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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
11
An onlookers note a rustic scene as fans chant uneven phrases about PeakBoys and Suet, with a farmer named Jamies and a Wwaler figure appearing in a rural cornpatch setting. The odd event sparks local curiosity and a playful, if garbled, crowd cheer.
The New York Sun reports a playful riddle about three cats debating a treasury in a trout brook scene with vivid chatter and a humorous twist.
The article explains a water driven boat and water mill built from lamp chimneys and corks. Water expelled through tubes propels the vessel or spins the mill by reaction, illustrating that moving something requires moving something else in the opposite direction. The note mentions the recall or kick of a gun as another illustration.
The text explains gun recoil when fired, noting the gun moves backward due to reaction, and a heavily loaded gun can push the ship backward with notable force. It argues air pressure is not the cause, claiming water resistance drives the vessel and water mill briefly, noting a typical misconception.
A daughter was born to Mrs Wellbelove wife of the Windsor Castle tower keeper in London. The newborn will glimpse the ancient state prison wall with inscriptions and relics of torture. The tower’s walls measure twelve and a half feet thick and the birthplace marks the first birth there in a century.
The text describes Labrador Eskimo women carrying infants in their boats, contrasting with other groups where babies are worn in shawls or slung at the waist. It notes knee high boots with wide tops and front flaps, and suggests the brown babies live and are happy.
A nostalgic narrator recalls simple country pleasures near Tytera Creek and Binnie's woods. The speaker mentions fishing, riding a Haeger’s Hill on a wheel, hunting cattail, snaring gophers, and misspent youth. School begins again, signaling a farewell to carefree days.
A fragmented poem from the New York Prem a portrays a gunner behind the guns facing danger with steadfast valor. The speaker notes the gunner’s lack of laughter or tears while praising his bravery amid the clash and the thundering noise of war.
A cow driven home from market in Chatham chased a girl named Dickinson into a house. The animal caused havoc in a bedroom before sliding from a bay window and collapsing into the street. A crowd fled as the cow, largely unharmed, was secured amid broken glass and panic.
Potter Sargent of Amesbury requested wartime information from the national bank of Tokio Japan and was surprised to receive a 140 page English illustrated magazine on the Russo Japanese War. The volume bears a foreign printing imprint yet resembles a first class American production.
The article notes world population around 1.6 billion and imagines two square feet per person. Estimated global crowd would fit on about 67 000 acres. Isle of Wight area is 93 34% acres.
The owners and heirs of the brig Oliver Frances sue the government for damages after the brig was run down and sunk in dense fog on Luna 20 1866 by the gunboat Winona. The case, begun in Portland Maine, has lingered unresolved for decades with no settlement reached.
Prof Hurd accepts a rare early plow dating from 1790 for the agricultural college museum at Orono Maine. The gift is from Leroy B Nason of North Windham, highlighting a notable early farming implement.
Varney of Windham describes a heavy old style plow akin to the Daniel Webster model. It is built entirely of wood with trap plates sheathed over the share and point. Two bolts or pegs hold the plates in place.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes renewed vitality in the aged catalpa on the west side of Gray’s Inn Gardens. If warm weather continues, it may flower early in August. Tradition says the specimen was planted by Lord Bacon after the vatapa arrived from North America two years ago, despite earlier reports of near moribund condition.
A bay horse named Mane at Fen ton Brook Farm in Egremont suffered heart trouble and was moved from Old Stall to a larger stall. That evening a remarkable disturbance occurred as the horse forced back into the old stall, where he was found dead, having occupied that stall for years.
Etijah Norwo, a fox farmer in Fox Croft, Ma, secured two small black foxes about a week ago. The family cat showed strong interest in the orphans and, after bathing them, carried both upstairs to her own litter. She is reportedly nursing them with devotion, and the kits appear happy and content.
An angler on the River Couley near North Condon, between Barnet and Bt Al bang, hauled ashore a sack mistaken for a bank of words. Inside lay about forty gold rings and eighty watches with most cases.
A slate gravestone lay neglected among bushes on Moses Goodwin’s Biot Farm. The inscribed text laments the remains of Simon Frost Beqr, former justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Register of Probate for York County, who departed this life on February 3, 1766, aged unknown.
A cave near Hartford Connecticut reportedly extends hundreds of feet into the rock. A man was lowered forty feet into the opening without reaching a bottom. Two immense snakes emerged from the cave mouth, and fear of other monsters halted further exploration.
A clerical error triggered an automatic call from the Norristown office of William Gotwale. The operator heard a whispered warning during the questioning tone, suggesting caution as the call connected. No further details about suspects or outcomes are provided.
Tapley school in Springfield raised 200 dollars for an art fund using an inventive method. Pupils and teachers produced 727 pounds of candy, sold by the students, yielding the net amount to buy pictures for the schoolroom.
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