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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1913
Page
4
The note states Bas in Republican entered as second class matter on June 30 1905 at the post office in Mesin Wyoming under the act of Congress of March 8 1879.
P. P. Anderson, publisher offers subscriptions at $2 per year in advance. Advertising rates shown include display per inch with 12 percent single insertion, locals charged per line with first image and five cents for each subsequent insertion.
Last week in Cody Charles Gates son of the famous Bet a Million Gates died unexpectedly, likely from intemperate habits. The incident sparks debate on inherited wealth and whether large fortunes should be controlled or conditioned to deter misused funds and irresponsible use by heirs.
A high school board resists music education but an instructor has begun teaching with strong engagement at the high school. The writer urges grammar schools also receive instruction, arguing early exposure boosts social interest and aligns with modern training funded by taxes.
The Shoshone creamery in the Big Horn Basin reports daily fancy butter production and rapid growth. A large canning factory is planned soon to provide a strong cash market for farmers, signaling industrial prosperity for Basin and the region as a whole.
The article discusses centrist Earth in the universe and a model where one body moves around the Earth while another circles it. It mentions orbiting concepts and suggested dilutions illustrated by diagrams on a page.
The article traces the shift from the Ptolemaic universe to Copernicus sun-centered theory. It notes early Greek ideas, the primum mobile, and later resistance from Luther before Tycho Brahe's hybrid model. It credits Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Laplace with proving Copernicus correct, amid corrections to orbital ellipses and star spheres.
The passage explains a Copernican view where heavenly bodies rotate on their axes and revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits. It notes that planets like Earth may have moons and suggests metaphorically that stars are suns with their own planetary systems, potentially sharing a common center.
A garbled column of aphorisms and snippets challenges readers with misprints and stray ideas about arbitration prejudice and education. Names like Ab Adkins and Short Jenks appear in jumbled form amid social musings and quirky observations on life work and leadership.
Before buying your hay baler inquire about the $100 unbreakable baler from the Winchester Baler Company Manderson Wyoming. Christian Science notice invites a Sunday service at the Chapel on C Street opposite Carnegie Library at 11 am with the lesson sermon Adem and fallen Man and a cordial invitation to all.
840 acre ranch on Canyon creek owned by the late Jacob Hun singer is for sale. Executor J K McClung 164 Church Street Jackson Ohio handles particulars. Lard specials: 10 lbs 1 50 6 lbs 75. 40 acres of cheap land at 11 per acre. Wm Rannells Hyattville or W S Collins Basin. Julia for sale driving mare can be handled by woman. Stanhope rubber tired cheap if taken at once. A T Watson Basin Wyoming.
A fragmentary column offers satirical quips on home runs, sow 8 machines, and vanity fueled by flattery. It notes wisdom with age, warns about partners in dentistry, and ridicules fools. It mocks secrecy in marriage and hints at social fashions and gossip in a playful, old‑time voice.
The article outlines a pit silo construction method with a surrounding concrete trench, earth removal, and a hay carrier system. It covers wall coating with two coats of a cement sand mix, drainage features, and an above ground concrete extension with a roof. Costs range from 25 to 200 dollars, urging farmers to use pit silos for economy and reduced waste.
Harmony Hair Beautifier promises to improve dull brittle hair with a rose fragrance and no color change, while Harmony Shampoo provides quick cleansing and rich lather. Both come in ornamental bottles, priced at 1.00 and 0.50 respectively, sold at Rexall Store MetroPoliPhOy Frank A. Wise Prop. Rexall Drug Store.
A satirical piece mocks foolish behavior and marital myths. It notes that ignorance is mistaken for wisdom in men, and that actions reveal morals more than words. It jokes about courtship, marriage, and perceptions of wives, including a playful jab at vanity.
A fragmented report depicts Hamer and others debating charity as attending others’ affairs without pay. The piece hints at a metallment collector, anger, and a dramatic reaction, with a focus on personal grievances and social tension.
Notice to Martha Wright in Big Horn County Wyoming states a writ of attachment has been issued to secure a $116.00 claim by D. A. Redman. If she does not appear before Justice A. W. Beifickson on December 6, 1913, judgment will be rendered and her property sold to satisfy the debt. Dated October 23, 1918, with attorney R. B. West. First pub Oct 31 1913. Last pub Nov 14 1913.
County of Big Horn notice to W J Novak and Josephine Novak of a tested writ of attachment to secure a $12.30 debt plus costs. If they do not appear before J R Bonwell, justice, by November 15, 1913, at 2 p.m., judgment will be entered against them and their property may be sold or used to satisfy the debt. Dated October 24, 1913.
Notice for next regular examination for applicants for teachers certificates to be held in Masin, Lovell, Wyoming on November 28 and 29 starting at 8 a m. Third and second grade subjects listed across two days include reading, grammar, U S history, orthography, civics, literature, agriculture, arithmetic, theory and practice, penmanship, Wyoming geology, physiology and hygiene, and geography. Joint county exam in agriculture to be held with Willistown county in Basin from November WH to 8 631-n21.
A Montana Wyoming Nebraska focused want ad lists Howell county Missouri farmland of 160 acres and a Big Horn Basin ranch for a stock of goods or hardware. It mentions a hotel in the basin around 15000 dollars and 320 acre Nebras ka farm with general merchandise items. Contact A B Hageman Grey Bull Wyoming.
Notice to patrons that C H Gardner’s interest is sold and the Gardner partnership dissolved. All accounts owed to the firm are payable to the undersigned who will assume obligations. Future operations will be under City Meat Market Co. signed B Kelley Basin Wyoming September 2, 1913.
One tract eighty acres deeded land in the beat fruit section of the Horn Basin with four acres of fruit trees and good water right under one beet ditch. Price four thousand dollars with balance down and long time at eight percent. Another tract eighty acres deeded land with good water right all under cultivation at three thousand six hundred dollars. Call Basin Republican or write Hesin Republican for details. Baptist Church notices include Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11 am and 7:30 pm, midweek prayer Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Cordial invitation to Mr G W Racew, Pastor.
The public is invited to attend all church services at Andrew's Episcopal Church located on South 8th Street Basin Wye. Sermon and service every Sunday at 11 a.m., Sunday school at 10 a.m., Holy Communion on the first Sunday monthly. Rev. M. B. Nash, Rector.
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