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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
5
Public notice records Second Class matter dated June 30 1905 for Basin Wyoming post office under the 1875 act law. The snippet confirms mailing classification and constitutional postal filing language used for period notices.
Advertising rates listed for Basin Town Official Paper include display per inch, local per line, and blackface locals. Subscriptions at $2 per year in advance. Also notes licensing and general rate details with boilerplate publisher information.
Front page appeal urges every resident to participate in the Basin county fair. The article highlights the fair as a key advertising opportunity drawing visitors and showcasing progress in agriculture and stock raising, urging all to display stock, grain, flowers, chickens, cakes or canned goods and get in line.
Last Saturday a Worland crowd traveled to the Basin high school game as Worland high school faced Basin high school. The Worland squad included Wilson Pritchard Gregg Gage and Sheldon with many supporters such as Ursal Morgan Chas Harkins Jr Earl Homan W B Kern Elmer Evans Otto Smith Chester Tallon Gene Hampton Jay Grosshart and others including Myrtle Agnes Ekstrom Sevilla Chatfield Audrey Chatfield Faie Rue Fern Laird May Patterson Cora Pender graft Helen Horsley Carrol Pender graft Daniel Cotner Wm Jacobs Lee Redfern and Mr and Mrs C C Morgan.
W B Hartigan manager of the Rexall drug store left for Denver to purchase a new soda fountain for Basin to serve all trade needs. Rexall officials praise Basin store as the largest Rexall in the state and commend Metropolitan Pharmacy’s management.
The jury pool for this term includes Chas McDonald Richard Mott from Manderson Fred Crosby W W Wellsoning John F Meeks J F Meldrum from Cowley D A Allen C L Cox Harold Johnson Edwin Stratton Enoch Shaffer from Lovell Alfred Curtis from Greybull BR C Lampman O V Kinder from Shell Fred Perkins Earl Sprague from Otto Fedderson Chas Brant W J Stanley A S Good E Hoover Mark A Brown N J Long from Basin.
Willis J Booth former president of the Big Horn County Bank is in town for a day or two as a witness in a district court case.
The facade of the Denny building just west of the Big Horn County Bank is being repainted in green. Inside the two rooms, Drum millinery store and A. J. Extra paint shop occupy the space.
Massat L Linnabary was born near Columbus Ohio October 4 1849 to Wyman Linnabary. She married Harlow A Longshore February 21 1866, had three children Clark L Louis and Zela M. Widowed in 1890, she married M D Gregg January 5 1905. She died March 14 at daughter Zela Murphy’s home in Basin after months of illness. Services at daughter’s home with Episcopal minister Dean Nash. Burial Mount View cemetery. Pallbearers G W Black T W Spratt C W Atherly G W Kershner Wm Gibson D E Lewis.
We thank the many friends in Basin and nearby towns for their kindness and the beautiful floral offerings in our bereavement. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Murphy M. D. Gregg Mr. and Mrs. Clark Longshore Mr. and Mrs. David Gregg.
A seven o'clock Saturday morning blaze broke out in the Basin laundry drying room. Alarm sounded, fire department quick response limited damage. Loss was small and mainly covered by insurance.
The station examiner of the Burlington railroad visited town last week and prepared remodeling plans. He proposes moving the freight to the freight house and converting storage into a spacious waiting room. He also suggests lengthening the cinder platforms to reach full train length.
A recipe for delicate Indian pudding uses milk Indian meal eggs butter sugar ginger and vanilla. The directions include simmering twelve minutes then baking one hour and serving with whipped cream and powdered sugar.
Simple bake today with sugar butter spices and sour milk. Mix sugar and nutmeg clove and cinnamon then add melted butter and cream well. Stir in sour milk and flour then fold in raisins. No eggs used.
A recipe describes boiling six eggs for thirty minutes then cooling and shelling. Cut eggs in half, slice whites to form petals, lay on lettuce leaves, place one yolk centers, arrange on large lettuce leaves, pour dressing, and garnish with radishes.
Cut mutton into three inch long by one and a half inch wide strips with no fat. Season with pepper salt. Roll, skewer, and bake in a pan with barely covered water for about thirty minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes after thickening the gravy.
Partial OCR reads a fragment describing cleaning knives and an unspecified task. No clear people places or dates are readable. The garbled text limits concrete details for a fuller summary.
Last Wednesday at the Scovilles home Anna Scoville married Ted Denny in a ceremony conducted by Rev. R. M. Jones and Coleman Allen. At Mrs. Wilkerson’s home Mabel Allen wed Philip Coleman of Greybull. they plan to reside in Greybull where Coleman is employed and has prepared a home.
Frank J. Rue met his sister Emma M. Hoffman of Bridger Montana on the northbound train last Friday at noon. She stayed with the Rue family until yesterday and enjoyed visits with many old friends at his home.
Editor recounts a February journey from Basin to Colorado and back. He describes rough weather between Wheatland and Cheyenne with wind and snow, cold cars, and luggage handling. Highlights include viewing silos near Denver, stock fed on beet tops, a Ford journey over rough roads, and the Big Horn Basin’s appeal.
An eyewitness recalls German sub The U S steamship Algonquin being boarded after firing ceased. The periscope circled the ship, the submarine surfaced, lowered the American flag, and then sank the vessel with bombs within sixteen minutes. The German commander asked for name, nationality, destination, and cargo before refusing tow.
In Lowell county district court a jury is being impanelled to try the case of Alfalfa Milling Co versus Threet Bron over a hay sale contract. The courtroom procedure moves toward verdict as the last case proceeds.
Judge Metz opens court in Thermopolis to try the Owl Creek water right case this term. The trial, set for Saturday night, draws considerable attention from the southern Basin country.
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