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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
3
The article praises turning prizes into practical gifts kept for daily use. It describes parasol cases, workbags, bodice cases, and purse prizes made from remnants of silk, brocade, and lace. Steps include lining, padding, trimming, and threading ribbons, with seasonal sewing efforts planned for summer and winter bridge prizes.
Ivory teething rings are not recommended as they harden the gum and hinder teeth. A soft rubber ring yielding to pressure is best for biting. When gums are hot and feverish, rub a piece of ice wrapped in a clean cloth on the gums for relief.
White net jabots edged in color become the trend with quarter inch stripes and hairline accents. Green 8 appears in single coats or skirts, demi-tollette toques and turbans in taffeta and tulle are favored, claret cloth salts pair with bate, taffeta parasols trim seaside wear, hats sit low yet plume the crown.
The thirty fourth annual commencement at Golden Colorado School of Mines honored fifty mining engineers with diplomas. Thomas F Walsh donated 2000 dollars split into two funds for rare mineral research and a student loan fund. Multiple graduates received E M and E Met degrees including William Revel Chedsey and Forrest Sloan Dunlevy. Prizes totaling hundreds of dollars were awarded for theses and projects. Governor Buchtel presented the general scholarship prize to two top students.
Col Edward Verdeckberg, removed by Governor Buchtel from command of Colorado National Guard, will challenge peremptory removal in quo warranto against Col Zeph T Hill. Controversy linked to Gen John Chase and Adjt Gen Sherman Bell. In London a militant suffrage protest in Downing Street required police clearance.
Dallas Texas endures a devastating flood after Trinity River overflow surpassing 1866 records. Four lives lost and thousands homeless as water inundates streets, water works down, and city order urged with patrols. Oklahoma reports six dead and widespread flood damage across multiple rivers.
The U S Senate approved thirty-seven treaties with minimal debate, highlighting arbitration as a global standard. Nations including Spain, Portugal, Uruguay and San Marino agreed on extradition terms, while naturalization pacts were made with Peru, El Salvador and Portugal. The action marks a diplomatic win and extends arbitration with Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark, among others from the Hague conference.
Plans for organizing the convention place major influence in the hands of U S senators and party leaders. Massachusetts senator Berpolar Lodge is slated as permanent chairman while Senator Burrows, of a neighboring state, is set to lead the convention committee. The evolving structure elevates legislative figures to the convention’s core leadership.
William Jackson and R T Hay completed a 2450 mile trek from Seattle to Chicago in ninety days winning fifteen hundred dollars from the Seattle Athletic Club. They started with five dollars, paid many bills on the road, and wore Mayer shoes that withstood the entire journey without a single ripped seam.
A tourist recalls Lawyer Hummel entertaining with sharp talk about the Lusitania. In a smoking room an argument erupts with a scarred German over education. The German boasts of his duel scars, the waiter interrupts with a quip about tapping a fresh barrel if guests delay stepping across.
A fragment sketches a weary gentleman offering to escort a woman home after a lovers quarrel. It juxtaposes moral musings on preparedness for knowledge with quotes about perception and hidden truths, echoing Emerson on ripened minds and unseen hinges.
A dialog from the Atlanta Constitution shows a farmer and a poet discussing a scenic prospect and a mule from a beer wagon dialect misunderstandings, capturing rural humor and regional speech in a brief newspaper exchange.
A physician cites daily meal questions and credits Grape-Nuts with alleviating malnutrition and heart palpitations after months of overwork. He reports restored sleep and normal stomach function using the cereal with cow’s milk, calling it a perfect food in a rational scientific feeding system.
A fragmented dialogue centers on perceptions of a woman’s ambitions. A debate unfolds about whether every woman aims to be an actress, with lines implying differing views on a wife’s talent and self-awareness. The exchange hints at social expectations and personal certainty.
Fragment from a period piece shows a character defending bargain sales as potentially irreligious while others quote the Bible. A humorous exchange follows about photography, the original, and whether to follow the kitchen clock or parlor clock as a matter of personal timing.
A new milkman Moe senses rain and remarks on it. the customer retorts with a curt reply. Moe storms off and kicks a lamp post in frustration.
A new barber begins business on an auspicious morning. The barber asks if the razor is fine, and the customer jokes that a visible wart would have gone unnoticed without the shave. The exchange ends with light humor and mutual good will.
A collection of humorous two line maxims about deception romance money and social behavior. It riffs on bluffs singing peers gardener fantasies about money and generosity highlighting caution in relationships and the risks of pride and luck in love and wealth.
A compact meditation on gender roles and social habits. The writer lampoons secrecy in relationships while warning against arrogance, suggesting men must lead or be led and noting how money, honesty, and appearances shape domestic life. The piece uses aphoristic lines about wealth, honesty, and happiness.
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