Basin Republican notes and local items from the county paper
The Basin Republications column reflects on debt, wartime finance, and allied obligations. It mentions a bankruptcy petition by Louis Adam Millard of Worland, wheat shipping prices, Denver Post investments in Salt Creek oil, and legislative worries over constitutional laws. It also reports Sheridan’s gambling ban, upcoming seed sales, and calls for optimism to spur prosperity.
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Louis Adam Millard
Worland
One flag one language one loyalty to the American people
The excerpt emphasizes national symbols and allegiance, citing the American flag the language of the Declaration of Independence and loyalty to the American people. It frames patriotism as a shared civic duty and identity across the nation.
Basin Chamber Adverts Promote Town as Gas Field Hub
A Basin Chamber of Commerce appeal urges relentless advertising during tough times. It cites Pearline’s rise and fall to stress sustained efforts, proposing a town slogan and a meeting next Monday to decide Basin’s advertising message.
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Basin
Chamber of Commerce
Our National Debt and Foreign Bond Demands
The article argues the national debt exceeds twenty four billion dollars with ten billion from foreign governments. It urges the incoming administration to obtain bonds from debtors for payment and overdue interest, citing wartime dealings and paid Allied costs as context.
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France
England
Auction Bulletin Sale Dates for Hartigan Estate and More
Col Dan Roers announces upcoming sales near Hyattville and Basin Wyoming. On Feb 1 a general farm sale for the G Hartigan estate two miles east of Hyattville. On Feb 5 a personal estate sale four miles northwest of Basin for Hartigan deceased.
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Dan Roers
G. Hartigan
Hyattville
Basin
Hartigan
Gilmore Hartigan
Basin, Wyoming
Mabel S. Hartigan
John Seaman
Dan Rogers
J. C. Stewart
Hyattville ,Wyoming
D., Stewart
Sunday Church Schedule for First Church of Christ Scientist
The First Church of Christ Scientist offers Sunday services at 11 a.m. and Wednesday evening testimonial meetings at 8 p.m. A Sunday school for ages up to twenty runs at 10 a.m. Reading rooms behind the church are open daily from 3 to 6 except Sundays and legal holidays.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
Catholic Services Schedule and Rex Theater Tease
Catholic services will be held in Basin next Sunday at 11 o clock and in Greybull at 9 o clock. Watch for dates for a big Zane Gray production at the Rex.
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Basin
Greybull
Zane Gray
The
Rex
The Punch That Counts Across Sports Narratives
In a Chicago Evening Post column a French boxer Georges Carpentier and other sports figures are praised for landing the first effective punch. The piece asserts that decisive first blows determine success in boxing, baseball, horse racing, and football, linking pugnacity to lasting dominance.
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Georges Carpentier
Dempsey
A. m
Tris Speaker
Biddle
Chicago Evening Post
Customs of West Imposed on Peking Women and Men
James A. Muller describes Peking in National Geographic, noting Manchu women wear skirts and paint faces with bold cheek circles, a Westernized style that would look immodest to Americans. Manchu men, once rulers, wander the city as the empire fades, illustrating China’s enduring adaptability.
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Peking
James A. Muller
National Geographic Magazine
America
Broadway
Little Love Story and a Neighborly Farewell
A tale contrasts a dreamer poet and a man of action as awoman marries a moneyed heir. The dreamer writes verses to woo her while the practical husband corners wealth, yet the woman’s spouse ends up unhappy while the others drift on. In a separate vignette Mrs B overhears a neighbor and her husband saying goodbye with playful embarrassment.
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Man of Action
Action
Jake
Mra. B
Indianapolis News
New American Industry Opens With Pearl Factory Fact
A Popular Mechanics Magazine report notes the establishment of a new Eastern factory with 50 000 square feet for making artificial pearls from fish scale essence. It marks a shift from imports from France Germany and Italy. The herring scales provide the base material and yield tiny iridescent specks per scale.
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France
Germany
Italy
Suction Tube Unloads Ship at Oakland Harbor
A large suction tube in Oakland California unloads copra from a cargo ship. The loose material is sucked through the tube into the hold and released into bins on the wharf. Copra, lighter than cork, arrives from tropical countries.
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Oakland
Cal
Advertising in Constantinople Four-Language Market
Trade Commissioner Meara notes Constantinople’s cosmopolitan population reads multiple papers. Ads should appear in at least four languages, with Turkish papers most effective due to population size and reader receptivity. Street advertising lacks legal protection. no telecast ads. newspaper circulations cited for French Greek Armenian and Turkish outlets.
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Constantinople
Eliot G. Meara
Rare sugars shift from German monopoly to American production
The piece notes the rise of American chemical industry in producing rare sugars once controlled by Germany. It lists high prices for dulecitol, mannose, xylose, and other sugars such as aribinose, levalose, and raffinose, all valued per pound and used in laboratories and medical testing.
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Israel
Better Weather Forecasts From Solar Observations
R. M. Stewart told the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada that solar observations may enable forecasts of weather trends for six months or a year ahead. The Dominion Observatory assistant director noted accuracy may take 50 to 100 years of study, but expressed confidence this goal will be reached.
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R. M. Stewart
Dominion Observatory
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
German Thoroughness Illustrates Lesson From a Latin Note
Max Walter recounts a German prep school anecdote where a venerable teacher spots a Latin error in a student's composition. He corrects it with red ink, rolls the paper, burns it in the fire, and resumes his pipe, illustrating disciplined attention to detail.
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Max Walter
Frankfort
Germany
Belgians Train Farmers With Mobile School Caravan
Belgium introduces a mobile farming school using a motor caravan. The three joined units include a gasoline powered classroom on a truck with two trailers forming a portable teaching building. The concept brings education directly to farmers in rural areas.
Cat Trapped in Mill Wheel Survives Nine Hours
A kitten crawled into the rim of a large flywheel at Great Northern mills in Burlington Nebraska and rode the wheel for nine hours as it turned. Officials stopped the machinery and found the cat still alive. The animal had reportedly traveled about 600 miles inside the wheel.
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Great Northern
Burlington
Neb
Basin School Notes Highlight Local Basketball and Schedule Changes
The Basin high boys team with players Wane Hanlon Geald Extra Lou Blakesley Dalton Wheeler Arthur Zaring Bert May and Billy Burroughs plus Mr. Cheece played return games this week losing to Powell 12 4 and Cody 19 10 while beating Garland 42 19 The Basin girls beat Garland 28 6 A new school schedule trims day dismissal to 11 45 with 1 00 start and 3 00 end A seventh eighth grade game against Manderoson teams finished Basin 4 3 The home economics class directed by Miss Dyer hosted a library dinner under Episcopal guild supervision.
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Wane Hanlon
Geald Extra
Lou Blakesley
Dalton Wheeler
Arthur Zaring
Bert May
Billy Burroughs
Mr. Cheece
Powell
Cody
Garland
Basin
Foestead
Manderoson
Eighth Grade Girls Serve Dinner to 54 Guests
The eighth grade girls served fifty four guests for a dinner that was described as a huge success.
Harding withholds cabinet choices to gauge public opinion
The Kansas City Star reflects on President elect Harding delaying cabinet decisions to assess public reaction to suggested appointees. The piece notes his aim to secure broad approval by balancing party claims, personal preferences, and evolving public sentiment.
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Harding
Marion
Kansas City Star
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Montana
Cheyenne Tribune
City of
Sheridan
Cheyenne
Advertising Basin
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Turkey
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