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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1917
Page
8
The reappointment of Lees John as deputy treasurer, along with two Burk-Dead appointees, is expected to receive near unanimous approval. The three served the past two years with satisfactory conduct, earning trust from those who transact with them, and the public is assured continued efficiency in these offices.
County students and staff are noted in a scattered recap with several names visiting towns such as Haddock Shoshone Gooding and Montpelier. Individuals including Martin Winter Elbert Burns Fred Winter J W Myers and Charlotte Winter are mentioned with travel and school activities across the region.
Mrs Harry Turnbull and children visited Shoshens as guests of Mrs Ella Turnbull. Several locals took the cold snap in stride. Mine Galena Sime just returned from Rome after a visit with friends and relatives in Pocatello. Edward Turnbull spent part of the vacation at the Turnbull ranch. School opened Tuesday morning with full attendance. Mids Durfee spent the vacation with Mr and Mrs Durfon at Tiehfield.
Dietrich residents share news of visitors and travel including Mr J F Jenkins and others in Shoshone, Miss Irene Hauer visiting Burley, and Mrs W B Sutherland returning from Loveland. School meals begin with soup and cocoa, aiding country children. Local driller delays due to missing sing. multiple neighbors attend New Years gatherings. Oregon Short Line shipped substantial hay and other goods last month.
A complex plot follows Sophie daughter of a political detainee, her lover Valdor a devoted anarchist, and Karlatoff the powerful police magistrate. Bombs, assignments, and betrayals unfold across Paris and Petrograd as Sophie navigates danger, love, and loyalty, culminating in a dramatic family reunion and reform in Idaho court orders for 1916.
A letter from Fred Jackson laments the crowded H.8 room shared by Tth and 8th grades, calling it odd for older, larger students to still attend school. He jokes about being called an infant and notes some writers are nineteen in the Tth grade while challenging the idea of feeble mindedness among older classmates.
Receipts for the month exceeded two thousand dollars with Soan tickets at 135 dollars, coupon tickets 325 dollars, and express totaling over 350 dollars. The volume suggests Mr. Clark needs a relief man to handle the business.
DIST. 18 EAST SIDE SCHOOL reports Mr and Mrs Harry Turnbull expect Mr and Mrs Bitcd of Butte Montana to visit. Mr Girod, Mrs Turnbull’s brother, and Mr and Mrs Albert Tayliss were entertained at dinner last Sunday. Twelve guests enjoyed a delicious spread. Mr and Mrs G th Gehrig spent Monday in town. Grace Sims has been visiting her parents on the ranch. Mr Custer sent a bunch of cattle to the Sims ranch to be fed. On Wednesday January 11, Mr and Mrs Bayt Shenney will give a card party. Mrs Roy Farrel and children spent Saturday and Sunday at the John Sims ranch.
Notice states Carl Johnson, sentenced to three to ten years in Idaho State Penitentiary for manslaughter complicity after pleading guilty, will petition the Board of Pardons for clemency at its first meeting after insertion of this notice.
Notice announces sheriff sale of three head sheep branded P. taken up by Douglas Hitchcock. Estray law applies and sale to satisfy keeper expenses, at Hitchcock residence Haddock Lincoln County Idaho, Friday February 27 1917 at 2 PM. Dated January 10 1917. Clarence Wheeler Sheriff.
Sheriff announces sale of an estray red yearling heifer with wart above each eye and branded X on right ribs. The animal, kept at J P Mustard’s barn in Dietrich, Lincoln County, Iowa, will be sold at public auction for cash on February 4, 1917, at 2 PM to satisfy keeping costs. Dated January 7, 1947. Officer Johnson, Sheriff Deputy.
Notice of sheriff sale of estray cattle describes one yearling brindle heifer about 700 pounds no brand taken up by W J Morrow on November 1 1916. Cattle to be sold at Morrow ranch 40 miles east of Shoshone February 16 1917 at 3 PM to reimburse keeping costs under estray law. Sheriff Clarence We By L 8 John son deputy Jo.
A lost or strayed Herford bull is reported missing with a five dollar reward for information leading to recovery. The note directs contact with Chas Young at Shoshone Idaho R R 1. The message appears as a rural telegram style notice with incomplete punctuation.
Department of the Interior Hailey Idaho December 26 1916 notice that William Rivinus of Dietrich Idaho holder of Homestead Entry 012482 for parts of section 6 7 8 township 7S range 21E Boise Meridian filed intention to make final three year proof to establish claim before U S Commissioner Frank T Disney Shoshone Idaho February 10 1917 witnesses Theodore Daimler Jacob Knopp John Munn John Malsch all of Dietrich Idaho D19-119
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