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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
13
The Society Help One Another club met at Mrs. Enos Laughlin's home with many members present. They sewed for children aged five to sixteen and pledged to provide underwear and stockings. Honor guests included Mrs. N. J. Gustafson and daughter Delva, Mrs. Minnie Stewart, and Mrs. Van Datuk.
The Frances Willard W C T U held a regular meeting at the Carnegie Library with Mrs. Charles S. Thomas presiding. Plans plus bake sale at Palace Pharmacy May 10 and Jubilee banquet May 14 at Congregational Church were outlined, with Victory Bonds purchases planned to raise funds. A program feature includes lecturer Mrs. Florence E Atkins. Several local residents arrived on business or for brief stays, including A Chadwick Joliet and A Bowman Laramie.
Hogs receipts 42 000. prices mostly steady to firm with top 20.60 heavyweights 20.50. sow values 20.25 to 20.40. pigs medium 43.00 to 39.00. Cattle receipts 4 800. beef and butcher stock mostly 0 to 5 lower. beef steers median heavyweight 16.50. good 15.50 16.70. common 12.00 16.00. veal calves 11.50 15.50. stocker calves 4.00 12.25. Lambs 85 lb up 19.00 19.75. wethers 16.00 17.00. ewes 12.00 15.24.
Minneapolis grain market summary lists May flour unchanged with Harley at 1.05 and Hye No. 2 at 16114 1.68. Bran price recorded at 39.00 dollars.
Omaha Nebraska market snapshot lists corn and grain bids for May 8 with No 2 white at 4.69 and related grades No 3 white No 3 yellow and No 8 mixed priced around 61 to 69 dollars per hundredweight.
The Knight Campbell store debuts with a grand opening tomorrow featuring a well stocked, finely equipped department, and decorations. Local talent will perform during the ceremony.
Rapid City, S D May issue of the Oglala Light, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation school magazine, lists student names with Lizzie Shot to Pieces appearing near the end. Among 95 students only four have French names and seven have English names, with many named in Lakota style such as Victoria Moly Peck and Mercy Yellow Shirt.
The Frances Willard W.C.T will hold a bake sale on Saturday May 6 at the Palace Pharmacy. Proceeds support club activities and local community needs.
Cheyenne to surface a large portion of its streets with Sherman gravel. Eighty cars of gravel ordered from Union Pacific pits at Buford, delivery to begin in a few days.
Washington May 8 The Victory Liberty loan subscriptions total 29 018 561 000 with a 359 877 000 rise in the last 24 hours The treasury reports 62 6 percent of the 4 5 billion quota subscribed Kansas City leads districts with 106 208 000 subscriptions and 54 4 percent level.
State highway commission plans a major meeting to hear expert advice on highway construction costs under a program to spend more than $6,000,000 in Wyoming. Officials will review project scope and fiscal details for the proposed roadway expansion.
The board will hear proposals over the next three years from Dan Criffin first name unclear, Kilpatrick Bros. & Collins, a major grading contractor in the region. The event will be held today with Criffin listed as the superintendent for the firm.
Washington May awards honor a Wyoming hero of war among 20 enlisted men and officers of the American Expeditionary Force. Decorations include Captain Martin S. Whithorn of San Francisco and Corporal John Light of Hampshire Wyoming.
Associated Press reports in Munich that after four weeks of turmoil the last Spartacan nests have been eliminated by government forces. The Hoffmann government announces it will introduce a council form of government in Bavaria with the exception of certain areas.
Prof. Reinhart, a hostage figure, argued that the Munich experiment failed because no one would work, reflecting a critical stance on the Communist effort and its leadership.
Explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo California kills one man identified as W. McKeon and injures seven other workmen. Officials say the blast likely stemmed from old powder mistaken for refuse, not a bomb. Nearby residents and the commandant's staff note no broader threat. Separately, clubs nationwide plan centennial Julia Ward Howe birth observance programs.
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