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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
8
Basin news item highlights include residents and visitors such as L J Diehl of Hyattville Erv Allen from Hyattville and Mrs T Armstrong returning from Greybull. Business updates cover Eppelsheimer Abbott Pharmacy and Carl Wilson’s electrical work with stock show travels. A mix of classifieds notes a divorce filing list and 10000 evergreen strawberries for sale.
Postmaster A. W. Coons states that the local office has shown a decided gain over the previous yearly audit and that the last quarter indicates a still larger increase expected in the coming year.
W. T. Rogers, an employee of the refinery in Greybull, died Tuesday following pneumonia. He belonged to the Odd Fellows Masons and Moonwe. Funeral services will be held in Greybull this afternoon with a number from Basin expected to attend.
The ad offers twice weekly delivery of premium carnations and funeral designs as a specialty from J. R. Bonwell, contact phone 132.
The Gem cafe on Rue Royal, a historic hub where Napoleon rescue plots, first Mardi Gras plans, and Louisiana political talks occurred, once frequented by every Louisiana governor and famed as a meeting place for leaders over coffee and wine.
A reader recalls artists who forged fame despite limb loss. Bertram Hilea in London painted with teeth, a Edinburgh Art School student used toes, and Daniel Vierge transformed paralysis into a new pen and ink style, earning international renown.
A dignified retired minister brings his four year-old granddaughter to a church school. On Mary Ellen’s fourth birthday she clutches her pennies and refuses to put them in the basket until her grandpa steps forward with four pennies, preserving his reputation and causing a ripple of amusement in the congregation.
King Charles II once granted vast North American lands to Hudson's Bay Company. The firm retains over 3,000,000 acres, now being sold to settlers after fifty years since surrendering holdings to Canada for 1.5 million dollars. The land, long unused since pioneer times, may soon be tilled by farmers.
The Sydney Bulletin recalls a 1858 dinner chat between a British naval officer and a Frenchman at a Sydney ball that led to rivals landing first and seizing New Caledonia and nearby isles. It warns of a looming New Hebrides condominium as France expands in the Pacific.
Artificial logs for interior and outdoor fires use translucent asbestos reinforced with metal and hollow pockets for electric bulbs. Each log is hand painted to resemble partially burned wood with shading that reflects light from below. Also available as a large wood log with ash heap for old fashioned fireplaces.
In Portland Oregon a unique school operates without a truant officer and no degrees. Attended by graduates and non graduates, 86 people meet weekly for an intensive course in grain grading under federal standards set by the US Department of Agriculture. The class is held after business hours in the federal grain supervisor’s office and includes grain dealers dock superintendents foremen and state grain men.
A New Haven Register quote notes that prohibition will not stop the moon from becoming full or the fog from dissipating, comparing it to bases and other enduring phenomena. The remark echoes optimism that limits cannot curb natural and strategic constants.
The Eppelsheimer-Abbott Pharma Co completes new fixtures and plans early next week to install light fixtures making their drug store a leading and up to date business room in the region. The premises offer comfort with a fountain service balcony rest room telephone booth and other customer amenities inviting public inspection.
A tax agent will visit Basin to assist taxpayers with income tax return questions at the courthouse from March 3 to 7. The service is free of charge and provided by a representative sent by the district collector to help all in need.
Constance Talmadge and Harrison Ford star in The Violet Ad venture shown Sunday evening. Monday features Wm. Hart in The Poppy Girl's Husband with Juanita Hansen in a Barbary Coast San Francisco setting. Billie Burke also features as a leading player.
Screen stars present in Good Gracious Annabelle a dramatic story of a hermit miner who abducts a girl, marries her to save face, then abandons her. As he strikes it rich, he supports her from afar, and the pair are eventually reunited in a sequence of thrilling, refined comedic scenes.
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