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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
10
An account of the 1783 army discontent that tested Washington's leadership and authority. It covers hopes for justice for Revolutionary War veterans, fears of disbandment, and the awakening of a united officer corps to pressure Congress and state governments. The narrative notes Washington's cautious stance and the army's move from grievances to organized action.
The article recounts Washington’s stern yet compassionate leadership during the final years of the war, his insistence on honor in war, his release of Captain Asgill, and his poignant farewell at Annapolis. It traces his resignation, the Mount Vernon homecoming, and Virginia’s revival after the conflict.
Two boys exploring a Roanoke Island shoreline uncovered a row of about a dozen intact glass bottles buried in clay beneath the waterline. The bottles reportedly contain brandy dating back to the Yankee occupation era at Muger’s Fort and were left undisturbed as tides exposed them.
Incomplete OCR text mentions legal matters tied to voting rights. Readable portions indicate a formal notice or discussion about suffrage, but specifics, names, dates, and actions are missing.
Mary Day Lee and the Museum offer guidance on safely approaching a timid parrot. Quick motions should be avoided around the cage and a calm routine may reduce fear. Start with gentle feeding, remove extraneous items, and observe the bird’s surroundings to help it acclimate.
A damaged high tension wire above a dam sagged to the water surface, resembling a sheet or apron. Observers noted the wire bent and thick with load, with a section broken into three feet, but no injuries were reported. The incident prompted inspection by local authorities.
The fragmentary OCR text offers no clear event or identifications. It presents garbled phrases including a cartoonish exclamation and a name pair, lacking a verifiable subject, place, or date to summarize into a proper news item.
In Thermopolis Wyoming eighteen miners and two bartenders were held at gunpoint by three masked robbers who took 600 from the crowd, 400 from the safe, and fled in a car. Later three suspects—Jack Conway Jake Amberger and Sam Wilkinson—were arrested as other robberies yielded 175 from a barber shop and 400 from an Italian sleeping with money belt.
Keene of Glen Rock is held to District Court on a felony charge of failing to support his two minor sons. The state board of child and animal protection seeks his imprisonment after his alleged refusal to provide medical care as his dying niece or aunt required.
Guernsey Burlington engineers drilling for bedrock in the North Platte river report 200 feet without finding a stable formation for a railroad bridge. Kilpatrick Brothers begin a 3,000 foot tunnel in the extension area with machinery moving in and an eighteen month timetable to complete the tunnel.
Henry Smith 76 sues to cancel a 2800 note and mortgage given to his bride Olga Wurst-Smith 25 on their wedding day. He claims he was the victim of a conspiracy and seeks relief in the Cheyenne suit proceeding.
Five minutes after a bartender took 240 dollars from John Smith the celebrant sheepherder had put it in a cafe until he was sober when three men robbed him. The robbers escaped with the money.
Concha Zambrano a Mexican woman bound over to the District Court for trial for receiving stolen property after 200 dollars worth of merchandise stolen from May Meyers store in Greeley was found in her possession.
In Laramie three defendants attempted to hold up railroad workers at Ridge west of town. Two bandits were captured, one was fatally shot, and the third fled.
A jury finds Mac Stummy not guilty of shooting Harry Kyne last August 16 in Liberty, ruling the act unintentional.
Fred Petton a section hand for the Oregon Short Line was instantly killed near Sage when he fell from a freight train his body was cut in two and death followed immediately.
Casper resident James Brown admitted shooting Frank Mayhew in the head and Jobo Davis in the arm. He fled town after the incident and was fined 50 dollars with the fine suspended for twenty four hours.
Cheyenne E. Burke, a state bur mane agent, served four warnings to stop the old sport of shooting turkey heads, a practice not to be tolerated in Uncle tale.
Farmer F. J. Lein Hart shipped sixty hogs to market but many perished from black cholera. The loss occurred near Green River with hogs dying in the herd.
Mrs Ceol wife of Lieutenant Ceell of the Eighteenth Infantry left for Texas with her husband after accusing Mrs Weir wife of Captain Weir of stealing gowns valued at 600 dollars. Mrs Ceell praised the acquittal of Mrs Wolf and said she would not forgive herself for pressing the case.
A county attorney announces a determined push to end bootlegging across unincorporated settlements in Gweetwater County. He states further action will be filed to enforce the crackdown and curb illicit liquor activity.
A Basin Basin Taw town saloon license collection note records a reduced annual fee set by authorities. Masa bar book contributions appear to factor into the new rate, listed as a total of zero dollars in the terse OCR.
The North Carolina coast proves a fishermans paradise as October and November bring bays and creeks emptied by winds. Beaufort and nearby waters yield bluefish sea trout Spanish mackerel and more with record catches by schooners George S Balster and Dewey. Shrimp harvests fill fish houses and a complex fishing and processing network operates from inlet to factories along the shore.
A discussion on historians diverse aims and the shared need for patient research. It notes authors struggle with dust and gaps in editions, and praises archives and libraries for supporting scholarly work across states and institutions.
A Prussian village near Cassel is deserted except for Frau Hoeft the eighty year old shepherdess. The soil is barren the railway has not connected it to the world and about a hundred residents have migrated to America leaving schools closed and the church service last held on Sunday. The village appears as if swept by plague with empty houses and daily movements to nearby towns. Frau Hoeft vows to die in the village of her birth.
A tremor near Piru in Ventura County halted the No 1 well’s water flow and triggered a new Si-gravity oil producer for the Diamond Valley company, whose stockholders are largely Anaheim interests. The well, near abandonment, is expected to continue as a steady producer.
The article argues that many nervous inflammations are misnamed and caused by neglected muscles. By rejuvenating overfed, weak muscles through targeted exercise, a cure can be achieved.
Mand Powell argues that women rarely reach the greatness of men in art. He says women possess genius for mothering but seldom channel that into artistic achievement, showing little interest or full emotional immersion in form of expression.
The text appears garbled with misspellings and unclear context about a village, a meal, and a question. No coherent event or names are readable to establish a factual report or identify subjects.
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