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Newspaper
Casper Daily Tribune
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1920
Page
5
A window display at Off Well Supply Co on Center Street features geological nodules containing char coal and a tale of ancient beaches and prehistoric life. The article notes rare charcoal nodules formed in old lake or sea sands, with specimens by Frank Taylor Jr and mentions Eohippus remains and a flood of ages from a distant past.
An eighty five year old Seattle worker praises Tanlac after recovery from flu and a bad cold. He says the medicine restored appetite, sleep, and strength, allowing him to gain weight and resume heavy labor at the Ames Shipyard. He lists Casper, Alcova, and Salt Creek as local Casper Pharmacy, Alcova Mercantile, and Salt Creek Drug Store outlets.
The Board of Directors of School District No 2 Natrona County Wyoming invites sealed bids for two projects. A two story concrete and tile school building on Lots 1 to 7 Block 97 Butler’s adds a deposit and $800 bid bond. the contract goes to the lowest responsible bidder with a 5 day performance bond and a 800 bid forfeiture clause. A second project calls for a one story frame school building on section 14, Town 35 Range 74 Natrona County with plans by Dubois Goodrich Architects. bids require 6 percent certified check and a bond for one half the contract price. awards go to the lowest bid and the district reserves right to reject all bids.
United States domestic oil use for the first half of 1920 totals about 268.5 million barrels, projecting 617 million for the year, surpassing 1918 world production. The six month total exceeds 435 million barrels last year, a 19 percent rise over prior averages, with production estimates for 1920 at 426 million barrels and imports likely to exceed 90 million to cover demand. Mexico remains a key supplier as U.S. imports nears 97 million barrels previously and 112 to 1919 figures. World production around 68 billion barrels with the U.S. contributing about 426 million, roughly 63.78 percent of the total.
The passage contrasts barrels and percentages with a world output figure of 92,000,000 barrels and a 4.77 percent share, alongside an earlier 2246 percent figure. It reads as a statistical note on production but lacks clear context or sources.
In Cheyenne on October 19 a court case pitted stockgrower James Kirkbride against dry farmer C. P. Harding over 47 cattle driven from an unfenced school section. A jury of Cheyenne men found Kirkbride guilty. sentencing was postponed as a second related case proceeds. Witnesses for the state from Indian Hill numbered twelve. ten testified. The dispute highlights conflict between open-range ranching and settled farming in Laramie County.
Senator Warren G. Harding sails into a fourth outside Ohio tour, with stops in Kentucky and Indiana en route to Tennessee. The trip may be his last campaign excursion, ending with a Saturday night gathering in St. Louis as he faces a tumultuous financial era and fading personal ties.
John B Kendrick arrives from Douglas to address Democrats at the county courthouse tonight at eight. Accompanied by J R Hylton Democratic state chairman and Wade E Fowler Kendrick meets a pro-Democrat committee then travels to the Henning for further gathering. Kendrick is described as liberal for the party.
W Sproul county chairman will call a meeting tonight inviting both women and men to attend.
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