Casper Daily Press: April 11, 1916

Casper Weekly Press: April 7, 1916

The Casper Weekly Press was apparently the Friday edition of the paper.

The Casper Daily Press for April 6, 1916

This evening issue is inserted here not for what is on the front  page, but for what isn't.

For the first time since the Columbus Raid, the Punitive Expedition didn't make the front page for the Casper Daily Press.

And in Wyoming, on this day, in 1916.

Today In Wyoming's History: April 4

1916  Bill Carlisle robs passengers on the UP's Overland Limited as it traveled between Laramie and Cheyenne.  Attribution:  Wyoming State Historical Society.

1916   Joseph Fallis of Rock Springs granted a patent for a article carrier.

The Punitive Expedition: The Wyoming Tribune, April 4, 1916

We're looking at, I think, a morning newspaper now.  The Wyoming newspaper archive lacked the public domain copy Casper evening paper I was posting for 1916, but it will be back tomorrow night.

The interesting thing here is that quite a few Wyoming papers for this date, including a Casper morning paper, do not have Punitive Expedition entries for this date.  I was curious of the story was just off the front page, but they're also smaller papers that may have simply been running all local news.

Also of interest is the cartoon on the price of gasoline.  Obviously it must have been of real concern to make the front page, but it's something we don't think much about, in the context of 1916, now.  That gasoline would be expensive in the context of a world war is not surprising.

The Punitive Expedtion: The Casper Daily Press, March 30, 1916

The Punitive Expedtion: The Casper Daily Press, March 29, 1916

I think one of the most interesting items in this edition was the addition of extra train service, showing how extensive it really was at the time.

The Punitive Expedition: The Casper Daily Press, March 28, 1916

Note in this one the fruit and vegetable advertisement.  Quite a difference in regards to how available these things are today.

The Punitive Expedition: Casper Daily Press, March 25, 1916.

The Punitive Expedition: Casper Daily Press, March 24, 1916

The Punitive Expedition: The Casper Daily Press, March 23, 1916

Let's look at the entire evening paper this go around.

This is the first issue of the Casper evening paper in which a story about the troops in Mexico is not on the first page, since the raid on Columbus.

The editor was casting doubts on the distance between Villa and Carranza.

I've never even heard of Wyoming Light Lager.

The Punitive Expedition: Casper Daily Press. March 22, 1916

The Punitive Expedition in the Press: Casper Daily Press for March 21, 1916.

Note how the horror of World War One has made its way back onto the front page of the newspaper.

The Punitive Expedition in the Press: Casper Daily Press for March 20, 1916

The Punitive Expedition: The Casper Daily Press, March 18, 1916

The Punitive Expedition: Casper Daily Press, March 17, 1916

The Punitive Expedition: The Casper Daily Press, March 16, 1916

This may be the first one of these that was really fairly correct in that the American intervention was indeed very unpopular in Mexico.

The Punitive Expedition: The Casper Daily Press, March 15, 1916

The Punitive Expedition: The Casper Daily Press, March 14, 1916.

The Punitive Expedition: The Casper Daily Press, March 13, 1916