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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1910
Page
11
A St Louis woman marries a dime museum "human ostrich" after admiring his tack eating with gusto. Shenandoah Pa a spinster club president hosts a pie feast for bachelors, causing the club to disband and spurring marriage rumors in the coal town.
A Cresco Times note recalls a Howard County farmer who hurried to town with a loaded buggy. The grocer, unloading groceries, finds a chicken perched on the buggy box, incubating eggs beneath, calmly continuing its nest as onlookers laugh.
Guy Francis Laking, renowned armorer to King Edward, has crossed the Atlantic to examine armor in the United States. At 34 he can identify period from a glance and plans to use the material for another book. he will consult figures including J. Pierpont Morgan during several months in the country.
A teacher asks for horned dangers, and pupil Johnnie Jones jokes that automobiles are dangerous to approach. The exchange highlights a playful classroom moment about dangerous animals and objects with horns.
A New York Sun item notes Knicker-So Jones relies on a bold tactic as Becker confirms he carries a small dynamite device to deter or blow up any car that approaches him. The remark frames this as a stubborn, dangerous defense strategy.
A brief exchange reveals a promised engagement blocks a banquet appearance. One person says they must attend the banquet to applaud, not deliver a speech, turning down the idea of breaking the engagement. The other's reaction suggests a light, humorous conflict about social duties.
English poet and playwright Stephen Phillips has gone into bankruptcy with liabilities of 3000 dollars over his assets. The piece notes his plays like Herod as high quality tragedy and argues such works contribute to human welfare, yet attributes the bankruptcy to ignorance of money value and exchange.
A German restaurant guest vents about slow service and cold food. The waiter retorts about the hard life of waiters, implying the guest could try playing the oboe instead, then remarks the waiter could instead “scatter your incompetence.”
A 14 year old girl in Brinkley Cambridgeshire is said to emit faint musical sounds resembling an orchestra without wearing rings or bells. The sounds can be heard in different rooms upstairs or downstairs and doctors are unsure of the source. A medical theory suggests spasmodic asthma.
The scene features a diffident woman asking if she should call the man professor or doctor. He replies to call him anything and jokes that some call him an old idiot. The woman suavely replies that those who call him so are people who know him intimately, in a line attributed to the United Presbyterian.
The Los Angeles Express quotes Thear Binks noting marriage can fail in his view. He cites a personal example where she wed another man, highlighting a partner’s fault and a broken relationship.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a speaker asserting the world owes a man a living and laments an account running disgracefully long. The tone is reflective and pointed at broad economic expectation.
Knicker Jones claims authority while Becker and his wife control the board of estimate in a tense Brooklyn Life report on local power dynamics. The piece highlights family influence shaping city governance and raises questions about leadership within the neighborhood.
The Khedive of Meypt will undertake his first pilgrimage to Mecca this winter aboard his yacht with his mother, after the new sultan granted permission. The journey aims to influence Bedouin tribes toward loyalty and order, with the voyage passing via Jeddah and ending at Mecca for the Courgan Biiram feast.
Mrs Christina Kaufman of 309 Pacific Street Brooklyn journeys to Manhattan for her 90th birthday. Her son Albert, age 55, marks the anniversary of his 40 years engagement at the Astor House where he now serves as head waiter. A reunion and silver loving cup accompany many gifts from grandchildren and Astor house staff.
Pedantie Old Gentleman scolds a restaurant waiter for disrespecting elders. The waiter defends himself, leading to a quick clash over etiquette as the elder insists on silence about the fowl just served.
Alderman Elmer A. Thig studied the hotel registry when a man clung to the desk to steady himself. The belligerent stranger teased that he might be drunk, but Thig avoided confrontation and reassured him. Newark Star.
A young wife praises a man who always says the right thing at the right time. A spinster replies she would admire such a man only if she ever meets him, turning the compliment into a wry exchange.
A peasant rejoices upon discovering a goose that lays golden eggs and envisions painting and selling the eggs as ordinary hen eggs. The tale, told in a fable voice, hints at greed and the peril of overreaching wealth.
A child pleads for instruction as she explains her mother, Mrs J, forbids exposure to common nouns and insists on teaching only proper nouns, revealing a curious language lesson and parental guidance.
Department of the Interior notices Pietro Mianchi of Otto Wyoming filed intent to make final desert land proof to establish a claim on section 9 township 51 range 6. Witnesses Merle Dutton Jake Unser Henry Hopkins and Heary Sheldon all of Otto. The hearing before U S commissioner Gilmore Hartigan at Basin Wyoming on July 20.
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