Saturday, October 9, 1915. Boosting Casper.

The Central Powers took Belgrade.

The French and British began a second campaign to take Jaunde, German Cameroon.

It was a Saturday.

The Casper Daily Press issued a huge Saturday edition, much of which featured the local economy and opportunities a region that was booming due to World War One, although the paper didn't categorize it that way.  It was too large to run the whole thing, so we'll just put a snippet of it up, with the pages in the original order even though some of that doesn't quite make sense, and although the entire paper was quite interesting, then and now, for what it portrayed.

Of course, it caught Game 2 of the 1915 World Series.

The paper also noted the impending U.S. recognition of Carranza as the de facto head of the Mexican government, even though that was still in contest.

It was 1917 that really saw the apex of the region's Great War oil expansion which made Casper what it is today, but it was starting by 1915.

Agriculture was still acknowledged to be vital to the region's economy, which sadly isn't a focus anymore, even though it's still there.  Agriculture would boom in the US, and the region, during the great war.

The Rhinoceros Hotel was located where a sushi restaurant now is on Center Street.  The building came down at some point and became Sunrise Sporting Goods, and then Dean's Sporting Goods, which is what it was most of the time I was growing up.

The Elkhorn Bar, which was a frequent advertiser, became the Wonder Bar later on, which it was for decades.  It's now Wyoming Rib and Chop, but it still has a full bar.  The bar isn't in the original location within the structure, however, as it was moved some years ago during reconstruction.

The Wonder Bar was where I had my first legal drink, a Budweiser, at age 19, which was the drinking age at the time.

And the paper covered development of the City of Casper, much of which isn't recognizable now, but some of which is.

Only one of the church's noted, St. Mark's, remains in the building depicted, even though the congregations remain.  After the war, and because of it, much more substantial structures were constructed.

Homesteading was of course still ongoing.

A major advertiser at the time wsa Casper Brewing Co., which offered Wyoming Light Lager.  The brewery hasn't been that for many decades, but its building is still there.  When I was a kid, it was a potato chip "factory" for Cooks Potato Chips.  The father of one of my friends owned it, but his parents were divorced and the mother remarried, so I can only recall meeting hom once.

Last edition:

Friday, October 8, 1915. Game One of the 1915 World Series.

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