Cheyenne's less dramatic evening paper was reporting on this day that it expected the National Guard to depart for the border at any moment. South Dakota's Guard, we read, was in fact off to the border. There was quiet a bit of dramatic news for Cheyenne residents returning home to their paper that today.
Somewhat surprisingly, the paper actually reported on who was being discharged for physical infirmity, and even giving the name of one who was being discharged on August 1.
Also, perhaps emphasizing the improving relations with Mexico, in spite of the ongoing deployment of the National Guard, Carranza's forces were pursing a five man raiding party that had been earlier pursued by the 8th Cavalry. Perhaps emphasizing the global outbreak of violence, we read also that Zeppelins had the UK for the third time in a week.
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Also in the news, elsewhere, that day (from Reddit's 100 Years Ago Today):
Ford dropping price of cars: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E02E7DB1E31E733A05751C0A96E9C946796D6CF
A heatwave, which had also been a feature of the North American weather recently, was making life in the trenches even more miserable: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E01E0DC1E31E733A05751C0A96E9C946796D6CF
New York threatens to deploy its already mustered Guard in the event of a railroad strike: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E03E2DC1E31E733A05751C0A96E9C946796D6CF
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