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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1922
Page
8
Local items report visitors from Burlington Otto and Worland, errands in Basin, and business notes. Tilton's Auto Livery offers transport. Rexall Store advertises silverware and watch repair. Wises Drug Store promotes films ice cream and Flyosam insecticide. Centra Gas & Electric and Estate Tax discuss services. Community notices include a new baby, local court, and various shop ads.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Sullivan traveled from Casper to Basin Wyoming on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Republican primaries. The notice also asks readers to send hemstitching and a ing to the Gift Shop in Basin.
Jean Lewis visits Greybull to prepare for a local play. Local businesses advertise fabrics rugs furniture and trunks. Dignitaries Joseph Neville and Mayor Chas Walton visit Basin. Ford sale listings and drayman Owen Johnson are noted. Socials include a party for Mrs Denny of Casper. Prohibition Commissioner Carl Jackson was in town. Catholic services planned in Basin next Sunday at 11 with Rev Endres.
March 3 1987 all Big Hore County warrants through No B1530 are called for payment with interest ceasing after this date. Masie V. Rhodes County Treasurer. Community notes cover Basin visitors, local watermelons two cents per pound, election night show at Rex, and local residents including Len Murphy John Landfair and Mrs Landfair with family.
The report says John Snyder stood among the Denver crowd on Sunday and appeared favorable to our Colts though not loudly. It adds news reached after Friday’s press of Mrs Ray Morton Basin giving birth to a ten pound boy and all involved are doing well.
The Detroit News states Orkney and Shetland were pledged by the king of Denmark to Scotland in 471 during the marriage of Princess Margaret to James III. Norwegian control followed since the ninth century, with Denmark irked by failed attempts to redeem the islands. only 2000 florins of the dowry were paid, leaving the balance pledged.
Floyd W. Parsons reports in Worlds Work that farm waste may yield liquid or gasoline fuel in the future. Alcohol already comes from blackstrap molasses and potash is obtained, while wheat oat and rye straw gas has been developed by federal chemists.
An Indianapolis physician Dr. T Victor Keene was prepped for an appendectomy amid lighthearted remarks about the anesthesia. The joking claims he may have been unconscious before the operation, with one comment warning about sniffing out the nervous devil during gas administration.
In a rainy Southern town a party discusses a member who must retire from action. The principal speaker struggles to stand as buildings sway and poles bend. They ask where Sam is and reveal they took him home after getting him into a car despite his drunken state.
Montevideo women go out in groups but not with men and do not share dining with husbands. Public restaurants require private rooms for couples. Theaters feature separate galleries for men and women, reflecting a strict social code.
A fragmented report describes a swift move by a colored bootlegger who aims for distance on a fast train. The text hints at a pursuit or chase and mentions a truck seen leaving the scene, with voices urging action and speed.
O Hardy of Basin suffered a mask ed finger injury while fixing a farm implement on Monday. The blow caused the finger nail to peel. he returned to work on the same day.
Charlie Stout and family, longtime Park Falls residents, return to Worland to settle in the Big Horn Basin. Charlie passed Basin en route on the local freight last Wednesday and his wife is expected to pass through Basin today. Steve Brodine, auditor for National Supply of Casper, was in Basin on business and returned to headquarters yesterday. Brodine is well known locally and has many friends glad to see him back on business calls.
The Basin community buzzed at Republican headquarters with late night crowds and political chatter. Warren Dalley will head a big fish exhibit featuring eight running aquariums, planned for Basin on September 5 and later moved to the Douglas state fair. Meanwhile Jack Kaster will open a modern meat market after glass-front work on the M. R. Douglas building. Ed Johnson leaves Basin for California to join a brother and finish high school education.
Burgess A S Mercer and Warren Dailey of Hyattville were Tuesday night to election returns. Dr H T Harris and Judes Burton returned Monday from the Big Horns where they camped with John Seaman in Bear Park on upper Paint Rock. They report a fine time and lots of fish.
Due to agency closure at Greybull a high grade player piano is offered at a sacrifice in the public storehouse. Terms to a responsible party. For full particulars write at once to The Den Yer Music Co Denver Colo A.25-8.15.
The Republican County Central Committee of Big Horn County calls a meeting of the precinct committee members elected at the August 22 1922 primaries. The session will be at Basin Court House on September 2 1922 at 2 30 pm to elect a state committeeman secretary and other officers and to fill vacancies and conduct business.
Letters of Administration issued June 22 1922 by the District Court Big Horn County Wyoming for the estate of C R Lyman deceased. Creditors must exhibit claims for allowance within six months from that date or be barred after one year from the letters. Administrator MW My BHEIVE Basin Wyoming attorney Kt B Went First publication August 26 1949 Last publication September 8 1922
Work to install a new corner cap identical to the existing one near the federal building is in progress. Motorists will be expected to observe the updated traffic rules once the job is complete.
An employment ad from Hyrod-Vulcan Tire Company seeks a man with a car to sell cord tires to consumers and dealers in Chicago. Targets include 30x3% Cord at $7.90 with proportional pricing, promising easy earnings of $100 per week.
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