Local and Personal: Town Visitors and Business Notes
A long list of residents and visitors frequenting the town during the week includes Himes resident H. M. Snell, Shell's F. C. Emerson, Burlington’s Cicero Avent, Ureybull’s Kk. Stanfield, Nowood’s Gam Scovel, Greybull’s R. B. West, Otto’s F. L. Kirkpatrick, Manderson’s R. H. Ewart, Kirby’s D. R. Purcell, Kirby family visits, Burlington’s J. F. Hope, Germania’s F. B. Walters, and many others. Chase & Sanborn tea and coffee at Cook’s, jewelry ads by F. H. Whitmore, and local business notes on legal visits, school term rental rates, cattle shipments by C. Kelley, and travelers from Canada visiting the Basin.
Basin Falls Silent On Local Commerce And Notices
A mix of ads and notices from Basin Wyoming recounts local business activity and upcoming meetings. Items mention Freeman druggists, Thomas Bros and Cook’s shop, tobacco and cigars, fruit and vegetables, watches, jewelry, and an irrigation company meeting set for February 2, 1914. The page also notes meat industry concerns and a national commission investigation.
Fragmentary 19th Century Notices and Sayings
A garbled excerpt offers a jumble of phrases about printing, reforms, information bureaus, pronunciation, and a traveling man’s view of merchants. The text reads like scattered aphorisms and adage fragments with no cohesive event or clear entities.
Eggs and blame shift from hens to authorities in nations'
A satirical critique mocks egg price blame placed on hens as cold storage and market forces face scrutiny. The piece questions storage levels and industry responsibility, referencing U.S. district attorneys and the Department of Justice. It also advertises Basin, Wyoming real estate and local sale notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Department of Justice
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Minneapolis
Leghorns for Sale and Ducks for Breeding
Leghorn hens for laying, 16 chosen full blood R C Leghorn pullets in fine condition. Also a few Indian Runner ducks for breeding. Contact W H Pauley at 423-20 for details. The saying notes social contrast and calls for cheerful outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Pauley
Oil strike boosts wells at Midwest company
The Torchlight claim reports a sudden oil surge lifting daily output from 200 to 2500-3000 barrels after adopting well No 4. Four other wells on the same lease also increased, with oil spurt reportedly reaching hundreds of feet. Painted homes at Home camp now coated in oil, yet the company welcomes the strike as evidence of substantial oil for years. A Casper Tribune note adds Wyoming oil fields reports from the Geological Survey, with pamphlets available through the state’s delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Company
Casper Tribune
Washington
Douglas
Gonverse
Cody
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wise Prescription Druggist
Cook's
H. M. Snell
Himes
F.c.emerson of
Shell
Cicero Avent
Burlington
Town
Kk. Stanfield of
Ureybull
Gam Scovel of
R.B. West
Greybull
F. L. Kirkpatrick
Otto
R. H. Ewart of
Manderson
D. R. Purcell
Kirby
A. Johnson of
J. F. Hope
F. EB. Walters
Germania
Chase & Sanborns
F. H. Whitmore
Thos. M. Hyde
Worland
Thomas Bros
Chester Harris
T. K. Bishop
C. A. Zaring
Pionecer Trust & Savings Bank
Elmer Yarnell
Ilinois
Kelley
C. E. Noble
C. T. McCoy
H. D. Hendricks
St. Joe
E. M. Hatten
Canada
Wise
Freeman
Thonas Bros
H. L. Clapp
John Neff
Bualneas
Ted Shafer
To &— Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank
C. E. Shaw
Billings
iSauel Parkins
Kane
Thomas Broa
Athencaine
Denver
Wice’s
Phillip Minor
Calgary
Lee Hake
C. W. Trone
E. R. Good
Casper
George Cutter
Smoke Wise
W. J. Alderdice
Glen Nicholson
Mr. and
Mra. L. F. Severson
O. C. Morgan of
Wises Fountain
H. 8. Mills
Alex Lucas
Thermopolis
P. M. Gallaher
R. H. Ewart
Cass Morris
Lisa Peay
I. D. Johnson
J. F. & W Irrigation Co
Wyo
Pietro Bianchi
Secy
Treas
A G Horn
Republcan
XY Care Basin Republican
T. W. Olney
M. F. Church
J. A. Berry
Jim Welsh
Yale
Oregon
Basin
Big Horn
Jess Thompson
Sam Smith
C. F. Lampman
Prayman
Spitzenberg
R. C. Pippins
Cook's. Jao
Secretary of Agriculture
Wen
Federal
Tims
the Republican
Globe Lights
Johnson Pease Co
Cook's Store
Living Water
Big 7 Saloon
Jogh Mills
C. W. Atherly
Bansin
Pacific
Atlantic
Siberia
North Pole
Alaska
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
United States
Weather Bureau
Hagland
Iceland
British Islands
Europe
St. Petersburg
Russia
Dubuque
Iowa
Davenport
Mississippi
Cairo
Pittsburg
D. L. Carr
Wm. Gibson
Robert P. Pearson
A. Coons
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