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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
5
Local notes report Miss Cecile Wallace visiting John Weiss of Averill with friends in town. residents travel to Pocatello Ketchum Boise and Bonneville County for fairs and visits. Election news, shoe repairs, ballots, candidates, and social events fill a page of brief items.
Haddock resident John Johnson was in town last Tuesday for business. William Berdeley, from Good, came last Saturday. Mrs. Gilbert White visits Hailey this week with friends, while Mrs. Della Rhodes returns home after months with relatives in Oklahoma and Utah. Thomas Fays improves his residence with new cement walks. Mrs. Hall Horne hosts her mother and sister Mrs. Mallory and Mr. Mallory of Halley. Mrs. Atury M. Guymon left for Utah to spend the year eastward. The Gem shoe shop opens strong, boasting fine workmanship from proprietor and master mechanic. Will C. Goodwin of Salt Lake visits the Hansen family. his daughter joins summer with her parents. H. P. Story of Mountain States Telephone notes excellent service on lines and recent McMahon store building telephone installation. Numerous calls persist through the night.
Sunday school at 9 30 morning service at 11 morning and evening services listed with times. Midweek service held Wednesday at 7 52 percent? A cordial welcome extended to all. Hebert A. Patterson, master. Residence on Exigin street between Shushose and Bird streets.
News from near places reports the Mountain Home area discontinuing the Atlanta mall route after years and awarding a new Pine to Bennett ville service contract to Mr. Rice of Hill City while bids are sought for Pine to Innesrt service. A homicide in Boise is noted: Clifford Mt Carpenter killed by L M H Gadd Sunday morning at 1 36. Both suspects are known in police circles and linked to a local denizen world.
Samuel Compton Brown, born in Ohio in 1833, died August 25 and was among Shoshone’s oldest residents. He lived a life faithful to the Society of Friends. Funeral services were conducted at the Baptist Church on the 27th by Rev. H. A. Ericizon.
W E Albers spends days in Shushons and at Dietrich where large lands are being developed. He heads home to Warsaw with Mrs Albers. The Albers farms near Dietrich are being extensively developed focusing on stock raising and dairying. Mr and Mrs J R Siler were called to Portland by the death of Mr WHS Miller and expect to return Sunday.
A black sow found nine miles north of Shoshone Idaho around August 3 1914 is to be claimed by owners with proof of property. The notice also announces a District Court quiet title suit in Lincoln County Idaho by Hive A Whesier Pinehurst against multiple heirs and unknown parties regarding the Shoshone Townsite and related land interests, with legal actions to appear within specified days.
Notice is given that Frank B. Cheney of Shoshone Idaho filed intent to make final three year proof to establish a claim on his homestead entry in sections 13 and 14 township 17 east Boise meridian. The proof is to be submitted before Frank T. Disney U S Commissioner at Shoshone Idaho on the last day of September 1914. Witnesses are named as required.
Notice to creditors for the estate of Joseph Collins May deceased. Executrix Barbara May of Shoshone County Idaho announces the first publication date August 17 1914. The document contains mixed local notices including advertisements and community notices several names and events. The OCR shows several unrelated items including store ads and announcements about contests meetings births and lost items.
A Minsemed Smith of Et Ora reports a stirring bear incident on Benory Creek observed by Marin King. Smith, armed with a knife, engaged the bears while they fed on a bedr animal. He killed one bear and left marks on the other, according to James Prairie Courier.
The Dietrich ranch is leased to Ralph Michael while B. J. Gladheart plans a yearlong coast visit for health. Election day crowds were busy as S King’s supporters secured votes. Mrs. Hattie Brokaw and family visited as they toured the Dietrich tract with S. King, praising Idaho’s attractions.
A亂 fragmentary report notes a county division dispute in Twin Falls county and a local tale about a Wood River woman divorcing twice and seeking divorce from her third husband to remarry the first. The Gem Stats Lumber Co files a statement naming George E Merrit and others from Pecatello as officers with 437 issued shares. The Methodist Church and society meet with Mel Wheeler on Wednesday.
The Minnesota ballot lists Bower as Republican nominee for County Assessor of Lincoln County and Clarence Whesler as Republican nominee for Sheriff. The contest centers on local leadership and fiscal oversight in the county government under party guidance.
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