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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
4
The Basin Republican weekly lists subscription at 2 dollars per year in advance. Advertising rates show display pricing per inch with 12 percent insertion and locals priced per line with first line and subsequent lines six and a half cents. Publisher P P Anderson signed as proprietor. The notice appears at Basin Wyoming under the 1879 act.
In the mountains of Switzerland a neutral republic faces food shortages as wartime trade restrictions bite, while the tide of war strains its economy. Separately, Wilson’s civil service record is critiqued for replacing more positions than Taft, and a new law allows homes with “beauty spots” in mountain regions.
Basin Woman's club reports include a milk clarifier demonstration by J. B. Lemcke and Mr Johnson of Cheyenne. Officers are elected, committees formed for next year, and the Wyoming Library Association agrees to hold its annual meeting in Basin on Oct 4.
Boston May 24 Defeat of an attempt to land an armed force of invaders on the New England coast in the naval war game was reported tonight The saperdread naught Wyoming head of Admiral Fletcher fleet of defense was theoretically sunk by the cruiser Chester flagship of Rear Admiral Frank E Beatty in command of the hosts The maneuvers center moved from Narragansett Bay to off Boston Light as battleships Delaware North Dakota Georgia and Louisiana watched the scene and destroyers and submarines appeared east of the city
Interested people have been busy the last week putting up signs and the logo to guide strangers. The grammar school entertainment postponed from last week will be held next Monday at the Fraternity ball. Admission is 25 cents with Basin grammar scholars admitted free. Republican for Job Work.
May 25 in Redding California refugees from Hat creek valley flee the mud flow from Lassen peak and settle in Goose valley. H E Williams reports into the danger zone confirming the extensive damage from the eruptions as the volcano shows a blackened wreck with lava streams and crater upheavals.
The following letters remain uncalled for at Basin post office for week ending May 27: Edith M. Day, Mrs. Edith Kurtz, J. Douglas, R. McIntyre. When calling for the above, please say advertised. Also notice for job printing by A. W. Cooma PF and M. Heyullicem.
Local church notices list services for Baptist, Methodist, Christian Science, and Episcopal congregations. Includes Sunday schools, midweek meetings, sermon topics, and public invitations. Also repeats county legal notices and mortgage foreclosures affecting Basin residents.
Notice from the State Auditor in Cheyenne Wyoming dated April 16 1915 certifying condensed annual statements for Home Insurance Company New York and German American Insurance Company New York for the year ending December 31 1914 including admitted assets liabilities capital stock surplus income and gross premiums with official signatures and seals.
The document records the annual statement for Great Western Accident Insurance Company of Des Moines Iowa with figures including paid up capital and total assets of 262 638 25 and gross premiums 916 277 93. It notes the State Auditor’s ex officio duties and the date April 16 1908. It also contains an unrelated advert for cut rates on lard and meat market offerings.
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