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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
2
An undercover account follows a Passport handoff to unite with Colonel Ortega and a convoy toward Guadaloupe near El Paso. Mexican rebels under Ortega discuss restoring constitutional government and coordinating with Villa, while border patrols and local sentiment complicate the mission.
Fragmentary report notes Greenland population details with 144 in largest settlement and 40 in northern areas. Mentions aging male population and widowed counts, civilizing efforts by Denmark, and slow growth. Also references camphor gasoline mixture claims and aviation fuel ideas with unclear relation to Greenland data.
William Hawkins shot his wife at their home in Vinton while spying on her with men and then killed himself after firing at their daughter Fern. Two men with the women, Robert Lockwood and Jack Dare, escaped. Mrs Hawkins and her daughter had been feuding with Hawkins over jealousy after her relationship with other men. He was wounded but expected to recover.
The newly organized Wyoming State Grange elected A F Hart Carpenter overseer Mra Wheathind secretary Mra Minnie Fenwick lecturer M J Rhomds Lander steward Frank McDowell Lander maletant steward Mre W Ro Wn Wheathand coaplain T Gunn Wheatland treasurer Ki Urawner Salem gate keeper Mrs D Mo South worth Wheethand Ceres Mra J C Cloyd Pine Bluffs Pomona Mine Sadie Gory Lander Flora Mre Frank Snavely Lander J A Steward executive committee includes mater and secretary ex officio three year member 8 Hi Sibley Burns two year member Quy Re Hawk Albiny one year member P O Shope Wheatland.
One hundred sixty Wind River Indian reservation allotments will be sold at auction on November 1 in Riverton. Most plots are gate parcels forming the western section of the reservation adjacent to Iowa state line. The sale covers 14,000 acres with an additional 82,000 acres to be leased.
Hunters report record big game in Wyoming with elk and deer moving to lower country after heavy snows. Local parties say daily kills are large as the season advances and mountain winters ease hunting gains.
William Murphy a Leadville delinquent was extradited from Wyoming after capture here following bond set at 1000 dollars. He was reported moved to custody of Anaderahorit William Angua to face charges in Leadville.
A concrete wall about ten feet high is to be built around the Wyoming penitentiary at Hawlina to replace the wooden stockade through which more than thirty convicts escaped during a breakout last year.
A proclamation from Governor Carey’s office calls for observance of the Lincoln Memorial Highway in Cheyenne. The notice invites communities to celebrate the loom ton of the highway on a designated November date offering statewide participation.
A nearo miner Train Killip was attacked by a Union Pactlo train while walking to work and sustained injuries that led to his death at the state hospital.
The state pardon board ordered the release of Mrs Plotence Meyer from the Platte County jail. Meyer had been confined for theft of a horse tied to an earlier elopement with Guy Koonts, a youth fifteen years her junior, who accompanied her to Denver.
Wyoming reports a wide range of local items: new posts, troop activities, and civic notes. Cheyenne hosts state convocation. Cody and Sheridan report births, ice rink work, and lyceum plans. Law cases include Hartville post office robbery prosecutions and a Wheatland criminal association conviction.
Engineering Record reports that at Stave Falls in British Columbia attempts to curb mosquitoes succeeded this season. A dedicated worker spent time draining pools near the site, ending two weeks of suspended work during the peak mosquito season two years earlier.
A 10 cent Cascarets ad claims the laxative cleanses the liver and bowels by morning, easing headaches, indigestion, sour stomach, and gas. It urges nightly use to remove fermenting food and excess bile, promising a clear head and healthy digestion for months.
A domestic dispute escalates into a verbal exchange as a wife accuses, and the husband replies with a mouse trap analogy implying pursuit and consequence. The exchange highlights a quarrel over who initiated the chase.
A fragmentary remark recalls that a person named Jims is seen as an anglophile dreamer. The speaker imagines his life goal may be to be hindered at court by poor conditions and notes a possible predent at court. The tone hints at legal scrutiny via a grand jury.
A controversial remark by John Purroy Mitchell of New York criticizes a pew defense of Tammany, likening it to an overly naive view. The passage references a puzzled visitor, Paint Rock, and a native's blunt retort about activity at four in the morning.
A lady doctor describes choosing Postum over coffee for daily pleasure. She notes four years of use, favoring cream and no sugar, citing gentler mornings and less irritants from coffee.
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