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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
2
The Buffalo Express reports on a conference in Washington debating urban planning. It notes most cities grow piecemeal, Gary, Indiana being an exception, and argues early comprehensive design could prevent chronic shortages and costly later rebuilding.
The article notes a shift as Britain considers shared concern with Russia about anarchist terror. It recalls past English safety from such attacks and warns that danger now arises from a new source, prompting public unease and heightened vigilance.
Olympia votes 67 to 2 to ratify an income tax amendment. Richmond chosen for the 1910 American Pharmaceutical Association meeting in May. Averell Harriman, 18, starts railroad work on the Oregon Short Line. Burlington road buys Bibles for library cars. others do not. San Francisco forms a new astrology group. Chicago officials appoint a revenue commission and plan big transit improvements. Pawhuska man confesses in a father-murder case with stepmother accused. details include an axe and body burned. Portland hosts agriculture college officers and officers elected. Over 100 homeseekers look at Riverside ditch lands in Grand Valley. Miss Glendora Fair, Phillips County’s first white child, asserts ownership of land via a landmark land contest ending in success after 23 years. She later cooks for threshers using her own produce.
The mayor of Tokio proposed gifting 20 000 cherry trees to President Taft for planting a new park along the Potomac in Washington D C A Kansas University medical student and former Leland Stanford aquaintance William Jenney drowned in the Kansas River at Lawrence He was from Sedalia Kansas Seven cadets at West Point were expelled for chasing Cadet Roland Sitton of Portland The entire workforce of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company at East Pittsburgh is now on full time Several thousand workers are affected
Princeton receives 100000 from Cornelius Cuyler’s will after his fatal France car crash. The London Daily Graphic cites Orville Wright preparing demonstrations in England two months ahead under government auspices. General Booth's eye infection halts his crusade abroad. Kate Gordon aims to raise a million for Susan B. Anthony Fund with 1000 women giving 1000 each. Colima plans harbor works by Pearson & Son cost around 30000000 Mexican currency. George Cabot Lodge, 35, Harvard grad and son of Senator Lodge, dies of heart failure. Roosevelt expedition trophies arrive for Smithsonian. Mukden Entente nears, Japan-China agree on railway reconstruction aid. USA military auto dispatches head west 3493 miles, testing army service viability. James M. Smith, Georgia planter and former senator, accused of kidnapping and peonage of Black workers.
Postmaster General Hitchcock urges strict economy at a Toledo convention. Navy bids from William Cramp & Sons win the contract for two 26 000 ton battleships Wyomineg and Arkansas, largest yet built in the US. Roosevelt Africa trophies join the National Museum exhibit in Washington as Panama Pan American grounds open.
Wyoming led the Frontier Day events featuring cowpony and Indian pony races, Ninth Cavalry exhibition, steer roping and horsemanship. Notable feats include Corporal Howard driving eight horses, Mrs. Bernie St. Clair’s bucking ride, Joella Irwin winning the girls race, and extensive galloping parades amid a large crowd.
Federal action in New York targets Gebbo and Owl Creek Coal companies of Wyoming alleging fraudulently acquired coal claims. United States Attorney T J Burke of Cheyenne and Unlet of Field Division of General Land Office Baker to lead tests for the government. New orders direct $1,000 for a wagon road project from Centennial to the snowy range crest to aid the Forest Service and summer business.
National Lead Company offers a free Houseowners' Painting Outfit No 49 from the 1903 Trinity Building New York City. Request includes a color schemes book for exterior or interior painting, a specifications book, and a paint adulteration detector instrument.
A humorous exchange unfolds over an after hours bank loan in a city pub. Willie declines his friend’s request citing missing checkbook and banking hours. The scene captures local parlance and streetwise wit.
A vintage note urges examination of CASTORIA bottles for safety and the promise it has for over 30 years. It contrasts with a Detroit Free Press quip about a college educated daughter still helping her mother with housework.
The Prospect quotes a remark lamenting the craze for airplane flights as lovers seek ascent. The jokey reply notes lovers in the clouds more than ever, turning travel into a romantic fling.
A collage of humorous lines from the New York Weekly mocks marriage trends and social mores. It includes quips about weddings, aunties, and expected roles, alongside stray ads for tonics and baby syrups, reflecting era concerns and popular remedies.
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