Local notices and sale listings from town market scene
Farmers and townsfolk advertise for sale fifty and forty acre plots with alfalfa and outbuildings. Full dressed turkeys offered at 25 per barrel. Oil shares for drilling near Basin. Local residents visit and report cattle sales at good prices. The Chase-Lister Company announces a holiday show at the opera house starting Monday with Uncle Tom's Cabin at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofeck
Basin
Bargan
Chase-Lister Company
Opera House
Kitty Gordon at Big Horn Theatre in Her Maternal Right
Kitty Gordon will appear at the Big Horn Theatre in the World Film Her Maternal Right on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty Gordon
Big Horn Theatre
Local Town Notices and Visits Highlight Week
Jess Clements arrives from Grey and Dr Edner Gould returns from Lovell. Wickwire and Chwinch visit. barber shop ad at Central. Rémmells from Paint Rickle in town. Thermopolis visitors Obvious. A. Zarihe attends court in Thermopolis. Mano hotel offers Sunday dinner 12 to 2. Warren Daley of Hyattville visiting. Property for sale: small house and two acres. Epworth league candy sale at Kelley’s market and homemade Xmas candies offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Kebley's
Dye Shortage Sparks Color Debate In Domestic Goods
A 19th century article describes dye shortages affecting U S manufacturers, noting domestic production by Chem and his Klutchman family. It explains how indigenous techniques yield lasting colors from local plants and barks, including black from swamp mud and red from alder bark, with yellow from Oregon grape root.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Kidd
Chem
Steve
British Columbia
Germany
SHOSHONE CREAMERY and Local Library Notices
Local ads list buttermilk for sale, two vehicles offered Trade options include horses or cattle. Basin Wyoming entry notes Big Horn Co Library hours 2:30 to 6:30 and 7 to 9 pm with Sunday reading hours. Library report copies available and new juvenile and adult books arriving next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Welsh
Basin
Wyo
Big Horn Co
Aldrich
Dorothy Dean
Kirk
Peter Rabbit
Potter
Burritt
Brown
Georgiana of
Grahame
Grinnell
Ladd
Emmy Lou
Grate
Martin
Mark ‘Twain
Paine
Hetty
Fort Blizzard
Seawell
Smith
Seton
Wigging
Chase-Lister Company Delights Audiences Sets Record
J C Jenkins of Neligh Neb notes the Chase Lister Company closed a week’s engagement on September 16 in his house, delighting audiences and breaking all prior records by over 8200.00. The public rates the company highly despite a muddy political note. For sale several tracts of land near production and drilling operations with bargains. Residences yielding rent of 25 dollars for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase-Lister Company
J. C. Jenkins
Neligh
NEBR
Chaselister Company
Everal
Rems
J. R. Bonwell
Basin
Wyo
Pheasants in Colorado Studied for Harm or Benefit
A. C. Maxson of Longmont Colorado experiments to determine if pheasants hurt crops more than they help by analyzing seven of twelve killed birds to compare crop contents. Findings show local feeding with varied crops and possible insect focus. whether benefits outweigh damage remains undecided. If nuisance proven, a plan for open season to wipe them out may follow.
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A. C. Maxson
Longmont
Colo
Maxson
Leap Year Maid Prompts Couplets in Whimsical Exchange
A playful dialogue showcases a poetic leap year maid proposing a pairing with a young man who replies with a puzzled, garbled rebuke reflecting lighthearted whimsy. The fragment hints at romance and wordplay in a period newspaper voice.
Man Explains Frustration With Urgent Motor
Mr Payne struggles with a stubborn motor near the city outskirts. Children gather as he vents in plain terms and a young girl with golden hair asks why. He finally tells her he wants to swear, and she approves with her father also owning a motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Payne
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Five West Virginia National Guard husbands freed by five wives
A year-old baby, carried by five different women, influenced Adjutant General Bond as each wife sought release of her husband from the West Virginia National Guard. Bond quipped the baby represented many mothers today but all fathers would serve Uncle Sam if called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia National Guard
Adjt
John C. Bond
Adjutant Bond
Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Bond
Ihs
Uncle Sam
Absent-minded talk on marriage and propriety by Fisher
The columnist quotes Harrison Fisher discussing abroad girls and chaperones, noting the difficulty of marrying overseas. An old maid tells a pretty seaside girl that the moonlit kiss was shocking, sparking a debate on propriety and engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Fisher
Nelle
Nellie
Fragmented plea about a boy and dark in the hall
A garbled dialogue shows a boy named Bobbie begging his mother to leave the light burning, denying fear of the dark. The exchange includes parent reassurance and mentions of a light left on in a dim hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Bobbie
Basin Wyoming Council Sets Special Meeting on Bonds
The Basin town council schedules a special meeting for December 16 1916 to consider issuing bonds for Local Improvement District No 3 and to discuss delinquent assessments and sale of property under Ordinance No 143 and 144, with notices to all council members and a town clerk certification on file. The notice confirms marshal J H Hanlon delivered copies to council members more than 24 hours prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Big Horn County
Sail
Gomncil
Jas. F. Ewers
State of Wyoming
Big Horn
Bain
J. J. H. Hanlon
Wyoming
Marthes
Aid Office
J. H. Hanlon
Hasin
Wyong
Bam
Horn County
Wyordne
Drew Prugh
Havin
Wise's Wisecrack Holiday Display Attracts Shoppers
Local retailer Wise's advertises a holiday gift display featuring a bold burger stack theme and a cone owl motif. A promotional note thanks customers for their business and invites continued patronage this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise's
Wise
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