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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
7
On the steamer Arklam the mate schemes to pass off a deaf captain as dead in Chicago to fool Miss Antrim in Buffalo. Brundage agrees to a payoff and a phony death, with the crew planning the ruse to secure the promised money.
Polly Antrim discovers Jim Brundage’s disguise as Captain Chester and exposes his deception aboard the Arkham. She forces Brundage to reveal a bank loan of 250 dollars for their Chicago house, while Mr Prout pries and plots amid the shipboard farce and looming exposure in port.
General appointment names James Evelyn Pilcher as Director General. The editor of tary is noted in the same notice. Pilcher assumes leadership role amid administrative changes and policy shifts at the agency.
Former Arkansas Senator James A Jones died at his Washington home at 6 30 pm aged 69 He was a long time Democratic leader and Bryan ally serving in the Senate from 1885 to 1903 He led Bryan campaigns in 1896 1900 and chaired the Democratic national committee He is survived by his wife and three children and will be buried in Washington D C
The currency commission appointed by Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon held its first meeting and elected Senator Aldrich as chairman and Representative Vreeland as vice chairman. The eighteen members agreed the body would operate for three to four years and pursue wide investigations into domestic and European finance. A six member committee including Aldrich Hale and Teller and Vreeland Burton was formed to draft action plans, meeting in New York mid June and proposing a full commission meeting at a New England seaside resort around July 15.
In Great Falls Montana four youths led by 15 year old Harry Rheams and including Albert Hatch aged five William Rangyl seven and George Cronwell sixteen confess to the Saturday night northbound Great Northern train holdup at the stockyards a mile and a half from town A fifth youth admits planning but did not participate and is also jailed The quartet confess to police and await further action.
An angry Detroit resident confronted the trolley superintendent demanding compensation after his wife’s dress was torn when a conductor stepped on it. He brandished a cloth piece as proof and urged the company to match the material. The exchange is reported with a blend of humor.
In the Baltimore American, Mr Sinic notes three people walking together, describing one somnambulist one pentaceremae and one plagiarist. Mrs Getup questions their identities, remarking on the surprising crowd of brainy individuals.
A father recalls starting coffee as a child and suffering nervous spells until he switched to Postum. He describes early coffee habits at meals, attempts to substitute with roasted grains, and how Postum eventually replaced coffee for him and his wife. The narrative warns parents about caffeine’s effects on children and daily nervous energy.
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