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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
7
Fragmentary text describes patting dough with pan and rolling into half inch sheets, sugaring, cutting into inch long pieces and baking. Mentions bakers of round tins and spreading with “wuncooked teries sweet” and Dutch cake with raisins. Portions are garbled and incomplete.
Fat pincushions filled with pins attach to the sewing machine or cutting table corner along with a safety pin cushion. Large blunt shears and scissors plus small curved shears for under arm fitting. Numerous needles sizes 40 to 80 in separate compartments. A notion box holds bindings dress shields belting and other home dressmaker accessories. A board to guide straight hems on thin fabrics.
Practical tips include sewing a selvage to the center back seam to keep garments from sagging, using equal parts alcohol and kerosene to remove paint from hands, and dampening the skin with the solution before washing with soap. A household alarm can be muffled by an elastic band around the bell, with experimentation to find the best width.
Mending hints advise reinforcing thick serge frocks at elbows and underarms with material between lining and outer fabric. Keep extra fabric to dabble ravelling for wool darns, using fine wool for invisible repairs rather than silk or cotton.
A recipe advises sorting cabbage by season and using unsalable portions. It details chopping three gallons of cabbage with one quart onions and three heads of salt to taste, pouring one pint each of vinegar and water, adding three cans of ripe tomatoes, mixing, and jarning for serving with meat dishes.
Paverite stuffing recipe uses baked potatoes boiled and four small onions with butter a teaspoon of soda and a pinch of jerky, intended to fill as much as possible and can be used for other dishes.
The article sketches a busy opening season with acts like Rast Lynne and Jee oo James, plus a hypnotist Prof X Svengali. It notes wartime style stage props, frescoes of Venus and Generals, and staff continuity. Local figures Captain Artemus Jefferson and Nathan Thomas are tied to venue duties.
Excavations on Fanning Island show a large stone building 60 feet wide and 200 feet long. Archaeologists suggest ancient inhabitants possessed notable architectural skill and used teeth of the sperm whale in construction. The island, recently acquired by a British Canadian syndicate as a coaling station, was reported by the steamship Makura upon its Dec 13 arrival at Vancouver.
A fragment from Louisville Courter Journal notes a planned proposal at a ball next week. The sister of the young woman is said to know of the match and has arranged the event.
Fragmentary notes claim an candidate tied to Sach Ene bet seeks rewards for allies. The text mentions temptations and unclear motives, with implied political maneuvering and contested loyalty in Contrel.
A public notice to consumers states gas will be charged 40 cents per thousand feet if paid by the 10th of the month of billing, and 45 cents per thousand feet if paid after. The announce mentions Big Horn Oil & Gas Co for gas and references a New Edison phonograph offer from Bee Anderson & Johnson.
A stockholders meeting convened yesterday afternoon in Fraternity hall with President C. L. Brome presiding. Finances were discussed and numerous permanent improvements for the canal for the coming season were ordered. C. F. Mackenzie and daughter from Shell attended, traveling from that place and returning home the next day. Dodge, the dentist, operates over Big Horn County Bank.
Advertisement seeks two car loads of range horses with mares preferred aged four to ten years. Inquire via XV care of Batin Republican.
W G Golling attorney at law with offices in Basin State Bank Building and Pioneer Building offers services in all courses and before the U S Land Department. He handles cases in all courts and maintains phone contact at 43.
Dr Elmer Gould serves as deputy state veterinarian and treats all diseases of domestic animals at Phene 00 breek Basin Wy. He oversees veterinary care and disease management within the region.
A garbled hotel arrivals column lists numerous names and partial places including Mandersen Webb ater and wife Hensley Bur F C Hormel and mother Bhell Dan tot Dee Thermopotie Went Burtington Fred Level Wm Cassell Hyattville Patterson Omaha and others. An item notes Pine eating and cooking applies at the City Meat Market.
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