Basin High Team Trounces City Nine in Exhibition Tilt
Basin High School's basketball squad routed the city team 19 to 10 in an exhibition game last Thursday. The Basin defense and fast offense led by guard Jones and players Arthur Zaring and Vernon Beall stifled the visitors, while Banta starred for the city squad. The piece also notes upcoming conference games against Big Horn Academy and Cowley, plus a girls game versus Manderson and local holiday luck.
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Banta
Jones
Arthur Zaring
Vernon Beall
Big Horn Academy
Basin
Cowley
Chas Reid
Basin High School
Chas
Manderson
Washington
Lincoln
Burlington
Burlington Pensions Plan for Railroad Employees
Following President Holden's December 1 announcement the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad distributes today to all staff a copy of the new pension plan. Eligibility includes continuous service 20 years for pensions at 65 or 70, with disability provisions after 25 years. Benefits are percent of final ten years wages with a minimum of one dollar per year of service, not less than $25 monthly, and the company bears all costs.
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Holden
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
The Teeth of the Law
A western judge says prison terms will be given to those convicted of selling habit forming drugs. An eastern judge hints similar penalties for violations of the Sherman anti trust law. If adopted broadly, the policy could improve conditions in society.
Refusal to form coalition cabinet blamed for wartime waste
Tumulty says Wilson blocked a coalition cabinet as a Republican maneuver At issue a prominent Democrat who funded the second Wilson campaign admits urging such a cabinet Wilson’s refusal is linked to inefficiency and a national scandal
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Wilson
United States
Famous Uncles in Fiction: A World of Uncle Figures
Answering who stands as literature’s most famous uncle, London Answers lists Uncle Tom and Uncle Remus as enduring icons. The piece notes Brer Rabbit’s storyteller uncle and others like Uncle Podger, Uncle Ralph Nickleby, and Uncle Bernac as vividly drawn relatives across novels.
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Tom
London Answers
Uncle Remus
Joel Chander Harris
Brer Rabbit
Brer Fox
Brer Tarkapin
Brer Bar
Remus
Podger
J. K. Jerome
Ralph Nickleby
David Balfour
Robert Louigs Stevenson
Sherlock Holmes
Bernac
Harry
Budge
Teddy
Helen
Budding Indiana Novelist’s Son Writes Burglary Tale
Lyman Hunter, seven, wrote a short story titled Jim and John after a class prompt. The tale follows two boys who encounter burglars, explore a house, and use guns to recover stolen items, ending with a happy, conventional finish.
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Hunter
Lyman
Indiana
Jim
John
Weigh Elements of Universe Find Atomic Weights
Harvard scientists Theodore Richards and Gregory Baxter report nearly forty atomic weights across the universe after 35 years of work. Iron and nickel in meteorites match earth weights, silver and copper are constant, and lead shows two weights with radium materials lighter.
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Theodore Richards
Gregory P. Baxter
Harvard University
PepPoOrtl
Temperature Mapping in Refrigerated Cars
The Department of Agriculture uses a twelve thermometer system to monitor fruit transit. Twelve sensors connect via a twelve point plug to a recording box, which displays exact temperatures and a chart marks each sensor’s location in the car.
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Department of Agriculture
Moll Cutpurse Mary Frith Dies at Age Seventy Four
Notorious thief known as Moll Cutpurse in the era of Charles I dies at seventy four from dropsy. She was famed for strength and disguise, once robbing Lord Fairfax on Hounslow Heath and escaping capture by means of Dribery.
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Moll Cutpuree
Mary Frith
Moll Cutpurse
Charles I
Lord Fairfax
Hounslow Heath
Newgale
Facing the Future in Basin City
The piece urges Basin to abandon yesterday and embrace progress through industrial growth, better roads, business methods, and recreation facilities. It calls for planning for future expansion with adequate facilities and notes the need for a modern city built today, signed by The Colonel.
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Basin
Supreme Court and Ben Cooper Warn Against Labor Strikes
Chief Justice Taft's ruling on picketing alarms radical labor leaders while Ben Cooper of the railroad labor board denounces strikes that threaten public welfare. He states organized labor has a public trust to ensure efficient service and warns that throttling individuals or destroying property risks Bolshevism and death, urging a balance between just and unjust demands.
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Supreme Court
Taft
Ben Cooper
Railroad Labor Board
New York
Congress
Hoover
Misplaced solicitude critiques import tax on books
Henry Van Dyke deplores the import tax on books but omits the tax on those who make books in America. The piece questions the mindset of American Internationalists and their stance on publishing costs.
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Henry van Dyke
America
A Vital Message for Basin Business Leaders
The piece urges Basin Chamber of Commerce members to mobilize energy and resources to boost local prosperity. It calls for manufacturers, investors, retailers, farmers, and editors to collaborate, improve selling methods, and provide fair pricing to drive a new era of community growth.
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Basin
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas Delicatessen Promotes Food and Coffee Deals
The notice touts Douglas Delicatessen offering home cooked foods with quality, quantity and right prices. It invites downtown visitors to try coffee and cream, Whitman's Cocoa with whipped cream, and notes no extra charge for extra service.
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Douglas Delicatessen
Titled Women in Movies Move Into Acting
Among English aristocracy turning to film work are Lady Diana Cooper daughter of the Duke of Kut ood the Hon Lois Stuart Jody Alleyton Miss Poppy Wynd the writer of Lord Ineheape and Lan
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Diana Cooper
Duke of
Kut Ood
Lois Stuart
Jody Alleyton
Poppy Wynd
Lord Ineheape
Lan
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