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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
6
A leading publisher argues that profit forces quality must share space with popular fare to sustain literature. He cites Pope, Tennyson, and Longfellow's fortunes and warns that a democracy feeds on what readers choose, shaping writers and publishers alike.
An essay argues practical leaders from industry should run for public office to improve policy. It contrasts business experience with politicians and notes the appeal of measured, less demagogic judgment. It also mentions army endurance tests and Anglo American views on nobility and titles.
A garbled note describes mending a thin spot in a robber’s can be fixed at home using cement made from five cents worth of real rubber dissolved. It mentions sealing the bottle tightly and using a brush, with uncertain details and stray numbers.
Events from across the United States and abroad include new 2-cent passenger rates on Arkansas trunk lines, California Automobile Club signposts from San Francisco to Santa Cruz and Del Monte, Chicago and Detroit baseball receipts, and a record mile time in Kansas City. National figures discuss rail, crime, philanthropy, and political moves amid a broad miscellany of disasters, politics, and society notes.
Freighy Friday bought 76,000 ounces of silver for New Orleans and 60,000 ounces for Denver at 51.807 cents an ounce. William Spry resigned as Utah US marshal awaiting gubernatorial bid. Supreme Court denied rehearing in Pierce Texas anti trust case. Roosevelt to serve as Outlook associate editor after presidency with Scribner’s Sons contract. Court postponed various land and tax cases to Dec 14 for DOJ convenience. Stratton estate tax and stamp reappraisal case moves forward. Rifle matches at Camp Perry praised by Roosevelt. officers commended for national and military titles. Destex detached to duty on the South Dakota. Home Insurance case noted.
Harry Augustus Garfield, 45, successor to the late Henry Hopkins, was welcomed as Williams College president in Williamstown Massachusetts. Born in Ohio he studied law and politics at Columbia and Oxford, led Cleveland political reform efforts, then taught politics at Princeton before returning to Williams to assume the presidency.
A Syracuse businessman with a humorous temper suffers a pneumonia attack. His doctor orders strict rest, but the patient begs to go to work. After a night on duty, the man finally tells the physician to admit him to bed so he can join the doctor with the medicine bag.
An exchange in The Daily Balloon features a child asking who leaves milk on the porch, with a mother guessing God and a boy proposing a definite answer. A pamphlet from Zambesi missions notes over 10 million served by 1 organization and 84 student volunteers in South Africa since 1806.
Artific ial flower makers in New York report an unusually high fall and winter demand from across the nation. New York leads in imitation flower manufacture, with more money spent there than anywhere else. Shoulder Your Own Mistakes.
An elderly man credits Postum with stopping coffee-caused spells and improving health. He recalls severe episodes and near unconsciousness from coffee, then eight months of Postum use with fewer spells, better sleep, and overall improvement. His doctors and friends note the change as remarkable.
Sixteen American battleships, part of the Atlantic fleet on a peaceful world cruise, anchor in Yokohama Bay amid a vast fanfare. Japanese warships salute, fireworks erupt, and thousands line the harbor as American and Japanese flags fill the streets. A reception committee from Japan and foreign legations meets flagship Connecticutt, while vernacular papers publish illustrated celebratory editions.
The American National Woman Suffrage Association heard a discussion on white slave traffic during the Saturday afternoon session. Anna Vata Reterrat of New York argued the report in preparation for government submission would expose powerful vested interests involved in the traffic.
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