Maurer Sisters Orchestra to Enter Lyceum Run
The Maurer Sisters Orchestra, versatile young women with five years’ stage experience, join the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuit. Their program includes cornet, violin, flute, cello solos, duets, whistling, humorous readings, and orchestral numbers designed to draw large crowds and strong door sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurer Sisters
Maurer Sisters Orchestra
Lyceum
Chautauqua
Stedpath Bureau
Redpath Bureau
Bureau
Joke on Curious Neighbors Over Muddy Carpets
A week after marriage in a thin walled apartment the wife berates her husband Charlie for muddying carpets. Neighbors overhear and joke about divorce while the next morning a curly haired black pup frolics outdoors as the wife explains the mud was her fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Columbus Dispatch
Chariie
Oil fields surge in Basin country with prolific wells
Oil activity grows across the Elk basin, Basin Gardens, and east river lands as wells hit oil sands. Midwest and Ohio companies report multiple productive wells, signaling a major new field amid ongoing development and spring plans. Litigation slows Grass Creek but officers push ahead, with Obijio and Valent ine leading operators and Greybull town spurs drawing nationwide attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn Oil & Gas Company
Greybull Oil Company
Midwest
Refining Company
Greybull Refining Company
Greybull
Big Horn Basin
Greyball
Byron
Cowley
Basin Gardens
Elk Basin
Wyoming
Montana
Midwest Company
Ohio Company
Grass Creek
Obijio and Valentine Companies
Basin Country
De Pinch Undergoes Appendectomy
Dialogue reveals De Pinch was operated on for appendicitis with chloroform required to quiet him. It is noted as the first known instance of such a procedure on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Pinch
Benator Blufum Faces Critical Battles in Public Square
In a spirited exchange, critics claim Benator Blufum eagerly fights for the people, while others deride his rhetoric as mere noise. The debate centers on whether his loud stance shields constituents from alleged unscrupulous associates or masks political maneuvering.
The Way of it neighbor vegetable theft quip
A humorous exchange questions suburban neighbors farming habits and a sly line reveals a neighbor stealing vegetables at night. The joke plays on tension between neighborly help and petty theft. The quip highlights mistrust in quiet residential life.
Basin business outlook signals strong year ahead
The report details rising trade across sectors in Basin with brisk Christmas sales and optimistic forecasts for 1916. Berry Lumber and Metropolitan Pharmacy report record or near record activity, harness and saddle shops see big orders, bakeries and groceries expand, auto garages busy, banks report deposits and new accounts, and local leaders foresee a banner year driven by farmer stock and oil profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas, A. Berry
Berry Lumber Company
F. A. Wise
Metropolitan Pharmacy
Basin Country
E. C. Burroughs
A. B. Martin
Basin Bakery
Jack Easter
Kelley
Johnson-Pease Company
W.S. Pease
Basin
E. A. Davis
Enterprise Grocery
H. H. Hime
Basin State Bank
D. L. Carr
Big Horn
Carr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tightwaddo
Benator Blufum
Furniture & Nation Co
C. T. Douglas
Prop
Business Outlook
Mr Hart
Germania
Durkee
Lou Blakesley
Basin, Wyo
T. S. Armstrong Supply
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!