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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1917
Page
3
Honoring visitor Mrs. W. C. Mulford of Denver plans at home receptions and bridge at Mrs. W. Hinrichs. society matrons Mrs. Semrad and Mrs. Wilcox invite gatherings at Semrad residence with a bridge tea. Local dances, dinners, and visits populate a busy week with guests, journeys east, and back home.
Mr and Mrs Charles Carey moved from the ranch yesterday and will return today. The TM arte guests at Judge Carey home while in town. Misses Mary Ethel and Helen Holliday of Laramie visited Cheyenne for a weekend. Helen returned yesterday. Mary Ethel plans to join friends en route to the University of Wyoming. Ruth Hanesworth left for Laramie to resume her sophomore year. Mrs Billy Walker departs for Detroit to visit her son Graham Walker for several months. Mr and Mrs Wilkie Collins of Douglas are in Cheyenne to attend the funeral services of Mrs J J McCutcheon of Wheatland.
The P. E. O sisterhood gathers this afternoon with Mrs. J. D. Shingle for a regular fort nightly program. Mrs. H. B. Gates hosted the F. W. A. bridge club with card games and a 6 o’clock tea. The Alpha club opens its year this afternoon at the Carnegie library and urges all members to attend.
The Cheyenne W C T U will meet this afternoon at 314 East Eighteenth Street with Mrs F N Vaughan addressing the assembly on Patriotic Service. All interested in prohibition are invited to attend. The Y P B of the W C T U will hold a regular weekly meeting at 7 30 this evening at the headquarters with social amusements and refreshments. soldiers will be welcomed. Altar and Rosary Society of St Marys plans a social at K Hall Thursday afternoon hosted by Mesdames Leslie Milligan and Artist.
News reached Basin Wyoming on Monday of the death of Reverend J. M. Jones who passed away Saturday at his home near Colter. He was a former Basin Baptist pastor of about fifteen years and later resided near Colter with his family. Funeral services were held at the home this afternoon.
The Cheyenne High School junior class met yesterday and elected President Alice Yoder Vice President Don McGonigle Secretary Treasurer Helen Kudean with Miss Thompson as close advisor at a General Assembly The Rev Roland F Philbrook spoke at central assembly and visited all public schools delivering engaging talks to students
Florence Espinosa 25, a Union Pacific labourer, was struck and run over by a freight train while crossing tracks near the round house in Laramie Wyoming. He survived initial treatment at the Union Pacific freight house but was sent to Ivinson Memorial Hospital where doctors fear for his life. He is married with children.
Jackson Wisconsin Sept 24 Mart Henrie suffered a stroke of misfortune when a matched dun colored team in his wagon died of blood poisoning while crossing Teton pass. The loss makes it hard to pair the remaining horse and a broken wheel added to trouble necessitating Tow Estes to haul the freight.
The People's Bank of Moorcroft began operations in the Somers hotel building with A. C. Grandbouche as president and 44. E. Perkins as vice president and cashier. Perkins, from Sturgis South Dakota, has 25 years in banking and plans to move his family to Moorcroft. Directors include Grandbouche Perkins Garman Somers and W. F. Paten. The bank features light oak fixtures and modern design.
The Narragansett track in Providence Rhode Island drew 10000 fans for a one mile course race program. Thomas Milton in a Duesenberg won both the 25 mile and 100 mile events, with a dramatic finish over Ira Vail in Madson. Milton edged Vail by less than a half length, attracting cheers for a Goodyear tire powered outcome. Eddie Herrne and Ive Lewis followed in third and fourth place as Goodyear tires dominated the field.
In Jackson Wyoming on a Sunday a car carrying James J. and Joe May leaned over a bridge railing on the Gros Ventre at Kelly. Joe May leaped to the river and suffered a broken wrist and minor cuts while his father held the car from sliding over. The rest of the party escaped with minimal injuries.
Evans, manager of the local Underwood typewriter branch, returns from a brief statewide trip praising excellent fishing and noting favorable conditions.
A poetic account extols the Teton region and Wyoming's landscape as noble and enduring. It depicts mountains, rivers, forests, and minerals sustaining mankind, praising nature’s wealth and the sentinel role of Wyoming in guarding the Northwest’s future.
Community notes list Mesdames Wolf Davis Gage and Hancok traveling to Burns ridis for a fair. Several families host guests, report illnesses, hospital transfers, and social visits across Mix, Chedeechey, Wray, Salt Lake, and Omaha areas with various kinship ties and local events.
The afterman leaves the Binyder property on Kanet Tenthetree, Miro FUE and heads to Wisconsin to visit old friends for about two weeks.
Petitions for candidates for city offices are now available at the city clerk’s office in City Hall. Qualifying petitions must be signed by twenty five voters to enable a man to run for office, with details provided at the clerk’s desk.
A man identified as Wy Barnes, 24, was arrested by the sheriff yesterday in Basin Wro. He claimed no registration was required. police found eighteen diamond rings and seven rubies upon search and detention while awaiting further investigation.
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