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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
6
A page from The Casper Press offers a stream of social commentary and observations. It notes Secretary Wilson on crops, typographical errors, airships for the U S Army, and jokes about fashion and voting. It references a Berlin dispatch on hogs and a New York typewriter record, with broader quips on manners, taxes, and travel.
A Chicago river swing bridge near Thirty-fifth Street will switch to electric operation. The report on B L Winchell resigning from the Rock Island road is denied. Multiple local and national updates follow including rail mergers, aviation trials, and exploration plans.
Cornell University approves the petition of the Cornell Aero Club to establish a chair in aero nautica next year. Prof. G. R. McDermott will lead the course with emphasis on heavier than air craft. A report on deaths by self harm for 190s shows a ratio of 21.8 per 100000, up from 20.7 in 1904. Delta Kappa Epsilon plans a December 18 banquet for Commander Peary at the Hotel Astor New York.
Washington reports approve new postage cards to appear January 1 with McKinley likeness on standard card and Lincoln on small card for index use. A two cent International card will feature General Grant, with a Washington portrait on the reply half Martha Washington on the stamp. Secretary Knox says if inquiries verify facts in Grace and Cannon case the U S will demand reparation from Nicaragua.
Coroner E B Fitch reports J C Miller a Swan Land and Cattle Company sheepherder died from self neglect after being found face down in the snow at Blue Grass pens thirty five miles east of Rock River Miller last seen Sunday inadequately clad. He planned to buy dry farming land near Grover Colo with Frank Kuykendall of Wamatuser Wyoming. Miller aged about 49 worked for the Swan company since August.
Officers of the National Wool Growers Association return from Ogden Utah where plans for the forty sixth annual convention to be held January 6 7 and 8 1910 are completed Ogden prepares for a large attendance and the fourth annual mid winter sheep show as a major West exhibition with prize sheep entering from the United States Canada and England exhibitors may move from the Ogden show to Denver for the Western National Livestock show next week
A Basin dispatch reports Lorenzo Pasco, a sheep herder who killed saloonman Charles Cole at Lovell on October 30, was found guilty of murder in the first degree. The penalty is death. This marks the county’s second first degree murder conviction within two weeks following Herbert L. Brink’s case and echoes the Tom Horn era.
The State Supreme Court reviews Elizabeth Robinsons four year penitentiary sentence after a Caspar resort fur coat theft conviction. Her bond was set low then she vanished and later reappeared, triggering a statewide search. Cheyenne council seats change with new Democratic and Republican members. Railroad talks hint at traffic exchange among Union Pacific Colorado and Southern and Burlington.
The Basin reports November 19 that Herbert L. Brink, convicted of first degree murder for the Spring Creek killings of Allemand Emge and Lazier, may have his sentence reduced from death to twenty years. Other guilty cattlemen plead guilty to second degree murder and seek to shift blame to William Farris, while noting Farris and Kerr did not fire or burn wagons.
National and Wyoming Wool Growers associations prepare to split a 6000 dollar reward for arrest and conviction of Ten Sleep raiders. Four men—Sheriff Alston, Prosecuting Attorney Percy Metz, Detective Joe LeFors, and attorney W L Simpson—likely receive major portions, with a separate 500 dollar state reward to be allocated. The Cheyenne report also notes a federal suit verdict, county road plans contested over CY ranch, and upcoming district court terms with few murder cases planned.
Mrs Minnie Turner of Oklahoma credits Dean's Kidney Pills with rapid health improvement after a run down condition and kidney pain. She reports backache bloated limbs and sided pains eased after five boxes. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York sells them 60 cents a box.
The United States contributes annually 100 dollars for the Brussels based International bureau for the repression of the African slave trade.
Julia Marlowe praises Peruna calling it a great remedy. She states digestion supports nerve centers and digestion impairment leads to anemia and nervous debility, implying Peruna benefits digestion and nerves.
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