Basin Republican notices second class matter
The Basin Republican is entered as second class matter June 30, 1906 at Basin Wyoming post office under the March 3 1879 act.
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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1921
Page
4
The Basin Republican is entered as second class matter June 30, 1906 at Basin Wyoming post office under the March 3 1879 act.
Abscription announces a price of 2 dollars per year in advance for the Official Paper of Big Horn County and the Official Paper of Town of Basin. The notice sets subscription terms and status for readers in Basin and surrounding areas.
The disarmament conference convening in Washington promises relief from war and aims to establish a peace basis. Lloyd George calls it a bow in the sky. citizens pray for an agreement reducing armies and navies and ending costly conflicts.
Communities mark Armistice Day with solemn programs on the eve of a major disarmament conference. Delegates are urged to embrace responsibility to prevent a future Armistice Day catastrophe and to seek world observance growth into November 11th.
Despatches from Manila report Lord Northcliffe, the British publisher, praising America for its generosity in handling the Philippine problem and for the treatment of the Filipino people. He is impressed by the United States school system in place there.
The article cites American influence guiding Filipino self-government, noting General Wood’s role and Harding era policies. It contrasts colonial administration history with revived McKinley Wilson Harding policies and cites Quezon’s group vying for control against broader Filipino support for immediate self-determination.
The article argues William F. McCombs sought Attorney Generalship for private gain and contends Joseph P. Tumulty misuses claims about McCombs. It says McCombs earned presidential influence and Tumulty now profits from his White House access, while Wilson’s critics frame the motive as improper.
The Boston Herald notes London now enforces seating on buses and trains demanding no standing passengers in vestibules or platforms. Conductors face fines for overloading and municipal cars may dismiss staff for violations, as the city seeks to restore comfortable travel and curb “driven cattle” conditions.
The piece notes multilingual scribes in Baghdad mainly Armenians and Jews who spoke six languages. It describes schools teaching English French Arabic and Persian and cites Arabic and French on railway tickets and English signs appearing with British occupation. The author laments New Street visuals and the incongruity of modern signage with Baghdad’s imagination.
At Cow Camp on the Silver Peak range near Tonopah Nevada residents pay 30 cents per gallon for water. The water man has a monopoly with no competition, the nearest source being eleven miles away. Five miles are traveled by buckboard then the road becomes a trail. the full trip takes about a day.
Dr J B Owens reports at the Royal Sanitary Institute conference that four milligrams of soot per cubic meter of air reproduce dense fog in London. A dense fog over the city to 400 feet would require about 200 tons of soot, with domestic fires contributing over 200 tons daily. Call Owen at the listed number for details.
The Department of Agriculture notes squirtless grapefruit called tan gelo, a cross of orange tan gerine and grapefruit. Two varieties Samp son and Thornton shown by Walker T. Swingle and Ralph Robinson. Samp son is ripe but often misjudged. Thornton yields pale orange juice and tender pulp. Both can be eaten by hand or halved. no sugar needed. juice rarely squirts.
The eagle, deemed the swiftest of all birds in flight, allegedly raced a French naval fiver near Mount Olympus in February 1916. The swift aircraft traveled about 60 nautical miles per hour while the eagle appeared nearly stationary, then sped away at over 60 miles per hour, vanishing from view as the duel ended.
Mariners report new volcanic islands forming when seafloor mountains rise above water. The Hawaiian chain began this way, and two Aleutian peaks named Bogislof and Grewingk grew large then slowly subside, illustrating ephemeral island creation in historic times.
The article explains coal tar products yield chlorine and poison gases, leading to chlor benzol and aspirin via acetylation from acetic anhydride. Aspirin, once German-made, is now produced in the United States with a Niagara Falls plant boosting domestic chemistry.
Fragments show a promotion for Owen Johnson over chews and a note about residents in Phi Ne 190W. The readable text is incomplete and yields limited clear facts.
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