City News in Brief and Local Happenings
Cheyenne city commissioners meet tomorrow for weekly business. Motorists plan trips to the country despite muddy roads. Dams west of the city are popular spots and old barn work is abandoned for the South Side. Weather may improve soon. school cadets visited the rifle range yesterday. Fish are biting as streams clear and ranchmen plan gardening today. Mothers Day services arranged by churches and crowds head to Fort Russell for fights tonight. Cars are being prepared for summer driving and sidewalls near the city-county building await work. Electric lights greet visiting engineers. police alarm system works well. some physicians announce Saturday closures. jury chatter sparks street conversations. There is no jury.
Miss Georgia Bacon Leads Nation in Thrift Campaign
Today Miss Georgia A Bacon of Worcester Mass is leading a national thrift drive to reduce the high cost of living She serves as national chairman of thrift and urges women to form personal committees to assist her She is likely to become president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs at the Des Moines meeting in June succeeding Mrs Josiah Evans of Los Angeles.
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Georgia A. Bacon
Worcester
Mass
Thrift
Miss Bacon
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Des Moines
Josiah Evans
Los Angeles
Woman Introduces Toothbrush Drill For Serbia Hygiene
A woman launches a toothbrush drill program in Serbia focusing on personal hygiene education. The initiative includes teaching basic brushing techniques and daily routines to improve health awareness.
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Serbia
Serbian War Orphan Aid Program Led by Mrs Buck
A Chicago woman Mrs Williams Buck is credited with helping develop school based methods for aiding Balkan orphans. Mr Buck supervises the health program of the Serbian Child Aid Association while Mrs Buck oversees school work and helps establish children’s restaurants dormitories clinics and dispensaries for about 50 000 war orphans and dependent children in the Balkan kingdom.
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Cliss
Chicago
Williams
Buck
Eck
Penal Serbia
Ghia Wat
Balkan Kingdom
Maupin Times Editor Works Energetically
Mrs W L Morrison of Maupin Oregon edits and publishes The Maupin Times and for five years has done reporting and mechanical work on the weekly paper. She also prints letterheads statements and other local stationery.
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W. L. Morrison
Maupin, Ore
Maupin Times
Maupin
Cleopatra Met by Arrow Shot Amid Ennui
A Philadelphia Press snippet reports Cleopatra reacting to an arrow shot into her midst, illustrating a moment of unexpected threat during a scene described as bored ennui.
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Cleopatra
Ennue
Philadelphia Press
City notes and ads in brief local items
Local items report fishing on Like Minnehaha with throw lines and mostly suckers, tennis court popularity in the city park, and motor shop ad for auto tops. Notices mention state house hours change to 8 to 4, police chief traveling to Rawlins, and upcoming savings promotion at Union Trust Co. Cattle hides inspections, greenhouse listings, and multiple business ads fill the page.
Worth Money Offer For Foley Remedies Mail-In Slip
An old warning ad promises a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar for coughs and croup Foley Kidney Pills for pains Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and biliousness, urging readers to mail the slip to Foley & Co. in Chicago.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
French Astronomer Lalande Feeds on Spiders and Caterpillars
A historical note reports that eminent French astronomer Lalande showed unusual dietary taste and would eat spiders and caterpillars, describing the habit with a curious tone of 19th century science writing.
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Lalande
Market Quotation On Early Diamonds At Five Dollars
A 19th century note recalls Brazilian diamonds sold at five dollars per carat. The fragment mentions a scene with dazzling stones poured on the market and sold as first quality, reflecting early gem trade prices and perceptions.
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Cheyenne
Fort Russell
O¢Eq Iteinie Shuman
City-County
Capitol Avenue
WOMAN
Hobbs
Huck- Feldt & Fiikbinder
Hobbs, Huckfeldt & Finkbiner
Pho
Automobile Insurance
Benner
State House
J. A. Kirkpatrick
Carey Ave
Charles F. Embery
Rawlins
Union Trust Co
City Park
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
First National Bank
Sheriff's Office
Lakeview
Edith Strauss
OF Justice
H.C. OF
Miss Strauss
Sherman
Wickwire
Hirsh
George W. Daiber
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