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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
6
A collage of antiquated musings touches on drought and frog legs, aviation daring at Rheims, Fulton’s belief in industry, Persia’s young shah’s woes, and rail commission rulings on student travel. The piece blends whimsy with early 20th century concerns and inventions.
A Salt Lake City earthquake震震shock lasting about thirty seconds was recorded by the Sacred Heart College seismograph in Denver. Reports note ongoing political moves including Ruth Bryan Leavitt’s possible Denver nomination for Congress and Prohibition debates in Colorado.
Messages pinged between the Honolulu wireless telegraph station and Cape Blanco Oregon as government operated Cape Blanco station sent long reports. Samuel Gompers returned to New York after Europe visit. In New York a tubercular spine case sees two children regain limb use through a Calot jacket treatment.
President Taft will speak at a Washington convention starting November 11. The Panama Canal Commission seeks 48.06 million dollars for FY 1910, with Goethals predicting completion by 1915 at an estimated 1765 million. crop yields in September show slight improvement over ten-year averages. The Wright aeroplane moves to College Park as signal corps training begins. Lieut Putnam ties 200-yard rifle record with 47 hits in national competition.
Cheyenne dispatch reports Joe LaFors of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association returns home amid arrests of Henry Trumpeter and son Roy tied to the murder of Casper sheep herder Gordon near Edgmont. Trial for Basin murder suspects planned. Wool Growers push to bring culprits to justice.
A Toledo Blade story recalls a 1900 Arkansas survey crew asking a farmer for drinks. He serves buttermilk and laughter follows as they joke about needing ice in July. The tale highlights rural longing for seasonal comforts.
The article explains the word Bible deriving from Latin biblia treated as singular though from Greek neuter plural meaning the books. It traces to byblus or papyrus the material used for writings and notes the title Bib! first appearing in the mid second century in Second Epistle of Clem.
A fragment describes a child named Bobble crying with wet cheeks and a mother offering to wipe his eyes. He says crying is useless because he will cry again in a minute. The passage references Home Companion and Dickens.
An OCR fragment advertises Dr Pierce's Uny granules and warns against paupers, urging action and praise for riches with unclear phrasing about sitting or achieving success. The text blends product promotion with a social message about class.
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