Local items note socials and town moves in Blackfoot
Short notes from Blackfoot Idaho cover club meetings and entertainments, smallpox cases nearby but not in town, marriages, electing officers in the Eastern Star, religious lectures, and local arrivals and departures. The column mentions Mrs. D H Brethan, Senator Dubois, Miss Gertrude Pierce wedding to Charles Higgins, Sheriff elect James E Davis and deputy Peter Steers, Mrs Mary Lyons appointing Idaho secretary role, and local business notices from Palace Drug Store and meat shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Davis
Peter Steers
Idaho Falls
Mr. Steers
Anderson Bros
Mr. Davis
Etta Lee Toby
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Mary J. Lyons
Blackfoot
Idaho
Lyons
Martha Washington Circle
Blackfoot’s Incorporation: A Move Toward City Status
The article argues Blackfoot should incorporate at the start of the 20th century to access necessary improvements and growth. It compares to New York, Chicago, and Salt Lake City, noting early incorporation helped other towns advance without crippling burdens.
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Joseph R Smith
Consolidated Implement Company
Blackfoot
Salt Lake City
Mr. Smith
New York
Chicago
Omaha
Village government reforms urged by Blackfoot paper
The News urges the Board of County Commissioners to favor a wise economical municipal government with representative trustees. It calls for gradual improvements funded by taxpayers and samples with bids for supplies to the Idaho Insane Asylum in Blackfoot Idaho, with bids sealed and sample review.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Board of Trustees
Blackfoot
Binekloor
Idaho
Idaho Insane Asylum
tTr
Havea
Farmers Institute Program At Blackfoot Next Thursday
The Farmers Institute at Blackfoot will be held Thursday and Friday December 13 and 14. A packed schedule includes music by a male quartet, lectures on horticulture and dairy topics, silos and silage, irrigation, honey bees, fruit preservation, pastures, sheep husbandry, potato growing, and domestic economy. Local committee members invite questions and discussion after each presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers'Institute At
Blackfoot
T. French
E. A
A. McPherson
Ericson and
Quo
E. Worden
L. D. Wilson Sheep Husbandry
B. Kinney
Effie Warner
A. T
A. E. Gipson
F. E. DeRay
Pyle
W. A. Sample
J. W.givens
B.A. Doud
Exercises at the Public School Program Friday December 14
A high school program is scheduled in the high school room at 3 p m on Friday December 14 featuring songs recitations readings and essays by students named Edith Sample Bettie Ezell Emma Johnson Lulu Quillin Thomas Morris Gertrude Thompson Adisa Burrell and others including performances by a school choir and a duet by Anna Kiefer and Rita Morrison.
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Edith Sample
Bettie Ezell
Beryl Johnson
Florence Cherry
Emma Johnson
Lulu Quillin
Wendell Gagan
Gordon Kirkpatrick
Anna Kiefer
Rita Morrison
Susie Biethan
Thomas Morris
Gertrude Thompson
Adisa Burrell
William Kinney
Quiet Parlor Wedding at Idaho House
A quiet wedding occurred in the Idaho House parlor on Tuesday evening December 4 at 9 o'clock. Rev. Van Engelen officiated for W. P. Lee and Annie Shu nick, both residents of Blackfoot. Only a few invited friends witnessed the ceremony. The couple celebrated after guests departed, with the House proprietress Mrs. Lee hosting with ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho House
van Engelen
W. P. Lee
Annie Shunick
Blackfoot
Lee
Remember the place and forget no more the place for dishes
Palace drug store Chestnuts at Holbrooke's featured in a compact local ad urging patrons to remember the spot for fine dishes and quick service.
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Palace Drug Store
Holbrooke’s
Idaho Insane Asylum seeks bids for supplies
The Idaho Insane Asylum board of directors will receive bids for furnishing supplies until January 2, 1901. Bids outline required items and terms for the asylum’s operational needs.
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Idaho
Board of Directors
Ballard's Snow Liniment Offered at Local Drugstore
Pioneer drug store sells Ballard's Snow Liniment for 26 and 50 cents. News office offers receipt books and blank notes.
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Ballard
Pioneer Drug Store
Keep Workin and Frogs at the Pond in Dentley’s Verse
A dialect poem mocks idle frogs who waste time in other ponds. The speaker urges continued labor for pay until the judgment day when Dentley will face new tasks. The piece uses rural speech to critique idleness and promote work.
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Dentley
General Fund Disbursement Ledger Entry
January 20 1806 disbursement range 74 to 108 inc recorded by D H Bithan treasurer for Bingham County as general fund note.
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General Fund
D. H. Bihthan
Bingham County
For Sale Antique Oak Furniture and Tools by Jos R Smith
One antique oak sideboard refrigerator parlor suite upholstered oak five piece oak bed room suite antique oak bookcase No 14 style C Philadelphia lawn mower with grass cutter No 3 Western Washer sale before 10th call at residence for information Jos R Smith Also a herbal remedy advertisement for HERBINE at 50 cents per bottle from Pioneer drug store
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Philadelphia
Jos. R. Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. H. Brethan
Senator Dubois
Riverside
Mesdames Myers and
Holbrook
Frank Marion
Houston
Gertrude Pierce
Boise
Charles Higgins
Capital
Fred Howard
W.E. Young
O. 5. L. Ry. Company
Dr. Pyle
Entre Nous Club
James M. Stevens
Mr. Messerly
Esther Chapter
Order of the Eastern Stour
Wall
Barnhart
J. W. Jones
Epworth League
M. EE
Mr. Killingsworth
Missouri
Great
Snake River Valley
W.F. Millick
Brasky
New Jersy
Butte
Anaconda
Marcus Daly
Montana
T. N. Coston
Liverpool
New Orleans
Utah
Arlad
Pacific
Arctic
Wenee Selicia
Farmers’ Institute
Soneecepter
Price
A.T
F. A
Columbia Hive
Cox's
Jose & Tbe
Beachroot
Binawam Co
Dtoany
H. Holbrook
PROP
Banigan & Wollasquatucket
Ibiah Dil
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