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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
8
Dan Rogers returns from Powell and greetings at the Billiard Hall. Several officials and businessmen from Greybull, Thermopolis, Manderson, Burlington, and Billings visit or transact banking and surveying business nearby. Ads note Cook’s Store carries a full dry goods line and will ship for unavailable items.
Dan Rogers conducts an auction bulletin listing upcoming sales in the Big Horn Basin. On Feb 21 four miles from Germania horses cows and farming implements are offered. L L Smith auction on March 4 features milk cows grain potatoes farm machinery and poultry west of Rairden. F P Andrews sale on March 5 near Worland includes horses cattle sows and farm equipment. F B Coulter sale March 11 and 12 at Manderson.
Wise Prescription Druggist advertises services and a new line at Billiard Hall with local notices. The page lists residents visiting town, sales, shops, jewelry repairs, and upcoming events including a George Washington party at the Shell Creek Saturday night and various town business notes.
Cash buyer A B Hageman seeks unencumbered land valued at twenty thousand dollars at fifty dollars per acre or lease per acre. On and after November first Rough Dry Laundry will charge 35 cents per dozen for family washing, as Basin Steam Laundry.
Auction notice lists full blood Poland China hogs for sale by Gale. Also mentions two bears, with details including buyer or seller references such as GUS pige and W. FP, Johnson.
Driving team ages five and six years old offered with a Fremont buggy and harness. Cheap if taken at once. Basin Hospital Co. Basin Wyoming.
Col A S Mercer arrived from the north on Monday. J B Gapen of Hyattville conducted business in town yesterday. The George Livingston family left for Missouri, planning to settle there. Mrs G W Kershner and granddaughter left for Billings to visit Mrs Linnabary and Mrs Rhodes and daughter Ruth, who had been visiting D L Carr, then returned home to Lander. B B Morton forest ranger of Tensleep is in Sheridan this week consulting with Supervisor Kavanagh of the Big Horn forest. L W Keith and wife and infant stopped in Billings on the way from Seattle to Otto Wyoming, accompanied by Dr O W Waltl from Seattle. Warrants Called In. County warrants Nos 855d to 9406 must be presented for payment before March 1, 1914, as interest will not be paid after that date. Zela Murphy, County Treasurer.
Mrs. R. A. Baldwin was down from Hyattville yesterday between trains. Elegant two story home with 11 rooms, modern in every way, close in, with trees lawn and shrubbery. Cheaper than construction cost. Call Jas. I. Patten. 20.
Young Abraham Lincoln and a local judge bet on a horse swap with unseen animals and a $25 penalty. The judge arrived with a mangy horse while Lincoln led a wooden sawhorse, prompting cheers as Lincoln admitted he had "the worst of" the trade. The tale underscores bragging about market dealings.
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