Readers of newspapers across the nation were reading of recent tributes to the late Theodore Roosevelt. In Casper, locals read about just that occurring locally in the Methodist Church by Judge Charles Winter.
First United Methodist Church, the one referred to in the article, is still there and is one of Casper's oldest churches. It didn't look quite the same, however, as it was added to in 1927, twenty years after its initial construction, and again in 1951.
Charles Winter had a son, Warren, who served as a very long time Casper lawyer and lived to be nearly 100, keeping his office open the entire time. He had also been a Federal Magistrate for a time, so he reprised a judicial role in his family. His entry into the law, however, was delayed by the Great Depression, as there were no jobs at the time he passed the bar. A great track athlete in his youth, his funeral service was in this same church.
Big news was present in the form of the story that the Allies would be withdrawing from Russia. The various allied nations were engaged in Russia in various degrees, with the British being particularly active in combating the Red Army. A person could be somewhat skeptical that the withdrawal was going to go really well as the paper also related that the Japanese were becoming more involved.
The strike in Seattle wound down and a selection of IWW men were being sent backing back to their native lands. In Butte Montana, lack of funds were causing public employment layoffs.
And the bad news just kept coming for former Democratic Governor Frank Houx, who had lead the state during the Great War but who had lost his seat to Governor Robert Carey. Oil leases he had gained were reportedly being recaptured due to accusations of impropriety. Democrats in general were also in the local news as they were being blamed for the failure of a bill to amend the Constitution to require suffrage for women.
The Laramie newspaper was reporting snow for the week. . . in a week where we also expect snow.
And both papers reported the Germans were threatening to surrender Germany to the communists if better terms weren't worked out in regarding war indemnity.
Exciting Western themed movies were opening that week for those who might wish to escape the news for awhile.
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