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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
6
The Montreal Gazette notes calls in Canada for a million dollar parliamentary vote to promote war tying machines and a gift of a battleship to Britain as part of empire defense. The piece also critiques fashion’s hat trends and reports a record March for New York imports signaling rising industrial activity and employment.
A chorus of calls for drastic traffic measures follows a week in which three children were fatally struck by speeding cars in Brooklyn. The piece argues the public must force stronger speed limits to curb motorists menace and safeguard communities.
Lincoln Neb votes to go dry in city election on the 4th Inst Don L Love Republican wins mayoralty. Conviction of James Boyle in Mercer Pa for kidnapping “Billy” Whitla following a short trial. Denver mint receives $50 million in gold and silver from San Francisco.
A monument to Jules Verne was unveiled in Amiens on the 6th inst. The famed author died there on March 24, 1905. Meanwhile international news notes the American cruiser North Carolina leaving Gibraltar for Alexandretta to protect American interests. King Edward attended a Paris music hall show incognito. In Pittsburgh, seven people were fined and imprisoned for bribery and conspiracy in municipal graft cases. A Polish operative Vitkoff attempted to kill M. ve Kottom, chief of the secret police, in Paris.
The first wireless message between New York and Chicago was sent on January 3 by the New York Times to the Chicago Tribune. The report covers aviation patents, pension costs at Pennsylvania railroads, and a London lead market pool. Also noted are a mint theft arrest in New Orleans and Chicago Alton stokers upgrades.
Washington reports include Taft telling Senator Borah a westward trip may include Idaho en route to Seattle. Senate fixes lead ore duty at 10 cents a pound under the Dingey law. Atwell Cross, 69, leaves Washington to walk to Denver aiming for Christmas.
Mrs. Patrick Carrol of Cheyenne and Laramie died in Cheyenne on the 4th at eighty four. Rawlins administration in control of city affairs since the 6th. One Republican alderman remains. C W Williams collects data for State of Wyoming biennial. W E French jailed in Cheyenne for horse theft in Montana. First municipally owned automobile delivered to Mayor Cook for water works inspections. Poll tax reform directs funds to street work. Trial set for Posey Ryan in murder case. Sheep losses from late storm reported in Watrona County. Mondell homestead lands opened. nearly 3,000,000 acres available for settlement. Elk starvation in Green River Big Bend area. local mortality around ten percent. Cheyenne seeks waterworks bids and Round Top reservoir construction costing about 1,060,000. Diamond and opal purse found under Frontier Park grandstand worth around 1265. W B Sleeper injured in wagon accident near Cody. improving slowly. Park County vs Big Horn County injunction dissolves. Park plans to form county. Tallmadge Buntin to acquire large Laramie river tract. Lake Hattle to be a reservoir. land reclamation via Pioneer Canal. State Geologist Hall acted for Jamestown area.
A. A. Perkins of Granbury Hood County Texas reports years of severe kidney trouble and disordered function followed by relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He previously publicized the remedy and now reiterates his endorsement. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A father greets his returning son amid the arrival of summer boarders at the family farm. The scene contrasts the prodigal son’s homecoming with the bustling, evolving life on the rural property.
An old newspaper ad promotes Murine Eye Remedy claiming relief for red itchy watery eyes and eye pain. It cites a New York City census showing many children needing eye care and asserts the product is non dangerous and prepared by experienced physicians. The ad urges trying Murine for babies and offers free eye books from The Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
A humorous exchange features a colonel boasting of a fertile Texas country with dense forests and exceptionally large deer. When pressed about how deer fit their antlers between the trees, the colonel asserts it is simply their business.
A female heifer was picked up by a fender at Third and Jersey streets. The conductor filed a report to Superintendent Edward Howell noting the animal was carriled along a short distance then rolled off and ran away without uttering a sound.
A speaker recounts an incident where a Walters hired for parties approached a singing guest during a performance and insisted she take salad and punch, forcing her to pause the song. The remark calls for better training of Walters in handling guests.
A wry exchange traces a joke’s fate from newspaper gags to stage, then to theatrical programs. The joke outlives newspapers by living in performance and even in cloakrooms, where it remains honored for years.
After childhood use of laxatives and cathartics, a patient with lifelong constipation found relief in Grape-Nuts. A physician noted partial paralysis of digestive muscles, and many remedies failed until the self-digesting food aided digestion within days.
President Taft sent a special message to Congress urging amendments to the Foraker act governing Porto Rico. He cites a gravity situation as the Legislative Assembly failed to pass annual appropriations, risking island government after June 20. He proposes restricting appropriation power and clarifying executive council versus assembly authority, with precedents from the Philippines and Hawaii.
Mrs Mary Robinson and Nathaniel Roy, elderly Paint Rock district residents in Worland Wyoming, died from blood poisoning after bed ticks embedded in their flesh. Medical aid arrived too late as fear spread over further tick attacks in the county.
A fragment notes early use of mercury in treating tuberculosis at Las Animas Colorado naval hospital. The report mentions Dr B L rant and initial statistics on cases and outcomes during the program.
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