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We are pleased to state that Joe Adams is out and around again. Hel suffered from a severe attack of stomach trouble which necessitated his going to the hospital and which the doctors feared would call for an operation, but with special care and good luck they promised Brother Adams a cure without the scalpel. The Shelley high school boys scored again when they met the Blackfoot high school basketball team Friday and beat them 46 to 24. The home team will go to Cald well this week to take part in the state championship tourney. A delightful little party was held at the home of R. H. Bradshaw the last of the week in honor of his grand-daughter, Hilda Bradshaw, who is visiting here from Portland, Oregon. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Brad shaw and their honor guest, there were present Miss Vera Jensen, Floy Johnson and her sister, Grace. The stake secretaries of the M. I. A. were visitors at the second ward mutual meeting Sunday evening. Elder Aubrey Parker was speaker Sunday evening on the subject, “The Joy of Going Onward. Mrs. Etric Miller and her daught er-in-law, Mrs. Ella Miller, have gone to San Francisco to meet Elder Rod erick Miller on his return from the mission field in New Zealand. J. C. Bolander, who has built three modern homes for rent in Shel ley, has had calls for houses every day for months. He intends to build more of them to sell or rent. L. Ivan Jensen has purchased the house lately occupied by Mr. Col lins, and owned by Dr. Roberts. Mrs. James Jacobson returned last week from Salt Lake City where she had been visiting her husband, who set out from there for the central states’ mission field. Mrs. Kate Camblin went to Poca tello to say “bon voyage” to her hubby on his way to the northwest ern states on a mission for the L. D. §. church. The relief societies of the Shelley wards held the annual meetings last Saturday with programs and refresh ments. L. J. Bennett is back from Salt Lake City, where he was called to attend the funeral of his father. The relief society of the second ward gave a dance Tuesday evening, the proceeds to be devoted to paying off indebtedness of the house. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Longhurst are the happy parents of a baby daughter, Shelley is still in the dark” as to the light question. An investiga tion is promised by the utilities com mission but things are at a stand still commercially on account of the lack of power and light. Coal is almost an unknown com modity in some homes here. Fence posts and chicken coops, and even rare antique furniture go into the kitchen stove thin winter. The Shel ley wit says that people here should keep warm because “hell' is in the middle of Shelley. Mrs. McDonald, who has been visiting with her niece, Mrs. Paul Geetz, has returned to her home in Salt Lake City. Aubrey Parker is planning to build a home on his lot in town in the near future.
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Blackfoot Idaho Republican
Blackfoot, Idaho, US
Fri, Mar 23, 1917
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