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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1914
Page
8
The readable fragment shows a vintage classifieds notice with garbled phrases about jobs and housing. It mentions a shop and possible earnings, rooming or boarding hints, and references to costs and payments, but the text is largely unreadable.
Local notices report Louis Rosenbaum and Clark Heck in the city for business. Various visitors include OC Caswell from Cambria and Dick Sennett at Thermopolis. Mrs Mary Kromk from Florence Colorado visits Casper with Francis Evans of Denver. Widwest Refining Co. superintend ent N. Wilson leaves for Leaver on business. Joe Barnett recovers from recent surgery and is about again.
The Neilson addition develops into a metropolitan suburban area as builders push several new residences. EB Carter nears completion of five houses while M J Claggett and James McDowell add more structures. Lt Nicholson finishes a greenhouse, plants garden crop, and plans irrigation with a well powered by an electric motor. Transmission poles for wires are set and await Burlington railroad crossing approval, after which electricity will light the streets.
The Wyoming Electric company adds a duplicate engine to its plant as a backup should the current unit fail. Geo W Stephenson and Lyons Atlas of Indianapolis supervise. Stephenson, after completing earlier work, then went to Pocatello for similar tasks. He hosted an all electric dinner at the power house with Dr R A Vaughn and guests Mrs Ad V Hamilton Miss Bettsy Stephen son P N Nunn Arthur Bleisach and W D McClellan.
Fires were lit in furnaces at the Standard Oil plant on Tuesday to test the stills and dry wall surfaces. The entire plant is expected to run within a week or ten days, with crude oil processing to begin then. Six large stills are complete and six more of the same size plus smaller ones will be built this summer. Canning plant construction will start soon, and continued refinery work is planned for months while operations continue.
L B Walden secured the contract to build the Presbyterian church and a two story bungalow manse at the corner of South Durbin street and Delware avenue. Ground breaking for the manse occurred Tuesday. Church construction will wait. the upper story will serve as worship space until the church is erected, while the pastor and family occupy the lower portion.
Casper semi pro manager Speedy Swift signs Speed Waurimont for first sack and Reckless Apgar for outfield. Waurimont and Agger impressed in city league last season.
H W Beagle from Salt Creek visited the city Monday. Mildred Harned visited friends in Shoshon. Tom Mills traveled to Lost Springs on business. Fairchild came from Lander for the bet of the week. M B Butler returned to Casper from Fremont Nebraska. J B Mosher and wife from Salt Oresk remained a while on the road. G B Jageus nicknamed Pelia from Des Moines due to a serious ailment.
Casper residents engage in business trips and new positions as J B Barnes Jr returns from Cheyenne and Denver and A P Bubb buys interests in Marty Rohrbaug to the Sanitary ice company. Local ads urge Nelson's addition lots, St Patrick festivities at the Coliseum, and promise new Kreuzer Theatre style commerce.
Mrs. M M Walker announces a new boarding house at 215 East 1st Avenue offering regular meals by day week or month. Residence lots on favorable terms available through Casper Townsite Company at Black 197. For sale second hand furniture and furnished room rentals also listed with phone numbers Red 125 and Black 197.
The record notes PoPo Agie No 10 Imper 0 with R M meeting on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. Visiting chiefs are invited. Printed by Wa Inckey, Sachein. Rew Science, 0. of Kt.
Natrona group Natrona Homestead Brotherhood Americaan Yeomen meets the first and third Thursdays each month. Visiting brothers welcome. Erwin Baxen serves as Foreman. Mus Jaanetee Moore is the Correspondent.
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