Canadians Press Lens As Battle Near City Heart
The effort around Lens intensifies with Canadians advancing to key rail embankments and colliery sidings. German counterattacks falter as Canadians contain the assault. no casualty estimates yet, while bombardment and trench fighting continue in northwest and southwest Lens sectors. Funeral services for William Ir. Gibbs are noted in Basin with details of his birth, marriage, and family.
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France
Belgium
Lens
No Man’s Land
No Man's Land
Death of Will Gibbs
Will Gibbs died Saturday morning after a Thursday operation. The patient had been in critical condition since entering the doctor’s care, as reported in our previous issue.
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Will Gibbs
Pioneer passes away in Basin after long service
Mrs. J M Tillard born Sarah Jane Wragg in 1842 in Mt Pleasant Ohio married to John M Tillard in 1864 in Muscatine Iowa. The family moved to Basin in 1895 and she died at home on Monday with funeral held Tuesday at three o'clock led by Rev Wardlaw. Survived by husband six children.
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William Ir. Gibbs
Dequione
George Gibbs
Cloverly
Basin
Big Horn County
Glendive
Mont
Hazel Henry
J. M. Tillard
Wardlaw
The
Baptist Church
John M. Tillard
Sarah Jane Wragg
Mt. Pleasant
Ohio
Muscatine
Iowa
Cora Tillard
Cole
Maud Tillard
John M. Tillard, Jr
Illinois
Daisy Tillard
Emily Tillard
Walter Curtis
William Tillard
Basin Gardens
Grace Tillard
Mr. Borner
Cleveland Tillard
Arrests In Land Dispute At Worland Sunday
On August 3 4 and 6 eight men located land east of Worland filed notices August 13. Locators named C J Hares Henry Sherard John MacFayden M D Woolery J Rh Penn F E Hurley D D Donnell and R J Berry. A later filing by Worland men August 18 saw a rig drilling holes ten to twenty feet deep guarded by seven deputies. The original locators were arrested when they tried to stop the work. Thirteen of the original locators were involved.
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Worland
C. J. Hares
Henry Sherard
John MacFayden
M. D. Woolery
J. Rh. Penn
F. E. Hurley
D. D. Donnell
R. J. Berry
Oil Field Notes and Weekend Ranch Party
Oil activity updates from Paterson Wyoming Oil Co and Liberty Oil & Gas Co with depth progress and personnel travels across Basin Grass Creek and Elk Basin fields. A weekend ranch party at Valley and Majo ranches features dancing fishing and rough riding demonstrations with multiple stops en route home.
Outing at Cody Big Horn Basin Press Club session
The Big Horn Basin Press Club held a three day session in Cody inviting Newton Shaw and Prill from Cody. Guests arrived by afternoon train and a banquet preceded talks by visiting editors and publishers. The group then toured up the Shoshone canyon and traveled by three vehicles to the South Fork Valley Ranch for races roping and a grand entertainment amid mountain scenery.
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Valley Ranch
Majo Ranch
Valley
Mayo
Jones Brothers
P.p.anderson
Messrs
Newton
Shaw
Prill
Cody
Big Horn
P. P. Anderson
Ernest Shaw
Billings Gazette
Werner
The
Gazette
Carpenter
Carpenter Paper Co
Billings
Culley
Denver
Surmer
Red Lodge
Mont
Mills
Sheridan
Shoshone Canyon
Big Dam
Yellowstone Park
South Fork
Rocky Mountains
W. H. Brooks
I. H. Larum
Pete Nordquist
Crockett
Minor mishap at courthouse construction site
G H Starr superintendent of the new court house construction had a slight accident Thursday when a wheelbarrow loaded with brick tipped over. He escaped serious injury aside from torn clothes and a bruised back.
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G. H. Starr
New Court House
Dinner at Antlers for Business Men
The Cham ber of Commerce holds its regular meeting this evening at the Antlers hotel with a luncheon. Important matters will be decided and members are urged to attend. A sociability run to Lowell country is planned for early October to foster better ties between Basin farmers and town residents.
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Chamber of Commerce
Antlers
Allyn H. Tedman
Lowell
Basin
Mak
Homecoming for Hyattville Resident after California Visit
Mrs. R. A. Baldwin returns from California to Hyattville after about a year away. She says the trip was enjoyable but Hyattville looked good to her. Her mother accompanied her to spend the winter season.
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R. A. Baldwin
California
Hyattville
German airships driven off as raids strike English coast
London reports detail a Royal Navy air squadron action near Ramsgate and Dover. Ten Gotha airships were attacked. one or two crossed to land, bombs hit three villages, killing 11 and wounding 13. Seven Gothas shot down, pilots injured, and all Allied planes returned safely.
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London
Yorkshire
Kent
Lord French
British Home Forces
Dover
Margate
Ramsgate
Dove
Admiralty
Naval Air Squadron
Royal Naval Air Squadron
Forbes Laundry Tops Basin Business Change
A. J. Forbes, longtime Basin operator, completed a deal to own the Basin laundry and rename it Forbes Laundry. He brings experience and promises the best work and service in town.
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A. J. Forbes
Basin
Forbes Laundry
Forbes
Big Horn Press club meeting in Cody draws several reporters
Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Anderson and Boyd Osborn of The Republican and D. E. Lewis of the Rustler spent several days in Cody this week to attend the Big Horn Press club meeting. Mr. Lewis stopped at Lowell Monday and arrived in Basin Tuesday while the others arrived Monday evening.
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P. P. Anderson
Boyd ¥. Osborn
Republican
D. E. Lewis
The
Rustler
Cody
Big Horn Press Club
Mr. Lewis
Lowell
Basin
Basin prepares streets for county fair cleanup
Basin city authorities are clearing the main thoroughfare from the drug store corner to the fair grounds in anticipation of the county fair during the first week of September. The street will be in fine condition by that time.
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Basin
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City OF Lens
the Baptist Church
Mount View Cemetery
5. M. Barnes
Wm. Gibson
John Coons
Albert Scholz
Mark Brown
Orr Lampman
Pioneer
Paterson-Wyoming Oil Co
Conrad Fatland
Paterson- Wyoming Oil Co
Liberty Oil & Gas Co
E. J. Sullivan
Midwest Refining Co
T. F. Algeo
Grass Creek
Buffalo Basin
L. D. Baird
Carter Oil Co
Thermopolis
Soo Oil Co
Bonanza
Embar Oil Co
Warren J. Jones
Elk Basin
Casper
Big Muddy Fields
T. A. Dines
C. A. Fisher
C. H. Pfterheimer
Congress
Big Horn Basin Press Club
Shoshone Canyon and Dam
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