Casper Press Announces $200 Gold Grand Prize Contest
The Casper Press launches a large newspaper contest offering 200 dollars in gold as the grand prize plus a diamond ring and a ladies bracelet. The Western Circulation Company will manage the event with nominee coupons, votes, and advance subscriptions required for ballots.
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Toe Paes
Northwest
Western Circulation Company
Tim Pam
Tie Press
Me. QO. OG. Page
Penlog Uf
Pumas
Gas Company Tests Casper Oil At Local Plant
Cheyenne Light Fuel and Power shifts from coal to Casper oil for gas plant fuel. Oil burners replace fire boxes as regular oil shipments arrive. If successful, a large oil tank will be built to handle tank car shipments. Oil use has improved quality and satisfaction among city users.
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Casper Oil
Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
Apartment House Planned to Ease Casper Lodging Shortage
W A Blackmore and M J Goth berg selected a site on the east side of North Center street just south of the courthouse for a modern two story apartment building. The 10 by 40 foot stone and pressed brick structure will include two storefronts on the first floor with a basement and apartments on the second floor featuring kitchenettes and disappearing beds. Construction to begin when the season opens and finish quickly to host next summer’s influx of visitors.
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Casper
W. A. Blackmore
M. J. Gothberg
North Center Street
Court House
Local High School Forms New Evening Physical Culture Classes
M. M. Dutton C. E. Clymer and Mrs. M. C. Dutton organized voluntary physical culture classes for city students. The high school gym will host sessions three evenings weekly with old Episcopal church gym equipment. participation requires a current report from Superintendent McDonough confirming satisfactory studies and grades. The instructors offer their services without pay, and the first sessions were well attended with keen enthusiasm.
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M. ©. Dutton
C. E. Clymer
M. C. Dutton
Episcopal Church
McDonough
Memrs
Dutton and
Clymer
Dutton
Two Men Injured In Powder Blast Fatality At Glenroos
Two men Frank Cook and Joe Meade were severely burned and cut when a powder sack exploded during preparation for a blast in a Burlington grade cut near Glenroos. Cook died Monday at Private hospital, Meade remains in precarious condition.
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Frank Cook
Joe Meade
Hurlington
Glenroos
Cook
Mads
B M Connections to Be Made Soon
The Gulf to Coast line through Wyoming advances toward rapid completion. Casper gains major shops and a depot, with a five-stall roundhouse expanded and forty mile-long yard tracks. Extension plans include Shoshoni to Idaho Falls and Quos Bay, linking Casper to irrigation and coal regions and boosting freight capacity.
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Guernsey
Cubyenne
Burlington
C.&s
Hartville Junction
Wheatland
Goshen Hole
Cheyenne
Orin Junction
Casper
Gulf To Coast Line
Wyoming
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Pacific Coast
Quos Bay
Wind River Reservation
Fremont County
Kenefick Day Company
Wyoming Central Irrigation Company
Shoshoni
Civic Club Forms New Officers and Committees
The Civic Club met at Carnegie Library on Feb 9 with good attendance. Four new members joined and new officers were announced plus numerous committees named including Arbor Day Park and Lawn and Publicity. A motion to cancel other committees passed and decorations and safety work were assigned to Cemetery and Public Safety committees respectively.
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Civic Club
Carnegie Library
Mesdames Dickey
Mills
Young
Speas
Littlefield
M. P. Wheeler
Gertrude Holman
J. J. Svendenson
Martha Dean
Hannah McClure
William Jones
McDonough
J.A. Cunningham
Wm. Kocher
A. J. Cunningham
Public Safety
Nicolaysen
Miller Baker Co Incorporation Forms Local Contractors
The Mills Baker Co incorporated in this city with capital stock of 10000. Incorporators are Thos Mills L C Mille and A C Baker. The firm will conduct contracting grading excavating building irrigation ditches water conduits reservoirs and heavy hauling. They recently bought twenty head of Sprague horses and added equipment to handle growing work.
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Mills-Baker Co
Thos. Mills
L. C. Mille
A. C. Baker
Irou KN. Sprague
Desertion before a prison journey leads to a child escort
Cheyenne reports a dramatic scene as Mrs. Geo Edwards deserts their four children amid a murder case. George W Edwards, convicted of killing Roy Landis and Fred Ott, is sent to Rawlins penitentiary for twenty to twenty one years. Sheriff’s party includes a boy aged five and two girls aged six and seven, all traveling to Medicine Bow with Mrs West caring for them.
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IL O
Union Pacific
No. S
George W. Edwards
Roy Landis
Fred Ott
Edwards
Douglas
Plains
West
Wyoming
Cheyenne Tribune
New Office Move and Local Market Offers Highlight News
Dr H W Greist has moved his office to the Mokier building. Nelsons Addition offers easy payments for lots. Barlitts meat market sells fresh oysters in bulk or cans.
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H.W. Greist
Mokier
Barlitt's
Hotel Nears Completion After Large Midwest Build
Work on the Midwest hotel progresses with plastering done on the third and fourth floors. Carpenters apply trim on the fourth floor while painters stain hard maple trimmings. First floor tiling preparations proceed as boilers and vacuum plant components are installed. The engine and furniture shipments are planned, with March 10 delivery. F. J. Donahoe and B. L. Kemper visit to finalize opening plans.
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Midwest
F. J. Donahoe
B. L. Kemper
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Casper Press
Caspers
Isersvucnons
Candice
le Voles
United
The
Pamesa
Corron
the Praeas
Office of the Press
Norier
Vicmit
Baucy Srasr Baty Vais Harris
Conan Aditur
Mart Wade
Vor
Usaper
New Gym
Pola
Matte River
Colorado and Southern
Orinidec
Wendover
Kilpatrick Brothers
Burlington Hne
Siridgeport
Nebraska
Otube Bailbo
Iceman
Black
Miller-Baker Co. Incorporate
Parta
Nelson
the Lobdell Bakery
Center Street
Lobdell’s Bread
Miew
Burlington Depot
Mountain Realty
A. T. Butler
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