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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1916
Page
3
Mrs George C Stull hosted a formal Friday tea for officers of the field hospital and ambulance corps before their departure to summer camp at Sparta Wisconsin. The order for departure has since been revoked. Spring blossoms filled the room as the party enjoyed a pleasant, ill‑fated afternoon.
Mrs Silwae and daughter Mint Marguerite hosted a formal dinner at their quarters by the port for officers and ladies before embarkation to Sparta hospital camp. Attendees included N. B. Thomas, Mr Prince, Cyrus Beard, T. Hake Kennedy, J. J. Conway, Mrs Haleam, Mrs Huston, Evelyn Jona, Celia and Estelle O Hoyle, Captain and Mrs Sooke. Officers await orders to stay at Fort Michel as preparations for Fort Sheridan change.
The Frances Willard W C T U will meet Tuesday afternoon in the library auditorium and each member is asked to bring a friend. Mrs Archle Allison recently returned from Portland Oregon will address the ladies. The Y P B of the W C T U will meet Tuesday evening at the reading room. Dr Edmundson of Littleton Colorado will preach at First Presbyterian today. Mother's Day will be observed at Congregational services and Sunday school. Public is invited to attend. Methodist Aid Society meets Thursday at Mrs T F Durbin’s home. St Mark's Guild meets Friday at the Parish house.
Local society entries list guests and trips as Mrs. John W. Kendrick and relatives return from Denver to Sheridan. Mrs. Agnes Scott and Mrs. WH Scott’s daughter come home from California. Others plan calls or travel to Omaha, Denver, and Portland while visiting friends in Cheyenne.
The Musical Club will meet Monday evening at the library for a business and practice session ahead of the next concert. Mrs. William Jubels hosts the Monday Bridge Club tomorrow afternoon. The A.R.S. society plans a Labor Ball Monday evening. The Sunshine Society meets Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Wheeler's home with Mrs. Fred Miller. Past Matrons of the Eastern Star gather Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Jensen's. The Woman's Itelier Corpe hosts a benefit card party Thursday afternoon at Mrs. E. N. Gattis’s home to fund Devotion Day expenses.
An early health notice promotes a daily morning cleansing routine using lime phosphate and hot water to wash the stomach liver and bowels. It claims benefits from removal of waste toxins to improve appetite and overall well being. Readers are urged to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from a drug store.
Mrs W Epperson entertained the Harmony club on Thursday afternoon with all members present and two guests Mrs J Adamson and Mrs Bartholomew. A vietrola music program accompanied sewing and visiting. Tea was served at four thirty. Mrs A Deneck will host the next meeting in two weeks.
San Francisco May 13 Shortly after July the rural free delivery and star routes will begin to adopt neat aluminum colored steel boxes with red flags. The postmaster general's order requires Mandardind boxes to replace the mixed set of receptacles now in use on rural routes. The change applies to all rural and star routes as deliveries begin in the railway mail district including San Francisco.
The order covers California Nevada Arizona Utah and Hawaii. It requires weatherproof galvanised steel boxes in two sizes for letters and packages. Each box will have a red signal flag and a colibox for unpaid postage. Carriers will carry master keys and accepted box makes will be filed at post offices.
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