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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
6
The Hartford Courant notes debate over American naval presence in Asia Minor and Persia, praising U S ships at home while criticizing abstention abroad. It recalls Homer Baskerville, a missionary killed amid revolution, and condemns foreign intervention. The piece critiques press chivalry, notes disarmament trends, and dismisses lavish transatlantic steamer gardening and shifting social norms, including women in polo and overalls on roads.
A digest of diverse incidents from Williston to Waukesha includes a wedding of J G Stroud and Misa Ma bel Severance, jewel thefts on the steamer Manchuria, a church shooting in Bay Settlement, and a rash of political and social happenings from Chicago to Spokane. Also noted are market leadership shifts, a fire at Presque Isle, and scientific and cultural milestones.
President Alfonso Penna of Brazil dies in Rio de Janeiro on the 14th Inst. Rev Edward Everett Hale, Senate chaplain, dies at his Roxbury home on the 10th Inst. Cavilla of Honduras sees his cabinet resign or be dismissed on June 6. Japanese government buys 2,260,000 in gold ingots from San Francisco Mint to bolster reserve notes. John J Kouitz, former G A R national commander, dies in Toledo on the 14th Inst. Ten thousand New York City public school children face health screenings to test claims of widespread alcohol habit among pupils.
Washington dispatches report the Post Office Department seek a better postal card formula by chemists at the Agriculture Department. Delegate Wickersham of Alaska proposes a territorial government with Juneau as capi tal and Russian subjects resident in Alaska before 1867 to be citizens. The first assembly election is planned for November 1910. Additional items include proposals to inspect mines and a finance amendment amid party disputes.
The Denver markets report cattle prices for beef steers, cows, calves, hogs, and sheep with hay fed, pulp and grain fed, and market variations. Grain items include wheat, rye, oats, corn, bran, and hay by the hundredweight or ton with specific price points.
Gov. Edwin L. Norris of Montana president of the Dry Farming Congress reports broad western gubernatorial backing for the event to be held October 26-28 in Billings with the Second International Exposition of Dry Farm Products October 25-29. Ten governors have accepted invites to attend or send representatives.
An old report notes rye pasture causes off flavor milk if cows graze all day. It states a state engineer inspector will be assigned to inspect dam construction in Colorado, with the law granting the authority to hire inspectors.
While plowing at his Granger area ranch, Martin Wilson unearthed a tiny gold coin from 1853, its bright condition suggesting it was dropped by a hunter or trapper. Nearby, gypsum deposits seven miles from Greybull attract an Eastern company planning development and a stucco lime cement plant. Union Pacific began daily freight on June 13 over the Borle cut-off between here and Denver, with passenger service expected later. distance to Denver is 154 miles.
A overheard exchange at a hotel table hints at a mystery solved as Roy Bates is killed at the Superior oak mine near Rock Springs. The report notes he was struck in a brutal manner, with the incident described in restrained terms suited to a local remembrance.
A massive boiler exploded at the Denver Gas and Electric Company power plant on Sixth and Lawrence Streets killing four people and injuring several others. The blast shut off city power, damaged dynamos and machinery, and left Denver in darkness until borrowed power was obtained. The tragedy also claimed a five year old bystander and caused extensive structural damage throughout the plant.
A Tuesday night boiler explosion at the electric light plant in Denver leaves several dead and many injured. The dead include chief engineer Herman Lischner and firemen Lawrence J. Sexton Peter Lewis Joseph Perry aged five. Injured at County Hospital are Alfred Moreno Louie Zito with severe injuries and not expected to live. At Mercy Hospital Michael Lenihan and William Cless badly burned but with some recovery chance. At home William Plue Louis Casso Anna Devaky Marle McCormack Thomas McCormack also injured or injured by falling bricks or steam.
In New York on Tuesday at the trial of Broughton Brandenburg Mrs Cleveland testified on the witness stand that the signature of Grover Cleveland on the disputed article was forged.
Federal grand jury indicts F. Augustus Helnse head of United Copper Company his brother Arthur F Helnse and Sanford Robinson lawyer for conspiring to obstruct justice by removing company books and hindering federal authorities. The indictment cites attempts to transfer books and interfere with the United States in the performance of their duties.
An old style testimonial for E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claims backache relief by addressing root causes. It urges women to write for free information and lists Lynn Massachusetts as a source while mentioning widespread health restoration.
A humor sketch shows a clergyman asking what his father would say if Willie dug for worms on Sunday. Willie replies he doesn’t know what his father would say about worm digging but knows what he’d say if Willie didn’t dig. The joke ends with the father figure fishing nearby.
Probate Judge Schoch began a ceremony but a man burst in with a prank, offering each of the bride and groom an apple, a Grimes Golden, as the scene startled the couple and onlookers at the Shawnee county Court House.
Dr William Osler says tuberculosis may not be fully eradicated yet. He notes the disease is deeply entrenched in humanity and hard to eliminate, but cites dramatic mortality declines in many places as proof that progress is possible and hopes remain high.
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