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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
4
The article urges better roads as a statewide effort led by the Douglas Good Roads Club. It praises local volunteers who repaired culverts and filled ruts, then calls on Casner to clear stones and trim weeds along curbs to improve city streets amid coast to coast auto travel.
Several residents travel or visit relatives including James Bory returning from Denver and Miss Myrtle Davis visiting sister Mrs Frank Fee. James Ryan spent a day in Lander. Ambrose Hemingway from Hemingway ranch in town. George Haslett visiting Douglas. A J Cunningham left for Wiecaccet Maine to join wife. Clem Gnok and baby visiting mother Mrs Bruce at Orin Junction. Muriel Moore left for Littleton after weeks with cousin Mrs Isham. bar fixtures installed at Elkhorn saloon draw praise. C. I. Feld, Central Wyoming newsman, accepts Tribune post. Jack Brooks arrives from Boston to visit son Don Lobde and brother B. B. Brooks. Ferguson visits town near Shivahon. Me returned to Shoshon. Dr. B. Smith to Frankfort Kentucky for sheep inspection as county quarantine lifted. Baker couple leave for Omaha for three weeks. plan to invest in property and build a modern rooming house. Mrs Catherine Halloran appointed administrator of Patrick Halloran estate. will improve Walter property at Diamond bar for Mr Callahan. A Binghamer Lumber dray team made a joy ride, tearing down part of a fence on W. S Kim-
A mosaic of frontier dispatches discusses public health fears from dusty indoor life and rumored funds in a state v. Frank Irvine case. Cheyenne reports goldie St. Ulatr and Mrs Jane Bernandy aiming to defend titles at Frontier Days with Miss St Clair and Miss Kernandy noted as contenders in ladies events.
A prayer asking a master to treat a horse with mercy and care. It asks for shelter water and a kind end if the horse is no longer useful, invoking religious faith and reverence for humane treatment.
The note invites friends and strangers to join Casper church services including Sunday school at 10 o clock and morning worship at 11 with Holy communion. Evening service is at 6. Sermons focus on Christianity’s relevance to man and world impact. A union street service will be held with Rev. Kingsley in charge.
Thursday morning residents flocked to shop doors after a disturbance in front of the Edelweiss hotel. A man, apparently intoxicated, lay prone on the sidewalk and gesticulated wildly while chanting a love poem by Dr Boose. Marshal Jones arrived and escorted him to a rest area.
The Bank of Hudson transferred to new officers led by President M Hengy and Vice President P J OConner of Casper with KE Usshier and W E Frankenfeld of Lander as directors. The group planned a new Hudson bank but instead acquired Lig Bank, leaving a single bank in Hudson. Henry and OConner are noted as key local business figures with coal interests. The article closes by wishing the new management success.
An irregular verse mocks Wyoming contrasts with Wyong and other places, praising moonlight and rugged lines while lampooning politics and manners. It ends by noting a cheap steak at the Rhinoceros restaurant, cheaper here than in other cities, hinting at a satirical travelogue.
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