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Newspaper
Coeur Dalene Evening Press
Location
Coeur D´Alene, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1909
Page
4
Forecast for northern Idaho and western Washington covers 24 hours ending 6 p.m. tomorrow. Tonight and Tuesday outlook include partly cloudy skies with a high near 74 and a low around 62. Local report notes temperatures 74 and 62 in recent 24 hour period.
A fragmented page lists lodging, bakery offerings, wagon deliveries, visiting residents, reservations for events, and shop ads. Names such as Reidoleberger, WAI paper, Fort ground, Merchants' Transfer Co, Panhandle Abstract Co, and Palace of Sweets appear amid scattered street mentions and tentative dates.
The record covers county commission proceedings with hiring, bridge work, court supplies, road work, and county official appointments. It lists names of vendors, amounts, and motions including a rejected oil grader bid and an admission denial for the county poor farm. The document also notes arrests, a church attendance award, and a few local notices.
St McLaughlin, a veteran of the Spanish American War, lies at Coeur d Alene Undertaking Co. morgue awaiting burial funds. He was wounded in the stomach during service and never fully recovered. He died penniless after applying for a pension and receiving 1400 dollars, with an expected 2400 dollars, now unpaid. He left one sister in Portland Maine who refused to fund shipment or burial. An administrator has been appointed.
Fragmentary notice describes the President's proclamation and regulations governing the opening and settlement of the Coeur d Atene, Flathead and Spokane reservations. Mentions a booklet issued for instruction and orders to merchants. Price ten cents. Commercial Printing Co., Fourth and Sherman street, Coeur WAlene, Idaho.
The city street commissioner will be in his basement office of City Hall from 6 to 7 pm to collect poll tax payments. Wing areas will each receive a payment amount of 200 dollars.
The Commercial club invites all who provide board or lodging during the busy summer period to submit their capacity and rates to the secretary. The Board of Directors aims to assist citizens and visitors during the exodus and routine travel. W M Wopkirk, secretary, directs reservations and distribution of Evening Press copies at the office.
In a clipped exchange a barber shop customer jokes about prices and service as the barber reads an unclear, accented dialogue. The brief snippet captures street chatter and pricing banter amid casual shop talk.
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