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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
6
A collage of curiosities covers wireless marvels and Mars fantasies, U S finance, horse values, liquor cures for snake bites, and stage gossip. It notes Marconi praise, Rome newspaper praise for Messina sailors, and a Gibraltar consul with three generations in the post, with rumors of counterfeit art and an elephant incident in New York.
The piece debates whether Menelik, Abyssinia's head dar kulser speaker, is dead and suggests asking him directly. It notes progress in YMCA ventures and a broader push for cooperative work among Christian denominations. It reflects on telegraphy advances and lingering fears about modern progress versus moral decline.
Seasonal warnings stress that rivers are unsafe in places and skaters must test ice carefully. Officials urge caution on thinning patches and unseen hazards before venturing onto potentially unsafe surfaces.
In late dispatches reports span varied topics from an anti lobby bill in Kansas to a Nebraska House vote on capital punishment abolition. The Illinois Central wreck near Murphysboro kills three and injures thirty six while other items note Apache chief Jeronimo’s death, Michigan’s president Angell resignation, and a Kansas suffrage defeat with 300 women in galleries.
The State Land Commissioner of Wyoming will distribute 7 000 acres of irrigated land at Cooper Lake near Laramie and Denver on the Union Pacific main line. Price 60 cents per acre with Oldest Reservoir and direct water rights, 5 dollars per acre cash and 3 dollars per acre annually for ten years. Free trip and two town lots to applicants before May 1. Tallmadge Duntin Land Co agents Chicago.
Rear Admiral James G. Green U S N retired died at Edin ton North Carolina age sixty eight. Louis Tewanini Carlisle Indian won the Young Men's Gymnastic Club twenty mile Marathon in 3 10 06 at New Orleans. Shaa Es Sal taneh Shah of Persia kidnapped for ransom near Resht. Baseball leagues prepare winter camps. Chicago AL to Los Angeles training. South Carolina bill bans publishing names of assault victims. Roosevelt plan to Naples end of March and visit to East Africa Italy. Rep Samuel W McCall urges Dartmouth trustees pending fusion dispatch.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt will not make any more appointments during his current term. The piece also notes Senate action on the Mondell Smoot bill and other federal matters in progress.
A young American writes two letters to his laundress and his sweetheart then sends them with the wrong addresses by accident. The laundress is invited for a ride, while the sweetheart reads a sharp shirt bosom threat and vows not to speak to him again.
A playful exchange has Jeanette teased about radiating happiness beauty and wisdom. The young suitor compliments her then the punchline arises when she is called a radia tor, prompting amused reaction.
A quoted exchange where a patient describes a small palm-sized spot under the left shoulder blade and a doctor minimizes concern noting it is not worth checking unless it enlarges to about the size of a two dollar bill.
A Nebraska woman extols Grape-Nuts as the most palatable, economical, and nourishing breakfast. She says seven years of use, preference over others, and improvements after quitting tea and coffee with Postum. Her two children and doctor Dille are noted as benefiting from Grape-Nuts during illness.
Centenary reflections outline Chopin born March 1 1809 in Zelazowa Wola Poland. The article praises his piano mastery and unique artistry noting limited but superb works including etudes mazurkas polonaises nocturnes and concertos and recounts his early education travel to Paris and famous romance with George Sand ending in 1847 after a long illness.
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