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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
6
The Village of Showtime trustees appoint Joe Vernon as City Engineer after a split vote. The board passes fire limit and building code measures requiring metal or fireproof coverings, outlining penalties for violations and effective dates.
An antiquated city ordinance from Shoshone village restates building and alteration rules. It specifies the materials to be used, property descriptions, lot lines, and allowed construction practices within the village limits as administered by the county recorder.
A cluttered page blends songlike fragments and town reminiscences with formal notices. It includes a funeral procession vignette about Cap and his widow, then long notices for publication of land claims under the Carey Act, final proofs, and various legal ad notices with names, places, and dates interwoven.
Advertisement notes must be sold at once seeks sale of a farm on the north side at Milner. Describes Carey Act and Garey Act lands totaling about 122.40 acres with 70 acres cleared, 80 acres in grain, 40 head of hogs, hay, fencing, and farming equipment including a plow disk harrow wagons and a blacksmith outfit. Prices and exact figures are jumbled.
Fragmented readable text shows names and entities clipped by OCR. Mentions LW Howard & Co and Milner in Twin Falls County with scattered phrases about wards, Harare and Ferme Nees Cay Tepe My Life, and a cryptic note about voting or pages. Overall the fragmentary item lacks coherent narrative or clear event.
Notices of intent to prove and establish claims under the Carey Act and related land entries. Names include Lanier Napton, Edwin Snow, and others, with locations in Idaho such as Twin Falls and Hailey. The documents reference land descriptions, proofs of residence and cultivation, and protests by adjacent interests, dated 1900s era filings.
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