This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
3
Four hundred mothers in Big Horn county are invited to enter babies in a better babies contest at the county fair on September 7 8 and 9. Weighing and measuring by Miss Gray of the University of Wyoming includes free medical exams.
Con Cres Man Mondell lauds Secretary Payne for visiting western irrigation efforts and urges rapid use of oil lease revenues for Shoshone Powell Riverton projects. He cites 10 to 15 million dollars potential in reclamation funds and asks for liberal Interior estimates to aid these developments.
Frank A. Fayant argues that freight rate increases of 2 percent or more will show middlemen profiting at the public’s expense. He notes war inflation has peaked and prices may fall, while transportation costs still affect daily goods. Most railroad revenue will go to roughly 4 million workers, with wage gains surpassing the rate hikes.
United States Civil Service Commission announces a Sept 25 1920 examination at Basin Wyoming for a fourth class postmaster vacancy at Otto and other offices. Salary last year was 247. Open to US citizens 21 or older, with state age rules for women. residents of the local postal territory. Applications Form 1753 from the local postmaster or the Civil Service Commission, Washington.
The article extols canneries across the western states as a vibrant home industry. It notes how summer and fall work use soil products and labor, providing good wages and mobilizing family labor in fields and packing plants, benefiting communities amid political and international tensions.
G B Morgan state geologist and superintendent of the mines and mineral exhibit at the state fair in Douglas Wyoming invites exhibits of minerals including asbestos sulphur soda gypsum oils stones metals and building materials. Samples should be labeled and sent by September 5 to the State Fair Association Mineral Division Douglas with preference for annotated displays. Awards will be given for the best exhibits.
Our campaign will start on or about October 1 and continue about 100 days. Employment inquiries should contact O. C. Swan, superintendent, Wyoming Sugar Company, Worland, Wyoming. Aug. 14 to Sept. 24.
Notices note inquiries from Owners desiring to sell farm and ranch lands. Listings seek buyers or brokers to facilitate transfers of agricultural properties. No specific parcels or names provided in the readable text.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.