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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
2
A wide array of satirical items and world notes unfold from Casper. Duels in France, river lore, tea from Reid, college travelers, Greek debates, Abdul Hamid rumors, myth mania, palace politics, and naval race reports mix with quirky anecdotes about wives, children, and debates on human nature.
The report says head-hunters in the Philippines are yielding to civilising influences, which will reassure investors in the archipelago yet note that native warriors may still break restraint and engage in crime from time to time, according to the North.
The Transmissiasippi Commercial Congress will meet in Denver from August 16 to 21. Reports include a fatal baseball injury near Spencer Iowa, a 83 year old nurse Margret Stauffer in Merriam Kansas, and awards and appointments affecting educators and Italian diplomacy in Denver.
Reports cover earthquakes devastating Acapulco and Chilpancingo Mexico on July 30 and 31, record rainfall in Detroit setting weather records, union talks on life insurance benefits, Spain limiting departures for military duty, bans on foreign papers in Catalonia and Morocco, Miss Morgan’s trip to Nancy France, and a Villa de Nancy dirigible event alongside the Nebraska Republican convention endorsing tariff revision and Taft support.
The Aero Club of Great Britain awarded M Blerio a 1000 pound prize and planned a gold medal like the Wrights' for him. Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright were cited as comparison.
Washington news notes a two and a half mile Wright flight before President Taft at Fort Myer, interrupted by heavy wind. legislation covers tariff conference outcome, a U S Germany patent treaty, land withdrawals in Colorado, irrigation talks, and a Launie park land sale bill. Wrights to receive twenty thousand dollars from the government for their aeroplane.
J W White and R W Stockwell released on $100 bonds each after jail for theft of a jailed gold coin from William Taylor's cellar in Rock Creek. Bonds were posted by White, Stockwell, and 25 county leaders amid belief Taylor knew nothing of the coin. Attorneys plan civil suits to recover the money. another suit will begin next week.
Advices from Scott's Bluff Nebraska indicate a sugar factory will be built soon, boosting nearby farm lands in Torrington and prompting farmers to switch to sugar beets. Labor leaders plan a large Wyoming Labor Day demonstration as forest fires blaze near Cheyenne. Local fruit displays in Torrington prove northern Laramie county can grow profitable fruit.
A playful exchange hints at a woman who remains puzzled by a verse while a man notes she will not rip up a letter even after forgetting its author. The fragment suggests a lighthearted domestic moment.
The passage features a dialogue about civil service rules and postal delays. A father explains the act governing government departments while a busy man endures a long postal line, paying with a large bill before a clerk points to wholesale stamps at the next window.
Mr. Robert Marshall a London police court missionary received a letter from a widow seeking a respectable man to marry again. The note asks if he knows someone suitable and speaks of years of widowhood and being alone in the world.
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