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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
2
A jumble of 1900s era observations spans cheaper straw hats by next November to gender roles in Abyssinia. Notes on mining politics, graft in San Francisco, onion markets, and curious quips about earthquakes, naval power, and the rising presence of women in heavy labor. Ends mid-sentence with American travelers in Europe.
Edward Payson Weston travels Utah sidewalks while Bryan and Helen Berger wed in Colorado. National Educational Association meets in Denver July 6 9. Endurance race Denver to Mexico City looms. Supreme Court Travelers plan protest parcels post. Missouri centenarian dies in Smithton aged 112. St Louis man dies from injuries in Denver. Thunderstorm kills Perry Iowa resident. Webbers drown with horses in Columbia River. Woodruff returns to Colorado for legal probes. Downieville stage robbery and earlier heist history recounted. NY detectives pull confession in Elsie Bigel case. Abdul Hamid deposits in German bank total 21.5 million dollars. A murder suspect shot resisting arrest in Maryland. Mexico faces cattle losses from ticks and drought. Russian senate indicts Nikitin for forest plunder. American youth teeth study reveals widespread decay. Roosevelt expedition team reported healthy on Solket plain. Roosevelt party travels Europe and Africa. Ethel Roosevelt to benefit. Lion shot by Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt. Electricity revives Remillard after declared dead. Pittsburgh broker Richardson sentenced for conspiracy. Panama Canal leagues play baseball. Roosevelt family plans continental summer. Silver found near Fort Mifflin in Delaware river. New Free Speech League forms in New York with Darrow linking western chapters. Earthquake shocks hit Grass Valley Nevada City Marysville Chico Colfax. Queen Victoria of Spain gives birth to princess June 23. Princess joins Alfonso and Jaime as royal heirs.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, landed in London on June 27 and was greeted by David J. Shackleton and James A. Sedden of Parliament along with other labor figures. Mrs. Pell and her father, relatives of Mrs. John L. McNeill of Denver, have purchased and begun restoring Fort Ticonderoga. Sugar planters report over 100 Filipino workers heading to Hawaii to displace Japanese laborers, with more Filipinos seeking similar positions. Emperor William reportedly will not let Chancellor von Buelow resign until financial reforms are settled. Judge Wilson in Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court issued a decision.
Senator Guggenheim proposed to place manganiferous ore on the same tariff rate as iron ore and the idea was adopted by the Senate finance committee. Leadville is the major producer, with output estimated around 3,000,000 tons to date. Secretary Ballinger supports related government actions to address indebtedness and reclamation issues pending further steps.
A Cheyenne dispatch from June 24 reports Industrial club committee members Carey Randall and Cosgriff met Colorado & Southern vice president Parker in Denver but not Union Pacific superintendent Park. The Utah rumor ties Cheyenne franchise battles to UP shifts, with talks of a joint track and UP granting access to lines. Also noted are local coal mine deals, dam construction at La Prete reservoir, and a Cheyenne wedding.
Cheyenne dispatch reports the sixth annual convention of the Federation of Women's Club of Colorado and Wyoming closed with a wrangle over officers. The old officers retained power after a split, art prizes were awarded to Denver, Colorado Springs, and The Self Improvement club, and the next gathering is set for Colorado Springs.
Burlington confirms plans to extend south from Kirby to Shoal to join Chicago & Northwestern at Shoal or parallel to Orin Junction if no traffic deal is made. A fire endangered Fort Russell’s new hospital on June 23 but military fire crews prevented damage.
A Sunday meeting between the grocer's clerk and the deacon's son prompts a joke about the father's poultry scheme. The father claims to be practicing new chicken-raising methods, but he starts with eggplant, following the books' advice to beginners to buy adult fowls.
A boy asks why his neighbor father wheezes, while a girl hints at inside mans playing as the cause in a Puck cartoon style exchange reflecting asthma humor.
The text presents garbled lines referencing marriage, a product label, and a casual warning about an elevator boy. It reads as incomplete notes or an OCR error with scattered phrases about life, soothing remedy, and a promotional remark, lacking a coherent report or clear event.
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