Improve Our Horses in Preston County
Franklin county gains repute as a center for fine horses with high blood stock from top strains. Stallions are housed in the Winder area, Tay lor Brothers ranch, Green Wells, and George Bennet, offering fair stud fees to farmers. Rodeo profits have remained strong, with purse money around 2500 and plans for a larger three night show next year if war conditions permit.
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Franklin County
United States
Winder
Taylor Brothers
Sea Going Serpent Myth or Real Sightings?
The piece discusses growing sea serpent sightings around Payette and the arrival of a color photograph amid delays in processing. It uses a cautionary tone about animal feeding needs and cautions about public alarm, while reflecting on retail price controls and mass distribution during wartime.
Preston Night Rodeo Aims For Postwar Improvements
The Preston rodeo committee has several thousand dollars to improve next year’s show with plans for new chutes a band stand and a better announcer stand. A postwar talent array is expected to enhance acts for the entertainment of all and keep the rodeo’s rising fame in Franklin County Idaho.
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Rodeo Committee
Preston
Franklin County
Idaho
Community Notes From Time August Lawn Party
Bishop Wm Skidmore of the Fourth ward hosted about 220 officers teachers and members at a lawn party. The First ward janitor forgot the key but aides climbed in a window to hold a Relief Society meeting. Meek and Forsgren harvesters began work Monday as Clifton bishopric counselor James Williams married and left for summer school. Buck Bond hosts dinner for the returning couple and barber Shorty Skiles moves to American Falls. Campfire Circle 789 Women of Woodcraft installed July 20 with Cleora Malachy as organizer and officers including Fannie Moody Edith Needham Isabelle Hurst Mabel Golightly Francie Luthy Minnie Card Rachel Alen Mary Wilmore Barbara Neeley Aurora Cherry Carrie Peterson and Lucy Pinson.
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Woodcraft
Cleora Malachy
Denver
Fannie Moody
Edith Needham
Isabelle Hurst
Mabel Golightly
Francis Luthy
Minnie Card
Outer Sentinel
Rachel Alen
Inner Sentinel
Mary Wilmore
Barbara Neeley
Aurora Cherry
Carrie Peterson
Lucy Pinson
Fragmented mock wartime speech from a noisy OCR line
A garbled OCR fragment features a speaker named Bob New comb claiming victory over Nazis and referencing allies. The text includes distorted dialogue about “our boys” and a British friend, with unclear surrounding context.
Multiple August 1929 Idaho notices and local events
A crash report notes Mrs Bill Davis and five children injured when a light sedan tipped on State highway near Franklin after a large sedan sped toward a sharp corner. the Big sedan fled. Parley Monson announces the marriage of his daughter Elnora to Morris Brimhall in Pocatello with plans to live in Moscow. Several local marriages and returns are listed. Denton V. Webster injured. Goodyear Shoe Repairing Parlor opens in Logan. Bancroft and Victor Deign start a shop near Quality Bakery. Thirty five chamber members in eight cars conduct a Good-Will tour of Franklin County led by Ezra T. Benson with farm visits and a concluding dance and city park program.
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Bill Davis
Franklin
Parley Monson
Elnora
Morris Brimhall
Pocatello
Moscow
Preston
Goodyear
Logan
Bancroft
Victor Deign
Quality Bakery
Chamber of Commerce
Frankin County
Ezra T. Benson
Humorous wartime snippets from Fort Pierce columns
A collage of lighthearted jests, soldiers anecdotes, and local color from Fort Pierce scenes. Bits include Captain and Private banter, a playful drill interruption, a petrified trees riddle, silly sheriff and harvest tales, and a poke at rumors about Florida life along with naval humor from USN letters.
Tire shortage sparks War Production Board action and concerns
A regional defense official reported that a tire shortage for medium and heavy duty trucks and buses could cripple essential transport. The War Production Board cut a requested allocation from 165000 to 73000 tires monthly for July through September, despite ODT notes of pressing military needs including petroleum, food, and war materiel shipments.
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Jay Merrill
Guy A. Richardson
ODT
Celoriel J. Moniroe’ Johnson
Rasmussen Family Road Trip Includes Roxbury Visit
Glencoe residents Mr and Mrs Orlando Rasmussen and Mr and Mrs Orson Rasmussen of Oneida Station traveled to Roxbury last Wednesday. They met with Mr and Mrs Marvin Rasmussen and Mr and Mrs Joseph Andreasen before returning Sunday evening. On Monday they toured Smith Field with Mr and Mrs Doris Newbold and Mrs Elaine Westerberg spent last Thursday visiting in Whitney at Arnold Dursteler’s home. Mrs Westerberg visited her sister-in-law Mrs Ronald Dursteler of San Francisco. Mr and Mrs Melvin Westerberg and their two daughters Pauline and Bet were among those mentioned.
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Russell Westerberg
Melvin Westerberg
Preston
Sons & Daughters
G. E. Olson
Downata Hot Springs
Orlando Rasmussen
Orson Rasmussen
Oneida
Roxbury
Marvin Rasmussen
Joseph Andreasen
Smithfield
Doris Newbold
Elaine Westerberg
Whitney
Arnold Dursteler
Westerberg
Ronald Dursteler
San Francisco
Beaver trapping allotments for 1944-45 to be granted
Beaver trapping allotments for the 1944-45 season will be granted at meetings by Fish and Game officials. The first meeting is August 26 at 1 p.m. in the Bonneville Hotel Idaho Falls for upper District 5, the second August 29 at 1 p.m. in Soda Springs Courthouse for the lower District 5. Applicants must be of legal age to qualify for a $500 bond and may draw for only one area.
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Fish and Game
Bonneville Hotel
Idaho
Falls
Soda Springs
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Preston Citizen
Franklin County Citizen
Cache Valley Clarion
William MacKnight
Belva Hart
City of
County of
Idaho State Editorial Association
Rodeo
Payette
OPA
Wm Skidmore
Fourth Ward
First Ward
Soc
Meek and Forsgren Harvester
Clifton
James
Buck Bond
Shorty Skiles
American Falls
Joe Marsh
Bob Newcomb
Doc
Mise
Brewing Industry Foundation
Maud Coburn
Jos. Coburn
Weston
Robert Ryburn
Mrs. H. S. Nielson
Colorado
Nebraska
Denton V. Webster
Breston
Dearie
Franklin Fannie
Dayton
John
U. S
Calgary
Dan
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Greece
Reveille
Florida State
Navy
Florida
Foreign Service
Btn
Usnate
Ft, Pierce, Florida
Taka
Ruth
Russell
Chris Hansen
Marve Packer
Riverdale
Bishop
Hyrum Jepsen
Vera
Adams “& Son
Delores
Hansen Cof Ogden
Hansen
Roy
Sorenson
Charles Bergquist
le Grande Olson
McGoffey
New Mexico
Kent
Keith
Orrin
EeeGrande
Olson
Sunday
New ‘Mexico
Anshon
Montetomery Y
Iyi
Glencoe
Pauline
Bet
Stic
Avi Tet
Psur
Oio
Employes
U.S
Labor Committee
Franklin Plant
California
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