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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1910
Page
9
A renewed clash over freight handling erupts as a commission renews limits on control. The dispute centers on power boundaries and regulatory scope, with industry and labor factions weighing implications for operations and pricing.
Chicago 1908 context. After two years of lower freight rates won by Western shippers, railroads plan to revert to previous levels as Interstate Commerce Commission control nears expiry. Supreme Court rulings favored shippers, but railroads seek a new review to reset rates across the Missouri river region.
London edition reports rumors of a Madrid uprising in official circles. The dispatch links anger over the government’s plan to a Moroccan expedition and a demand for a $1,000,000 war indemnity, reflecting widespread discontent.
Mounted policemen arrested about twenty striking garment workers but were confronted by well known club and society women who produced engraved calling cards at police stations as substitutes for bail. A score of these women were taken into custody and released after ID checks, leaving police confused by the display.
Seattle food officials petitioned the Superior Court for an order to destroy a ton of turkeys and other foods stored in cold storage after testing showed 189 million bacteria per gram in the turkeys and moldy meat in storage warehouses.
Corneline Will Still Fly High in New York as Cornelus wrangertilt becomes the first American to test a motor car aeroplane with Mr Vanderbilt aboard. The Moet eariling ride marked the longest passenger flight yet, piloted by Op ville Wright Ninieelf and others from the Wright company to educate staff in light aircraft operations.
A government designed car built for coal mining regions left Chicago for Trinidad on Tuesday and is to be stationed there permanently. It is expected to arrive in Denver on Thursday. DC M Kiebach, 107, was arrested for producing liquor on a tribal reservation.
Buyers from the East arrive as Holyoke Colorado showcases estate lands and farm products. The event features displays and ads highlighting land sections and attractive offerings at the Interstate fair setting.
A California federation investigates the Los Angeles Times blast as a gas cause. A state constitutional vote on a woman suffrage amendment faces invalidation. Cotton prospects around Garfield show 610000 dollars in value. a Mecap valley experiment notes a BucceRR. A Paducah night event ends with a vagrant Edwin A. Brown claiming identity amid lodging needs. Kansas City infantile paralysis signals may spread via demetic antioate. Colorado Day at the Chicago exposition will publicize irrigation gains and settler opportunities with talks by Stevens Adams and others.
President Taft names William H. Lewis the first colored man to hold a top executive branch post in U S history. The account notes his prior work as a prosecutor in Howton and marks the historic breakthrough at the nation’s highest legal office.
The article notes a Baltimore aviation meet with events including the Mirh La cup and Barry homtdroy as well as remarks on free speech during trial. It mentions a Supreme Court ruling upholding limits on reading papers during murder trials and references the duke of Verague of Spain with historical notes.
Senator Elihu Root warned in New York that Taft would face a crushing defeat if the Democratic victory alters national mood. He said Taft’s prospects depend on party unity and cautioned against a shift toward Roosevelt or the reform faction amid 1912 political tensions.
The report mentions Yuet Mahmowt, the Torkel wrestler, forfeited for appearance against Zhyreko or George Hachenschmidt. It records Maurice Tatwteau breaking aviation time and distance records with a flight of 259 miles, a $4,000 prize, and notes Olesinger’s 204 miles in five hours three minutes. It also describes July Leh’s “baby” Weight roadster at Ler mont park attaining a height of 714 feet, surpassing a previous record by 252 feet with a 10 hp engine.
Reports from Washington reveal a general strike threat across the country as a 250 man lockout by the Chicago Elevator Company nears. Labor unrest spans express firms in New York and consular notes show Britain expanding air export trade.
A Wyoming dispatch describes heightened election fever across the state with many men gathering in the Wind River area. It notes abundant game and plentiful deer while travelers report forty two gutfire camps on Buffalo Creek between the Wind River and Jackson Hole, equipped for an extended stay.
The University of Wyoming football star Loramie Murgene received a banner from Comed Drea for his role in the Denver and Colorado games. The banner features a large W in yellow with red letters on a brown background and honors his kicking feats for the team.
A court house meeting on Loramie discusses enlarging the water system and adding sewers. Large turnout by taxpayers favors authorizing 55 000 in bonds for water work and 15 000 for new sewers in southern, northern and western city areas. The group says bonds will likely be voted and action begun.
The Boysen dam powers an irrigation pumping system on the Big Hort river ten miles southwest of Shoshon to lift water thirty feet and reclaim 28 000 acres around Shoshon. The dam stands 35 feet high and 130 feet wide, with power house inside. Mines in the Mirddseye district benefited as power spreads. Ditches to irrigate 18 000 acres planned by April 1 1911. State land board withdrawn 15 080 acres for Carey act filings. 23 000 acres around Shoshon under general homestead act filed.
Archdeacon Dray aids the Republican state in establishing a shelter for homeless children in Laramie Wyoming. Trustees include Winhop Thomas and Mra Downey with John Symons as second vice president and Mra Grant as treasurer. The home cares for orphans and dependent children with support as possible and aims to provide homes when feasible. The large cathedral house is loaned rent free by the bishop and furnished in part.
Mrs C B White of Hulett a wife of an interior settement was jailed after her husband was found murdered in bed with a bullet wound. The case features conflicting testimony and the jury returned a verdict after deliberation though details remain unclear.
The column lists deaths, business plans, mining findings, accidents and local governance across Kemmerer, Riverton, Basin, Sheridan, and surrounding areas. It notes Rev. Coltman’s death, a wool scouring project, a big irrigation ditch, coal veins, a race-related shooting, a smallpox quarantine on the Wind River Reservation, a new Riverton rural telephone company, and a world-record oats yield near Sheridan. It also covers elk poaching, a bear-bearing traveler, and the formation of a Big Horn ladies club with an upcoming meeting.
A period piece presents Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble with customer testimony and pricing. The excerpt includes a self described case of weight loss and bladder gravel relief, plus a humorous aside about church schooling and a magazine quote.
A terse roadside talk erupts in a rustic exchange as one man claims he found nothing but his trousers after a hunt and another quips that revenge is better than greedy gratitude. The fragment hints at a country setting and a joke between Jack and Tom.
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