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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
2
The Casper Press notes a shift as farmers, once opposed to autos, increasingly buy machines. Oregon towns report 42 autos in 60 days, signaling a change from horse teams to motor vehicles. The piece reflects on wealth, status, and national heritage, urging prudence to preserve core civic values.
The world’s gold output is rising with 1908 figures expected to beat 1907’s record, which reached $410,555,300, a $3,000,000 increase. South Africa shows substantial development and other regions report gains, suggesting a record year. The rise should aid monetary markets as well. Chicago public schools plan humane animal treatment course to foster kindness and higher civic standards.
The piece notes kings and princes piloting air travel as part of a growing aviation fad. It cites a California professor’s freight airship for cross country use and hopes it succeeds. It also mentions ongoing auto accidents, a Connecticut manslaughter sentence, and a local decline in idle cars contrasted with rising transport speed.
Isadore Newman dies, leaving $1,000 to the Jowleh hospital for consumptives in Denver. South Omaha hogs peak at $8.40 per hundred for a carload from Western Iowa. Mrs Allen F Mead is sentenced for extortion by dynamite threats in Denver. Denver expected to host the International Aviation Congress with citywide airshow contests. Union Pacific moves to steel passenger cars only after trials. Dunsmuir case in Victoria heads for trial over estate valued at 16 to 18 million. Colorado forestry station established on Pike’s Peak. Wyoming hotel adopts maintenance-free heating from hot springs. Austin auction results list Waters-Pierce, Security Oil, Navarro Refining, and Union Tank Line sales to John Sealey. Albert Ryan pleads guilty to murder. executory sentence pending.
Rail wage increases in Michigan Central rise 64 percent for trainmen and about 14 percent for operators. French aviator Bleriot injured in Constantinople after his aeroplane collided with a house. Asquith pledges Liberal home rule for Ireland at a monster Albert Hall meeting. Utica fire destroys most of the village and fatally burns Edward Daug of Lancaster, a Hotel Vance guest. Prince Frederick von Sayn Wittgenstein’s 100000 loan status shifts to Baron von Altenberg after marrying Maria Louise Vertling. Appellate division notes life injuries data for the year 9160.
The leading express firms issued circulars advising the public to spread packages early. If senders begin packing promptly, labels reading Do not open until Christmas will be attached to each parcel.
Washington dispatches report new corporate tax conformity by 400000 firms, Blackburn resigns from Isthmian Canal Commission, Thompson elected as North Dakota senator, Money named Senate minority leader, Ballinger's land withdrawals near Gila river, Taylor seeks funding for forest reserve surveys, Shoshone dam extension to 1900, Navy yearbook contrasts US and Germany, Torney criticizes Roosevelt tests, Agriculture estimates winter wheat area up 7.0 percent, Pinchot endorsed, Rivers and Harbors Congress pursues swamp drainage and inland waterways improvements.
Governor B. B. Brooks writes Chicago Examiner to refute a December the editorial claiming Wyoming’s climate is extreme. He argues most of the state is low altitude with better conditions than Colorado and that eastern Wyoming horses and livestock adapt quickly. He cites health and rapid development in agriculture and mining as proof of favorable climate.
In a humorous exchange, Jim is asked if his horse is a charger, but a playful reply suggests the animal is “just a plain mule” due to its frequent kicking. The light moment reflects local wit.
A man with a year long eczema ordeal recounts severe itching and widespread dry scaly skin. After hospital care and many failed remedies, he found relief and cure after two or three applications of Cuticura Ointment, continued with Cuticura Soap and Pills, per Henry Searle of Little Rock, Ark, in 1907.
A humorous exchange notes that five of six heart trouble sufferers caused by smoking and nine of ten with black eyes arise from meddling in others' affairs. The quip critiques health habits and nosiness with tongue in cheek comparison.
In a readers’ note from Everybody’s Magazine a lecturer proclaims none in the hall has harmed forests. A modest man in the back interrupts, remarking I’ve shot woodpeckers, highlighting a humorous clash over conservation.
A reader from Indiana recounts lifelong coffee use causing dyspepsia and illness. After switching to Postum following directions, she reports relief from dyspepsia and stomach pains. The message promotes the book The Road to Wellville and includes a teaser line about free samples.
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