Imnaha Steamer Ready for Commission to Pittsburg Landing
The Imnaha steamer built for Lewiston and Southern Navigation returned from a Riparia trial with high praise. Licensed to carry 225 pounds of steam and 100 passengers, final fittings will be completed for regular trips between Lewiston and Pittsburg Landing, with freight shipments awaiting for Eureka Mining and Smelting. The article also notes the upcoming United Brethren church conference starting July 1, and recounts a humorous Reed anecdote about a Philadelphia lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston & Southern Navigation Company
Riparia
Portland
Dalles
Baughman
Pittsburg Landing
Eureka Mining and Smelting Company
Imnaha
Greer Electric Railroad Plans Nearing Reality
In Greer Idaho a growing town on the Clearwater short line, mining booms feed improvements. A new drug store. a restaurant and steam laundry. hotel expansion. Greer dam progress. four electricians at Greer Nez Perce line. eastern capitalists eyeing an electric line to Pierce. Surveyors led by Collins map a route from Bedrock to Lewiston via Agency Creek and Salmon River, promising power, mineral belts, and fertile land along a 295 mile path shorter than NP.
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Greer
Clearwater
Nezperce
Pierce
Idaho
White Pine
W. A. Burns
Owl Drug Store
Lewiston
Davis
Weippe
Greer-Nezperce
Boise
Lembi County
Oregon
Collins
Hibbs
Bedrock
Mountain Range
Agency Creek
Salmon River
Salmon City
Nez Perce
Lewiston National Bank Robbed by Temporary Janitor
Bank officers found $85 in small change missing after R E K Lee, the last week’s janitor, disappeared. Investigators linked the theft to the damaged cashier’s drawer and Lee’s drunken escapades. Police searched area routes, suspecting he fled on a Spokane freight. Nezperce news notes grand celebration plans, sports, bonds, and rail tramway changes.
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Lewiston National Bank
R. E. Lee
R. K E. Lee
Fred Shaffer
Shaffer
Kettenbach
R. Ek.lee
Kendrick
Troy
Spokane
Churches unite for summer Sunday services in town
Beginning next Sunday the Presbyterian and Baptist churches will hold joint Sunday services in union until summer ends. Rev Guernsey from the Baptist church will lead July and Rev Giboney from the Presbyterian church will preach in August. Morning services are at Odd Fellows hall and evening services at the Presbyterian church building.
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Presbyterian and Baptist Churches
Union
Guernsey
The
Baptist Church
Giboney
Presbyterian Church
Odd Fellows Hall
Sash and Door Factory and Bank Project at Gifford
Carrier and Minion are building a sash and door factory at Gifford covering 2000 square feet of floor space for a paying enterprise. Lumber will be secured from saw mills on Craig mountain. The bank building in Gifford is near completion, a one story frame with a large fire proof vault. Farmers around Gifford haul in summer supplies while merchants stock up to serve mountain traders.
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Carrier & Minion
Gifford
Craig Mountain
Bank
Mountain
Fourth of July games loom in Nezperce clash
The Nezperce celebration committee offers a $100 prize with Miller or Thomas of the U of I expected to assist. Lapwai Rough Riders meet Lewiston in a marquee contest. Rough Riders beat Culdesac 16 to 8 in a Sunday practice. Team features McCormick Penny and Moore. Lewiston fields a strong squad with Rust as manager and adds Louis Bradbury. Brown may join from Grangeville after an earlier Pullman series injury.
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Joe McCormick
George Penny
Albert Moore
Lewiston
Rust
Louis Bradbury
Boise
Brown
Grangeville
Harvest in Tammany Next Week
Farmers in the Tammany section have hayed for two weeks and will begin cutting the barley next week. Despite the drought the barley is well filled with good acreage. The average barley yield is about 40 bushels. The past week favored wheat with light rains and cool weather aiding grain fill. The grain heads are plump though straw is short, and the crop will average about 2 bushels.
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Tammany
Lewiston School Board Reviews New Building Plans
The Lewiston school board considers proposals for a new school building. Architects Dow and Galbraith presented plans for imposing school structures and Nave expects to submit plans soon. No decision has been reached yet.
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Lewiston
Dow and
Galbraith
Nave
Suit Brought to Secure Wages in Smallpox Nurse Case
Rosa Coblentz sues William Murphy in Justice McConkey’s court this afternoon over wages. The plaintiff nursed a man employed by the defendant while stricken with small pox. A question of previous Techadiant enters the case.
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Rosa Coblentz
William Murphy
Justice McConkey
Case of Battery Discharged in McConkey Court
State v McGee dismissed in Justice McConkey's court as Albert McGee discharged. Complaint by Mrs McGee. altercation with Herbert Judd involved a tassel. Alleged hammer strike on Mrs McGee, conflicting evidence. case ended without charges. Miles S Johnson for plaintiff. J B Anderson for defendant.
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Justice McConkey
State
President Black Arrives at Lewiston Normal Office
Prof. George H. Black, newly elected president, arrived from Cheney Sunday and opened headquarters in the presid ent's office. He begins organizing the faculty for the coming year with about 175 applicants from Harvard to California, selecting the best and contacting recommending school men. He will stay through the summer and move his family here when a house is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Black
The
Lewiston Normal
Cheney
the Normal
Black
Harvard
Columbia
Michigan
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
California
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Conference of United Brethers
United Brethren Church
Little Potlatch Bridge
U.S
Juliaetta Enterprise
Reed
Them
Thomas B. Reed
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Electrolytic Copper Company
Adams Block
F. B. Platt
J. H. Phillips
Geo
W. Fletcher
Frank Burke
J. FP. Sperry
A. L. Ober
H. C. Tracy
J. F. Sperry
Messrs. Bollinger & Bell
Bollinger House
Laundry Boys
W. A. Smith
Dent & Butler
Main Street
Mabae
Globe-Wernicke
McGilvery
Thompson
Aahe
Steinway
Kranich & Bach
Piano
E.d
Schaeffer
Behr Bros
Waldorfastoria
Chant Music CO
Greer Electric Railroad
Pierce City
Northern Pacific
Thunder Mountain
Boise Statesman
Lewiston National
Ball Park
Isrand
Prairie News and Notes
Boxton
B. F. Tweedy
Lewiston Gifford
Lapwai
Culdesnc
Cottonwood
Bitl
H.C Barrett & Co
F. A. Kean
C. EK. Cummings
Farmers Tramway
Robert Fanning
Colton
Washington
Cummings
Sash and Door
President Black
Lacker
Oxfords
Hastings
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