Rather, I posted it for this big war surplus store advertisement on page 2. This is the earliest example of this I've seen.
Surplus stores were a feature of my childhood and even young adult years in a major way. The "War Surplus Store" on 1st Street, on the Sandbar, was a somewhat disorganized collection of stuff guaranteed to fascinate a boy for as long as the boy's parents would allow him to wonder around in it, full of stuff dating back to World War Two. It's now closed, of course, and instead is the outdoor clothing store Gear Up.
That wasn't Casper's last surplus store, however. Yates, outside of town, fit that description, and was again fascinating. It probably closed fifteen or so years ago when its owner relocated to Australian with his Australian wife, figuring that, even as a younger man, that with his savings and Australian social services, he'd no longer have to work.
I hope that worked out.
Laramie had a really small surplus store when I first lived there, but it closed while I lived there in the 80s. Examples still exist, however. Jax in Ft. Collins keeps on keeping on, although that's only a small part of its large collection of wares, and Billings retains a good surplus store to this day.
This location is a parking lot today:
James Reeb Mural, Casper Wyoming
This is the memorial to civil rights activist James Reeb in Casper Wyoming. I should have taken this photograph when this mural was new, as its faded considerably since first painted, and it isn't even very old.
The competing Casper newspaper had a dramatic headline:
Japan gave up Jiaozhou Bay Territory, a former German possession.
The 1922 Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm. Recipients were awarded in Stockholm. Recipients were Niels Bohr of Denmark (Physics), Francis William Aston of the United Kingdom (Chemistry), Archibald Hill of the United Kingdom and Otto Fritz Meyerhof of Germany (Physiology or Medicine), Jacinto Benavente of Spain (Literature) and Fridtjof Nansen of Norway (Peace).
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