Casper Mountain asbestos plants eager to start
Casper residents are urged to back four firms forming to mine and fiberize asbestos on Casper Mountain. The area covers about 2 500 acres with veins up to twelve inches found in 50 foot shafts. Local stockholders and the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Co. back plans to install fiberizing plants, boosting shipments to Omaha Denver and Chicago, and promising large local employment and dividends.
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United States Asbestos Mining and Fiberizing Co
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A Vagary of Election in Casper
An amusing city election vignette shows candidates vying for female votes by modern transport. A Casper resident seizes a gasoline buggy ride to the polls, but a courteous driver in a car urges her to ride his machine instead, illustrating election era gambits and feminine indecision.
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Citizen's Ticket A Clean Sweep in Casper Vote
Tuesday's election produced a decisive win for the Taxpayer's Ticket led by Mayor W S Kimball with council candidates T A Dean and W A Ford. The Citizens nominees Rohrbaugh Bayer and Daly trailed, while supporters urged unity to back a larger Casper government.
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W.S. Kimball
T. A. Dean
W. A. Ford
Dr. Rohrbaugh
G. H. Bayer
Tim Daly
Coucilmanic
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Woman Cast Ballot After Gentleman's Ride Proves Fast
A reader recounts a scene where a woman, after being treated to a ride in an automobile, proceeds to the polling place and votes. She states indifference to the candidate but enjoys the novelty of the ride before casting her ballot.
Cheyenne Passes on Sidewalk Standards Warped by City Leaders
A Cheyenne observer criticizes local sidewalk conditions and contrasts Casper as a premier sidewalk town. The speaker laments the unsafe, poor walks from Union Station to the Capitol, calling Cheyenne's pedestrian areas a disgrace while noting discussions around women voters and a quip about poles on election day.
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East salesman’s $10,000 baking powder pitch melts gold teeth
A.G. Wallace of Richards & Cunningham Co reports a fast talking salesman from the east delivered a $10,000 oration on a new baking powder. The man’s rapid speech cracked four gold teeth, yet Wallace stayed calm and unimpressed.
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A. L. Wallace
Richards & Cunningham Co
East
Wallace
Local Casper Memory Relives Family Hustle and Craft
A Casper man recalls his father using buckwheat cakes his mother baked as emery aids, reflecting an thrifty kitchen practice from a past era.
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No Fishing Sign Placed Over Puddle in Iva
After a dawn downpour in Iva a man posted a sign over a water puddle in front of the Cunningham store reading No fishing allowed. The notice appears to deter anglers from the flooded area caused by the rain.
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No Freight On This
During storms sand is delivered to your door cheaper in Douglas than anywhere else on earth. It would require something more potent than yeast to raise the mortgages on some of Wyoming's churches.
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