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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
6
A readout lists various gold items including a necklace bracelet watch locket pendant and brooch along with a hat pin and pen holder. It notes a pearl item and a Laviliere style piece among the collection.
Nondescript town notes report residents from Laurel and the east, visits by Mr. and Mrs. Kinder of Shelcreek, and several business and personal movements. For sale 40 acres near town with alfalfa and outbuildings at $30 per acre. Butter-Kist advertised at Wise's. buttermilk for sale 10c at Shoshone Creamery. Republican, $2 yearly.
The piece recalls hardy pioneer wives who endured harsh farm life in Kansas and the plains. It cites Elizabeth Sears and Carlyle to honor those women who endured toil, illness, and risk as the nation built up agriculture and industry. It contrasts past hardships with modern conveniences and honors enduring labor.
In this Century Magazine moment, Jefferson is described as preferring comfort over elegance while politics and fashion transform. A body servant’s vigilance kept him clothed amid changing eras. Monticello life shows him layering garments from different periods, like geologic strata in a Roman forum. Dobson’s focus on Easter cult confuses his concentration.
Greybull region notes show a busy week with a box supper and dance at the nectar, a snow event leaving about a foot, and local visits by J A Qufton, Mr. and Mrs. J M Hitler, and Kimbro family. Theatre listings at Big Horn Theatre run nightly, with films including The Selfish Woman and Paying the Price. A meeting for Wyoming Game Protective Association is planned at the Carnegie library in Basin with district representatives invited.
A chamber speaker praised local Commercial club efforts, saying they do more good than appears. A. Weldh also praised the club. New officers elected include A. Zar ing, J. A. Berry, Wm. Gibson, T. J. Jones, I. G. Wetherill, J. B. Thompson and A. W. Coons. Night lunch of sandwiches and coffee followed as ballots were prepared.
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