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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
6
In a spirited Casper Press column, diverse notes span balloons and airplanes, economic quirks, divorce rumors, seasonal foods, a Vermont golf win, college graduates, dirigibles, educational fads, and a pivotal Chinese imperial transfer, highlighting global curiosities and local wit.
In Bar Harbor Maine a pair of moose wandered from nearby woods and calmly browsed along the shoreline, contrasting with rumors of sea monsters or sensational wildlife frenzies. The peaceful scene drew curious locals and visitors alike as no other dramatic events accompanied the sighting.
Seven deaths from heat occurred at Omaha on Sunday the 16th inst. Fires wiped out most of Iron Mountain Montana. Hotel Arlington in Santa Barbara burned with hundreds of guests escaping. Oklahoma tax ruling affects out‑of‑state companies. Spokane Irrigation Congress selects Pueblo for next meeting.
General news items report Gutzon Borglum awarded the commission to sculpt a bust of President Taft. Also noted are Elidore Villazon becoming Bolivia’s president on the 12th Inat, succeeding Ismail Montt, and the Grand Army of the Republic planning its next national encampment in Atlantic City New Jersey.
Washington reports designate 1 658 640 acres in northwestern Montana along the Missouri River near Fort Benton under the enlarged homestead act bringing total Montana designation to 26 466 200 acres. Taft appoints Charles A Overlock U S marshal for Arizona as B F Daniels retires.
A headline of this order reports a fatal head on collision near Husted Colorado Springs. Train No 8 with two engines collided with No 1 causing a massive wreck killing forty four men and eighteen women with 62 injured as rescue teams rush to the scene. Survivors describe shattered cars and panicked crowds as doctors treat the injured and authorities tally the dead. Names of the deceased include F W Beeles James Rosporka C M Larkin C S Brown and J A Gossage among others with many injured listed by name. The tragedy unfolds with notes on a nurse and doctors aiding victims and the long aftermath of the blaze and chaos.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected officers including Mrs Jennie S Berry national president and senior vice president Mrs Fannie D W Hardin of Colorado junior vice president Mrs Jennie Jones Utah treasurer Mrs A Wright Connecticut chaplain Mrs M L Campbell Jake executive board Mrs Mce McClelland Timiois and several others from Oklahoma and Utah in a regional roll call listing multiple names and positions.
Pure Food Commissioner Wilbur F. Cannon received the programme for the thirteenth annual convention of the Association of State and National Food and Dairy departments to be held in Denver from August 25 to 27. Attending will be Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson A D Melvin of Washington George P McCabe H W Wiley and other federal department heads. One thousand dollars has been donated to entertain the delegates.
The new School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy will begin its first term on Tuesday October 5 at the Colorado Agricultural College. A six months term each year for three years and a final nine months term for the cultural academy are planned. Professor T. M. Nothatinn, a noted educator and fruit farm proprietor near Montross, has been appointed.
A revised version of a joke centers on Edgar recalling a Sunday school lesson about a good samaritan who travels into Mexico and encounters a thorny fate before passing by. The fragment evokes a grim parable framed as casual family dialogue.
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