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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
2
A quirky Casper Press column riffs on summer hints, parodies fashion and health fads, and reflects on travel, technology, and global affairs with short anecdotes. It notes tobacco consumption in 1890 and 1908, hints at American-Europe tax tensions, and mentions a new airship from England tested against Zeppelin challenges.
The weekly Baltimore death list places tuberculosis at the top, underscoring a severe battle against the disease. Agencies are strained but could do more with greater funds, calling for intensified philanthropy to support vital efforts.
Orville Wright flies a 2.5 mile test at Fort Myer under tainted wind and heavy official interest. President Taft, Speaker Cannon, and Senator Aldrich witness as Wright forgoes the hour endurance trial with a passenger and lands safely. A formal board will observe the planned endurance flight with Lieutenant Lahm as escort.
Victoria B C reports from the steamer Empresa of China that Viscount Bone, Korea’s new resident general, plans a railroad program costing 26 million dollars. Twenty gunboats are being built to quell Korean insurgents, then used as tenders for Japanese fishing vessels in Korean waters.
Political riots in Guadalajara and Mexico City leave two dead and twenty injured with over 200 arrested after a Delgado theater meeting in support of Porfirio Diaz and Ramon Corral ends in mobs, barricades, and gunfire.
A Washington dispatch says President Taft will not attend the Trans-Mississippi Congress in Denver in August due to ongoing tariff debates in Congress and the lack of time to adjourn. The itinerary showing a Western trip indicates he will stay in Colorado for three days beginning September 1.
Frontier day at Cheyenne expands to five days August 17 to 21 with motor races and finals. World class riders and ropers including Champion Roper Purdy of Hawaii are listed among entrants for steer roping and broncho busting.
Denver design by John M Cage, inventor of the Cage submarine, demonstrates a helicopter style airship in a Mitchell machine shop. The model uses two counter-rotating propellers inside a steel and canvas tube to lift about 400 pounds, with steam as a probable motive power. Cage aims to field a working ship for an October East aero contest.
Detailed instructions outline how deserters from the Austro Hungarian army and navy may obtain amnesty. Baron Ambrosy, Austro-Hungarian charge d affaires, released the guidance noting several deserters are in the United States and may approach consular offices for relief.
A Minneapolis reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness and menstrual troubles. The letter asserts dramatic recovery within months and invites others to write for testimonials, citing nationwide demand and free information from the company.
Under the Swedish National League Against Tuberculosis the International Tuberculosis conference met in Stockholm from July 8 to 10. American speakers included Dr. Hermann M. Biggs of New York and Dr. John C. Wise, the U.S. Navy medical director. Key topics were care of tuberculous families and tuberculosis in schools.
An archival extract from Kentucky’s fire marshal annual report describes attic odds and ends, including grease smeared rags and painting oils that ignite in sunlight, plus broken toys of children grown or long asleep, reflecting haunting imagery.
A Kansas doctor reports trials on sick and convalescing patients using Grape-Nuts. He notes a four year old with pneumonia improved quickly on the cereal with milk, gaining weight and strength. An elderly man with stomach trouble also recovered after two to three weeks on the same regimen.
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