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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1918
Page
3
Five young boys toured the Red Cross headquarters yesterday, viewing exhibits and meeting staff. The visit highlighted charitable work and youth involvement in community service.
Mrs. ik O Ahrens leaves for Chicago with relatives Katteworth while remaining in Cheyenne awaiting orders. Mrs. Hugh Conrey travels to Omaha to join Lt. Conrey and visit Woodward before returning to Cheyenne. Florence Snow arrives from Nebraska to summer with parents George and Mrs Snow. Mme BR Heate and George Best go to Laramie for the weekend. Charley Carey family to return from a trip next week. Mr and Mrs ML King and daughter Georgia Miret return from Ogden. Mine Hunt travels to Boulder for a week with college friends.
J R Lockridge and two companions, en route from Texas, stay several days in Cheyenne at Mr Lockridge’s residence as they plan to resume their homeward trip Sunday night. Lyman Gleason, son of Mr and Mrs Ashley Gleason, recently visited Cheyenne. the family plans to move from Denver to Douglas after a year there.
The College club hosts a musical tea at Mrs. Fred Bolve’s home with guests from the dawn of the high school. Help One American Club meets with Mrs. James Morrison, Hiram Sapp presiding. A memorial to late member Mrs. Delores Byron will fund a worthy Crevene girl. Performances include “América” and tunes by Master Irwin Morrison and group.
The high school class baccalaureate will be held at the Parish House Sunday May 26 at eight o'clock. Rev George Van Winkie of the Baptist church will give the address. Evangelical churches will join in the service. King's Daughters Social Event at Congregational Church held last night with hostesses Misses Hetty Bangert Mae Douglas and Addie Brubaker. Sewing, visiting and refreshments reported.
Rawlins Wyoming street incident reports two boys at play releasing car brakes on a hill. The sedan rolled into a fence, striking Dennis Sherrod, 14, who suffered serious but improving injuries. Police seek the youths to admonish them.
Miss Mary Goddard of Brunswick Maine at 107 years old preaches occasionally to gatherings of friends and remains active in her religious work as the United States oldest woman preacher.
On 17th street between Capitol and Carey avenues at 4 PM two drunken traveling men in a car struck little John Pilen, the radiator knocked the child down, the car passed over him, and the drivers fled. They identified as W R Butler and W B Carter, jailed briefly, bond set at 65 dollars. They face city charges for traffic ordinance violation tomorrow. The child, with head injuries and bruises, is recovering.
Mrs Keenright of 218 West 18th street received a letter from her son Jack Keenwright stating he was released from quarantine and ordered to entrain with others drafted for April. Measles outbreaks in camp led to a three week quarantine. Keenright left Reyenne in the April 26 draft as recruits drill six to eight hours daily at American Lake Washington.
A 1918 Cheyenne letter from L Emery to Woodmen of the World and local societies invites participation in Decoration Day parade. It notes procession from a central point to the cemetery, requests early advice by Monday evening, and mentions a committee meeting to decide marching order.
The Grocers' and Butchers' association met at the Industrial Club to discuss delivery abuses. A committee will craft new rules and educate the public that free deliveries are a privilege costing both fee and money. They may limit daily deliveries and consider selling bananas by the pound.
An official report mentions District Attorney Haries Rigdon being a passenger on a Denver bound train for a legal matter. Details are limited but place names and a formal inquiry are indicated.
Salt Lake City may 4 Howard M DeWeesse shot by state officials after convicting of murdering his wife Fannie Fincher DeWeesse. He left a silk handkerchief with a bullet and a letter to H W Fisher New York City claiming the assassination vow and warning that time and influence cannot alter the results. The letter references the Universal Brotherhood club and his alias J F E Warren.
First Church of Christ Scientist Cheyenne announces a free lecture on Christian Science by George Shaw Cook of Chicago. Cook, Board of Lectureship member of The Mother Church in Boston, will speak Monday evening May 27 at eight o'clock at the Parish House. Public invited.
A Cheyenne Trades and Labor Assembly resolution urged the city fathers and the council to safeguard residents during the coming winter by establishing a municipal coal yard. Mina Rita Kinney was sworn in as Wyoming’s first deputy marshal today, receiving the oath of office. The article also lists crops cultivated over many years including apples peaches onions and watermelons among others.
Dansville New York village with about four thousand residents shuts all stores banks and manufactories to aid the potato crop. The measure aims to curb a gyphen promote agricultural activity as reported by the Columbia Star.
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