Casper Press Highlights Flood Theories and School Tales
The Casper Press dismisses Cheyenne flood fears about Pathfinder dam as exaggerated while praising dam engineering. It notes Master Dick Bailey’s perfect school attendance despite measles and recalls local changes like Sunday reading rooms replacing saloons and ice cream parlors. It mentions commencement week plans, a new Douglas editor, and an upcoming solar eclipse with annular and total phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
John McDermott
Bill Barlow
John Steffen
Tiome
Missouri
Wyoming News Briefs From Table Top Mountain To Moffat Road
The report notes a shooting near A. H. Allen's sheep camp leaving George Davis wounded in the mouth but not fatally. A bridge at Piney near Kearney collapsed in last week’s flood, and a freighter named Taylor with horses and a heavy wagon escaped with life at risk. W. C. Kilpatrick & Brother won a contract to build 100 miles of railroad from Wamsutter to Craig in Routt county. Sheridan Rod and Gun Club accepted State Game Warden Nowlin’s elk offer. Howard Eaton named caretaker, animals sourced from Jackson Hole pending release. Tom Sun, famed scout and trapper, died in Denver after sixty years in Wyoming, once aided by Sir John Reid near Independence Rock and Devil’s Gate, later a Masonic, Knight Templar, and Shriner member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. ‘Allen
Table Top Mountain
Baggs
George Sides
Nee
George Davis
Kearney
Taylor
Wamsutter
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Craig
Routt County
Steamboat Springs
W. C. Kilpatrick & Brother
Union Pacific Contractors of
Omaha
Nowlin
Sheridan
Big Horn Mountains
Howard Eaton
Jackson Hole
Tom Sun
Denver
Wyoming
Dakota
American Fur Company
Sun
Sir John Reid
Devil's Gate
Independence Rock
Old Overland Trail
Masonic
Knight Templar
Shriner
Local News Briefs Include Church Services and Property Ads
Assistant Superintendent J Leppla of the Northwestern visited on business. Two Catholic masses are set next Sunday at 9 and 10 am. Real estate ads list four room house corner lot 2000 and three room 1000, both for 2000 by E R Shipp. Various residents and visitors are noted, with civic and business updates, including a court hearing involving John Clark and Robert Shrap and a rape case against W Welsh awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clark
Robert Shrap
Wm. Clark
Mr. Shrap
Also Mentioned on This Page
Casper Press
Thé Press Company
H. J. Peterson
Casper
Wyo
Pathfinder
Ita
Chicago
Dickey Bailey
Dickey
The
State University
Thermopolis
Lin I. Noble
Basin
Bain Wagone
Clark Buggies
Marks Bros. Saddles
Wolton Commercial Co
Millett
W. B. Millett
Supt
J. Leppla
Northwestern
E. R. Shipp
Marlon Nicolaysen
Brownell Hall
B. B. Brooks
Mesdames R. D. Campbell
Jas. Grieve
Makoma
Mesdames Morgan and
Blackmore
Geo. Metcalf
Déiglas
Jesse Davis
H. TR. Lathrop
Dean
John Beal
Powder River
Robert Taylor
Dr. Dunshee
Davenport
Iowa
John Daly
Don Lobdell
Medical Association
Rock Rapids
Messrs
Dalton
Frances Flannigan
Council Bluffs
Emmetsburg
Gertrude Lindsey
Kansas City
W.''J. Lindsay
Montana
Yellowstone
Villers
Kingston
Ontario
J. M. Wilson
B. J. Erwin
W. F. Hamilton
Rey, McCullough
Isle-of-Pines
Miss Kemp
Douglas Hospital
Douglas Enterprise
Wm. Welsh
Sheffner
W. H. Smith
Salt Creek
Grand Central Hotel
Clemons & Son
Plaster
R. M. Stevens
Shelton & North
Casper Lumber Co, Bldg
A. J. Huskey
Nettleton Shoes
Cunningham Co
Wilson Bros Ties
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