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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
7
A late dispatch lists summer heat fatalities in Kansas City and a mosaic of global notices. It notes marriages, church votes on clergy, drownings, fires, Arctic exploration, royal tours, and economic shifts from Alaska gold to insurance reforms, with numerous named people and places across North America and Europe.
Rev A G Pierce of All Souls Unitarian Church Washington has been chosen by a Senate resolution to serve as chaplain until further orders, succeeding the late Rev Edward Everett Hale. Colorado Republicans form a Washington state club to back party members in the capital, with Joseph Williams as president and Robert R Davison secretary. On Flag Day at Fort Myer a 21 gun salute accompanied a Key portrait raised in a Washington house. Four hundred schoolchildren sang as the flag rose. Secretary Ballinger reprimanded western Indian agency officers for allowing sick children to work on Rocky Ford sugar beets.
President Taft remains optimistic about the proposed two percent tax on net earnings for corporations. Senators visiting the White House warn the plan could extend Senate sessions beyond August. Attorney General Wickersham and Senator Root draft the law while issues of constitutionality are weighed against Supreme Court precedents.
President Taft, addressing nearly 200 graduates from two local colored high schools and the colored normal school, said the white and colored races in the South are growing closer each year. He dismissed extremists and linked labor efficiency to regional industrial progress.
Senator Guggenheim recommended A V Bobp for Leadville postmaster. Judge Cavender national committeeman for Colorado and Lake County Chairman Fahne stock supported the appointment, ending a months long controversy.
Representative Martin Monday introduced a House resolution similar to a Senate measure to establish pensionable status for the Third Colorado Volunteer Cavalry.
The city prepares a half holiday for the opening of the $1,000,000 baseball grounds presented by Barney Dreyfuss, president of the Pittsburgh Baseball Club. Dedication set for June 20 aims to make history in local baseball as business houses close early for the event.
Washington reports that old works outsell new ones over decades with Shakespeare and the Bible leading. Irving’s publications remain profitable long after his death, with "Rip Van Winkle" and "David Copperfield" cited among enduring best sellers. Also noted are calls to marry off American women to men in the Philippines and a Japanese currency reform study for China.
Reading Pa reports on Julius Wagner who houses bees on a Never Sink Mountain garret, detailing hive life, swarming prevention, queen bee breeding, and shipping methods. It explains queen longevity and egg production, bee value, and care to keep Italian bees pure. It notes typical colony yields and labor arrangements for long journeys and shipping conditions.
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