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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
2
President Taft gives assurances to President Gomez denying U.S. intervention in Cuba. The statement stresses noninvolvement in Cuban affairs and aims to reassure Cuban leadership amid regional tensions.
Havana cable exchange between President Gomez and President Taft yields a clearer U S stance on Cuba administration. Taft assures intervention would be preventive only, Gomez thanks Washington and pledges to protect American lives and property without deploying forces unless necessary by mutual agreement.
The government plans to dispose of 01, 000 acres on the Shoshone reservation to white settlers. Irrigation works were completed years ago, but Indians are too indolent to use them, so the land will be leased or sold to non native settlers rather than kept for native use.
Mount Vernon N Y Justice Keogh delays the sanity hearing for Worry K Thaw scheduled for June 4 to fall. Ex-District Attorney William T Jerom hired by the State Attorney General to contest the writ of habeas corpus caused the postponement.
A general conference vote would require Methodist Episcopal bishops to retire near age 73. The rule aims to standardize retirement timing across the denomination’s leadership. The plan, discussed at the quadrennial session, would affect bishops by setting a near seventy third birthday retirement trigger.
San Francisco graft exposé sparks wake of political scandal while unrelated calamities unfold. A tyro list notes a pending Jeter Mountain road convention at Logan June 12 to 15, a man burned in Tyler after confessing to assault, and several fatal accidents in Utah and California. Reports describe bank robbery in China and widespread wheat crop abandonment. The Yorktown gunboat is retired, grasshopper swarms threaten Barstow farms, and a state probate judge pursues reelection. Mount McKinley climbers reach the summit, Kennecott rail access confirms great Copper River ascent.
Boston boxing saw Jimmy Waleh and Johnny Kilbane draw after twelve rounds in a featherweight tilt at the Boston arena. Frank Piper was KO'd in one round by George Koga in a separate bout. In aviation news, the French dirigible Chw mbent Bay and UL set a new altitude record near Paris reaching 9 514 feet with 1 0 passengers aboard.
A regional assembly chose Randell and Mrowseart of Loulaiana for the United States Senate. Senator Crane of Massachusetts declined re election. The piece also reports wartime strikes, Cuban unrest, Mexican battles, and various U.S. political and social notes from the period.
Senate debates Lorimer light on minutes as the U S transport Myralrne ships a marine regiment to Guantanamo Cuba amid warned danger to Americans. Reports of graft and a controversial emergency appropriation of 2010000 sparks party clash. vote shows friction over federal judges terms and allied corruption allegations.
Readable market list shows cattle and hog quotes with prices for cows, heifers, veal calves, feeders, and stockers. Includes grain and forage rates by region and assorted egg and poultry figures. notes prices paid by Denver jobbers and regional hay and straw values.
Market notes on butter eggs flax coffee and wool price signals across cities. Includes butter creamery firsts seconds packing rates, flax directions for May July, coffee futures near 10.60 per hundredweight and wool in St Louis with varying grades. Cheese irregular in New York market and sugar price references noted.
A fragmented ad from New York showcases poultry offerings with mentions of turkey weights and route delivery. The readable text suggests fresh fowl and related items, though several words are garbled.
Fragmentary text refers to metal prices in New York markets, mentioning copper and electrolytes with garbled figures and stray terms. The readable content hints at metal trade activity but lacks clear details or outcomes.
A jumble of Wyoming items reports new telephone service in Laramie Sheridan water main work a baseball club in Laramie and spring wheat growth. court cases road work alfalfa exhibits bank plans street improvements rail construction and civil service exams appear with cattle imports and memorials at Laramie.
A ticket wagon for a four circus was robbed of 1700 dollars in Rock Springs. The thieves arrived soon after show start, took all proceeds, and fled into the mountains. Separate reports note Burlington railroad activity and oil field leasing in Casper and Salt Creek regions fueling speculation of new lines and development.
Washington agencies inform Senator Warren that the Fort Laramie south unit near the North Platte Wyoming land will receive irrigation. A land-water pledge of 0.5 percent from private holdings is required to share costs, covering about 107 000 acres across Wyoming and Nebraska with an estimated 6.5 million dollars in construction. The plan follows reclamation practice, with funds to start once secretary orders issued.
Kawlion Joseph Beng was executed by hanging at the penitentiary at daybreak on May 4 for the murder of William Lloyd in Evanston. The warden announced the death as a lawful penalty and noted the event followed long deliberation and prior talks with the condemned.
A mother recounts her three week old son's eczema and subsequent boils. She abandons a physician’s treatment after three months, finds rapid improvement with Cure Cure Soap and Ointment, and reports full recovery by seven months. The note credits the Cure Cure remedies with relief and healing during teething.
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