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Newspaper
Filer Record
Location
Filer, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
4
The notice records second class matter filing at the Postoffice in Filer Idaho. It lists subscription rates: one year 200 dollars and single copy 0.6? The transcription appears garbled but indicates periodical registration and pricing for subscriptions.
A fragmentary editorial argues stages operating in the state should bear more of tax burdens now shouldered by railroads. It cites railroads paying nearly half of local taxes, notes highway construction costs, and criticizes truck and stage regulation as unequal. The piece urges remedies, warning economic waste from rival transportation modes.
The notice urges preparation for children with shoes hose and various furnishings. It advertises a wide selection of dresses and suits, a shoe department offering value, and aims to keep stock ample for convenience. It highlights Black Cat Hole and Perryware products, plus groceries and mothers oats.
The piece criticizes media coverage of the Loeb and Leopold high profile murder trial. It argues defense attorneys portray the youths as super-intelligent and morally mixed while suggesting sensational articles fuel public fascination. The author urges memory of the case to fade as the trial nears its conclusion.
The park welcomed a barnstorming vaudeville army and four show troupes for three days, drawing visitors from Kansas California and Seattle. Tourists praised the camp’s cleanliness conveniencies and free privileges while urging vaudevillians to seek commercial lodging.
The Methodist Church led by D. Gillilan will discuss the League of Nations next Sunday evening to present the topic clearly. Morning services featured Moses, the Deliverer and a pantomime of The Sweet Story of Old, with Edia Stover’s recital and her mother accompanying. The annual conference reports are being prepared for the Inter Mountain Conference meeting in Gooding, covering Salmon River to the eastern counties of Malheur, Harney, Baker, Union and Wallowa, reflecting the region’s ecclesiastical restructuring from Idaho Conference to Inter-Mountain.
A description of the Lion of Lucerne sculpture by Albert Thorwald honoring eight hundred Swiss guards who died protecting France during an attack on Louis XVI. The heroic scene shows the dying lion guarding the shield of France, carved into a rock recess in a vine-draped park at Lucerne, Switzerland. an inscription lists killed officers.
The notice indicates monthly masses on the first Sunday of each month, held at 9 o clock in the morning, with the initial service at 21 month in the unclear text. Further details are not legible.
The Maroa Community Church will suspend evening services. Rev. HH Wagner plans a sabbatical and vacation period, per a Record statement from the minister.
A fragmentary notice reflects an oath or pledge invoking the presentation of a person for hatred or malice. It mentions fear, fever, or emotion as factors leading to omitting or withholding presentation. The text appears garbled and lacks clear names or events.
Maroa notes report visits and travels of residents including L H Brown return from Wheeling Virginia and Kansas, Roy Landreth recovering from injury, and others helping with threshing in Twin Falls. Local gatherings include a Bull Park picnic and a Maroa Woman's Club meeting with household hints as roll call prompts.
The fair grounds report indicates many visitors daily and a grandstand concession leased to Archie Craig. Several concession stalls, notably selling slaughterhouse confections and bottled water, are thriving. The Record office issued attractive heralds for distribution as a new advertising method. Picnickers mostly dispose of litter carefully, though some do not.
County commissioners inspected the grounds and warned against littering as the grove hosts two shows max at a time and imposes camping rates. No regular fair this year, but a Buck show will be held with Merry-Go-Round and Ferris Wheel. Purebred Jerseys from Middlestadt and Carlson to be milked by a milk ink machine during the exposition.
The article explains that dogs perspire minimally and regulate body temperature mainly through respiration. Rapid breathing increases evaporative cooling, producing a cooling effect similar to sweating.
A scholarship report on Filer Rural High School graduates shows all students at the University of Idaho earning passing grades including Byron Berry Charles Diehl Carl Murray Vira Diehl Thurston Dobbs Maurice Cole and Winfred Martin. The board votes to open school September 2 and to hold the annual election for two board seats while noting the return of last year’s faculty.
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