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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1920
Page
5
Texas growers produce a peanut crop valued at twenty million dollars annually. The industry supports farm families and local markets, with peanut production centered in major growing regions across the state.
William Phillips, 42, Harvard and Harvard Law graduate, rises from assistant secretary to minister to the Netherlands at The Hague. His career spans private secretary to Choate, legal division chief under Root, and posts in Pekin, London, and Washington. He marries Caroline Drayton in Petersfield before returning to the United States to practice law and later rejoining the State Department.
At forty two Phillips still shows the complexion and physique of a college athlete, maintaining youthful vigor and athletic presence.
A fragment shows a heated exchange with a promoter asking about a proposal while a character referred to as a headed knight of the napkins speaks of concealment of poverty and wealth. The dialogue hints at social tension and hidden identities.
A Cheyenne society roundup reports Minnie John hosting a pink themed 6 oclock party announcing her engagement to James Martin Garrett of Cheyenne. University of Nebraska club dinner at Plains hotel welcomes alumni. Multiple visits, weddings, baptisms, and church events populate the social calendar including D A R and Girl Reserves activities and a nurse graduates ceremony.
The committee chairmen arranging details include Decoration Miss Julia Coolidge table Mrs Lorraine Putnam finance and tickets William Roberts menu Miss Leona Funk program Miss Ruth Temple and Mark Kelley reception Miss Carlisle Mrs J A Veatch and her daughter Miss Hazel Veatch. They will leave midmonth for Missouri to visit friends and relatives for six weeks with Miss Veatch staying mostly with Miss Maude Spaid who visited Cheyenne last summer.
The Jorgensen school plans a Mothers Day afternoon at the YWCA with the Girl Reserves receiving and entertaining their mothers. Mrs. John D. Northrup leads the group. Miss Dorothy Hale hosted yesterday with a Kensington gathering and a 5 o'clock tea assisted by her mother Mrs. W W Hale.
Methodist Episcopal Church on Central and East Nineteenth lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League 6:30 p.m. preaching 7:30 p.m. Holy Communion 7:45 a.m. at Nineteenth Street church. sermons on various topics. The pastor at the second church notes movies at the Sabbath school with reels of Lake Champlain and the Caves of Nakinu.
St Marys Cathedral lists low mass at 6 am and high mass at 10 am with a sermon by Rev Hartman and benediction at 4 pm. First Church of Christ Scientist notes 11 am Sunday service and Wednesday 8 pm service at Garey Ave corner. Reading rooms open 2:30 to 4:30 pm daily. Presbyterian Church mentions Mothers First sermon and a mothers day program at 7:30 pm with Rev Lund preaching Sunday evening in Terenson chapel. pastor away in St Louis.
The menu lists Barley Soup ala Jardiniere and Breaded Lamb with Mi lamais Sauce, Veal with Dressing, Pork with Apple Sauce, Virginia Sweet Potatoes, Buttered Rice, Steamed Spinach, Beets, and Sliced Tomato. Desserts include Marshmallow Bavarian Cream and Lemon Mince dessert. Serving hours: Breakfast 7:80 to 9:00, Lunch to 1:30, Dinner 5:80 to 7:00. Noon Meal only on Sundays and holidays.
A country man sits in a vacant chair asking for a haircut and astonishes the barber with a wild hair style. The barber jokes about the last cut and jokes about knife and fork. The tale ends with a waiter’s punch line about tipping.
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