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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1912
Page
8
The Hospital Aid Society meeting is pushed one week due to Labor Day. The W. W. C. of the R. M. A. will gather with Mrs. Roscoe Dutcher near Lake Minnehaha on Eighteenth Street. All members urged to attend.
An advertisement claims a double strength ethine treatment will remove freckles overnight. It advises buying one ounce from a Cheyenne druggist and applying at night to vanish freckles by morning with a money back guarantee if unsuccessful.
Readers are invited to gather at 2015 Poebrican Street, the residence of Mrs. Harold Bump, on Thursday afternoon for a community meeting.
Mrs. Leo Leffler will greet the Mystic Maze club on Thursday afternoon this week at its meeting location.
Thursday afternoon the Help One Another club will hold their quarterly tea at the home of Mrs. J. F. Schmitt. There will be special business and all members are requested to be present.
The Baptist Willing Workers plan their annual meeting this Friday afternoon with reports on the year’s work and the election of officers. The venue will be announced later.
Memorial services in memory of General Booth, late Salvation Army commander, will be held worldwide under Salvation Army auspices. The Methodist church hosts a union service at 7 30 this evening as the hour of worship for fall and winter.
Mrs. Fillmore’s nephew J B Stimson traveled to Chicago yesterday. His brother B L Stimson of Pawnee Nebraska visited last week, leaving with his mother Madame Stimson. Mrs. Harry E. Crain hosted a pleasant Friday evening for Dr. and Mrs. John Morrison of Lafayette Indiana, highlighted by a reunion of 1891 class members from Cheyenne.
All meat markets will close Monday at 12 o'clock noon in observance of Labor Day. The restricted hours affect vendors citywide and workers are advised to plan accordingly.
The column records numerous visitors and travels among Cheyenne residents and nearby towns. It mentions Mrs. Crain hosting a dainty lunch, a five hundred party for Mrs. Sherman, and various trips to Chugwater Denver Rock Springs and Colorado cities. Names include Dr. Morrison Johnston Logan Draper and Potter with several household movements and planned receptions.
Mrs Elizabeth Kelffer hosted an informal bridge for Mrs Pickering last evening ending the week pleasantly. A supper followed the card games. Attendees included Mrs Pickering, Mrs Smith, Mrs Guilfoyle, Mrs Baker, Mrs Reardon and her mother Mrs Wescott, and the hostess Mrs James Sr. Bryson was called to Texas last week by her father's death, leaving for the South on Wednesday.
The document lists Sen. Warren and Sen. Clark voting on multiple measures from 1905 to 1912. It notes Yeas on amendments by Brandeges Callinger and Bacon, Nay on La Follette substitute, and varying positions on labor bills. It covers bills on labor liability, child labor, anti injunctions, and statehood votes, with context on who proposed amendments and final outcomes.
The document lists several 1912 votes with Senator Warren recorded as not voting on multiple measures including the eight hour bill and interstate commerce compensation. Senator Clark voted yea on some and nay on others, with records noting no vote on the Three-year Home field Act.
South Cheyenne notes a fireman out sick but improving. Labor Day picnic planned at Lake Minnnehaha. Residents visit ranches and towns, with several locals mentioned for travel, business trips, and livestock plans. A gunfire incident at 116 West Eleventh Street leads to two men bonded for court tomorrow.
Frank West, jailed after escaping a road gang this summer, serving 12 to 15 months in the state penitentiary, was captured in Cheyenne last week and will be taken to Rawlins on the first of the week.
Rebels attacked the ranch of American Vice Consul Dickinson in San Luis Potosi for a third time on the night of August 28. They stripped the property of all valuables despite assurances the ranch was American owned.
The Wyoming official warns the secretary of the interior that federal water rights would violate state law. He asserts the department will comply with Wyoming water laws as far as possible and has consulted the attorney general. The next move lies with the secretary of the interior.
In Denver, Gov Johnson of California, the Progressive vice presidential hopeful, spoke at Municipal Theater after touring Greeley and Platteville en route from Cheyenne. B P Costigan introduced him as Roosevelt praise drew demonstrations, while Gov Carey of Wyoming closed with remarks on the progressive movement in the Rocky Mountain region.
Assistant Superintendent J J Powers has been appointed superintendent of the Nebraska division replacing W R Cahill who advances higher in the service. The Powers couple, long time local friends, will likely move from the Travellero on South street to Omaha near the division’s headquarters. The transfer is not yet officially confirmed locally.
In Mexico City Ambassador Wilson stated under U S instructions that immediate steps would be taken to shield foreign residents of Cananea and Sonora. He protested the pullback of federal troops as about 2 000 Americans in Cananea face danger while rebels threaten a rich mining camp.
Arkansas City Kan Aug 31 Albert Falconer Cowley County county attorney and poultry raiser reports that many fine roosters died after feeding on grasshoppers Investigations show the grasshoppers hind leg spurs cause cuts to the chickens throats and death
Go L Esterbrook claimed to be from beyond Wyoming borders and was arrested by Officer Carl Christiansen on West Sixteenth Street last night. He is charged with striking a man over the head with a cane and held until tomorrow for trial.
A prohibition note states that barber shops must not mix ice cream sales with standard grooming services, reinforcing business separation.
A dark bay mare weighing 1160 pounds is missing. She bears an anchor brand on the right shoulder and "0, 4%" on the left shoulder. A reward is offered for her return to 601 EB, 12th St.
Unofficial returns show W. R. Mentzer defeating Clyde M. Watts for the Republican nomination as judge of the First Judicial District by a little over 100 votes. The district includes Goshen Converse Platte Niobrara and Laramie counties. Watts carried Laramie by 18 votes.
Miss Pearl Clark leaves for an extended vacation with Oakland as her main stop to visit sister Mrs. Ralph Roberts. She plans trips to Denver and Salt Lake City en route to the coast, continuing her social circle travels.
Memorial service honoring General William Booth founder of the Salvation Army will be held at the Methodist church with a Holiness meeting at 11 a.m. Sunday school at 3 p.m. and Union service at 7:30 p.m. Captain Albert B. Chesham invites a large crowd.
Opening hymn My Jesus I Love Thee Invocatiion Revy Washington Hymn Shall We Gather at the River Scripture Lesson Short address His Personal Religion Rev Van Winkle Short address The Scope of His Work Rev Leon C Hills Biographical sketch Captain Albert FE Chesham Short address Rev Annette B Gray Short address Rev W E D Remarks by the chairman Rev Frank Moore Hymn When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Benediction
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