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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1915
Page
4
A fragment from Basin Wyoming shows county and city officials including assessor L O Gray auditor etc and Basin city officers Mayor J A Berry council members and county officers. It endorses commercial clubs and notes a high school bond election a sugar factory move to Sheridan and calls for community organization and votes in the Big Horn county high school election.
Calumet Baking Powder Co of Chicago announces a vivid new recipe book. The 16 colored illustrated pages showcase many dishes and over 250 recipes with household tips by noted domestic science teachers and cooking experts. To obtain a copy, send the mail slip found in a pound can to Calumet Baking Powder Co in Chicago.
A brief note recommending Calu met taking powder as wholesome and economical for baking. It promises unusual merit and claims the accompanying recipe reflects refined culinary advice. The passage appeals to readers seeking quality baking ingredients.
Electors of School District 17 gather March 27 1915 at 2 p m in Basin High School to decide if District 17 should be eliminated from the Big Horn County High School District No 1 and operate a four year high school independently. Ballots read For a Four Year High School for District 17 and Against a Four Year High School. If the first form passes, District 17 will run its own high school with independent taxing power. if the second form passes, the current district remains intact. Dated Basin Wyoming March 16 1915.
The notice advertises 6 percent loans on farm ranch or city property to improve purchase or remove encumbrances with options up to five years before principal payments. It lists contact addresses Assets Dept 1410 Busch Bldg Dallas Texas and 422 423 First National Bank Building Denver Colorado. Also mentions local names L Tolman, W Nicholson, A E Wickwire with brief notes of their movements and a local business listing for Black's harness and strap work and Pat's bil Ward parlor with a quoted stray phrase about choosing occupations.
Fragmentary dialogue notes conflict within the Dibbles over social games. The text mentions four games of bridge and a poker session, implying strain or amusement in their leisure interactions. The source style resembles a short domestic vignette from a newspaper page.
Italy drafts a rule set regulating wheel rim widths permitted on highways. The plan outlines compliance standards and enforcement measures for vehicle safety and road use across the national network.
George Madison, an artist, visits a hillside stream to paint and discovers Winona eating watercress. She explains she follows a French doctor’s regimen for health and spends days by the stream alone, fearing the bustling home life. Fate, and a wandering cow, connect their paths as he senses a growing bond.
The text claims Paris is the third largest city on earth, with Chicago fourth and Tokyo close behind. It lists London at 7,252,000 and New York at 114,000, Paris at 2,000,000, Chicago at about 2.2 million, Tokyo at 2,180,000, and Peking at 700,000, noting Peking was once the largest city.
At the town cotton bazaar held to educate the public on wartime uses, George Cameron and Willis Moore mingle with shoppers and models. Cameron falls for Helen, a glove seller who has become active in supporting war effort. he later proposes and Helen accepts, while Moore jokes about the outcome.
A humorous exchange centers on a motor car race at the track. Pat claims not to have seen the race while Vin recalls being there, and Wes departs after the event as the judge notes. The dialogue hints at a mix up and a wink that influenced the outcome.
The speaker asks how to know all pronunciations of queer names in news and then how to pronounce the pronunciations themselves. The dialogue highlights difficulties in phonetic accuracy and repeated layers of naming in media.
A scattered update reports Pearl Kirkpatrick ill at home, Otto school seeing low attendance, F. L. Kirkpatrick weak from a sprain, and a wet day halting mill operations. Residents from the east scout land, Roy Sprague moves to a new home, and local cows cause trouble for Henry Hopkin. Fauet returns from Cody, Eva Kirkpatrick visits Perkins’, and Jim Young hauled coal for the Otto schoolhouse. Talks of extending the lower grades’ school month. Uncle Sam cuts lard prices at City Meat Market.
The text outlines early Russian origins with Slavic tribes forming three nations, Varangian rulers, Mongol dominance, and Moscow's rise. It notes Sweden and Gustavus Adolphus blocking Baltic access, decline of Western navigation, and the emergence of autocratic rule shaping Russia before Peter the Great.
The excerpt contrasts early Russian rule with Peter the Great’s rise in 1689, noting brutal punishments and peasant oppression before reform. It shifts to a Wyoming district court bulletin dated March 8 1915, detailing an estate guardianship case for Ruth R. Baldwin and Robert W. Baldwin with an order to show cause why real estate should be sold, setting March 29 1916 hearing and publication terms.
In Big Horn County Wyoming the district court orders all interested parties to appear on April 3 1915 at 7 pm to show cause why the estate of Yrom Henderson should not be assigned to Julia A Henderson widow. Clerk to publish notice four weeks in a general county newspaper per law. Judge P W Metz signs.
Notice states arti tee of incorporation of Real Estate Gales corporation filed March 12 1915 in Wyoming secretary of state. Name Real Estate Sales Corporation aims to buy own lease rent sell and dispose of real estate water rights and town lots and act as agent. Capital stock 2000 dollars, 80 shares of 25 dollars. Board of five directors Simon Skev card William Crosler Frank Edson A B Hageman J J Sillivan. Office and agent in charge in Hesin Big Horn County Wyoming.
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