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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
7
A detailed account of the Assouan dam project, its height and gates, labor and costs, and the rising Nile threatening Philae and Nubian temples. It covers construction milestones from 1899 to 1902, the canal locks, and the anticipated damage to ancient monuments as water storage expands.
A mob of about 400 men gathered at the La Junta county jail demanding the transfer of Jim Lynn, the Pueblo murder suspect, and forced officers to search the jail. Lynn was not found. he is in Colorado Springs awaiting trial set for June 9. Sarah James and her mother Julia James are affected by the case as tensions rise in the Arkansas valley. Meanwhile a 400 delegate meeting in La Junta endorsed plans for a 16 million dollar Kansas Colorado Power and Railroad Company to connect valley towns with an interurban and reclaim land.
Autopsy on seven unidentified remains unearthed from Mrs. Gunness private burial ground shows one victim is a woman. The report rekindles interest in Emil Greening of Oklahoma City once employed by Gunness, tied to the disappearance of Jennie Olson in 1904.
In Hot Springs Arkansas a Southern Baptists report recounts missionaries in China facing calls to die amid famine. T. F. McRae notes America sent 750000 dollars for food distribution while critics said there are too many. China praised American help despite harsh remarks. Taft’s Shanghai reception drew vast crowds and a historic inclusion of women at public events.
Mrs. Emily B. Wood ley, reputedly the only regularly commissioned woman officer in the United States Army, is noted for her seven years as a nurse from Philadelphia. The piece credits her bravery and place among thirty five local women who enlisted as nurses.
Federal grand jury, before Judge Lewis, returns sixty five indictments. Notable cases include Yampa Live Stock Co for Megal Inclosure of Land and Franklin Barnes linked to timber theft. Other targets: Husted, Rutledge, Rausch, postmasters Avery and Yatz, and Pueblo’s Bence Branca in white slave trafficking. Haywood denounces courts and injunctions at Orchestra Hall after Idaho dynamite case.
Governors at the White House conference adopt a comprehensive plan to conserve natural resources. The report urges irrigation and drainage to reclaim arid lands, forest preservation, mineral use, waterway improvement, and cooperation between states and the federal government to ensure enduring national wealth.
A playful exchange features a bee asking why an antlered character does nothing. The response notes the antler as lazy, while hinting that a bee spends winter loafing, with an amused quip about the nature of winter activity.
A quip presents a boy named Pa asking what a philosopher is and a response that a philosopher is a man who never worries about money because he never has any. The quote is attributed to the Somerville Journal.
Witty quip exchanges about swallowing objects that help sleep and identify three pairs of glasses, followed by a joke about naming a machine as automobile or motorcar. The exchange uses playful banter to highlight misunderstandings and clever wordplay in a lighthearted column.
A New York physician's young wife teaching Sunday school to boys faces an odd request from Sammy Eastwood. After recounting Joseph and his coat, she asks for questions, and Sammy asks for a ride in her automobile, a detail noted in the New York Times record.
Mrs Isaac L Rice founder of the New York Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise asserts that qur Fourth will show grim figures and offer a sad commentary on human folly The June Century will publish her condemnation and safer observance suggestions Dr R O Deard of Minnesota will discuss pathological aspects of noise and an editorial will explore offenses.
In a witty exchange, Mrs. De Breeze from Chicago laments multiple divorces and wonders which husband’s name to resume. A friend suggests taking back her maiden name, prompting Mrs. De Breeze to joke about remembering it.
The Colorado and Southern announces Eldorado Springs is open for the season with low rates and convenient service. The resort features rugged mountains, canyons, Harman Falls, crisy stairways, warm swimming pools, and the New Eldorado hotel ready for guests. Sunday dinners offered.
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