County to hire nurse for Lincoln County schools
County Commissioners authorize a county nurse to examine school children and sick residents, teach home nursing, and demonstrate health practices. State funds $300 of the $1500 annual salary. local communities Shovhone Richfield and Dietrich note prior nurses. Epidemic prevention and community health are emphasized as priorities.
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Lincoln County
E. G
Frank Mill
Miss Irwin
University of Ida
State Extension Bureau
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Richfield
Dietrich
United States
Lanceti County
Bids Accepted for Alteration of Court House
At a county commissioners meeting bids were opened for alterations to the County Court House. The contract was awarded to C. H. Whitney of Lincoln County. Specifications cover all alterations repairs debris removal and roof exclusion. Reroofing to be bid separately.
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C. H. Whitney
Lincoln County
Court House
Lincoln County Commissioners Meet for All Day Session
The Lincoln County Board of County Commissioners met in the courthouse on Monday for an all day session. Members present were Chairman John W. McFall, T. B. Brush, and W. T. Patterson. Bills were audited and paid in the morning. new business was discussed in the afternoon. The next regular session is scheduled for August 11.
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Board of County Commissioners
Lincoln County
Court House
John W. McFall
T. B. Brush
W. T. Patterson
County Jail Pat onage Increases Sheriff Plans Canada Trip
Sheriff Clarence Wheeler heads to Canada to recapture two escapees from the county jail. Frank Sullivan and Frank Walsh are identified among the quartet who escaped last spring. Edwin Miller was caught in Sacramento and returned. Darcy remains at large after being captured in Canada with Sullivan and Walsh but is no longer in custody.
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Clarence Wheeler
Canada
Frank Sullivan
Frank Walsh
Edwin Miller
Sacramento
California
Darcy
Sullivan
Walsh
Farmers Tamper With Headgates Stirs Water Tension
Four farmers were arrested on the Richfield tract for opening headgates without authority. They were fined 25 dollars and costs each, as authorities flag ongoing tampering that has worsened a serious water situation over two weeks.
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Richfield
Lamb Shipments Scheduled by Lincoln County Association
The Lincoln County Sheep Breeders Association will ship lambs on Saturday with about four cars from Richfield and one car from Shoshone. President John Stark of Richfield will handle the shipment, and the market is expected to be Chicago.
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Lincoln County Sheep Breeders Association
Richfield
John Stark
Chicago
Threshermen Fix Prices in Twin Falls County
The Twin Falls threshermen set threshing rates with Wheat at a fixed price and barley at six cents per bushel. A straw burning surcharge adds one cent per bushel. A seven dollar hourly wage is noted, with farmers providing coal and board. No formal society actions yet to set prices, though the same chief likely applies.
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Twin Falls County
Peale
Dietrich District Sees Appointed Principal and Town News
Dietrich hires Prof Custar from Missouri as principal for the coming year. The item notes social drives, irrigation disputes, arrivals and departures, local visits, entertainments planned with Ellison White Lyceum, and several residents traveling or returning, including Morton kin, Joe Dunn, and Judge Elliot.
Hansen Bridge Opens Across Snake River
The Snake river bridge at Hansen opened to the public with opening ceremonies held Thursday. Judge Lawrence Hansen led the procession of state officers and honored visitors. Hanson, a pioneer settler of Rock Creek, has witnessed Idaho’s growth and contributed to its development.
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Lawrence Hansen
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Judge Hanson
Idaho
Next Week at the Baugh Theater
Priscilla Dean stars in Kiss or Kill with Mack Sennett comedy on Saturday. Also showing Momtay and Tuesday. Doug Fairbanks appears in The 9 Kateher vane Buckaroo. Clara Kimball Young features in Ty Sav age Woon. Friday marks The Sheriff Son with Ray.
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Priscilla Dean
Momtay
Doug Fairbanks
Thisesatay
Clara Kimball Young
Ray
Home Again and Glad of It After Eastern Visit
RJ McMiahon and his son completed an eight week trip visiting friends and relatives in the east and Canada. They found homesickness eased by a Shoshone Journey copy in Brussels, Canada with the Maunders family. For sale single comb white Leghorn roosterlets inquire Jansen Nason.
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Danville
Illnois
Kansas City
Missouri
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McMahon
Canada
Mr. McMahon
Brussels
Inqisite
Jansen Nason
Roadside Scenery Varieties for Highway Trees and Open Views
The Chicago Tribune outlines two roadside scenery types for highways. One emphasizes trees and barriers to create a central roadway focus, while the other uses wide meadows and distant landscapes with roadside trees framing vistas. The piece discusses planting strategies and aesthetic goals for 1919 road projects.
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Sali
Felda
Chicago Tribune
Beauty for Little Houses in Indian Hill Village
A Woman's Home Companion idea is illustrated by Indian Hill near Worcester where over fifty small homes use the unit plan. Each modest dwelling fronts the street with green lawns, a tree, garden space, white walls, gray-green roofs, and lattice porches, making charming home pictures once reserved for the wealthy.
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Indian Hill
Worcester
Mass
Expense of concrete road with Maia Highway wording
Chief Engineer A W Dean notes concrete surface costs about 12 300 dollars per mile not counting grading or drainage. He adds total road cost varies with site factors and that properly built surfaces crack little with expansion joints and few cracks, with minor costs for filling cracks with bitumen.
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A. W. Dean
Maia Highway Commission
Good Garden Keeps Farm Savings For Winter Use
A garden grows as a valuable asset to store surplus for future meals. It enables quick, ready access to vegetables in winter, delivering better yields and lower costs compared with store purchases.
Pushing Home Ownership Idea In New York
Samuel Stern vice chairman of Ginance says he has informally contacted many of the 1 300 associations in New York and reports solid support for a home ownership push He argues homeowners contribute more to civic betterment than building and loan officers and directors who deal with homeowners regularly know from experience that homeowners are more interested in their city than non homeowners
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Samuel Stern
Ginance
New York
Stern
Bardens Profit From Home Gardening This Year
The United States department of agriculture sees home gardening as profitable this year for those with land and spare time. It notes higher prices raise savings, but work should serve family needs rather than market crops. Home building and ownership bolster national strength, with 120 cities active and 7,200 building and loan associations aiding ownership.
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United States Department of Agriculture
X Rays on Bugs Against Leaf Parasites
A Xerox apparatus uses devised rays to target Amy parasites attacking leaf tubes and poll structures in crops. Researchers claim the method could reduce pest damage by killing the microscopic insects without harming plants.
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Dees
New School District Proposed by County Commissioners
County Commissioners consider forming a new district to take the full length of District No 12 and part of No 29, along the county line. The move aims to reduce travel distance for children near the district boundary, with a vote pending at the August 11 meeting.
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Ead
Theommiasigners
Nehet
Marriage Ceremonies Filed at County Court House
A marriage license was issued by the County Court House on July 14 to Mr. dvhe F. Sarnee and Mrs Hamel Wickersham, both of Wendell. Hastings Hitchcock and Missy Fhurrsee Weeks were noted as parties on the license from the same venue.
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Hamel Wickersham
Wendell
Weeks
Vocational Training Talk For Soldiers In Shoshone
H R Fulton head of the Federal board for education will speak in Shoshone July 23 at the Red Cross Home Service section rooms in the Shoshon Hardware store. Mra and G Lane are chairmen.
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Sojiers
H.R. Fulton
Merchants back Ringling Brothers for guaranteed ticket sales
A Shoshone merchants group endorses Ringling Brothers Circus as the guaranteed choice, predicting strong demand and high ticket sales if the deal proceeds. The endorsement signals confidence in the show’s appeal to local audiences and merchants' willingness to back the attraction.
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Ringling Brothers Circus
Senate Bills Target Radicalism in Wartime Control
A wartime style report outlines government measures to curb “forces of anarchy” and suppress propaganda by “parlor Bolsheviks.” Proposals include permanent wartime laws to safeguard sovereignty, regulate high explosives, oversee mushroom organizations, and restrict foreign language publications amid a broader crackdown on subversive activity. Mr and Mrs A Owens of Ease suffered property loss when their home and public garage were destroyed in a blaze last Friday, with all contents lost and no warning given.
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A. Owens
Ben Desea
Owens
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