Basin Republican Postage Caption Notice
The Basin Republican is entered as Second Class matter on June 30 1965 at Basin Wyoming post office under the 1879 act.
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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1920
Page
4
The Basin Republican is entered as Second Class matter on June 30 1965 at Basin Wyoming post office under the 1879 act.
The item lists owner and publisher details for Big Horn County Basin official paper and the subscription at two dollars per year in advance. It includes display ad rates at twenty five cents per inch per insertion and blackface locals charged per line, indicating a local newspaper rate card.
A wartime style call warns workers to resist alleged communist manipulation by foreign centers to dominate unions and incite uprisings. It urges labor members to choose between union loyalty and constitutional allegiance, labeling those siding with unions against the constitution as enemies.
A speaker claims laboring men who favor their unions threaten national security, denounces those aligned with Russian soviets and I W W, and calls for an immediate purge of undesirables from the country. The rhetoric targets unions and minority groups as unfit for government benefits.
In New York City Secretary of War Baker urged radical changes to interbranch relations, proposing cabinet members sit in Congress to defend department policies. Critics argued cabinet work should stay at the desk and warned against mixing executive and legislative duties.
The Eppelheimer Abbott Pharmacy will hold a grand opening on Saturday February 7 inviting the public to inspect their up to date store in the west. Orchestra music will be provided in the afternoon and evening with refreshments and souvenirs available.
Notice extends the bid deadline for the M E church building to February 16. J W Alexander chair bid committee.
In a late story from London Answers, residents near Thames Ditton and Hampton Court improvise winter homes. Houseboats remain occupied as floods threaten and a tree sheltered lake mooring holds boats. A five room Thames Ditton Island bungalow costs 25 shillings weekly until April.
Lord Morris spoke at St. John's Wood Presbyterian church detailing Newfoundland history from early colonizers to Northcliffe era mills. He touted new iron and fishing prospects, noting Newfoundland as the empire’s second largest iron producer and suggesting abundant ore could meet global needs for a century.
The piece notes that stockings and journalists both use wood pulp based materials. It claims newspapers and modern hosiery use wood pulp fibers and cites exports of silk stockings made from pulp, totaling 15 million pairs last year, with growth over 1918.
A peculiar quotation compares today’s manna to a drug trade commodity. The text notes manna once fed Israelites in the desert and now references Incisians in Southern Europe supplying a refined product. Demand rises for small flake manna, deemed higher quality from the tree stem’s upper portion.
Mr Flutters-That praises his fiance Miss Puddin as a goddess. Professor Bonedigger-Notes an odd parallel, saying he has studied Aztec carvings and finds the resemblance striking.
A Birmingham Herald reader recalls a young officer appearing pained as the speaker extols war’s glamour. The officer led a labor battalion of Chinese workers, a stark contrast to heroic lore.
Report notes extreme tree growth in northern Greenland where the tallest trees reach only three inches in height and a 60 year old arctic willow trunk measures under half an inch in diameter.
Cynical remark questions why brides are given away at weddings. He counters that marriage is often treated as a sale, noting the oddity of the custom and its persistence.
Judge George Harding and Attorney FE Ellis rode into Basin by train on business. A passing car offered a ride to Greybull but returned to the sidewalk after finding nitroglycerine cans inside. Readers overheard lively town talk and colorful remarks about music, fame, and eastern influence.
Last Sunday marked Mac McKone of the Basin garage birthday anniversary, celebrated with a small dinner hosted by Mrs. McKone for a few friends. Jim Young, a prominent Otto country farmer, visited Basin earlier in the week. W. S. Irwin left for Sioux City, Iowa, at the start of the week to visit his old home.
The fortress of Dantzig houses Napoleonic lore about the emperor and his marshals. It recalls Intimations from a grand council where Murat and Ney faced his rulings before the ill fated Moscow campaign. Later Dantzig served as base for Mackensen’s forces that captured Warsaw.
The exchange contrasts French and American views on honor in a field with two goal posts at each end. A witty line credits husky young Americans who take pride in plowing it with their wages. The snippet also notes Helen’s engagement to a wealthy man fifty years older.
An inquiry from J. R. Bonwell seeking farm and ranch land sales details. He requests owners desiring to sell to send land descriptions and stated lowest cash price.
During its first year the Ford service course organized January 1, 1918 by Ford Motor Company graduated more than 1000 service men from Ford dealers nationwide. The one month program mixes theory and practice with five delegates sent daily from each branch. 120 students are in this class. The project cost $150,000 and aims to standardize service for car owners and extend to all authorized Ford dealers.
Notice is given that on January 15 1920 Homer Lester Crown petitioned the district court to change his name to Homer Lester Oberg. The hearing is set for February 21 1920 at ten in the forenoon in Basin Wyoming. Objections may be heard at that time. Homer Lester Crown by West and Little his attorneys.
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