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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
6
A mishmash of editorial snippets, quips, and foreign affairs musings. mentions of Holland’s baby, King Edward, automobile racing, New York street safety, simplified school cooking, and naval praise for the battleship Connecticut.
A garbled note recalls a Philadelphia man on stage who assaulted someone in the audience while others discuss controversial stage devices used to draw light on opponents. The fragment mentions a chaotic scene and tense reaction among performers and spectators.
Fourth Dry Farming Congress set for Mines Montana from October 25 to 28. Fire destroys George West & Son winery in Stockton California. Priest Schnitter dies in Hastings Nebraska after claiming healing powers. Massacre reports from New Britain and Victoria show pirate attacks and loot. Political results North America San Francisco primary for district attorney favors Francis Henry.
Arrangements in New York aim to form the American Radium Institute to treat cancer and related diseases. Separately Cleveland plans an Aero club led by Glenn H. Curtiss to promote flying with land purchases and sheds, not machine manufacturing.
Government data indicate Americans will consume about 800 million cans of peas tomatoes and corn in 1909 up from roughly 600 million in 1906 07 and 08. Other notes include pension statistics and a land withdrawal in Colorado for the Uncompahgre valley project with a New York libel case reform slated but timing unclear.
At the Wyoming grand lodge meeting in Cody officers were elected including Grand Master George Russel, Deputy Grand Master C D Ovitt, Grand Warden D L Carr, Grand Secretary Louis Miller, and Grand Treasurer Joseph Dillman. Dillman noted for balancing lodge funds, while other items mention a Cheyenne school project and various local incidents across the state.
Mrs. Bauer tells her son in law she cannot accept the invitation despite the offer of a half dollar if she failed to attend. The note records a courteous decline and a servant’s brief approval.
Government operates three tuberculosis sanatoria in New Mexico and California one for regular army soldiers at Fort Bayard a seamen hospital at Fort Stanton and a navy facility at Las Aulmas Purported ads include foot powder cures and various remedies odd clipping mixes health notices with commercial pitches and humor.
A Milwaukee reader attests that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her backache and female troubles after a tumor scare. She claims it restored her health and urges others to try the remedy, attributing her recovery to the product and its root-based formula.
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