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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
2
An essay-like piece reflects on youthfulness as a lasting attitude. It cites King Edward VII’s rumored quip about surrounding oneself with youth and a counterexample of a long-active school head who stays young by embracing the vigor of youth. The piece argues living up to youth means cherishing its spirit and maintaining optimism.
At College Park Maryland Prof L H Bailey outlined that the commission seeks factual, useful findings for agriculture and not meddlesome private inquiries. The commentary notes misperceptions, emphasizes the value to farmers and avoids sensational and accusatory claims about women or other groups.
The piece argues three policy paths for America: laissez faire, socialism, or targeted oversight of business to balance individual initiative with the common good. It identifies banking and currency, transportation systems, and large corporations as key issues, insisting solutions come from calm, reasoned study rather than partisan rhetoric.
The twelfth annual report from the U S secretary of agriculture notes farm product value in 1908 reached a historic 7 778 100 000, with corn valued at 1 615 000 000 and wheat production 660 000 000 bushels worth 620 000 000. Hay and oats also show strong outputs, while sugar beets and cane mark a large year for sugar production and related values.
Ella Lyman Cabot argues that public schools carry enormous responsibility for educating new immigrants and shaping national character. She dismisses lax parental engagement, notes teachers shoulder heavy burdens at low pay, and urges citizen involvement to unlock schools’ full potential.
The sermon argues that biblical hell comprises varied, eternal punishment across guilt levels. It asserts punishment is not uniform and includes remorse as a key component, challenging the idea of arbitrary divine justice and stressing the fixed, unalterable gulf between moral classes.
The Cole Creek Coal Co opens a new mine near Hudson while re aigning postal head Laura Reed. Fremont County wool growers form an association in Lander with officers named. A Lovell Byron Cowley committee plans to consolidate local telephone systems. Union Pacific Mine 1 at Cumberland reopens with lower levels abandoned after a squeeze. Wolves and coyotes threaten ranch stock in Lander region. Rancher Robert Knackstedt faces a deadly shooting incident. Sweetwater Trades and Labor council formed in Rock Springs to improve conditions. T. D. Malone moves from Thermopolis to Oklahoma by prairie schooner. Opal dispatch reports jail for burglaries on Pacific Express Co with a 300 pound safe lost in Ham’s Fork. Ben Tweed discovers $6 of gold in Red Canyon. Mrs M Hood, mother of ten, noted in Afton. Pope Agie Power Co well near Hudson 1600 feet deep with oil expected in next 200 feet. Hunter’s forgery case in Rock Springs may transfer to insane asylum. Cheyenne cathedral and bishop residence sold for $16,000 ahead of new church and bishop home. Big Horn Power Co builds road under a dam crest. road’s elevation suggests wider use beyond age.
The Roosevelt Panama Canal purchase message faces derision in the Senate as critics laugh at charges labeled false. The House shows keen interest as Roosevelt’s rebuke of Joseph Pulitzer and the World dominates debate, with calls for libel action and government prosecution.
Washington reports President supports two bills to aid military education. One bill would authorize the secretary of war to provide equipment stores and supplies for field instruction at military and civilian educational institutions. The other would allocate 100000 annually for rifle practice in public colleges universities and clubs.
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