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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1910
Page
10
A Pullman car tale unfolds aboard a sleeping tone with a fat man and a timid passenger. The porter confronts misadventure as a rolling dream of stabbing snore horrors raises alarm among fellow travelers. Hidden tensions surface with a curious morning smile.
A New York lawyer recalls a Arkansas trial where whisky evidence was offered to aid jury deliberations. The foreman tells the judge they want more evidence before agreeing on a verdict, illustrating a humorous twist on old whisky practices in juries.
A gag on marital harmony contrasts a gloomy optimist and cheerful pessimist. The optimist asks if wives understand training a cook. The wife in the punchline lets the cook have her own way so the couple remains worth staying with.
A brief Atlanta Constitution quip notes a man who failed in literature now runs a literary bureau. The exchange highlights a pivot from scholarly pursuit to commercial writing services. The item captures a sharp domestic/memoir tone.
A joke exchanges blame for giving away a phonograph to keep peace in the home. Huishand notes the machine was sold to avoid quarrels, while the husband recalls the effort to reconcile. The line ends with a remark about two talking machines and the ongoing attempt to square themselves.
J A Welch of Otto now Basin city employee signs a large bond for mining claims in Momana. Forty acres known as Idaho Bay and Acma relda leased for 30000 first year and 50000 second year with purchase option. The properties are copper rich in the Cable district. owners include Welch, J L Wheeler, J S Wheeler, and Eli Wolverton. Buyers are Simon Blatter and Nickolas Mertelg of Montana.
Reginald Crane and his wife Martha host Aunt Cynthia after her husband Frank dies, but the Cranes and the Van Winkles feud over duty and care. Aunt Cynthia paints Martha as a shrew, triggering estrangement and mounting nerves until Reginald breaks down. Eventually Aunt Cynthia dies, and Reginald declares the relatives mistreated his aunt.
E. E. Yarnell of Burlington, a rancher, visited Basin on Thursday to discuss business and deliver lumber for bridge building or repairs. He reports a successful ranch season and recalls Tom Daggett, a former newspaper man who knew prominent Democrats like Sam J. Taden and Grover Cleveland.
Word reached Basin yesterday through county clerk Peter Enders that Tom Daggett died at 4 AM Thursday in Sheridan State Hospital. Daggett was well known to old timers who followed his writings in the newspapers he was connected with.
John Luman, famed among old timers, journeyed to Thermopolis last week and returned in good spirits. He enjoyed a pleasant visit with his longtime associates at the county seat and remains as sprightly as ever.
Eight of the most desirable lots in the Mecklem addition at a big bargain if taken within the next twenty days. Hoover Investment Company. Phone 82, s301f Found. Fifty head of ewe lambs on head of Red Creek, branded are now on my ranch at mouth of Otter Creek. Owner can have same by proving property, paying for i advertisement, pasturage and trouble for taking up same. 2t J. E. Goodrich.
A $10 reward is offered for information leading to the recovery of two geldings, a bay and a sorrel, branded on the left shoulder. Contact Mike McCarty at Holt Wee, reference 625-31.
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