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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
6
A disaster leaves ten dead and 125 injured as authorities report widespread havoc. Emergency teams assist at the scene and oversee patient transport to area hospitals. Officials urge calm and investigation into the causes of the incident.
A massive blast at Grand Central Station’s auxiliary power house causes ten deaths two women among the injured 125. A surface car and a passing motorist are struck as traffic halts. Fire officials suspect a misfiring or contents of a freight car. immense structural damage spreads along the rock backbone of Manhattan.
The article reports on Commissioner Charlee Neill steering railroad managers and locomotive engineers through a troubled period with limited progress. It hints at labor tensions and the potential impact on Chicago’s rail operations as authorities weigh a return to railroad business.
A Philadelphia loan office manager Arthur Vo UNL faced a fine after a court decision. The ruling cited disorderly conduct and improper practices in the loan business, ordering payment of a fine and associated costs.
A report from the Senate committee on privileges and elections is disputed by James I. Pracion who says he did not see the full report. He asserts seven votes were tainted and claims the legislature's results were affected.
Fortune in Gifts will be given to workers in Chivage's factories and mercantile establishments as Christmas presents. Several gifts have already been presented to employees and staff.
Washington The Senate passed a bill extending the time to settle public land claims in Wyoming Colorado and Montana. The measure aims to fix gaps in homestead and mining settlements and clarifies deadlines for holders to prove occupancy and file filings.
In a Rivage case Michael J Cudahy, founder of the Cudahy meat packer firm, is named in a dispute over a large estate valued at about 11 million dollars. The matter centers on a complex claim regarding personal compensation and remaining assets.
The article notes Sheridan county population figures, unsettled local projects including rail grade completion south of Thermopolis, oil refining site plans, and court actions. Prominent figures mentioned include Judge Wille Van Deventer and Mayor Norval of Nalfilo, with notes on Armory construction, church dedication, and the Wyoming State Teachers' Association gathering in Cheyenne.
A collage of incidents including a Guthrie area murder by a wealthy stork raker, immigrant arrivals on the Panitic coast, a Paradine bank robbery suspect’s suicide, kennel owners and terrier puppies, Nebraska counties’ population shifts, a contempt of court case against Leroy Sanders, a legally contested execution bid for Thos McKinney, Colorado geology exhibits, boxing bouts in Crawford and Denver, Langford versus Jeanette in Paris talks, and a Denver fighter’s loss in Cheyenne ring chaos.
The report notes Senate actions including Camble's bill on public land settlements, Dopew's proposal to raise the Chief Justice's salary to 10000, Lorimer's exoneration, and cloture debates while investigations into Roosevelt's railroad expenses are called for. Postmaster plans postal savings banks readiness begin January first.
A jumbled report mentions a charity ball in Philadelphia possibly canceled, a New York hotel allowing women to use house parts, machinists’ strike action near Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain, and fatal earthquake casualties around Port Limón. It also references shipping losses near Massachusetts coast, postal inspector arrests in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a mountain ascent, barometric notes in Memphis, and a Chicago barbers union safety strike with gas issues.
The handsome new post office in Rawlins has opened at an $8,000 cost. Site donations came from JC Miller John B Osborne William Daley and Isaac Iates. In Cheyenne the Wyoming Oilmen s Association supported a state railroad commission prompting a petition to the next Legislature. Sheridan reports Ed Holbert suffered frostbitten toes after wetting his feet at Diets.
Reports from Kemmerer say a large herd of cattle is snowbound at the head of La Barge Creek near Piney. Riders have been sent to herd the animals as deep snow expected for the season blankets the area.
The bounty fund of one hundred thousand dollars, appropriated by the Inez Legislature, has been exhausted. Stockmen across the state urge the incoming Legislature to set an appropriation for the next two years equal to the last two, while wool growers demand a minimum of one hundred thousand dollars.
Leroy Grant state auditor informs county clerks that only 4715.30 dollars remain from last year's bounty appropriation. Hunters must submit pelts or skins before March 1 1911 else funds revert to the general fund and require a new act to reuse.
The Wyoming Oilmen's Association plans a 700 mile pipe line from Pope Agie near Lander and Salt Creek wells near Casper to Omaha. Branch lines will reach Cheyenne Denver Greeley Fort Collins Boulder Loveland and Longmont. High grade oil to fuel the Chicago and Northwestern line will be marketed in Wyoming Colorado and Nebraska.
Wyoming's oil convention in Cheyenne elected officers for the new Wyoming Oilmen's Association led by President J. B. Brooks and Secretary W. L. Walla. Delegates from California Oklahoma Belgium and France attended as the event urged cooperation and expansion of Wyoming oil resources amid periods of controversy over a report from a Wyoming officer.
Business leaders of Rawlins urge the Union Pacific to rebuild or subsidize a new rolling mill after a recent fire destroyed the mill at Laramie. They note the mill’s importance as a major tributary to western ore fields and stress the need to keep the mill within reach of raw materials and regional supply lines.
Fragmentary text discusses value of talent and money with quotes about a poet and selling skill, noting some pursue money while others are satisfied with gain. Mentions cause and effect and a poet’s talent and salesmanship in a terse, dialogic style.
An Atchison Globe reflection notes an elderly businessman cannot endure punishment as before. It argues daily punishment exists everywhere from home to streetcar and road, shaping how a man who tries to live properly is worn down with age. The piece urges readers to review personal experience to see such punishment.
An advertisement for Cutcura skin and hair remedies from Potter Drug and Chem Co claims purity and healing benefits. A separate report notes a family umbrella stolen from Dr James A Mullican after lending it in a store, with the doctor recalling its thirty year heritage.
A reader recounts long unexplained pallor and weakness until he attributes them to coffee. After giving up dark rich coffee, his appetite returns, headaches lessen, sleep improves, and he recovers health and strength, crediting coffee abstinence as the life giver.
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