Basin Wyoming news and civic notes 1906 item
A 1906 Basin Wyoming issue reports on school funding with plans for two more teachers, remarks on local improvements, and praise for officials. It mentions bankers visiting Basin, a Union Pacific bandit capture, and calls for rewarding outgoing town officials. Broader notes touch on Washington conservation bills, President Wilson, and a Tacoma defaming incident.
Silk-Hatted Crook Gone In New York Exposé
The silk-hatted bewhiskered high class crook has vanished, described as extinct. Modern criminals wear varied attire from raffish suits to gentleman burglar outfits, with old bold thieves fading as police upgrades push them from the game. A shifting underworld era ends as wiretapping and con artists retreat, leaving New York safer from flashy capers.
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New York
Manhattan
Vassar Students See Themselves In Movie Clips
At Vassar College students viewed motion picture clips of last year’s class day Founders Day and the fiftieth anniversary shows filmed by Prof. George Burbank Shattuck. Laughter erupted as peers watched themselves with comments about belts and cameras. Proceeds support the college’s $1,000,000 endowment fund.
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie Dispatch
New York Tribune
George Burbank Shattuck
Busy Bulgarian City Varna a Multifunctional Stronghold
Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast serves as fortress seaport departmental capital and episcopal city. It hosts brewing distilling tanning clothmaking and cotton spinning industries and traces its origins to the Milesian Odessus colony.
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Varna
Black
Odessus
Moesian Coast
Murad II
Vladislaus III
Poland
Hungary
Constantinople
Berlin
Bulgaria
Unwholesome Scotch Atmosphere and Kaisers Displeasure
A fourteen year old incident recalls the crown prince's visit to a Scottish duke. The prince enjoyed a lively stay until a telegram from the Kaiser ordered him to depart immediately, prompting the host to protest the sudden change.
Alaska Timber Resources After Seward to Fairbanks Rail Line
Alaska's railroad construction from Seward to Fairbanks will unlock vast timber areas. About twenty million acres of good forest and four times that area of scattered timber exist. Saw mills plan to follow the railroad into the region, with spruce as the principal wood and other species including birch and hardwood.
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Alaska
Seward
Fairbanks
Polled Herefords Shine in Wyoming Range Bull Sale
Thos W Spratt and Col Jay L Torrey present Polled Hereford bulls raised on Horse Creek Big Horn County. Local officials and cattlemen including Gov J B Kendrick and M A Hinkston praise their climate adaptation, lung power, and feed efficiency. Bulls priced 140 to 225 dollars with guarantees. buyers urged to favor home raised stock over eastern imports.
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Thos.w.spratt
Basin State Bank
Board of
Big Horn County
Wyoming
Col
Jay L. Torrey
Horse Creek
Torrey
Thos. P. Walsh
Basin Country
Col. Torrey
Thermopolis
Tom
Hinketon
WM. C. Irvine
Wyoming Cattsmen’s Association
Elkhorn Live Stock Co
Shell
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Town of
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Union Pacific
Washington
Congress
G. Pinchot
Wilson
The
United States
Tacoma
Waab
George Washington
Jan la Po
Colonel Torrey
Owl Creek
Ember Cattle Company
Elkhorn Live Stock Company
Torreys
J. B. Kendrick
Meeting of the
Wyoming Cattlemen’s
M. A. Hinkston
Bridger Creek
Hot Springe County
Elkhorn Tredegar
Hereford