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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
4
The Casper Press Chronicle column reflects on local New Year wishes and a change in layout with a neater appearance. It mentions Buffalo ads rising and criticizes printer advertising practices while noting Casper’s exchange table activity and community happenings.
Michigan counties adopt a county road system to fund permanent improvements. State pays per mile of macadam or gravel road with higher subsidies for longer routes. Township systems still exist in some counties, but patching dirt roads consumes most funds. Yellowstone Park access may allow autos after road changes, with average spending by auto parties noted.
The department opposes cars in the park citing risks of fright and accidents. Wyoming senators press for road changes allowing autos, aiming to open travel next season after a review of Warren recommendations and a state survey of routes through Wyoming.
Casren Pres reports Casper students face overcrowded high and central buildings with no room for a full class. He urges adding two new rooms, creating a first grade in Park Addition, expanding kindergarten on the South Side, and relieving central building grades to improve ventilation and safety.
Editor urges a new County High School facility in Casper to fit the progressive spirit of Natrona County. The plan would house at least two hundred students with space to educate the head heart and hand and to foster a strong local citizenship and industrial center.
Fragmented political commentary questions Willian Madden’s stance in Sheridan and Fremont counties. The piece argues Republicans should unite with Democrats for common profit and urges Sheridan supporters to attend party meetings and reassess Madden’s position.
Sample, proprietor of the Hell theatre, plans to build an opera house on Center street. He purchased property from Mr Wallace and will confer with Architect Rhodes about the plaza site for the building estimated at 25000. Construction is set to begin in the early spring.
Death of Samuel Slaymaker former receiver of the U B Land Office at Douglas follows illness of several weeks. Slaymaker, a well known Wyoming pioneer, held the Douglas post during early territorial days and served in Pears Service. He leaves a wife and mourners as two petitions circulate for the vacancy filed by K J Lewin former mayor and Ed Beavis both Douglas residents.
A quirky calendar issued by Lee Glenrock State offers wood poetry quotes and features a mantle calendar from 1810 to the present, a birthstone guide, a world time chart, and a tool to track monetary subscriptions. It promises global time indications and calendar insights with a playful year‑start angle.
Fragmentary readable lines advertise a small house close but with odd spellings. It mentions rates and office rooms, hinting at a temporary or permanent arrangement. The text is garbled but implies a local lodging or rental offer with pricing details.
Advertises alfalfa hay and grain of good quality including second cutting. Provides contact details for information and pricing. Prompt inquiries to Carlound for purchase arrangements.
Inform our office of the loaded quantity of solite pipe at the yard from December T1 to 1th inclusive. We require tallying the number of feet and any discrepancies to be reported.
A roundup of town news recounts visits, arrivals, and events. A. T. Seymour leaves for Salt Creek, L. A. Myers’ family joins at the sawmill, and Mr. Weber’s bank building nears January opening. Residents prepare for the eclipse at sundown New Year’s Day, while minstrel performances draw crowds from Glenrock and Casper.
Orlson Swett Marden argues in Success Magazine that power comes from self development and independence. Leaning on others weakens strength and originality and can hinder a child’s ability to stand on their own in the world.
The governor of the Banque de France issues a circular to regional directors urging adoption of checks. The article compares the English system favorably, noting that French cash handling immobilizes capital in purses and banks. It cites Bank of France notes in circulation and per capita monetary stock versus England.
A damaged text fragment outlines an explosive method used in East Africa or Java involving a chemical like carbon bisulphide and a rear hole. It mentions pouring a small quantity to a hole, allowing evaporation, then lighting the vapor to cause an explosion.
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