Heavy Prairie Rain Destroys Crops and Bridges
A Wednesday storm drenched the prairie with hail and torrential rain causing flood damage to gardens grain fields and fences across several farms including John Duclos Joe Remacle Sidney Brown and F S Winner. Bridges along Shebang creek washed away and Bowman Gulch waters drained into Rocky canyon killing fish and affecting local farms.
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Grangeville
P. M. Glanville
Stock Creek
John Duclos
Joe Remacle
Sidney Brown
Winner Farms
John Grea
Denver
Shebang Creek
Edwin Nelson
Bowman Gulch
Rocky Canyon
J. B. Lichtefeld
Nez Perce
Luchtefeld
Robert
Baker
Coyote Flat
Westlake
Mr. Luchtefeld
Trov a see Jackie ait the Mi
A fragmentary note mentions Jackie and a place called Mi. Details are unclear due to OCR quality, but the readable parts point to a local event or person named Jackie connected with a location starting Mi. Further text needed for precise summary.
Six Young Ladies Take Second Vows at Convent
At eight o clock yesterday morning at St Gertarde s convent southwest of town services were held as several young ladies who last year took their first vows renewed vows. Rev Father Sembs, Jerome and Buerlocher assisted. Residents from Greencreek Reuterville and Cottonwood parishes attended. Sisters Hermine Rely Heldefond Innocensia, and three new Swiss sisters took their vows, with several making second vows.
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St. Gertarde’s
Sembs Eaiek
Paul
Jerome Aa Buerlocher
Greencreek
Reuterville
Cottonwood
Hermine
Mager
Rely
Heldefond
John F. Nuxoll
Innocensia
J. M. Vallenborg
Switzerland
Rock Road Crew Faces Delays on State Highway Surfacing
The General Construction Co. foreman and crew, sent to surface the highway between this place and Sawyer canyon, faced repeated delays due to bad roads and heavy rain. They shifted quarry sites from the Bieren farm north of town to a new quarry farther north where rock proved satisfactory, and the crusher site work neared completion. They hope to start full operations within a few days if rains don’t delay again.
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General Construction Co
Sawyer Canyon
Bieren
New Sunday School Union Organized at Red Rock
W R Johnston of Lewiston represented the American Sunday School Union organizing a union Sunday school at Red Rock school house. About forty three attended morning services and the house filled in the evening. Officers elected include Mrs M F Griner superintendent Miss Elsie Jess secretary Miss Flossie Higgins organist Mrs James Brasier primary teacher Mrs Ickes intermediate E M Eckes adult. The union Sunday school will meet at ten thirty each Sunday.
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New S.S
W. R. Johnston
Lewiston
American Sunday School Union
Red Rock
M. F. Griner
Elsie Jess
Flossie Higgins
James Brasier
Ickes
E. M. Eckes
Cottonwood State Bank Opens Sixteen Years Ago
Today marks the sixteenth anniversary of the Cottonwood State Bank opening in Cottonwood. Herman H. Nuxoll and associates started as the German State Bank on June 8 1907. Patrons and the community hope the institution will continue to grow in the next sixteen years as it has in the past.
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E Cottonwood State Bank
Cottonwood
Herman H. Nuxoll
German State Bank
Cloudburst Recall Near Greencreek Twenty Years On
Twenty years have passed since the Greencreek Nezperce cloudburst that flooded Sawyer canyon and killed the Dempsey family father and aunt near the Stevenson crossing.
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Greencreek
Nezperce
Sawyer Canyon
Dempsey
Stevenson Crossing
Mrs C T Staal and family head to Lewiston and Portland
An oversight notice states Mrs. C. T. Staal and her children departed for Lewiston and Portland on a two week visit. While away she may seek markets for elegant fancy work.
The Game of the Season Tigers vs Savages Preview
A dramatic pregame bulletin outlines Tigers and Savages star players, local risk, and a no admission clash billed as the season’s marquee game. Key figures include Gary Carnes as Savages pitcher and several Tiger names, with spectators advised to seek safety behind buildings. The prize is 10 gallons ice cream, paid by the losing side, courtesy of the Reuterville fans.
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Hattrup
Hank
Comodore Dillard
Tigers
Savages
Gary Carnes
Gary
Henry
John Engel
Ben Albers
Ben Entrupp
Billy Gentry
Ben Hattrup
Bernard Bosse
John Asker
Chas
Goeckner
Hubert Hattrup
Jack Hilbert
Mike Hilbert
Ben Forsman
Bud Nash
Jim Nash
Francis Homar
Sylvester Winkler
Mike Mager
Roy Williams
Pete Peterson
Reuterville
Supreme Court voids language bans in schools below eighth grade
The U S Supreme Court declared state laws banning foreign language teaching in schools below the eighth grade unconstitutional as an unlawful state intrusion on individual rights protected by the fourteenth amendment. Justice Holmes dissented. majority opinion by Justice McReynolds upheld police power limits while acknowledging education’s importance.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
Sutherland
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio
Justice McReynolds
Justice McReynold
Portland
Ore
Supreme Court of the United States
Oregon
J.P. Kavanaugh
Associated Press
Court weighs Oregon education statute on federal rights
The court notes challenges to Oregon's referendum adopted statute requiring parents to send children aged eight to sixteen to a public school with specified exceptions. Justices discuss potential lawsuits and cite language in prior decisions as being technically examined. The ruling addresses federal constitutional protections and state control of education.
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Kavanaugh
Oregon
Iceland
Supreme Court in Session at Lewiston Idaho
The Idaho supreme court convened in Lewiston for the spring term. Three county cases will be decided this week, including Atwood vs Damages and T. M. Atwood versus Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The report notes the federal agent appointment under the trans terms.
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Idaho County
Idaho Jurists
Supreme Court of the State of
Gasoline tax receipts for April fall short of projections
State officials report 1,212,873 gallons of gasoline imported in April under the new gasoline tax law from the 1928 legislative session. Commissioner Jeter notes most dealers have reported, with a few refusing the tax, and expects May receipts to be more than double April’s.
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Jeter
Spokane
Eas
Attendance at Idaho Odd Fellows convention hits high mark
The sixteenth annual Idaho County Association of Odd Fellows met in Cottonwood last Saturday with the best attendance yet, weather and poor roads limiting lodges represented. The program merged into one afternoon session plus a six o'clock banquet and evening dance. Winona to host in 1924, Whitebird in 1925, Clearwater in 1926, and Fenn in 1927. Miss Caroline Terhaar left for Spokane to visit friends after completing a term at Priest River.
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Idaho County Association of Odd Fellows
Cottonwood
Winona
Whitebird
Clearwater
Fenn
Caroline Terhaar
Spokane
Miss Terhaar
Priest River
Idaho County Election Set for June for Local Road Question
Idaho voters will decide on a county road funding measure on June 19 in Ne Shone County. The proposal would raise funds at 1,000 per eng ing and paving main l ver between Kellogs and in. A separate note mentions timber Cabin Creek railroad plans and government ownership after five years. In Moscow, Idaho, a gasoline tractor mishap injures a man, while another article notes a statewide history quiz selecting Meriwether Lewis as the top historical figure.
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Oeast
Idaho
Knuniah
Shone County
Moscow
Sheldon Wi ‘Witey Wagner
Liv
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis William
David ‘Thompson
Ae Stone
Craigmont
Eathma
Geo Eas
Chapman
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Prairie
Trova
Jackie Ait the
Hussman’s Tigers
Keuterville
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