Shoshone High School Notes On Girls Basketball Play
March 22 notes cover a loss to Mountain Home 20 to 3 with five Shoshone players versus Mountain Home’s six. Key performances include Mierence Mone ride making three free throws and Beulah Jones, Martha Miller, and Bessie Newman strong in defense. Upcoming events include a March 10 rematch at Shoshone and a Junior Class play At the Foot of the Rainbow, featuring Hexie Newman Lois Dunn and Charles Wilson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eum
Mountain Home
Mierence Mone Rode
Joy Noble
Beulah Jones
Martha Miller
Bessie Newman
Eleanor Anderson
Erma Clinger
Chester Johnson
Miss Young
Sessile Newman
Marion Daten
Marshall Chapman
Miss Newman
Lois Dunn
Phyllis Lane
Earl Swope
Charles Wilson
Justin Doolittle Ag
Butler
Mary McMahon
Shoshone High School
Hexie Newman
Martha Piller
Lola Chrisman
Jey Noble
Florence Montrose
Inez Dunn
Frances Winters
Clara Vance
Helen Weaver
Margaret Maunders
Farle Swope
Peter Mason
Justin Doolittle
Fred Walton
Death by own action near Kimama shocks community
Roland Williams was found dead at his ranch house near Kimama. Coroner absent, Justice R. S. Hite presided. a jury ruled Williams died by his own action around Feb 12, with discovery Feb 22 after rain in his cabin. Body transported at county expense. An undated letter to family and a note on the door were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Williams
Kimama
J. Brennan
R. S. Hite
Williams
Happy Hunting Grounds
Hope in the meat beneficial of all the affections
A compact quotation discussing hope and its role in life and health, noting that hope sustains affections and may prolong life if not constantly disappointed, attributed to a Baconian style reasoning about expectation and virtue.
Fatal auto accident mourns Aurora as aged woman dies
An Akron style fatal car accident in East Aurora killed Mrs. Huline Heist after Rev. C Dobbs and his son ferried schoolchildren to a Miss Alta Harrison event. Dobbs swerved to avoid her, the car struck her left side, and she died within hours from a neck femur fracture. The paper notes no internal injuries and reports witnesses arriving quickly.
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Aurora
Sue
C. Dobbs
The
Christian Church
Pay
Tom Harrison
East Aurora
Dobbs
Alta Harrison
Harrison
Country School
M Street
Fifteenth
Huiline S. Heist
Buy at Home Glove Brand Delivers Greater Value
A local promotional piece urges spending money at home to boost the town and farm values. It argues hometown merchants prosper, expand, and hire, while advertising helps the newspaper and community. The text claims Gordon gloves and caps bought locally offer better value than city prices.
Shoshone Study Club Holds Meeting
Shoshone Study Club met at the Parish House Friday afternoon with eighteen ladies present. The program featured the historical committee and a roll call of "Famous America! Men of Today" naming Riley, Burbank, Edison, Funston, and others. Mrs. A Vredenburg led "Histories Monuments of America" with photo copies and readings including the Alamo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clu
America
James Whitcomb Riley
Luther Burbank
Thomas A. Edison
Frederick Funston
George Schroder
Rupert
Idaho
J. O. Baker
Historical Monuments of
Texada
San Jacinto
Alamo
Coffman Brothers Consolidate Ranch Interests
H M Coffman and his brother J E Coffman consolidate their operations forming Coffman Brothers. Headquarters set on the Empire Farm at Lenark with D F Drummond and Jr M Coffman managing the Idaho ranch. Plan to exchange range stock for pure bred Hereford cattle to lead that class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Coffman
Lincoln County
J. E. Coffman
Lanark, Srs
Coffman Brothers
Empire Farm
Lenark
Idaho Ranch
D. F. Drummond
M. Coffman
Baum Jr Joins ROTC At Oregon Agricultural College
Word has been received that Francis H. Baum son of Rev Baum a junior at Oregon Agricultural College Corvalis has joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The program requires military training through the college course with one month camp in summer and after graduation members must serve one year in the military and may be called within ten years to enter service as a second lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis H. Baum
Rev. Baum
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvalis
Oregon
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Open Letter Urges American Loyalty and Citizenship
Shoshone, March 1, 1917. An open letter calls for unity and steadfast American loyalty amid war clouds. It urges citizens and naturalized residents to uphold country over foreign birth and warns against sympathies with enemies. Author F. Grosse cautions loyalty to the United States during tension with Germany and Mexico.
Neighborhood News Items from Richfield Recorder
J Geler and John Cunningham visited Shoshone Saturday evening Washington's Birthday observed by local institutions. W T Graf of Halley sought stock for fall delivery. Mrs Shafer and daughter Villa visited Gooding last week. Villa stayed over despite friends urging one more day. A L Fletcher visited Shoshone and Gooding. Miss Stella Cook, county school superintendent, in town Wednesday. Short Line unable to furnish fee from outside sources. supply from Little Wood. Section foreman Collins to oversee work. Sherm Coffman, foreman at Tascabella ranch, killed four pigs at nine months, dressed 262 pounds each. Idaho grown, alfalfa fed, wheat fattened. good stock. Bert Davidson sold mares to John Stark for 500 dollars. Helium horse suit by W M Erect last spring. Raising good stock on Richfield tract boosts future demand. Birthday party for Catherine Martha Evelyn and Eudie Byrne at home. Ola Fotkx noted. Tom Byrne visited Upster Wood River country. harsh weather keeps him away yet charm persists.
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Washington
W. T. Graf of
Halley
Bert Davidson
John Stark
W. M. Erect
Hreck
Richfield
John Byrne
Cathlene Martha
Evelyn
Eudie
Ola Fotkx
Tom Byrnes
Wood River
Tom
New Building Blocks Seen for Jerome Season
Lincoln County Times reports six or more new business blocks likely for Jerome this coming season. Also notes Lamb market activity on the North Side tract with sheep shipments rising toward 10 000 daily. land sales rise on the North Side tract. transfers include Joseph Strompt buying 160 acres south of town from Judge J J Guheen for 16000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
M. L. Brayton
Omaha
Shoshone
Nelson Shepherd
P. R. Kratzke
Faily
Boise
L. M. Zug
Stella Moore
Salt Lake
North Side
W. H. Wright
Golden Rule
Wright
J. C. Penney & Co Stores
New York
North Side Tract
Wendell District
Statesman
Joseph Strompt
J. J. Guheen
Strompt
Contested Homestead Case Ties to Fleming Murder Trial
In a court before Frank Disney a homestead contest related to the years old John Fleming murder case proceeds. Fleming, a Minidoka project homesteader near Rupert, was sentenced to hang and his wife sent to Blackfoot Insane asylum. The Fleming homestead later transferred to Mr Zenke, now the subject of Mrs Fleming’s contest proceedings to recover the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Disney
John Fleming
Minidoka
Rupert
Lincoln County
Fleming
Blackfoot
Zenke
Milkman and Professor Debate Cow Diets in Witty Exchange
In a humorous exchange from the Country Gentleman, a newly graduated milkman and a professor spar over cow sustenance. The milkman insists dairy feed is vegetable based, chlorophyll rich, and gracefully wholesome, prompting the professor to request a plat. The banter reflects light farm humor on agricultural science and feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Agricultural College
Local County Schools News Highlights Activities and Visits
A jumble of classmates and towns recounts visits by Marvin Chompson Hale Cornell and others, with travel to Nebraska and Oregon, weekend scenes in Gooding, dental trips, violin lessons, new Dietrich pupils, and a Washington birthday program. Lutheran services in Dietrich, Sunday School at 9 30, and potato loading at three 75 per hundred reflect community life and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Chompson
Haart
Shoatnse
Studgwin
Cornell
Nebraska
Cornelia
Fechner
Shoxhury
Hale
Jerome
Dietried
Hal Cornell
Gooding
Rev. Pierce
Mr. Lewis
Joe Pitts
Fred Lehman
Shoshone
Plorinne Grewell
Perry Smith
Frank Chapman
Glen Kershiner
George H. Iveran
Dietrich School
Donald Rice
Judy
Dwight Warrington
M. E
Ed Gage
Dintrich
State Agricultural College
Owina Notes and Local Travel Updates
Owina notes report a Dry Farming district school closure for three days this week due to coal supply issues. Mr and Mrs A W Hastings returned to Owina on No 4 after a visit in Shoshone. Local mail service resumes from New Pine after a closure. Mr and Mrs Floyd Lounsbury and children headed to Minidoka for a short visit with relatives. Mr Welderspoon conducted a business visit in Owlaza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Hastings
Owinea
Shoshone
Gwinza
Here
New P
Floyd Lounsbury
Mfinidoha
Mr. Welderspoon
Owlaza
Homestead School Opens Spring Vigil Observed
The town notes spring mood at Homestead School with pupils John Alex Annie Nird August Moser and Jake Miller visiting Mr and Mrs A W Hastings on Friday evening Rev Hihler leading a class trip to a nearby dry farm for Sacrament confirmation instruction and eighth grade Phys and geography exams passed by John Nied Jake Wiederspan and Alex Nied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alex
Annie Nird
August Moser
Jake Miller
A. W. Hastings
Hihler
John Nied
Jake Wiederspan
Alex Nied
District 2 Social Roundup in Shoshone and Nearby
Mr C S Myers visited Shoshone Saturday while George H Perry from Pocatello stayed at the J W Winter home over the weekend. Mrs J 2 Prosser was sick last week and W H Winter was in Gooding Saturday for August Walbrecht in Tradioon Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Myers
George H. Perry
Pocatello
J. W. Winter
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Endo
Inez
Mexico
Td T
Germany
F. Grosse
Richfield Recorder
J. Geler
John Cunningham
Lincoln County Times
Dietrich
Owinza
Homestead School
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