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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
11
O J Robertson assignee of Linnabery Dry Goods Co announces a big sacrifice sale starting tomorrow. A large two page notice will detail rare bargains and is carried in this paper. Robertson is personally known to the paper’s proprietors and has a reputation for honesty and fair dealing, inspiring public confidence in the statements.
Rev H E B Shepherd of Worland and Afisa Mattie Radcliffe of Basin were wed yesterday at 3 30 am in the bride’s home. The couple left for Greybull by carriage and caught a train north, planning a honeymoon in Cheyenne and Denver before returning to Worland to start their life together. The bride ran a millinery department and the groom, former pastor here, are praised by local residents. A playful note recalls a liveryman booked to whisk them away from Worland.
The Lyceum Bureau secures L. W. Ford cartoonist and speaker for next Monday evening December 4. Ford, once a cartoonist on eastern daily papers, will blend drawings with witty talk to lift spirits. Attendees are promised a rare treat and an entertaining performance.
Jim Welch completed the purchase of the rooming house once run by Ira Watkins. He plans to take possession early next week and make improvements including converting the flat floor into a first class restaurant, a long needed addition for Basin.
A Monday evening meeting at 7 o clock in the Library room aims to organize a glee club for vocal music. All men young and old are urged to attend to form a permanent group and begin serious work this winter. Postmaster William Gibson appoints Billy May assistant in the post office. Billy is popular and capable and is expected to serve well.
One of the most interesting serials by Louis Vance begins in this paper with the opening installment of The Pool of Flame. In Denver on November 30 a jury found Mrs. Gertrude Patterson not guilty of murdering her husband after a weeklong trial.
County Superintendent Fillerup arrived to conduct exams in the city with the high school building as the venue. A dance at Fraternity hall drew a large crowd with grape punch and a merry mood lasting into the early morning. Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure. William W Fulton and Julia Fulton defaulted on a $1600 note secured by a mortgage to Hannah M Walters. The sheriff will sell Lots 1 and 2 in section 6, township 52 north, range 92 west at Basin courthouse on January 6, 1912, 10 o’clock a.m., to satisfy the amount due plus foreclosure expenses. C A Zaring, Atty. Hannah M Walters, Mortgage.
A fragment hints at the value of blessed work as a safe anchor for a man’s life, praising farming as a steady, comforting vocation. The incomplete text suggests devotional or moral tones about work and stability.
Included are rural exhortations to fix practical roads and perform outside chores, a 1911 Wyoming notice to non resident defendant about an attachment for $80.50 plus costs, and a verse praising a loyal newspaper subscriber who pays in advance. The items mix civic improvement pleas with a legal notice and a poem about readership dedication.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs. W. 8. Collins on Friday, December 8. Also note Billings Beer on tap at the Big 7.
The article explains flight through air pressure and motion, comparing an aeroplane to a skating skater and a kite. It notes constant movement to stay aloft, the need to reach new air sections before gravity pulls down, and suggests inventing a substitute for a tether to control direction, like a propeller thrust.
A Des Moines man suffered muscular rheumatism in his shoulder and, advised to seek Hot Springs, faced expenses over 150 dollars. He pursued a cheaper cure and used Chamberlain's Liniment, improving within three days after the first application. Sold by F A Wise druggist, The Republican for classy work.
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