Telephone line to Stuart to be completed by May first
The article notes utility work and local projects, including a telephone line to Stuart aimed for completion by May first, along with nearby civic updates such as a new post office in Nez Perce county named Porter and various personal and business movements in Lewiston and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Peter Fraser
Hospital For Insane
Blackfoot
C. J. McGrath
Lapwai
John Dunnigan
Boise
Lewiston
Abate the Nuisance on East C Street
Residents behind the Odd Fellows hall complain of a stagnant pool spreading foul odor yearly. Offal covers the low ground, and summer heat will worsen it. They urge city authorities to act and consider damage suits, asserting property owners ignore protests and fail to connect to the Main street sewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East C Street
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
Cold Wave Impacts Lewiston Valley Fruit Crops
A prolonged cold wave damaged fruit trees across Lewiston valley. Peaches cherries and apricots will be severely reduced, possibly half normal yields, while lettuce onions and radishes look healthy and may yield more than last year. Strawberry vines survived with near average production expected and market by early May. Crop timing varies by area with hillside ranches about a month behind the valley. Daytime temperatures near 70 and nights around 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston Valley
From Thunder Mountain fortunes to a vanished Spokane family tragedy
Ben Caswell rose rich through a Thunder Mountain mine sale but spurned a former lover who took 2000 dollars and ended a breach of promise suit. In Idaho a river disaster claimed J W Twohey, a Washington Land and Log employee, leaving a widow and three children as searchers failed to recover his body after a treacherous river accident near Big Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Caswell
Thunder Mountain
Ben
Spokane
J. W. Twohey
Idaho
Toilors
Warlock
Peck
E. H. Berault
Big Island
Twohey
Berault
Abstract sheet for Nez Peace County weekly ledger
Prepared by HM Barnett for week ending April 17, the abstract lists numerous land transfers among Francis Randall Walter Burns William White Edward White Minnie Kjos Clara Phillips Herman Pabst George Brammer I N Hibbs John McConkee J H Flory Mary Maloney John Brewster New England Mortgage Security Co and others. Entries include parcel descriptions with sections townships ranges and noted consideration amounts from 1.00 to 1175.00, in Lewiston Thatcher Place and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HM. K. Barnett
Francis Randall
Walter J. Burns
Wis Ow
William A. White
Edward A. White
Minnie M. Kjos
Clara P. Phillips
Thatcher Place
City of
Lewiston
Herman Pabst
George W. Brammer
I. N. Hibbs
John D. McConkee
J. H. Flory
Mary L. Maloney
John F. Brewster
New England Mortgage Security Company
Knights of Pythias District Convention in Nezperce
The Knights of Pythias district plans its first quarterly convention in Nezperce Idaho on April 30 with representatives from north Idaho lodges and invitations to eastern Washington. Program includes initiation, officer elections, and a banquet. Also noted are local political moves, tramway debate, and a successful water well test at Nez nom Flour Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Idaho
Washington
Nezperce
Kamiah
Tobe O Bison
Orbison
Nezperce Prairie
Republican Party
Mr. Orbison
Neznom
Aged Man Dies After Illness At Hospital
L E Smith died yesterday evening at the hospital where he had been since Sunday last. He was 69 years old and had followed farming in recent years. Born in Connecticut, he leaves a widow and four children Miss Mattie Smith Maggie Smith Joseph Smith and Mrs Joseph Payne. They reside on East C street. The funeral will be Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church and will include Masonic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Artisans
Masonic Hall
Tribune
Harry Palmer
Vineland
Boise Club
Whitman College
Wright
Spokane
Inland Teachers’ Association
Newton Hibbs
Roosevelt
Hallett Abend
Abend
Thatcher & Kling
Tscemin
Shaff
W. W. Leeper
Federation of Womens’ Clubs
North Idaho
Moscow Tuesaday
Josie Gaddy
Lewiston
Trueblood
Hanns
Gaddy
Monageville
L. E. Smith
Connecticut
Mattie Smith
Maggie Smith
Joseph Smith
Joseph Payne
East C ‘Street
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Fraternity
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Lewiston Milling Co. Ltd
Century
Nez Perce
Porter
Stites
McCullough
Colfax
Good Roads Club
G. H. Greenbank
Olympia
Wash
Mathew Scully
Greenbank
McCutchon
J. D. McConkey
Weiser
Eastern Star
Bert Cox
Mr. Cox
Wasp
Stuart Mountaineer
Martin
Sherif Kreutinger
Cowan
Shoshone County
Pierce City
J. S. Lepard
Tom Glenn
Tom
Nez Peace County
P. G
J. R. Hall
C. C
J. E. Kincain
P. G C
Geo. E. Erb
G. C
J. S. Vincent
J. E. Akins
Excelsior Lodge No
Excelsior Lodge No. 2
Nezperce News
Roseph
Alexander
J. O. Vassar
F. B. Willis
Sec
Odd Fellows’ Building
Wellman Real
E. Main St
Cor Moin
Just
Meuli
Lomax
Men’s Furnishers
Ehrman & CO
Butchers and Packers
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