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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
7
An editor recounts a letter from a Dig department store in Omaha offering advertising space. He declined, defending local merchants and noting the store’s claim that his paper favors them over local businesses. The piece ends with a sharp jab at the paper’s supposed loyalty.
The New Year arrived peacefully in Basin with a few bells and a power plant whistle announcing 1914. A high wind after midnight frightened some, but by morning the barometer fell and the day turned into the first warm spell after several weeks.
Notice of dissolution states C H Gardner sold interest to purchaser and partnership between Gardner and undersigned dissolved. All accounts due to the firm are payable to the undersigned who will meet firm obligations. Future operations will continue under the City Meat Market name.
Herman McLain, demonstrator for the Hupmobile from M. O. Barnes Co. of Billings, has spent the past week in town showing the car and assisting W. W. Murphy in establishing the local branch agency.
Patten Basin notes and bills collected and remittance promptly made. Deeds and conveyances neatly drawn and executed. Agent of the Commercial Union Insurance Co London. The Pennsylvania Fire Averses promptly adjusted and paid at once.
A collection of witty maxims on business, liberty, money, smoking, and human frailties. The quip filled piece notes the ease of finding a business manager, warns against bragging, and mocks tax, luck, and criticism while touching on manners, temperaments, and social norms.
Heat from midsummer sun penetrates soil to about three feet, with deeper layers remaining near uniform in temperature. At 20 feet the seasonal swing takes six months to arrive. summer mean near 68 F and winter near 32 F. Dark soils, peaty and dense, stay warmer than light clays and chalk, with up to 16 F difference between adjacent soils.
A compact saying likens biased critics to a fly on an ox and a hornet feeding on rot. It argues that some reporters reveal their true nature through destructive, selective reporting rather than balanced coverage. The passage uses metaphors to condemn negative constitutional commentators.
A boss informs his stenographer that his wife left for Europe for health reasons. He worries she may not return and asks her to remind him to send his mother a quarterly check, while focusing on his dictation and ignoring the stenographer's disappointment. The scene centers on marital distance and awkward hints of separation.
The London Chronicle notes Blackpool as the north’s Brighton rival with rapid growth since 1750. Colonel Fishwick’s history recalls a few clay cottages then, by 1790, about sixty houses along a mile of shore and four hundred visitors. Bathing customs were modest with few bathing machines and fines for gentlemen on the beach.
Chicago teams up with motor funeral buses to ease the high cost of dying. Each bus holds a coffin, 27 mourners, and a minister and undertaker near the driver. A compartment beside the chauffeur and above it will hold flowers. Officials say transportation costs, a major funeral expense, will fall by about 50 dollars per ceremony as ten buses roll out soon.
A fragmentary line suggests caution about changing plans after a warrant, with phrasing hinting at a boastful challenge and the risk of backing away from reform. The odd wording implies a reflective or satirical note on intent and consequences.
A child named Clara wanders through Mrs. Browns back hall imagining fudge chocolate and dessert. She asks playful questions about brushing vegetables with a toothbrush and bristles in her mouth. The scene ends with a question about bringing her doll for company tonight reported by the Chicago Daily News.
Mrs Airlie hosts a tea with Major Burke as guest. She argues women’s sense of humor is becoming dangerous and mocks male reserve, praising Jane Austen types as the new ideal. The major clings to tradition, while she asserts humor may be the best armor for women.
A warden questions a new inmate about usable skills and learns the prisoner was once a cellist in an orchestra. The warden then assigns him to wood sawing work.
The Schulze line offers shoes at 3.60 and 4. wear and style touted. McCall patterns will be here soon. All departments of our store advertise the assortment and fit.
Auction notice offers eighty acres by Nowood river, three miles east of Manderson, with good water rights. Asking 25.00 per acre cash, balance on terms at six percent. Owner H. L. Mead, Greybull. Investigate this rare bar going land deal in the Big Horn Basin.
One tract of 80 acres deeded land in the best fruit section with four acres of fruit trees, wood water right and ample water under a main ditch. Price 4000 half down balance on time at 8 percent. Another 80 acres with good water right and cultivation offered at 3500. Call Basin Republican or write to Basin Republican for details.
The City Meat Market advertises reduced prices on lard with 10 pounds for $1.50 and 8 pounds for 50 cents, promoting a limited time sale.
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