Bear Lake Hosts Second Annual Women’s Vacation Camp
The second annual Bear Lake women’s vacation camp opens July 12 under University of Idaho extension supervision at Fish Haven. Notables include Apostle John A Widtsoe, Marion Hepworth, A H Upham, and J Keane. The program spans July 12 to 14 with lectures, music, community games, boating, and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Idaho
Fish Haven
Norma Barnes
John A. Widtsoe
Salt. Lake
Council of Twelve Apostles
LD. Church
Marion Hepworth
A. H. Up
Bear Lake
Caribou
Franklin
Oneida
Bannock
Camp Ideal
Frank Athay
C. B. Pierce
Montpelier
A. H. Upham
Marjorie Eastman
W H. Richards
Joe Keane
F. E. Whitehead
Paris
Apostle John A. Widtsoe
Council of Twelve
L. D. S. Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Walés
Seattle
Jello Company
E. EB. Smith
Anna Shrives
Alkali Kills Sheep Near St. Charles on Antelope Flat
About fifty sheep owned by Ola Transrum of St. Charles died last Friday afternoon after drinking alkali on the land near Antelope Flat toward Paris. Rain the day before left small patches of alkali water that the animals drank greedily while being driven toward the summer range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheen
Ola Transrum
St. Charles
Transtrum
Antelope Flat
Paris
Great Financial Concern One of America's Life Insurance Giants
One of the United States' largest life insurance firms holds assets surpassing those of the Bank of England, signaling a remarkable scale in the domestic financial sector and potential implications for global markets and regulation.
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Great Financial Concern
America
Bank of England
YOUR NATIONAL PARKS INVITE AMERICANS TO VISIT
President Coolidge promotes summer park travel as a national recreation option. The article urges readers to learn about parks and monuments and notes an educational meeting trip for Mr. and Mrs. S C Kelsey and their son Merrell to Lewiston and Seattle for county and national meetings.
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Coolidge
White House
Uncle Sam
America
Elmo Scott Watson
the Post
C. Kelsey
Merrell
Lewiston
William Budge Memorial Hospital Dedication at Logan
Dedicatory services for the William Budge Memorial Hospital in Logan Utah will be held at the hospital on Sunday July 10 with hours yet to be announced. Church leaders expected include President Heber J Grant President Charles W Nibley and Elder Orson F Whitney. Word received that services will begin at 8 o clock p m local time. The Budge family urges all who can attend to do so.
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William Budge
Logan
Utah
Salt Lake
Heber J. Grant
Charles W. Nibley
Orson F. Whitney
E. T. Budge
Lamb prices rise at Chicago after three weeks of decline
A shipment of fat lambs from Mountain Home Idaho owned by Domingo Augirre helped lift Chicago yards prices to $14.50 per hundred pounds for 900 lambs sold to Swift and Company. The sale, witnessed by a delegation from the American Institute of Cooperation, marked a twenty five cent gain from the prior day as traders hope the upturn continues to recover earlier declines. Prices previously ranged from a high of $18.75 in Washington to a low of $14.00 in Idaho.
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Idaho
Washington
Chicago
Domingo Augirre
Mountain “Home
Farmers Union Live Stock Commission
Thomas J. Lynch
Cooperative Sales Agency
Aughre
American Institute of Cooperation
Swift and Company
City Streets Used For Cow Pastures
Citizens complain of calves and cows roaming Depot Street at night damaging gardens. The livestock, owned by local residents, trample properties. call for strict estray law enforcement to protect orderly yards and city appearance. Names of owners responsible will be published.
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Depot Street
Songs of Plain Folks Cry Mail for Me
A poem fragment depicts a rural scene where a character waits for mail at a crossing. The speaker notes the lack of mail from a hopeful father figure, who limps and quavers for news but never receives it, preserving a sense of longing.
Miners Visit Paris for Phosphate Ore Prospects
A party of miners and investors led by L M Parker Missouri Mont and I B Rickets Butte Mont plus Todd McClaney and his son William of Glendale Cal toured Bear Lake region mines in Bloomington and sampled ore. Fred S Irwin of Keystone Phosphate Co guided the trip noting high grade ore and transport advantages.
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L. M. Parker
Missouri
Mont
I. B. Rickets
Butte
Todd McClaney
William
Glendale
Cal
Paris
Fred S. Irwin
Keystone Phosphate Co
Bear Junke
Bloomington
McClanney
New—Mexico
Apostle Ivins
Mexico
Bear Lake Valley
Avitlam McClanny
Wallace
Montana
McClanny
Drowning at Sing Sing as Convicts Watch from Yard
In Ossining New York on July 5 three youths in a canoe drowned in the Hudson near Sing Sing prison while 1200 convicts watched from the yard behind a leveled barbed fence. Guards threatened to shoot any rescue attempt and warden Lewis Lawes defended the action amid inmate protests and meal refusals. A search for the bodies was under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Hudson
Lewis Lawes
Moral panic over women's clothing in history
A Burley Herald letter condemns modern attire as a ruinous civilizational collapse. The writer laments morality erosion over female dress, cites ancient fears from Tsarah and Saint Jerome, and urges returning to biblical standards to stem perceived moral decay.
Notice to bid on Hirsh School concrete doors project
Sealed bids are invited by the Clerk of Fielding Rural High School for the construction of concrete doors in the Dining Room and Kitchen and the Lower Hall of the Hirsh School building per plans on file. Bids accepted until July 16, 1927. The board may reject all bids.
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Fielding
Rural High School
Hirsh
Samuel Houston Birth and Texas Holiday Observed
Samuel Houston born March 2 1708 at Timber Ridge Church Virginia. He was a famed soldier and statesman who led against Mexico in the Texas rebellion. His birthday is observed as a holiday in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Houston
Timber Ridge—Church
Mexico
Texas
Feminine Vanity Prose Fragment From the Gadsden Leader
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at a witty remark about deceit and compliments aimed at women. The source text is garbled and includes stray punctuation and misspellings from the Aln. edition, offering little clear context or attributing author or date.
Ship Log Book and Official Voyage Record
The ship's official log-book records daily events, mileage, weather, and vessels spoken or hailed. It serves as the master’s brief, exact account of the day's voyage and is the official record of the voyage.
former school instructor visits Paris to recruit Fielding grads
Prof LeRoy C Funk of Ricks College Rexburg and former Fielding faculty member toured Paris and nearby areas early this week interviewing Fielding High graduates about attending Ricks College next year. He noted Ricks College as the L D Church school for Idaho and said its courses prepare students for many vocations while instilling core life values. Funk enjoyed renewing old friendships during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy C. Funk
Ricks College
Rexburg
Fielding
Paris
Fielding High School
Church School For
Idaho
Funk
Professor Billeter Visits Mrs Wilker Family
Prof. Billeter and wife and children traveled from Rexburg to visit Mrs. Marie Wilker in this city. Billeter, a Zurich Conservatory graduate, has taught music at Ricks College since last October, and his wife Aurelia Walz taught French and German at Ricks College for two years.
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Billeter
Marie Wilker
Aurelia Billéter Walz
William Billeter
Gasoline Tax to Bring $1.6 Million to Idaho Treasury in 1927
Idaho expects $1.6 million from gasoline tax in 1927, says Fred E H Lukens commissioner of law enforcement. First four months yield $410,000 with tax at three cents a gallon for most of period. Automobile registrations are rising sharply, January and February show 1000 more cars than 1926, fees total $815,161.20, up $32,221.77. Ninety percent of license fees paid in the counties.
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Boise
Fred E H. Lukens
Clark nutcrackers: year-round mountain foragers
The Clark nutcracker, living in Northwest alpine forests, operates at high elevations from 70,000 to 8,000 feet. It pries cones from trees and uses its bill to remove cone scales, then caches or eats the seeds.
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Clark
Saya Nature Magazine
Northwest
Farmers Value Schooling High
A Department of Agriculture study across twelve states finds education boosts farmer income. The value of daily schooling is pegged at 9.25 dollars, with higher education linked to higher earnings. Georgia data show no schooling yields 240 dollars yearly, while high school and college graduates earn progressively more. Similar patterns appear in Indiana Illinois Iowa Kansas Missouri Wisconsin, with better-educated farmers owning more land, keeping more livestock, and gaining faster farm ownership.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Wisconsin
Impressive funeral services held for Leola Smedley of Dingle
Funeral rites for Leola Smedley daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Smedley of Dingle ended at the Dingle Ward chapel. She died Saturday from acute appendicitis after graduating Fielding High School. Speakers praised her character as Principal M D Low and others recalled her hard work and bright smile. The service included solos by Mrs Alfred Oakey and Prof Irwin Jensen. Burial was in Dingle Cemetery with ten classmates as flower girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola Smedley
Frank Smedley
Dingle
Fielding High School
Dingle Ward
James L. Dunford
Hypmonkey
Ira Davis
M. D. Low
Leela
Pielding
Alfred Oakey
C. Rich
Montpelier Stake
Leola
Irwin Jensen
Commissioners Proceedings of June 27 1927 Board of Equalization
Minutes of a county board meeting show tax valuation adjustments for 1927 including $68 reduction for M T Dixon with 1924 25 penalties cancelled if paid in 30 days. Daniel M Burbank valued down by $80000 and James Clark and Mr Collings roll adjusted. A disabled WWI veteran Thomas Caldwell receives $14.64 indigent tax payment. Afternoon session contemplates road funding from River Bridge to Border and Border to Pegram with protest from Pegram residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Equalization
Ed. C. Rich
Alfred A. Hart
Oliver L. Peterson
Geraint Humphreys
Leslie Cole
W. Smith
Hoge
M. T. Dixon
Paris City
Board of Trustees of
Indepentest
J A Mcllwee
Daniel M. Burbank
James Clark
Collings
Thomas Caldwell
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Wild Flowers of
E. E. Teape
Conservation League
Spirit Lake
Birds of Idaho
BE. Whitehead
Extension Etomologist
Sam
Lee
Dad
Western Newspaper Union
Hmit
Tsarah
Baintly
Saint Jérome
Thathia
Rome
Garden of Eden
Burley Herald
Dingle Gire
Sirrine
O My Father
Pres. H. H.hoff
Clarence Lindsay
Pegram
River Bridge
Border
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