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Newspaper
Casper Press
Location
Casper, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1913
Page
5
A narrator contrasts waking and dreaming minds imagining vivid scenes. A farm visit shows a cousin who, asked what he would do if a chicken laid an egg, answers with a playful pun about selling it because the chicken is a rooster.
A Saturday Evening Post anecdote recalls a girl objecting to hand me downs. She vows when she marries she will weave her youngest child first to spare them from wearing her sister’s old clothes.
Two children, Helen and Jack, grew up together in a Melbourne style tale. After Jack transitions to living as a girl, Helen demands equal treatment but Jack refuses, asserting she must continue living as a boy. The piece presents a contentious, gender identity focused narrative with a comic or dramatic tone.
An excerpt from an interview with a suitor to town describes time and memory as not erasing the pleasure of the visit. It mentions the many fond ideas and kisses from his sweet girlfriend, though text is garbled and unclear.
An elderly Black man in Texas refused to register after being asked his plan to support the constitution. He expressed disbelief and stated he could not support himself, revealing the era's hostile attitudes toward civil rights and voting.
A student returns home distressed after receiving a troubling letter from the school. The father asks the cause and the son explains the note concerns the sophomores and a “durk corre cudente” issue, indicating ongoing trouble at the school.
Local ads report Bloom's fall clothing for men and boys and a large Casper area list of services. Casper Pharmacy Eastman Kodaks, Casper Storage Grocery, Kon Ton Cafe Sunday dinner, Casper Steam Laundry phone numbers, plumbing by Henning, Groceries and hardware, and a Casper Mercantile Co. groceries and hardware. Notable items include local events, car trips, teaching staff, and a Pocahontas dance.
Casper residents urged to use Adher ika a German compound of buckthorn bark glycerine and related ingredients as a cure for appendicitis one dose relieving sour stomach gas and constipation by drawing out old foul matter from the bowels Also notices of local sales offerings and advertisements including horses mules wagons harness a male hull dog a touring carket class auto a restaurant for sale and motor cycles with easy payment plans all referenced in the local classified mix from Trenton Michigan 7 20
Tickets on sale September 2 for the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas September 30 to October 3 1913 with return October 4 1913. The event features agricultural and livestock products with an engaging exhibition promised. Information available from Chicago and Northwestern Line ticket agents.
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