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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1914
Page
10
A detailed portrait of Eskimo life from prayer to trade with white traders. It describes their nomadic culture, harsh winters, and skills building snow houses, hauling sleds, and enduring months of scarce food. The text contrasts traditional life with the impact of civilization and fur trading.
A reflective piece laments the loss of childhood in rural life as crowds and busy cities replace onetime simple days. It recalls sisters and children at play, gate visits, and sewing for family, contrasting past leisure with present urban bustle.
In a midnight derailment, a limited express derailed after braking to avoid a crash. Sparks flew as cars toppled from the rails and passengers searched wreckage for the injured. A slumbering porter was found among twisted iron as alarms rang.
Market quotes show mixed beef cattle prices with corn fed steers and cows and heifers offered at varied ranges. Also listed are feed costs for hay, alfalfa, and grains, plus regional prices for wheat, oats, corn, and agricultural products in Colorado and Nebraska.
Grain and price listings for Wheat and Rye with grade numbers and quoted percentages and prices. Timothy and Clover prices listed. Market text is fragmentary with several garbled items and missing details.
Auction notes show hogs, cattle and steer prices with ranges for calves cows and heifers dairy and range cattle. Values include figures like $8.85 for hogs and $7.40 for some steers, with various price bands across categories and origins.
Cotton prices quoted in New York show March at 12.18 and May at 11.08, with July at 11.88 and October at 11.60. Middling is 13.06 with a gull notations unclear.
Grain prices in Liverpool show wide variation with mentions of wheat and winter wheat futures. The report lists bid levels and contract months including July and March, with numbers indicating market activity and price quotes.
Midwest Refining Company forms by merging Midwest Oil Company and Franco Petroleum, with stockholders receiving $2 per $1 for Midwest shares and Franco holders getting $1.90 in Refining stock for each Franco preferred and $0.85 per Franco common. The deal consolidates operations in the Salt Creek field Casper Wyoming and transfers assets including $600,000 working capital. Extended holdings and contracts shift to the new entity, with $12,000,000 to Midwest Oil shareholders and $6,000,000 to Franco Petroleum for shares exchange.
Cheyenne State Examiner LC Nowlin completed a report on state and private banks in Wyoming under the January 16 1914 call for condition. Compared with last year deposits rose by over one million dollars and overall bank totals increased by 28200977 in the past year.
Thomas W. Gullick of Sheridan County, age 87, says he will be past 90 before he can prove up his homestead life estate. He explains he does not want to become a burden on his children as he begins a home nearly four score years after his life’s allotted span.
Cokeville grower P W Olson was called by a Salt Lake wool buyer who offered 17 cents for his 1914 clip. Olson refused and plans to hold his wool until shearing time unless a softer offer from Salt Lake comes in.
Burlington surveyors work across the Meld area heading toward the Bauwth Peo mining district and beyond to Idaho, testing route viability for an extension of the Northwestern Iron Lander to Idaho Villa Ampur, with Lander as a surveyed hub.
Condemned structure looms in Converse County as ground subsidence threatens the county court house. The building, standing on a ten year old foundation, is reported to be at risk of collapse and has been condemned. Estimated cost to repair or replace is noted around $90,000.
Six Morgen Perian and Wheatland Sis beories cremated in a barn fire at the Ranivh farm eight miles from Wheatland.
The Vermilion home of George Vermillion in Rawlina was burned to the ground causing total loss and extensive damages. Fire crews battled the blaze but the structure was destroyed with no immediate reports of injuries.
A petition was placed in circulation in Cheyenne urging Congress to lease oil and other minerals in the Wet to promote development and prevent retardation of progress.
Casper report notes Her teli Thomas a cowboy died from an accidental bullet wound while Ray and Phillips attempted to demonstrate a trick. The fragment references Casper and a shooting incident with unclear further details.
Fragmented text reports a crime case and a sheriff's action. Mentions M. Chamberte and an electrocuted figure. The throng's voice and references to the Wertdan Electrompany hint at a local public reaction to the verdict.
An old advertorial warns that kidney weakness causes back pain and nervous troubles and promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as the quick relief. It urges taking them at the first sign of backache or disturbed kidney secretions, claiming wide recommendation.
At a Washington dinner President Wilson asserted that commercial honesty has improved. He argued that cheating no longer excuses wrongdoing and warned that if some multi millionaires lost fortunes in the same manner they gained them, people would demand jail for the responsible party.
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims it cleanses the stomach liver and bowels, relieves feverishness, and restores energy, urging mothers to buy a 50 cent bottle with directions. The text also touches on traditional dancing in ancient Hindu and Persian scriptures as expressive art.
A Kingville Missouri resident describes an eighteen year battle with persistent ankle sores. After trying numerous remedies the patient found relief using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting complete healing within three months and no further trouble. The notice includes a testimonial signature from Mrs. Charles B. Brooke dated October 39, 1912.
A brief fragment shows Jones offering a quarter to Brown and Brown replying with a dollar to cover many haircuts. The exchange suggests a casual transaction or small monetary arrangement among friends.
Judge Jeremiah Neterer granted a permanent injunction for Centaur Company of New York against Stewart & Holmes Drug Company in Seattle for simulating Fletcher’s Castoria labels. The decree orders recall of goods on the infringing label and payment of costs and damages of 400 dollars. The label was first seen in Honolulu before tracing to Seattle. Seattle Times reports the ruling and damages in this Northwest case.
A tall, smug big man taunts a smaller man as he eats from a peanut sack. The big man boasts about using peanuts to fatten hogs where he comes from, prompting the smaller man to offer him a peanut.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming dandruff disappears within ten minutes of application and that hair stops shedding. It promises new fine hair after weeks and describes improved hair texture and luster, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle to prove the claim.
A newspaper reader recounts a street encounter where a citizen confronted a holdup man who mocked a dollar for a snack. The citizen asserts resolve and challenges the thief, declaring he will not back down.
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