Local items note visitors and trades in Basin
Local column records numerous town visits and errands. Names include Tom Olney, John Welch, J Holloway, A B Mercer, Wm Stanley, H Hurst, Ralph Neville, Mrs. F. W. Thomson, Postmaster Wm. Gibson, D. F. Hudson, U. S. Marshal D. F. Hudson, and others frequenting Basin in mid May 1914. Mentions garden advice, sale of creased chickens, eggs, hardware, groceries, and a new line of toys and ware at Cook's. Also notes an ordinance licensing picture shows and a M E church ladies aid gathering.
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Basin
Wyoming
Cranberry Jelly Blocks Show Old Tradition in New Form
A guide to making firm cranberry jelly cut into blocks using a rich, thick jelly poured into a flat dish and cooled firm. It advises enameled pans, thorough rinsing of cranberries, cooking in a double boiler, straining, and a generous sugar rule of adding extra sugar as needed for tart berries.
Green Pea Croquettes From Tender Pea Paste
Tender peas are salted and boiled, pressed into paste, mixed with butter sour cream and egg, set until firm, shaped into croquettes, breaded, chilled, then fried to a delicate brown. Serve hot after draining on brown paper.
Local town notes and business notices blast from the past
A roundup of town happenings includes Fred Frisby moving from the ranch to town and Tanner Bros near Otto in business yesterday. Black’s offers oil well supplies and bulldozer tools. a residence sold to the Episcopal church for parsonage. Special Burlington train officials inspected the road en route south. July 7 market switches to cash. Various residents from Otto, Germania, Paint Rock, Worland, and Brook, Ind visit or travel. Governor Ridgely in town from Cheyenne. A meeting for Mecklem ditch water users is planned at city hall to organize with the irrigation company.
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The
Burlington
Darius Miller
G. W. Holdrege
Mecklem
Globe Sights and Paradox Humor Notes
A Globe column wittily notes that marriage can bind to a pastor, and youth choices range from navy expeditions to milk wagon driving. It adds thrift advice about keeping credit good to buy at half price and quips that spring pastimes can mislead, while commenting on shared obsessions reducing work.
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Navy
For Sale Two Horses Offered By F I Rue
One 10 year old work horse weighing 1350 pounds and a three year old at 1250 pounds are available for sale at reasonable terms. Contact F I Rue for details.
Library Receives New Books This Week
Mrs. Will Spratt donated a batch of new titles including Soldiers of Fortune The Lady of the Tiger The King's Jackal and the Magic Egg. Mrs. Lizzie Bowman visited town while Mrs. Frank Shimitz and her daughter Della arrived from Cheyenne to visit relatives at The Library.
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Frank Shimitz
Della
Cheyenne
Dan Everett
Will Spratt
Leasing Bill Details Seventy Year Land Leases and Royalties
The leasing bill outlines twenty year leases with ten year renewal terms set by the secretary. All funds go to the reclamation fund with half returned to states for schools and roads per legislative direction. Oil gas coal and phosphate lands face surface use limits and royalties set at two percent of mine value plus escalating annual rentals starting 26 cents per acre increasing to 50 cents and then one dollar.
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Cook's Ae
Sheridan
Freeman's Place
Tom Olney
Shell
Ben Denny
Bride
H. E. Shepherd of
Orland
Fred Garland
Greybull
Stanabi
John Welch
Otto
J. Holloway
G. W. Black & Co
Wm.Stanley
W.schneider
Manderson
Harry Drumm
Earl Daugherty
Canyon Creek
Nick Smith
Harry Wise
Chas. McDonald
Till Jones of
Omal 1
T.johnson
Board of County Commissioners
Mercer, Jr
Bowman Mercer
Ben Ziesmame
Paint Rock
Johnson Transfer Co
J. P. Arnott, Jr
Lincoln
John P. Arnott
M. D. Harris
Lovell
Matilda Russell
Omaha
E. M. Hoffman
Bridger. Mont
F. I. Rue
C. Snow
E. J. Sullivan
C. A. Zaring
F. A. Wise
G. W. Black
Thermopolis
Reo
Billiard Hall
T. K. Bishop
Cody
William
Seper Eake
Cook's
F. W. Thomason
Spence
Ramer
Mrs. F. I. Rue
Cook's. m
H. Hurst of
Ralph Neville of
Byron
W. W. Murphy
Spratt and Johnson
Verna Bailey
F. W. Thomson
Himes
N. P. Larsen
P. A. Larsen
To &— Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank
Wm. Paumer and
J. W. Graves
Bonanza
Lin Noble
Cook
H. B. Nelson
Gasper
F. D. Hunter
Billings
Wellerware
Wm. Gibson
Chas. E. Orchard
Lander
Wise's
U. S
D. F. Hudson
Teasday
Germantown
Edna Blakesley
Iowa
Ilinois
R. C
Egnew
Wye
Wise Prescription Druggint
Freeman
R. R. Small
Mé&It
Mack
F. M. Booth
Glen Nicholson
T. KK
Riley and Daughter
Big Horn Mills
Fred Case
J. F. Leigh
Ford Carn
W. S. Myers
R. H. Ewart
Pioneer Trust & Savings Band
A. Higby
Jas. F. Ewers
Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid of
M. E. Church
John Smith
LE Aena
Kers Ac
Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank
Johnson-Pease Company
Wise Prescription Druggist
Fred Frisby
Tanner Bros
Near
Black
R. J. Extra
Episcopal Church
O. A. Leavitt
Brook, Ind
W U. Loveland
City Meat Market
Jim Young
J. H. Wamhoff
Germania
Gus Allen
O. P. Manny of
Herman Gates
Worland
H. 8. Ridgely
John Perkins
George Perking
Reck
Globe
Elry
Bermuda
F. H. Whitmore
Lizzie Bowman
Witylion County Banks
Atate
Big Horn
Basin, Wyo
D. L. Carr
Robert P. Pearson
J. A. Coons
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