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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
5
Albert M. Spurrier has been selected to take Basin census and will begin work next Tuesday after passing civil service exam. Postmaster A. W. Coons will have his office cooperate with the enumerator to make this census absolutely complete. Citizens urged to aid Spurrier in listing all persons within Basin corporate limits.
J H Welsh purchased J W Goulds interest in the local partnership this week and will run the business alone from the Red Barn across Thompson Lumber Co. headquarters. He will specialize in abstracting services, inviting bids from those needing such work, and is described as a hustler who aims to excel in the trade.
Norman Hapgood cites a Denmark appointment and recalls Pietro Libertini on trial for a violent assault. The lawyer extols Italia as the home of art and science, then asks the court to apply the lowest form of pictorial art to his client, to be white washed.
A lieutenant of aviation performs a mid air transfer between two aircraft in full flight. He climbs to the undercarriage, swings to the landing chassis, then jumps to the second ship below. He lands near the middle of the right wing after timing speeds and distances, risking a 6000 foot fall.
Mantua charms American soldiers with a lively cafe scene and electric lights on every fourth block. The piece notes late nights, beer and wine hopping, and a ten o clock train back to Milan, ending with a wary lullaby of home.
A Temple Gate London porter who recently retired recalls Charles Dickens. He says Dickens wore a black velvet coat with smoked pearl buttons and a deerstalker hat, and notes an incident where someone asked about a woman in the office. The reminiscence sits alongside other historical anecdotes and oddities.
An Egg Circle in Canada aims to remove the wholesaler and middleman from the egg trade. The plan seeks to prevent any persons between producers and consumers, aligning with a warehouse network and tightened distribution.
Cap Ezra Gods a king recounts in town crowds how umbrellas jam sidewalks and injure people. He notes careless handlers, from a man with a musket-like umbrella to a girl with a parasol, making umbrellas dangerous and deadly in daily life. Boston Globe.
An Austrians notes correspondent says Belgian notes were another dud for allies on the western front. He claims enemy control of Belgian banks made high denomination notes risky and soldiers often found hidden clean Belgian five franc notes among genuine French bills, requiring careful inspection.
A buyer resolved to buy only on sale. He bought a mop for 08 cents, a 10 cent handle, and a bottle of pollah. Dropping the bottle required another bottle, raising the total to 1.00, as he aimed to beat the H. OL.
Several million tons of coal have been displaced by fuel oil in New England out of 60 million tons of annual coal needs in the region for industrial use. The Mexican Petroleum Co. sells 600 000 barrels of oil yearly for domestic use and has displaced half of the several million tons of coal used in manufacturing in New England. The coal situation is the main stimulus to oil adoption as many Atlantic state factories and public utilities switch to oil gas fuel due to coal costs and higher production costs.
A column argues the public utility industry avoids middlemen by selling directly from producer to consumer, contending this practice helps keep costs lower amid rising living expenses. The piece criticizes blame on middlemen and emphasizes direct service.
The piece argues that utilities cannot survive on low rates and calls for the public to accept higher prices for adequate service. It contends management has reached its limit and emphasizes paying for service rather than seeking freebies, urging a simple remedy based on the Golden Rule. The Republican is identified as the city and county paper.
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