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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1913
Page
4
The Indies of the Maccabees of Casper plan a benefit at the Coliseum next Tuesday to aid Ohio flood victims. Knights Templar contribute $50 to flood relief, while Casper anticipates major growth driven by a new Burlington railroad and national tariff debates.
A wife’s long campaign succeeds when her convict husband is released after fifteen years. Joseph Eilins, jailed for murder he denied, was pardoned by Governor Denven following appeals and a plea aided by his wife who traveled to America to join him.
Fruit bouquets replace flower arrangements at society functions in New York. Arranged in old-time nosegay shapes with color circles, they are mounted on white lace and provided for each guest at luncheons and dinners. Small note bouquets and placings by each plate are described.
A woman and a man discuss budgeting for personal expenses. They list items such as theater tickets flowers candy taxicab clothing rent food and utilities while noting costs will add up. The girl suggests calling her father for input as they tally items that always appear in expenses.
The plan envisions a twenty five mile auto route from Airolo through the Redretto valley and Nofoor pass to Alrien in the Valais. A half million dollars will fund equipment and improvements including a Tessin river bridge. Electric cars with 22 passengers will run at 12 to 22 mph, making three round trips daily when roads are clear.
Horace Binney, a Philadelphia lawyer, recalled dining with President Washington as a boy. He describes the silent, regal dinner at the executive mansion on Market Street, with Washington and Mrs. Washington present and the future great lawyer in awe of the nation’s father.
Senator Bourne cites early parcel post savings as proof of value, saying every little counts for the American people. He jokes about a New York man remarking on changes since Washington and a quip about winter underclothes.
A Devon man Richard Northcott of Drixham has married twice after seventy with septuagenarian brides. His first wedding drew a crowded crowd and a town tour in a wagonette. Northcott became a widower last year and his new wife is his deceased wife's sister. The article also notes old-age pensions for the couple. An aside discusses Turkish sentiment and the demand for aeroplane tires as a growing business, praising strength and lightness for aircraft use.
Fragmentary text describes a proposed memorial to Martin Frobisher, famed navigator of early Arctic exploration. It references his search for the Northwest Passage, honors by Sir John Mean, and a plan for a memorial near Labrador. The piece mixes historical notes with tangential modern school and building project mentions.
The fragmentary text presents a cryptic historic note with phrases about care and a blown wick. It mentions a trail of something precious and breathing, suggesting a poetic or theatrical item rather than a clear news event.
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