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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
4
The Basin Republican notes its status as a second class matter entered June 30 1906 at Basin Wyoming post office under the March 3 1879 act.
The county fair drew praise for its high quality exhibits and strong promotional value. Observers urged continued growth with broader community support, insisting Big Horn county hosts the best fair in the state and intermountain region as an effective advertising medium.
Reports from Manchester New Hampshire Sharon Pennsylvania Topeka Kansas Pittsburg New York and Washington detail steady or resumed operations at mills shops and mills. Textile plants including Amoskeag and Stark plan full winter employment while the Twin Mills of Harvester Co resume at full capacity with no wage cuts and a 46 hour week.
O. HR. Lyman of Otto displayed a fine showing of sheep at the livestock department. Visitors praised the stock as some of the best bred animals seen at the local fair.
Alfred E. Zimmern describes Alsace as a contested region where German symbols fade and French influence grows. He notes official buildings remain, officials adopt French forms, and locals feel relief and a return to normal life after years of occupation.
Officials estimate annual United States spending on soft drinks at over a billion dollars from 10 billion glasses sold yearly at ten cents each. Health chemists warn imitation orangeade uses coal tar coloring and saccharine, a highly sweet additive with little food value, potentially harmful in excess.
Plymouth marks its tercen tenary with a public opening of the William Harlowe house built in 1077. The structure uses oak timbers from the old fort built in 1622 atop the hill. After King Phillips War the fort was dismantled and the timbers sold to Sergt. William Harlowe for his home on the ancient highway.
An information table was placed in the east end of the corridor by assistant custodian M P Bonham with a watchman in attendance to guide post office patrons with minimal delay. John Peters led the table as the first to take charge and answered a puzzled passerby about obtaining white mule with proper credentials inside the building.
About twenty British and French fishing boats have disappeared since the war ended. It is believed the losses result from unknowingly bringing up a mine with their catch. A mine is hard to detect when encased in net and seaweed, but dumping it on deck or in the hold of the vessel can trigger a fatal explosion.
Earl Stanley, a former aviation corps member, traveled the world but faced trouble aboard the China at Hong Kong when asked for a ticket and identity. Travelers J Daily and R Pitt paid his passage, allowing him to continue toward Pasadena via San Francisco.
A young woman delays getting to work and fabricates a tale of a major fire. She embellishes details until the boss calmly reveals the fire occurred the previous day in the Indianapolis News, exposing the ruse.
The sixth annual Midland Empire fair runs five days from September 19 to 28. It showcases a self-sustained, modern fairground with new buildings and improved grounds. The event emphasizes broad public cooperation and welcomes all citizens to enjoy races and contests in a wholesome Western welcome.
Frisby Colts head to Thermopolis Sunday to meet the regular league team as Fred Frisby vows to show the Hot Springers how the national game should be played. Some Colts are lightweight but will press the ball and deliver solid hits, supported by local fans tagging along.
W B Maxwell of Casper oversees construction of run-down tanks and condensers for Midwest Refining Co. About forty men will be employed, mainly workers from the prior summer project, with completion likely in two months.
A Columbus woman and her four year old daughter saw a film with an unexpected twist as a character on screen appeared to be a spirit returning to confess and right a wrong. The mother and friend exclaimed at the shocking ending while the child remarked the moon looked moldy, adding an innocent reaction to the scene.
Five billion passengers were carried by automobiles in the United States last year, nearly four times the 1.234 billion revenue passengers of steam railroads. Motor trucks hauled 1.2 billion tons of freight, about half the 2.504 billion tons moved by rails. Auto growth lags railroads overall, yet modern auto use supports rail and suburban travel, with 1920 car passengers up 400 million from the prior year and rail passengers up 60 million.
Mrs Harriett Hill who died recently in New York was the inventor of the vending machine for selling paper drinking cups at railway stations and other public places. She was sixty and long headed a paper products manufacturing company.
A new incandescent lamp filled with neon gas can burn continually at about 86 cents per month. It consumes current at five watts per hour and emits a red light used for signaling.
Lovell residents showcased a larger, high quality fair with broad participation from both men and women. The committee thanked organizers Father Rasmussen Lynn J G Green BE M Cain G A Snell and Elgin Brown, plus numerous unnamed volunteers, and announced plans to form a permanent fair organization for future events.
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