Basin Republican Postmark and Filing Note
The Basin Republican records its status as a second class matter at Basin Wyoming post office on June 30 1905 under the March 3 1879 act.
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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1922
Page
4
The Basin Republican records its status as a second class matter at Basin Wyoming post office on June 30 1905 under the March 3 1879 act.
P. P. Anderson owner and publisher advertises subscription and advertising rates for the Big Horn County and Basin town official paper. Rates include blackface locals per line and a two dollar yearly subscription in advance.
Community notices rising typhoid cases urge fly control to prevent an epidemic. Rev Losey starts a vocational fly trap class and urges early trap use. Buy a trap at Wise’s jewelry store to protect many households.
Forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight with rain changing to snow in the northeast portion. Saturday will be somewhat colder with fair and colder weather in the east portion. J. R. Bonwell, Distributor.
The Basin Woman's Club met at the library to hear a program on American songwriters led by Mr. W. A. Mortimore. Miss Margaret Mason read a paper on American composers and Miss Sylvia Belarth performed songs with piano accompaniment. The group discussed Carrie Jacobs Bond and presented a sequence of performances. Refreshments were served by hostesses Florence Blair recorded as rec. sec. pro tem.
Watson B. Dillon and Miss Bessie Goodfellow, both of Hyattville, were married Monday evening at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Edwin Bowling officiating. The groom is brother to Mrs. Warren Dailey, and the couple will reside in Hyattville as popular local residents.
A Washington Star poem laments overreaching laws that aim to regulate driving. It argues true safety rests with individual judgment, common sense, and responsible action behind the wheel rather than rapid, flawed legislation. The verse contrasts legislators with the driver who must maintain control.
The article notes early census systems in Babylonia before 800 B C tied to fiscal control. It cites 80 000 Babylonian tablets at the British Museum on temple property, agriculture, and farms. It also recounts Joab's 1017 B C census under King David showing 1 900 000 and 1 570 000 men, with the larger count incomplete after nine months and twenty days due to divine wrath.
A Nova Scotia farmer reports a house cat that opens doors by lifting latches and then proceeds to accompany the farmer through daily chores. The cat shares meals with hens, sleeps beside a horse, and suns itself on a cow while taking breakfast directly from the cow. This unusual behavior highlights a farm product moving straight from producer to consumer.
A Union Rock resident near Belvidere New Jersey lists a Plymouth Rock hen as a top egg producer. The owner says the bird lays two eggs daily on most days and withholds a boastful cackle after a single egg. Eggs are described as well formed and of normal size and the two a day pace has continued since last spring with few holidays.
An Indianapolis physician recounts a brush with a man who asked for a lift and a dime. The man claimed to know the doctor but admitted he merely called everyone Doc, leaving the physician to reflect on the encounter.
The Soviet government presented its 1922 budget totaling 1,879,000,000 gold rubles with income from railways licenses leases and customs estimated at 575,000,000 gold rubles. It anticipates a deficit of about 1,802,000,000 gold rubles based on gold ruble parity at roughly 51 cents per ruble.
A Newfoundland reader reports a strange creature at a Greenspond exhibition described as a cat with bird wings. The animal reportedly died and could not fly, leaving observers puzzled about its origin and nature.
The piece accuses the Nonpartisan League of deception and intimidation used to build support in multiple states including North Dakota Montana and Wyoming It claims organizers coerce farmers editors and merchants into backing or opposing the League and cites rising state debt as proof of failed socialist schemes
A view of Natrona County Democratic leaders endorsing John B. Kendrick for U S Senator. The piece argues his past Democratic ties threaten his viability with a solid Republican base and warns voters to demand proof of sincere party switch before backing Kendrick.
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