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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
3
The Wyoming State Council for National Defense forms a committee led by J. R. Coxen to coordinate education support for the war, offering training for wireless operators machinists carpenters and draftsmen and promoting Americanization efforts for foreign-born residents.
An amateur columnist vents about work hardships and wartime duty while previewing a county fair including a wild west show, sheep exhibition, horse show, and Fordson tractors. He notes local figures like Newton Baker, Gen March, Kernal May, Bill Agee, Hen Armeling, Jorge Huffman, and Josh Ellis as part of the upcoming events. The piece waxes nostalgic about service members going to arms and expresses pride in them.
The article urges that communities push English use in schools to ensure all residents learn the language. It notes no Wyoming law requires English, though public sentiment can urge attendance at evening classes. The State Council of Defense supports bilingual training as crucial war work for unity.
Wartime text discusses sugars as fuel for fighters and lists sugar types by name and origin. It also includes local business notes and legal notices from Basin Wyoming, with notices to non residents and creditors, and an administrator appointment for James Black estate.
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