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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
6
Trans Missouri armor notes a long tract on selecting uniform seed from 100 hills to predict true variety and yield. It describes digging a fixed patch, separating hills by seed quality, saving the best for future planting, and potential farmer incentives as neighbors seek premium seed stock. Furniture sale ad follows.
Christian Science services will be held in Fraternity Hall at 11 a.m. on Sunday with the lesson subject Mind. The piece contrasts Revolutionary War bravery with the simple difficulty of farming life, illustrating a dialogue about courage and obligation.
The Manchester Upton reports on rattlesnakes possibly swimming between Rattlesnake Island and the mainland. D C notes mice and occasionally rats on Winnipisco gess islands, with theories that pests travel in luggage or swim, supported by Professor Thyng who owns land on the Gilford shore.
An unusually hot summer in Rouen brings a butterfly invasion. Thousands of insects of various sizes and colors swarm around two large arc lamps near Pont Corneille, filling the square and creating a surreal, dense spectacle.
A 1911 article by Martha McCulloch Williams extols paper bag cooking for meat and puddings. It details lamb roasting, gravy and sauce, potato choices, and a beef salad, then shifts to a pudding made in a bag with raisins and citron. The piece also notes Wyoming state fair optimism and local incidents in Basin, Cokeville, and Wheatland, with prices and a bottling endorsement.
A 1911 recipe guides cooking cold roast duck with bones stock herbs and olives in a stewpan then straining and reducing the gravy. The duck pieces are bag roasted ten minutes then served with fried croutons and straw potatoes. Copyright 1911 Sturgis Walton.
1912 game license blanks arrived this week and Justice Bonwell is prepared to issue licenses to those who wish to hunt either game birds or big game this coming season. Also an ad notes Chamberlain's Liniment for lame back with directions and local sale by F A Wise.
Gale offers entire lot of household furniture, one milk cow, about 100 chickens, a good garden and potato patch in Basin Wyoming. Also advertised is seasonal fruits and vegetables at the City Market as advertised by The Republican about sale bills.
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