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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
2
Wromina Wilson has returned from Bermuda and has not yet decided on any of the cancer care appointments. No definite plans were announced regarding medical visits or scheduling.
President Taft will not fill the post of ambassador to Great Britain after Whitelaw Reid’s death. Wilson will name the next ambassador. A memorial service for Reid is planned in London with a possible Westminster Abbey ceremony. Mrs Hell prefers to take her husband’s body home aboard a British warship instead of a ship offer.
A thirteen year old girl, Harwel Mcbride, daughter of Mrs. A. E. McBride, was killed when her driven horse bolted on Main Street near Santa Fe train 601. The horse cleared the track but the buggy was struck by the engine, and the girl was hurled under the wheels with fatal injuries.
Cole W. Morgen of Lauleville, aged forty two, was struck by an Interurban car while crossing Heels crossing and fatally injured. He was thrown more than four feet, striking his head. his three children survive him.
In Tacoma Washington a woman shot and killed a man cited as linked to her son’s death. The event occurred in a rear room where she then committed suicide by self-inflicted gunshot. The woman was reported to be fifty years old.
A sweeping pardon edict frees 616 state convicts and 44 county offenders as Mille Keek and officials report unprecedented clemency. The action marks a record attempt centered in Missouri and involves broad gubernatorial authority.
Five ships reported lost or damaged in a naval engagement near Lemans with torpedo boats and destroyers involved. Bevel Belfly and Yorke Cramer names appear, but the text remains garbled with mis-spellings and unclear details. The report notes improved situation and mentions Emperor Francie in a fragmented line.
A collage of brief items notes deaths and crimes: Mire Emme M. Vanvetoben, ex treasurer of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, dies in Cedar Napide. Jack Johnson, once Lacile Cameron, refused service at the Congress hotel in Chicago. Clara Schumann dies by suicide in St Louis. Benjamin Franklin McKinney, uncle of McKinley, dies in San Francisco after pneumonia. Rudolph Miller, former railway worker and preacher, pleads guilty in Lincoln Nebraska court. A Port Arthur dispatch reports drowning of G. Sand, skipper, and nine crew in a Gulf storm. Hubert McElnty adds to state university faculty as mines lecturer. Susan Sinclia Mills dies at Mills College Oakton California. Nogales dispatch notes Cananea protection measures for Americans amid Mexican unrest. Four murderers hanged in Salem Oregon. Marvin Hadiby, Santa Fe train messenger, robbed of 20-45 dollars, confesses. Peckham dies in Vill...accident linked murder case with unknown perpetrator. Washington reports on official nominations and perjury charges in a dynamite conspiracy trial.
The report outlines Taft being offered a professorship at a Yale-like university and references a hearing before the money trust committee. It notes an appropriation of 41 000 for expenses and mentions stock market manipulation and broker exchange methods amid broader political and health service mentions.
Feared w engulfs the region as groups move toward Pueblo and Merelon while witnesses fail to locate Mire Mary Barnes and her ants related to the Walter Munim shooting. An American envoy Whitelaw Reid dies in London as Panama Canal work peaks with 4911 workers, including 5401 Americans.
Reports from Kankon City and South Omaha cover a ten round boxing bout set for December 25 at the Akearhen Athletic Club, with Tommy Dixon and Tommy Bresnahan slated for 126 pounds. Other items include polo plans, a Pasadena hydroplane flight, and a Trinidad boxing card featuring Henny Chavez vs Ollie Kirk and Frankie White vs Ed Winters with recent regional bouts noted.
The Senate adopted a holiday recess from December 19 to January 2. It backed a Lincoln Memorial resolution costing 92 000 000. Committees heard pleas for mail carrier compensation and reforms to patent and steamship systems. A report on a Peru ribber shipment line was requested. A five foot channel from Port Amboy to Arthur Kill was recommended. Public buildings committee was urged to fund Marie Wompiad at the Fran site.
A jumble of names and events marks a period of court actions and society chatter. Laure Case Cline, Gertrude Draught, Willam Draught, and Sarah Ann Towes appear among crime, kidnapping lore, and domestic cases. Lois Campbell faces a fortune tied to James Campbell of Ot Leale triggering a New York social spotlight.
Market notes show bids for cattle and calves with varied grades from fair to good. Prices listed include heifers cows feeders and veal with figures around 4.00 to 6.60 per hundredweight, reflecting mixed demand and quality in a late trading session.
Market notes show upland hay prices in Colorado and Nebraska per ton, with figures around 12.50 to 12.00. Timothy and alfalfa values appear, along with straw, grain items like wheat and corn, and dairy product prices from Denver area creameries. The list includes various regional districts such as South Park and San Luis Valley and references eggs and packing prices.
Lead and spelter quotes from Loule Lead and MIT 420. Cotton markets mixed with New Orleans figures. Flax price in Duluth shows December and January movement with BLO8% and 1120 asked, winter prices around $1.20. Several misspellings obscure details but signals show commodity activity across metals and fiber markets.
Fragmentary OCR lists wool grades and processing terms with scattered incomprehensible words. The readable items mention medium grades, combing, and elotbt Shide, Viet fine, and a number 274, with references to St. Louis and washing. The text lacks a coherent event or clear subject.
A damaged OCR fragment outlines a Kansas City creamery items list with poultry mentions including roosters turkeys and ducks along with packing and pricing cues. The readable terms reference butter and egg themes and possible supply notes, but essential details are too garbled to specify.
Native steers and cows with fractions and codes appear alongside Western and Texas steers, stockers and feeders, and bulls. Incomplete entries show prices like 0.50 9.50 and 6404.40, plus various identifiers such as H, M, JA, and 1.50 0060.08.
Grain data from Kansas City shows May wheat at around 12.60 to 13.40 dollars per bushel with futures notes. The record references July and November contracts and prairie grade values as readers seek price guidance on grains.
J P Kelly reports from a central region tour through Nebraska and lows noting Wyoming grain, though lagging in some areas, shows high quality and yield. He says southeastern Wyoming grain is strong, with wheat yields around thirty bushels per acre and corn less favored but possible with good management. Land here sells cheaply relative to richer regions, enhancing farming prospects.
Cheyenne authorities struggle with Misa Evelyn Powers amid a Mann Act case involving Greek man John Kamanalkus. Power is jailed for a disturbance and officials worry deportation may trigger new prosecutions elsewhere. She likely faces commitment to the state asylum.
Sheridan Henry A Coffeen former Wyoming congressman and the only Democrat to represent the state in Washington has died. He arrived in Wyoming in 1885 and built a large fortune in real estate and coal mines. His first wife died in 1901, and three years later he married Alice Dwight of Denver.
State Geologist C. EB Jamison issues pamphlet on investigations of the Douglas oil field in Converse County and the Muddy Creek oil field in Carbon County. The reports detail geological characteristics and phenomena with maps charts and half tone cuts.
State report shows one section of Wyoming school land produced oil valued at 204082 dollars over the last eleven months. Royalty to state totaled 20408.45 dollars at ten percent of production.
A bold Wyoming militia company is organized in Cheyenne and seeks formal recognition as a Governor's Guard, aiming to outshine the Ancient and Honorable Artillery in status and prestige. The move is described as executive in intent, signaling strong provincial prestige.
The Wyating Development Company plans a new electric light plant in Worland. F Ditton travels to Denver to purchase machinery, with installation expected within the coming months.
Clyde M. Wette was appointed receiver for the Aldrich Haven Company, the largest concern in Wyoming handling women's tailored foods exclusively.
An important meeting of Mid Weet Oil Company officials decided on enlarging both producing and refining capacity. The plan aims to double the refinery output, to be put into effect as soon as possible.
The divorce case of Mary J. Ellemwtion versus Edward FL Milerstom was heard in local court after about a year. Milerstien was granted a divorce five minutes after he filed a cross bill. Property of the couple will be divided as ordered.
Powell to host a wolf roundup while a new creamery is planned. Obituaries include John Mellonigal aged eighty five in Cody and Mire Hubert Viereh in Casper. Sheridan plans a Christmas treat for the poor at Carnegie Hall and Fremont County division agitation gains momentum.
Profector Gil bert of the Los Angeles Minh Bchool faculty told auditors that hens once possessed teeth in primitive days. He noted that the crime of birds declined when their teeth vanished and speculated on current prices, suggesting hens could fetch from $260 to $1 000 each.
November gem shipments to New York totaled 9 415 629 bringing eleven month total to about 38 000 000. Maiden Lane Importers anticipate December shipments to push the annual total near 41 000 000. In 1908 only 12 660 2 408 worth of gems entered the port. Bean sprouting in a man’s head in San Bernardino California describes doctors removing two beans from a Mexican laborer’s skull one sprouted plant embryo.
San Francisco report of a bride aged 67 deserting her 74-year-old husband. The couple married last June in New York and planned an around the world honeymoon. Martin L. Cavanaugh, 74, returned to Hong Kong aboard the Mongolia after the separation.
About 126 000 acres in the San Juan district near Fort Lewis are opened for settlement. Homesteaders and desert claimants can take up lands. the Bloodgood segregated tract, formerly withdrawn entry on April 11 1911, has been unconditionally relinquished.
John Carr of Grand Junction sold a 460 acre ranch near DeBeque Colorado for 40000. Eighteen years earlier he earned ten dollars a week in New York before quitting to homestead on Roan Creek that became the ranch nucleus.
Washington reports December crop figures showing winter wheat area at 33.957 million acres, up from 29.215 million in 1911 fall sowing. Winter wheat condition on December 1 stood at 63.2 percent of normal, versus 66.0 last year. Rye area sown fall 2.443 million acres, down from 2.475 million, with rye condition at 95 percent of normal, compared with 93.9 last year.
Colorado mine safety reports show lower deaths per ton of coal in 1901 and 1919, with 64 fatalities recorded through September 1, 1919, compared to 1910 levels. After disastrous 1910 Trinidad and Louisville disasters, the federal Bureau of Mines dispatched inspectors to Colorado to improve safety and discipline in the industry.
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