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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
4
Casper officials report new starters in an additional race as part of Friday events in Natrona County Wyoming. The terse item notes local racing activity expanding with the day’s program.
The piece notes a $1,500,000 Nippon Exposition house appropriation as a peace offering to Japan and mentions congress preparing tariff data. It also cites cotton fabric price drops, supplier cuts, and packer-driven price swings from hogs to cattle, highlighting market manipulation and political maneuvering.
President Millard of the Omaha National Bank says bankers will loan 60 to 70 percent of wool value stored locally. They will arrange with rural banks to advance funds to release mortgages so wool can be shipped to Omaha. The bank would lend up to eight million dollars on solid wool security and exclude speculation.
The fragmentary column recalls Colton Wilde as Fort Laramie’s surviving commandant, notes on Douglas youths and rain, Wyoming’s growing herds, and a Glenrock girl’s letter. It recounts a Denver excursion wreck involving two Hebrew families, with comic dialogue and local cafe misadventures at Kabis’ place on 16th Street.
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