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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1913
Page
6
A vain young preacher earns praise after a service for a Scottish minister who sometimes uses probationers. The old pastor meets him at the door with extended hands and says, Do not compliment me. I’m glad of any body nowadays.
The text traces algebra from its claimed invention by Mohammed of Busiana around 850 A D to its introduction in Spain by the Moors. It notes Lica Pacoli’s treatise in 1494 as the first European work and Robert Accorde’s English algebra circa 1557, highlighting he first used the equals sign.
The sublime porte denotes the sultanate court of Turkey. Mostasem, last Abbasid caliph, fixed a black stone at Baghdad’s palace entrance, making the doorway famed as the porte and giving the court its title. Sultans, successors of caliphs, adopted the name.
An efficiency expert scolds his cheerful chauffeur for whistling while at work. He jokes that fortunes come from by-products of waste and urges whistling to be directed into tires to save on pump expenses. The quip appears in Harper's Weekly.
A brief joke narrated as Tommy refuses to eat soup at a friend's house saying he is hungry but not thirsty. The hostess prompts him about his appetite, and Tommy explains his preference.
A quotation by Blanche Blessing extols initiative as the key to achievement. It asserts that throughout history, successful people overcame fear of criticism hardship and failure to share their gifts with others.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a customer rebuffs the order due to a fresh paint smell. The waiter promises a brief wait while two young ladies are said to be on their way, delaying the meal.
A fragment from the Age Herald attributes lines about poems that moved the reader to tears. It notes regret at not reaching the author and reflects on contemporary poetry’s impact. The passage emphasizes emotional response and longing for access to the writer.
A brisk exchange features a wife’s quip claiming thin paper proves hot water prevents wrinkles. Hube counters with humor about Pork’s wrinkled appearance and his wife keeping him in hot water, turning domestic banter into a light comic jab.
Fragmentary historic OCR notes reference a table that endures diverse conditions and carries a worldly sense of experience, attributed to Lowell. The text is incomplete, offering only a glimpse of a discussion on durable furniture and practical wisdom.
A brief report describes how using a gas stove for baking led to a quarrel, a small escape, and a quick resolution preventing a worse safety incident. No injuries reported.
A disputed claim suggests adding salt to milk makes it easier to digest for most people and increases digestion efficiency. The fragmentary report hints at a broader discussion on dairy additives but provides no conclusive evidence or expert attribution.
The line notes that not only the elderly have hearing trouble and miss jokes, and that others also laugh at things they do not fully understand. It reflects on shared gaps in comprehension across ages.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip defines a sage as one who will sit up all night and worry about things a fool has never heard of. The remark contrasts distant concerns with practical minded lives.
A concise aphorism advising balance, warning against extreme views and excessive or insufficient satisfaction. It reflects Pope's moral urging to avoid extremes in judgment and pleasure, promoting measured equilibrium in conduct.
An old farmer describes a strange fruit behavior claiming a banana is becoming something else. The report notes farmer observations and raises questions about fruit changes in the area.
A gas blast at Coburg Germany blew a house into the air fatally wounding thirteen and injuring six as workers searched for a gas escape with a candle. The structure collapsed burying all twenty six residents including ten children two of whom were deaf mutes.
The Next Door club in Whitehall, London, arises from a quarrel with the National Liberal committee over allowing auction bridge. Members who favored the game rented premises nearby to indulge in their favorite pastime.
A Pall Mall Gazette note discusses a newly found fourteenth century City Guild of Carpenters ordinance. It required carpenters to attend the funeral of any member living within the city or in the suburbs, suggesting suburban usage existed in daily speech even then.
A reliable fire extinguisher that uses chemicals should hang in homes barns and stables. Seconds count when fire starts and the small inexpensive extinguisher is simple to use and quickly halts a small blaze. Motorists have found the little extinguisher invaluable.
The tiniest book ever made fits a thumb nail and measures four tenths by a quarter inch. It contains 208 pages with nine lines each, holding 95 to 100 letters per page. The text is a 1615 letter from the pendulum clock inventor to Madame Christine of Lorraine.
A sympathetic neighbor jokes about a handsome monument for the dead husband. The widow laments he had none, recalling she found a pocketful of letters he had promised to post while sorting through his clothes.
A period tip suggests using a half dollar to scrape dry mud from fabric without damaging the nap. The coin is pressed gently and moved across the stain to lift dirt before washing. This old technique emphasizes minimal rubbing and preserving fabric texture.
A rag time soloist and a respondent discuss a tune that isn’t very musical yet serves a purpose. Propriety, they note, requires a melody to veil the words, reflecting a quiet, coded exchange.
A school teacher asked pupils for a sentence using notwithstanding. One student quipped that the mane trousers were worn out not with standing, a humorous mispunctuated line that drew chuckles from the class and the teacher.
A terse remark attributed to a judge questions marriage as a binding tie. The quip uses paradox to critique the idea of being bound by love and law, noting that discovering attachment to a spouse reveals the very link one fears.
Ten thousand voters are deterred by heavy fog on election day, hindering turnout as a wolf champion leads through a downpour followed by a crowd of slasts. The weather disrupts the polling flow and challenges campaign momentum.
A fragmentary note reflects on patience and the effect of a long tirade of speech. The text juxtaposes restraint with an outpouring of words, hinting at a dialogue about how listeners respond to lengthy explanations.
A brief exchange notes that one speaker praised a solid argument while another mocks the loud tone and odd wording. The dialogue highlights differing perceptions of rhetoric and clarity.
The French average 105 eggs per person annually while English average 85 and Italians about 48 eggs per year per person.
The most fatal explosion ever known occurred at Gravelines in 1634, killing about three thousand people.
The Chicago News chimes in on the idea of a true heroine defining virtue as restraint and composure, praising a woman who can speak up yet chooses not to, framing color as strength in quiet conduct.
A brief exchange features Veo joking about Miss De Style being a gotitious figure, with taunting retort about fabrication. The playful line emphasizes wordplay and comic banter.
At Paris a mix up of medicine labels led to the death of an eight month old child. A potion intended for internal use and a lotion for external application were swapped by the chemist, who placed the external label on the internal bottle and vice versa. The child died the following day.
The text discusses extreme sentence lengths in Victor Hugo's Les Miserables and a Waterloo chapter, noting a single line run for about a hundred lines. It adds that England's record is tied to the foreign enlistment act, which nears six hundred words before a stop.
Travelers arriving in Moscow are struck by the ban on whips used by cab drivers and carriage operators. The humane law is said to improve horse welfare, and the city showcases sleek, well-groomed horses harnessed to carriages everywhere.
A veteran witness in several major cases refuses to swear to the truth saying lawyers will not permit him to tell half the truth. The exchange highlights tension between testimony and legal strategy.
The Chandni Chowk in Delhi is described as a premier bazaar and among the richest streets worldwide. It hosts jewelers with vast hoards of precious stones, fueling vast sums in state jewel collections held by native princes via local dealers.
John McClellan of Armagh Ireland made a will appointing executors but left his estate valued at £16 974 10s 10d undisposed. The peculiar will raises questions of intestacy for the estate and the executors' duties.
A Georgia paper reports a fatal rail incident where the victim survived with a wooden leg after being run over. His second wife allegedly struck him with the leg, and authorities note he has suffered ongoing brain rattling since the event.
Flower vases with long necks can be cleaned by filling them with hot water and small pieces of newspaper. Shake vigorously, and the paper will remove dust and sediment from the interior.
The collector comments on the aging of a pictured work. Altreumrex raises her lorgnette and praises the piece noting it wears well, and the dialogue centers on its ancient origin and enduring condition.
Fragmentary notes show Ehrand Dorton denying guilt in a local murder case while critics urge voters to support a rapid trial and proof of innocence. The garbled OCR hints at public debate over forthcoming proceedings and civic duty.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a speaker insisting two teeth are in a pocket while another claims they are in a pocket. The text is incomplete and lacks clear attribution or context.
A London humor column describes a matrimonial agent who tells a client that the lady is not pretty but offers a photo to take along. The punchline suggests the client might grow accustomed to her face after a while. The gag relies on gallows humor about appearances and matchmaking.
Finger marks on wallpaper disappear rapidly when rubbed with a mixture of four measures of dough and water, showing the effect of moisture and friction on surface impressions.
A pithy quote notes it is easier to accept things with a broad view than to let go of them with a considered view, highlighting a distinction between philosophical calm and attachment.
Mr Cowan criticizes preachers for poor common sense in text choice. He recalls an Edinburgh minister who preached on a ungenerous brother cleric from the line And the beggar died. Another preacher addressed physicians with A certain woman had suffered many things of many physicians and had spent all that she had.
Atchison Kansas Globe notes a man begins a tough volume at the back and reads to the front to understand the author’s message. He compares this to grasping Bernard Shaw Ibsen or Maeterlinck and says he can read such stories with near baseball score comprehension.
A comb features a back and filler strip with 44 teeth that can be removed and replaced. Teeth can be taken out by heating the filler until rubber expands and loosens the strip. This design allows easy replacement of broken teeth.
Quotations from a New York Weekly verse recount a man reflecting on love and jealousy. A man recalls a beloved confidant's troubles while years later another lines reveal his obsession with domestic chatter from servants and staff.
A brief historical overview notes life expectancy rising from 18–20 years four centuries ago to under 30 years a century ago and about 40 years today, attributing the change to advances in medical science and public health.
Emile Schultz, a handsome young man at Versailles, France, recently offered a strange motive for an attempted suicide. He said distress over causing jealousy between two sisters drove him to try drowning himself to turn their dissensions into shared grief.
A Baltimore girl who recovered her health uses a gown she had made when told she could not get well. She embodies practicality, turning yesterday's roast chicken skeleton into tomorrow's wedding bash as noted by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A light exchange features a half dream realized as Venice appears on a wedding tour. The niece questions the partial fulfillment while the aunt sighs and contemplates full Venice fulfillment as part of the tour.
A historic rib of eloquence recalls a Ripon bishop delivering a striking pulpit appeal. He urges the congregation to seize their hearts and face the truth in their own lives, a moment recorded as a powerful call to self examination and faith.
The count declares his passion while she retorts the fear of living without him. The exchange centers on mutual dependence and dramatic insistence, reflecting a tense romantic rivalry.
In a fragmentary dialogue the Old Popy asks for a recipe or method to develop an appetite and the Whee Guy responds with a remark about lacking the price of wheal to the howl way. The exchange hints at a rural or dialect tone and a cookery or moral lesson context.
A fragmentary OCR line hints at a domestic scene with a porter and a bemused or appreciative woman. The garbled text mentions a "tolh bins tm cel" and "beautiful box of candy" suggesting a gift or gesture observed in a household context. Names and clear details are unreadable.
A fragmentary line reflects on judges failing to reform themselves to the utmost and the burden of seeking just judgment. The text hints at self-improvement and accountability within the judiciary, suggesting that without reform, one cannot justify or redeem past misjudgments.
Washington Star quotes a campaign orator stating that his line of business is very dependent on tariff policy. The remark frames tariff debates as central to his political speaking and influence.
In a brisk aside, Binks shows no trouble covering living costs. A fellow notes his trade as a sausage maker explains the ease.
In a clipped quotation a resident notes that Charlie was not generous, only spending money when leaving the house for an evening out. the remark underscores a broader doubt about his thrift and social habits.
Rev Carl Fischer reports Basins First Baptist Church to hold its annual meeting on November 12 to elect officers and hear reports from various church branches. All members urged to attend. basket dinner provided by church ladies. Thanksgiving services at 11 a.m. on Thursday the 27th. Regular services Sunday 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 a.m. Pastor G W Racer extends cordial invitation to the public.
A fragmented line suggests a thief’s plan hinges on a lover meeting him with a kiss at the door in the first quarter. Afterwards he disregards the Kies and plans to raise Hall Columbia to delay supper readiness, revealing a peculiar mix of motive and misrule.
Mrs James II Patten acts as agent for ordering sweepers by P O box 276 Basin Wyoming. Available models priced at 15 dollars 11 dollars and 9 60 dollars with combinations and percentages noted.
A fragmented passage contrasts a bank embezzler with a superintendent of a day school. It notes varied fortunes from lobster income to milk and beans, while railing at trusts and suggesting citizens form an army to rob the trusts.
Mrs De os Gearhart Morrison presents Old Glory in Picture and Story a dreamlike tale of the American flag illustrated with one hundred stereopticon pictures Morrison is known to Batten readers and excitement builds for her return appearance here.
On and after November lat rough dry family washing will be charged for at the rate of 360 per dozen. on Lit Basin Steam Laundry.
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