William F Brown a Big Horn County educator and official
W F Brown born Indiana August 17 1866. He taught in Indiana Illinois and Cuba where he served in the 15th U S infantry during the Spanish American War. He moved to the Big Horn Basin in 1900 teaching and forestry service for years. Brown was twice elected superintendent of schools in Big Horn County and later Clerk of the District Court after a large 1910 election majority.
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W. F. Brown
Indiana
Illinois
15Th
U. S. Infantry
Cuba
Big Horn Basin
Big Horn County
Home Strawberries How To Grow A Producing Bed Of Lucious Fruit
An Iowa grower learns from past mistakes and pioneers a productive strawberry bed. He selects high yielding productive clumps from a single parent plant, transplanting them into a prepared strip, mulching with clean straw, and maintaining careful cultivation. The result is abundant, uniformly large fruit selling locally at rising prices, with over 1400 quarts sold and potential gross of about $1000 per acre.
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Iowa
Examining The Stars Spectroscope in Modern Science
David Todd discusses spectrum analysis in Popular Mechanics August issue. He praises the spectroscope as a delicate yet powerful research engine aiding chemistry biology meteorology physics and astronomy. The piece notes Rameau's lead in discovering new elements and outlines how spectroscopy reveals stellar composition despite vast distances.
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Spectrum Analysia
Popular Mechanics Magazine
David Todd
Rameau
Town visitors noted in Monday itinerary
Willis Ditmer and H. W. Brokaw visited the town last Monday for business while Frank Holladay passed through en route to Thermopolis.
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Willis Ditmer
H. W. Brokaw
Frank Holladay
Thermopolis
Big Horn County Baptists Convene In Basin Wyoming
Program for August 9 to 11 1912 at First Baptist Basin Wyoming lists enrollment of delegates C F Spiers and others. Activities include election of officers readings prayers reports state missions sermons and doctrinal addresses by J M Jones Claude J Spiers Hal P Fudge and others with sessions on community outreach church support and the Sunday school.
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Big Horn County Association
Basin
Wyoming
F. M. Kennedy
C. F. Spiers
M. O. Keller
Carl Fisher
D. A. Ramey
J. A. Sigler
J. A. Jordan
Aaron Johnson
Northern Baptist Convention
D. D
J. M. Jones
J. M. Sigler
Hal P. Fudge
Repporta
J. Kin
The
Baptist Church
Claude J. Spiers
Worland
National Committee
Indiana
Roosevelt
The Flies by Walt Mason and Verse on Pest Control
A humorous old verse laments flies and their buzzing from grass to doorstep. It mocks medicines and urges swift pest destruction with humor and satire. The piece, attributed to Walt Mason, references Chamberlain's remedy and a Temple, Indiana reader endorsement.
Will Have Chance Education Proposal Receives Tenders
The Board of Charities and Reform invites cities and towns to tender land offers for a new institution. Bids with details on land ownership and price should be submitted by September 15. The board will publicize facts statewide to inform voters on the best site for the state’s future facility.
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Board of Charities and Reform
Governor Richards Dead and Health Tonic Ad
A Wyoming governor and pioneer surveyor dies as articles recount his long public service from 1885 to 1910. The page notes his surveys in Colorado and Wyoming, ranch life, and family. it also includes a health advertisement for Chamberlain's Tablets claiming to aid digestion and liver function.
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F. A. Wise
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California
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Pueblo
Colo
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Cal
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Knights of Pythias
Elks and Masons
United States
San Franciiseu
Cheyenne Cemetery
Committee On
Tenia
Wise’s
Rexall
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