Dietrich school notices and local visits page
Valley Jones visits Shoshone as Dietrich students adapt schedules for cold weather. District activities include a public sale at Kirker pottery and a debate on government railways at the Dietrich schoolhouse with Fessien versus Dietrich. Multiple communities report visitors, illness, and teaching and sewing sessions for girls and boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Jones
A. B. Kirker
E.G. Dooley
Dire W
Dick Mustard
Efchfielt
Dietrich Schol
Vlowes
O. E. Borden
Almeda Jenkins
Dietrich
CP. Chapman
R. Houston
Harley Grewell
Boise
C . Wells
Evelyn Donavan
Dietrich School
Smoop
Lula Patterson
Dorothy Palmer
Westhope
North Dakota
Lula
Florine Grewell
Josephine Dooley
Messrs
Glen Hershner
Adolph Lehman
Tanberg
Minidoka
Mohail
Fessien
United States
Hallroads
Harry Nelson
George Reed
Smilsh
Axel Blomberg
Webiruay
District No 2 visit to relatives in Gooding
Martin D Winter traveled to Gooding to visit relatives on Monday. W OH Winter also went to Shoshone where J Z Prosser was present Monday in Shoshone.
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Martin D. Winter
Gooding
W. OH. Winter
J. Z. Prosser
Improvements at the Round House in Shoshone
Two crews of about forty workmen remodel the round house and machine shops, with an estimated two to three months to finish and about forty thousand dollars in costs. The project aims to boost town permanency and benefit the surrounding country as it proceeds. Bulatte Jensen, Vitagraph 111 star of The Turattala, appears at Baugh Theater on Monday, portraying Edith Storey duenna.
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Shoshone
Round House
Bulatte Jensen
Vitagraph
Edith Storey Duenna
Turattala
Baugh Theater
Miss Jensen
Lara
Knights of Pythia Minstrel Show Promises Controversial Night
A 1917 promotional notice invites attendance at the Knights of Pythia Minstrel show on February 1 at 8 15 PM. It touts a harshly dated blackface performance and features extravagant claims about the educational value and entertainment, urging readers to buy tickets at the lobby.
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Korn
Frijolen
Knights of Pythia
Snowball Cloverblossom
Bis
Shoshone Red Cross Fund Nets $100 in Sale
Shoshone residents contributed to a Red Cross Christmas seal drive totaling $100. Stamp sales reached $96.75 with further contributions completing the amount. Mrs. Fd. Gooding led the effort but state totals are pending pending information from the state committee for a full report in the Journal.
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Shoshone
Red Cross
Fd. Gooding
State Committee
Senator Heiss Draws Three Committee Appointments
Senator Walter Heiss receives appointments to the education irrigation and water rights committees. The three panels are described as important and aligned with Heisss experience and honor.
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Senator Heiss
Walter Hesse
Heias
Population figures show Idaho school census rise and fund growth
The annual Idaho school census records 1915 and 1916 counts of ages 6 to 21 at 128,484 and 128,066 respectively, revealing a state increase of 4,582. Lincoln county gains 152, the General School Fund grows, and per pupil distributions rise from 0.70088 to 1.476 with July 1916 adds making about 4.14 per pupil for the year. Lincoln county receives 1,745.32 from January apportionment.
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Idaho
Superintendents of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Lincoln County
Sheriff Wheeler Mails A Legal Murder Plan In Court Basement
A historical clipping alleges Sheriff Wheeler arranged a killing of John Nie Booze in a courthouse basement. It claims witnesses were called to witness a murder that never occurred, and asserts bootleg liquor was disposed of by dumping into the sewer, amounting to several hundred dollars in value.
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Wheeler
Court House
Guy Buster Murder Trial Ends in Not Guilty Verdict
The district court trial of Guy Buster, moved from Lembi to Lincoln county, ended with the jury returning a not guilty verdict after about two years in the penitentiary. The case began in April 1913 for the killing of Brown at North Fork, with appeals leading to a retrial and venue change.
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District Court
Guy Buster
Lembi County
Buster
Brown
North Fork
Supreme Court
Lincoln County
Weiting
Stevens
Cowan
John E. Reese
Lemht County
Whitcomb
Duster
Free seed distribution urged by Department of Agriculture
Washington announces the annual distribution of vegetable and flower seed and field seed, including varieties suited to dry farming, through Senators and Representatives. Congressman Smith urges those who truly need them to submit requests, whether individuals, schools, or organizations, to receive and pass on the seeds.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Smith
Married couple weds in first ceremony by Judge Miles
Last Saturday Judge Miles officiated his first marriage as Thomas Payne and Ada Bush of Carey wed at JA McCollum’s home. After the ceremony the couple departed for a trip to Portland.
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Miles
Thomas Payne
Ada Bush
Carey
JA. McCollum
Portland
Torpedo Drive Sheds Light On Tara Sinking Memoir
Captain Rupert Gwatkin-Williams recounts the sinking of the Irish Channel packet Tara after a German submarine torpedoed her in the Mediterranean in late 1915. From his diary as a POW, he describes the torpedo sighting, explosion, wreckage, and the ship’s rapid loss of depth, detailing the blast, debris, and the crew’s stunned reaction.
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Rome
Polly
Kilpper Johnning
Alexand Mos
Kattie
Percival Mayhexe
Kauxee
Krome
Rupert & Gwatkin-Willams
Mediterranean
Senegal
Ganer
Tara
Williams
Public Health Service on Health, Fatigue and Disease
A fragment notes efficiency drops with fatigue and cites the public health service on health as a patriotic duty. It mentions a inexpensive misinfectant, typhoid linked to sewage, and dangers of unpasteurized milk, urging open exercise to prevent illness.
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U. S. Public Health Service
How We Get Sick and How We Get Well
The Hygienist Magazine January lead by Dr Th R Daniels urges all readers to study the article. Sent to The Hygienist Publishing Company Denver Colorado for ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hygienist Magazine
Th. R. Daniels
Majestiesulldine Denver
Colo
CHECK ARTIST GET CHECKED
The sheriff’s office exposed a forgery scheme linked to Bert Dean who posed as A L Horn and later signaled as W II Vie. Dean forged checks, bought a corset, and tried to cash $29.80 and $47.50 equivalents at local businesses. He confessed to two more forgeries from October and was jailed after arrest at the McFall hotel.
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Toveday
Dean
Aul Horn
Sims Jfaneh
Fred Gonding
Horn
Manhattan
Arthur Hansen
Mr. Horn
A. L. Horn
Sheriff's Office
Johnson
McFall
Bert Dean
Miles
Wii Ivie
Movie Facts And Fancies In The Nation’s Spotlight
A broad reflection on motion pictures as a dominant industry and cultural force cites Los Angeles film production as a major economic engine. It notes hundreds of thousands employed in theaters and related work, with millions paying admissions weekly, and mentions Mrs. Paul Maddock hosting a local club meeting.
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América
Europe
Bulty
Bulty Stated Atone
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Baeaea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dist. NO
Fort Vaux
American Press Association
Verdun
Sheriff Wheeler
Johnnie Booze
Lewis R. Freeman
Popular Mechanica Magazine
Paul Maddock
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