recruits are scheduled to report to Captain George W. Kohler whose headquarters are at Mort Lisenm near Valdes.
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Juneau
Alaska
Nen
George W. Kohler
Mort Lisenm
Valdes
Alwaka
Musser Adds Strength to Chicago White Sox Pitching
United Press reports Paul Musser joins the Chicago White Sox, boosting a championship hopeful staff. Once balked by control, Musser now teams with Urban Faber Eddie Cieotte Rob Russell and others to form a formidable rotation as the season unfolds with youth and vigor aimed at late summer success.
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United Press
New York
Chicago White Sox
Paul Musser
White Sox
Urban
Faber
Des Moines
Sar
Huskles
Eddie Cieotte
Rob Russell
Sox
Musser
Frank Sebell
Bald Eagle
Washington
Jebell
Indianapolis
Cheyenne Women Reach Liberty Loan Total of 94750
Mrs. William C. Mentaer reports Cheyenne Liberty Loan drive totals 94750 with the final bond sold through the women’s committee benefiting Cheyenne High School. Every student and teacher gave sixty cents to fill a pond, a 100 dollar contribution. The principal from the bond goes to a memorial fund for a new high school building if ever erected, while the remainder funds war savings stamps. Alton Laughlin, a high school student, originated the push to buy the bond.
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William C. Mentaer
Women's Liberty Loan Committee
Women's Committee
Cheyenne High School
Mod Py & Memorial Fund
War Savings Stampa
Alton Laughlin
Ign Fox
Swaton and two children escape death in cemetery crash
Charles Warren, sexton of Lake View Cemetery, and his two young companions narrowly escaped injury when a Studebaker truck hauling rubbish rammed through the cemetery fence and into the old lake ditch. Warren said he tried to turn, but the car struck the fence and front of the ditch instead of clearing it.
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Charles Warren
Sexton
Lake View Cemetery
Hia
Darrow
Studebaker
Old Lake Ditch
Warren
Ewhawk Seen Leaving Kiuball City District
In Kiuball Nob local reports indicate Gloom Kiball and J. Ewhawk were seen leaving the city area. Police have not released further details on the sighting or potential motives.
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Toro Gloom
Kiball
J. Ewhawkle
Kiuball
Nob
Hearst Urged to Back Leasing Bill in Congress
Telegraph from Frank G. Curtis of the Wyoming American Mining Congress to William Randolph Hearst urges backing a government oil land leasing bill. Curtis argues leasing expedites wartime oil supplies, praises hearings, claims public lands should not be withheld and asks Hearst papers to support a leasing measure urgently.
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William Randolph Hearst
Frank G. Curtis
Wyoming
American Mining Congress
Hearst
Casper
Wyo
New York City
Washington, D
Public Lands Committee of
Hover of Representatives
New York
Jamie
Ohio
Public Lands Committee
Boston Common
Old Trinity Church
Atlantic
Congress
Washington
Congressional
Ional Moses
Curtis
Ci Wert
Sump Game Mystery Amid Odd Transcription
A garbled report from a local page hints at a sumptuary game and a tense scene where soldiers and Americans handle objects in air as a crowd responds. The text is fragmented with unclear dates places and names.
Publishers Protest Zone Bill Regulating Postal Rates
Representatives of the American Newspaper Publishers Association urged the Senate Post Office Committee to modify second class mail rate plans under the war tax act set to take effect July 1. They argued the separate ad and news rates are discriminatory and excessive and pressed for a lower rate amid war costs and print-paper strains. Major Brahiman and George McAneny led the testimony detailing impact on circulations and subscriber renewals, calling the plan unworkable and urging a scientific study before adoption.
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Washington
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Senate Post Office Committee
George AcAneny
New York Times
Maj. E. B. Stabiman
Nashville (Tenn.) Banner
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham
Ala.) News
Pssociation
Glass
Association
New York
McAneny
Uirat
Canada
Watron
Indiana
Brahiman
Rand
Hungry man insists on Sunday as he faces jail
A man who appeared at the police station demanded a meal and insisted it was Sunday though it was Monday. He argued with officers, claimed he was willing to work, and was placed in a bantile to determine the actual day.
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Elief
New Filling Station Planned near Post Office In Cheyenne
Reid Hollister has secured a printing permit for a corner filling station opposite the post office at Eighteenth street and Pioneer avenue. Billboards on the lot have been moved back to make room, and construction is underway with operations expected soon.
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Cheyenne
Reid Hollister
Eighteenth Street
Pioneer Avenue
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