PAGES FROM THE PAST 16 YEARS AGO IN Blackburn
A collage of notes recalls visits by residents to relatives in Butte and nearby towns, birthdays, and local memories. Mentions Nellie Thornton, Lydia Thorpe, Hulda Oberg, and Mary Han, with social gatherings at homes and stories of school life and community events. References to weather, roadwork, a nine mile power line project, and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn
Butte
Arged
Ndmother
Nellie
Unx
Lydia Thorpe
Mary Han
Hulda Oberg
Agnes Esther Bevins
Annie An
Annie Holt Maris Thomp
Laura Monroe
Mary Vilage
Bancroft
Utah Power & Light
Lund
Laws and locals echo through 1902 notes
A collage of small items from a 1902 issue mentions school rules, water tasting for health, the International Socialist Congress in Brussels condemning Idaho miners prosecutions, Odd Fellows antics, fisherfolk luck near Eight Mile, work due to high water at the Bear River bridge, Bannock Indians trading near town, a parable about a child and beadwork, a shotgun shell accident harming Demos Woodall, a farewell dance for Taylor Davis bound for a Southern States mission, Ed Whitman store build, bottling works layoffs, and the Idanha Hotel courting tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Socialist Congress
Brussels
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Odd Fellows Goat
C L Toyer
C Medford
Eight Mile
Colin Chester
David McLean
Drewery
Batley Creek
Bear River
Demos Woodall
Mormon Church
Taylor Davis
Southern States
Ed Whitman
Idanha Hotel
C T. Woodall
Hair Snake Mystifies a Worried Parent
Power County Press columnist recounts discovering a threadlike creature called a hair snake in a dessert dish and reflects on parental curiosity about odd animals. The piece notes the hair snake’s emergence from rain puddles via metamorphic insect processes and ends by mentioning the US Brewers Association joining a national anti litter campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Crompton
Power County
Assa
The
Association
Brewers Litter Prevention Month Declared by Grubby
June is proclaimed litter prevention month by Grubby urging responsible disposal of beer cans and soda bottles. The piece notes widespread litter on lawns and streams and calls for actions from beer and soft drink industries along with Coke and Pepsi to lead cleanup efforts. It also includes Idaho police safety reminders and a local newspaper masthead Soda Springs Idaho June 27 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Own Initiative
Brewers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
New York
Lincent
Lions OF
Tri
MT. WE Non
Regis
Dillon Street
Oregon Trail
Alton Sterrett
Conda
Henry
Bud Weaver
Lew Bitton
E Matthews
Grays Lake
J. C Penney Co
Uncle Ray
Salt Lake Tribune
Hendricks Finance
Lau Safeco Insurance Agency
Soda Springs
Caribou County
SUN
Soda Springs, Idaho
Kentucky School Journal
By Warren Sattler
Los Mar
Grace, Idaho
Grace Equipment Co
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