Wild Bill Shot After Drunken Attack Near Richfield
Lew Hastman, a respected farmer two miles west of Richfield, shot Wild Bill after Bill attacked him with an iron pump-handle following a drunken spree. Eastman fled to his door and fired twice, injuring Bill in the shoulder and abdomen. Bill later remained at the county Poor Farm with slim chances of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tns
Ristavel
Lew Hastman
Wild Bill
Eastman
Sheriffs Department
Postum Cereal tour and local society notes in Battle Creek
Mr and Mrs A W Hansen of Shoshone Idaho visit Battle Creek during a Postum Cereal Company inspection tour of its factories and product lines. The gallery of C W Post art is highlighted. Mrs Bert Rhine hosts a card party at the Rhine home with many guests and a Boston Cafe proprietor buys Opera Cafe. Weather brings heavy snow in the Wood River region and Hailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
A W Hansen
Shoshone
Idaho
Postum Cereal Company
C. W. Post
Bert Rhine
Jesse Crisman
Rhine
Mesdames F. Godling
E. Gooding
J. White
Brennan
Whitnack
Zug
Murphy
Landis Millsaps
Will Newman
Price Niman
Campbell
J. Wheeler
Miller
Disney
Haddock
Walters
Bowler
Horn
I. Hill
Gus Keefer
Misses Brenan
Robinson
Hansen
Anderson
Barnet
Milow
Wood River
Ketchum
Hailey
Repairs to Shoshone University highway system
The county highway commission undertakes repairs as part of finishing touches, drainage work and road rounding after rain. The Ladies Aid at MH will host a baked food sale near Duntergh's Jewelry Loft on Saturday after noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoshone Uni
Godding County
Highway Commissioners
New Machinery Delays Journal Production
Installation of a model K linotype and related apparatus disrupted the paper’s normal workflow. The office staff reduced local reading matter and ads for today’s issue, but management expects no further delays and aims to improve the publication subsequently.
Parents visit school and kids face constant supervision
A reflective piece notes that parental visits to schools are now common and largely focused on appearances rather than interior learning issues. It laments that many parents offer little help with homework and that pupils feel mixed up by old terms, urging active parental involvement in understanding progress.
Farmer's Profit Skewed by Intermediary Schemes
The New Plymouth Sentinel argues that uplift groups pursue lending schemes over practical farming aid. It laments that milk and butter trust wealth accumulates with little benefit reaching the farmer behind the plow who bears high costs and seasonal notes, despite profits in farm products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theilk Combine
Batter Trust
New Plymouth Sentinel
Special Ribbon Sale Sparks Holiday Shopping at Stock Growers Store
Special ribbon sale offers silks 16 to 22 inches at 10 cents and 7 to 13 inches at 12 cents with 60 80 100 120 yard packs. Fancy ribbons 20 and 25 cents suit Christmas plans. Robert Frame travels to Shoshone area orchard near Ketebur with good fruit though harvest is lighter. Local notes mention mining interest, shop chatter, and shopkeepers at the Maree store and Morse Store with a mix of humorous remarks and trade chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockgrowers Mere, Co
Robert Frame
Hichfield
Shoshone
Trinity of Bodies in Organization in Lincoln County
The Shoshone Producers Association formed to complete the trio of Lincoln County farmer groups joining Richfield and Jerome. Incorporators Matt McFall George Gaches H Steele and Charles Burgess organize a mutual stock buying and selling coop. Filing occurred at the Courthouse on Thursday. No capital stock is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Richfield
Jerome
Local Breef Notes from Shoshone and Vicinity
Local items report Rev W J Barger returning from a three week trip to Iowa Nebraska and the East. Mabel Lowry of Boise visits Ada county ranch near Shoshone. W Wheeler comments on road work along Shoshone Highway and Boise Yellowstone Park linkage. County Surveyor Cornell estimates highway improvements to the Gooding county line. Stockstowers Mercantile Co installs a sidewalk gasoline tank and pump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Barger
Iowa
Nebraska
Mr. Barger
Mabel Lowry
Boise
Ada County
Lowry
Cornell
Gooding County
Shoshone
Boise-Yellowstone Park
Lincoln County
Stockstowers Mercantile Co
GAPTIOT MEETING AT BLACKFOOT
The Idaho Baptist State Convention at Blackfoot elected Judge Dietrich of Boise as president for the sixth time. Debate over the next meeting site, Buhl or Caldwell, ended with Buhl favored after offers of watermelons and chickens. Bowler’s annual report highlighted strong gains in organization, parsonages, membership, baptisms, and missionary offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idano Baptists
Blackfoot
Dietrich
Boise
Chosing
Buhl
Caldwell
Idaho
Durch
W. H. Bowler
Bowlere
New Cashier Set for Short Line at Shoshone Station
The Shoshone station in the Big Wood river area hires a new cashier named Fessent amid irrigation project work by Cramt construction. The move follows the district court dispatch moving the cashier’s family to Shoshone. Horses thieves Gillispie and Salle were sentenced in Gooding county to one to fourteen years, with a plea and transfer to the penitentiary. County Attorney Angel and Deputy Sheriff Blair arranged the appearance in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Short Line
Falice
Chas Gillispie
Thornton Salle
Lost River
Gooding
Angel
Blair
Dakina
Gondine
Four Goats in Half a Day Hunting Tale
A fragmentary report describes a casual hunting scene with Mrs Hh Le Benners ex Perlende and a two person party in the afternoon. The wording hints at a rural setting and a light exchange about hunting knowledge and opportunity, but details are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hh le Benners
Far-Off Oswaen Tale of Mrs Meirih and The Wess An
A fragmented report from the Twhon region recounts Mrs Meirih of Dawson seeking guidance on her son Themen. The passage hints at his eight-year period in Tas Bort and a later aim to enter St Lys college. The obscured text references hopes and obstacles in the child’s education path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswaen
Meirih
Dawson
Themen
Real Estate Transfers and Circus Report Summary
Real estate transfers listed include multiple deeds and quitclaims from 1913 with entities such as United States, Idaho Irrigation Company, and John H Schilling to Arthur L Lamkin and others detailing dollar amounts and property descriptions. A second brief notes an Idaho circus performance by the Barnes company in Shoshone, with acts including trained horses, leopards, lions, and lions presented across shows, emphasizing the lively entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
John Fowler
United States
William Sme
William Sims
Eliva
Rhoebone
Royal L Thurman
Ethan A. Bishop
Slon Awne
Ideho Irrigation Company
Idaho Irrigation Company
Schilling
BH. Schilling
Arthur L. Lamkin
John H. Schilling
Wift
Wade Gray
Swiy Ney
Arthur Sk Lemkin
Wate Griy Wry
Archer
Lamkin
Wade Gry Wry Deel
Arthur Lo Lamkin
Dallas
D. Neal
Eden S. Griffiths
Blowk
Jerome
ALG. Barnes Company
Fragmentary verse and notices from a Sunday ledger
A fragmentary OCR passage mixes celestial imagery with a personal notice mentioning Mrs and Mrs Chartes, 2) Matson, last Sunday morning, Ct. The legible content hints at a hymn like poem about St Peter and angels, plus a stray reference to a couple and a date, likely from a church or community page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter
Chartes
Matson
Reverend Jennings to Lead Episcopal Service Next Sunday Evening
Worshipers will attend an eight o'clock Sunday service conducted by Archdeacon Jennings at the Episcopal church. Mrs. McFall and daughters Jessie and Leoni have wintered in Berkeley, entered a Firle school, and Mr. McFall plans to join them part of the season. An MR chutes Ladies Aid fundraiser features a cooked fruit sale and canned preserves at Rigenbersh's Jewelry Store Saturday after 2:50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Study Club of
Shoshone
Civil Improvement Committee
C. R. Wheeler
Leonora G. Nevinser
Fred W. Gooding
Will Newman
MR. Jennings
Episcopal Church
Archdeacon Jennys
Matt McFall
Jessie
Leoni
Berkeley
California
McFall
MR Chutes
Vre- Genbersh’s
Cime Aid
Words of Praise for Jerome Eair at Tri County Readag Show
Visitors to the Tri County agricultural show praised Jerome Eair for showcasing a diverse display of produce and stock. The event featured tents with vegetables and grain, and a slow track display that impressed attendees, who pledged to outdo the exhibit next year and diversify crops beyond wheat oats barley and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galiey
Tke
Builder Views School Work and Manual Trades Need
An article notes a local builder emphasizing practical education over routine book learning. He argues most graduates are trained for only clerical work and stresses a high demand for skilled craftspeople in masonry, carpentry, and plumbing. Mentioned are Guyer Springs hotel plans and local students attending Housat College in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulliiae
Orpenter
Pluavber
Enon
Piemes
Sigius
Public Notice Final Proof 1st Dist Dietrich Tastn
Notice for publication of final proof by Dietrich Tastn who filed under an 1839 act of the legislature for the Carerack. The applicant seeks to establish claim and prove reclamation before A Tromain representative. Nov 1913 hearing with witnesses Chas Chaya FDsireht Timbrane and others listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dietrich Tastn
Calhoun
Ander
Townshine
A. Tromain
Jari Boant
Dietrich Takibanie
Chas
Chaya
Gregory Teoty
Howen
Tysteith
Tain
Bill Brirzman
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Lew Eastman
Self
MR. and
Mrs. Hansen
Fred Akutegawa
Boston Cafe
Columbia Pook Hall
Opera Cafe
Seattle
Japan
W. H. Murphy
Halley
George Redman
Ketebur
Brynet
Tro
Fis
Clenka
Morse
Maree
Dak Fawood
Shoshone Producers’ Association
Jerome and
W Wheeler
Shoshone Highway Road Commission
Tinton
Sam Mutleoay
Haing
Helst
Bolse
Jerome Fair
Mr. Helsts
James Wittama
Idehy Falix
Clarence
Pocatolin
Mint
Charles A. Tune
Fes
febIny
Beall End
Puutelio Fer
Gaptiot
Weller Grim
Ule Weel
St Lys
Barnes
Mery E. Burk
Wainy
John Wines
Nate
Ralph Weiss
Indiame
Little Wood River
Shosberse
Dmyrare
DL Crone
Tie
Gling Yeaterlay
Jerome Eair
Guyer
Guyer Springs
Guyer API
Finsi
Rexto
Hacey Rutherford
Jaipariaso
Ind
The
Housar College
Messrs
T. G. Gooding, Jr
Traman Mesfahes
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