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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
3
A brilliant musical tea at the Plains hosted by Mrs. John L. Baird featured six numbers by Cheyenne musicians with encore performances. Flowers in yellow and white snapdragons and apple blossoms adorned the rooms as seventy guests enjoyed the elegant affair and later a formal dessert in the dining room.
The Mystic Maze women's club gathered with Mrs. Robinson for a sewing session followed by tea with apple blossom decor and invited guests. The W. R. C. plans a May 29 benefit at Fraternal hall to fund Decoration Day expenses featuring dancing and card games. The Whittier club closed its study year with a tea and elections, naming Mrs. I. S. Bartlett as president and Mrs. Wyman as vice-president, with guests including Mrs. Bailey of Casper.
In Church Circles Methodist Aid Society meetings were held with about thirty and twenty one attendees. Readings and piano solos were performed, with hostesses and helpers named, and refreshments served. Other church groups held social meetings with forty to sixty ladies present and activities like sewing, singing, and Victrola piano pieces.
The St Mark's Guild held its regular weekly meeting at the Parish House yesterday afternoon with usual attendance. Routine business was transacted and refreshments served. Hostesses were Mrs F J Niswander and Mrs William Daley. Sunday School Convention in Laramie County opens for a three day session today.
May 21 in London, about forty militant suffragists were arrested after efforts led by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst to enter Buckingham Palace and confront King George. Police dispersed hundreds outside the palace as the crowd moved from Whitehall toward Constitution Hill. Pankhurst reportedly among those seized.
The Century notes Dr. Weir Mitchell’s paper On Ailurophullia and the Power to Be Conscious of the Cat as Near When Unseen. It claims some people can smell a cat yet miss its visible presence, while others detect unseen cats. The piece suggests cat emanations may affect the nervous system via the nasal membrane, yet why fear of cats persists remains unexplained.
El Paso May 21 report says Gilbert Duthie an American living in Peer son Chihuahua was captured by bandits supposedly of Quevedo s band on Wednesday. James Skousen a Colonia Juarez resident was captured Sunday but released after convincing the assailants he had no money.
A reader recounts nervous breakdown and dyspepsia, crediting Grape Nuts with rebuilding her strength. The testimonial asserts digestive relief and renewed vitality after eight months of use, tied to a Postum Co sponsored letter from Battle Creek, Michigan.
In Worthington New Mexico a makeshift court replaces Judge Lynch as Jim Bunker faces trial for murder. The jury finds no murder but convicts on contempt as the judge is redirected to a committee to impose the contempt penalty. Bunker is led away to be hanged.
Juarez May 21 The Saltillo federal garrison about 12 000 under General Joaquin Maas evacuates Saltillo after strategic moves by constitutionalist troops. Large munitions stores likely fall into constitutionalist hands as forces move toward San Luis Potosi and a desert corridor permits limited federal retreat south.
The United States presses for Huerta's unconditional retirement as mediation vendors work toward peace within ten days. Navy and army readiness is noted with transports and ammunition aboard in Galveston while White House officials weigh next moves depending on mediation outcomes. A German born American citizen was shot by a Mexican bandit in Sonora, reported to U S consular officials.
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