Fremont is Best Ever Says H Rider on Florida Trip
H Rider returns from a three months journey visiting Homestead Miami and other Florida cities then travels via New York where a brother resides. He claims Fremont County is good and notes the stark contrast of eastern stars and landscapes versus his travels. He remarks Homestead soil offers chance for smallholders to clear timber and cultivate orchards for profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Rider
Homestead
Miami
Kapa
Florida
New York
Aveys
St. Anthony
Union Pacific publicizing Pacific Northwest growth push
The Union Pacific Railroad Company expands to attract settlers and capital to Idaho Utah and Montana through widespread advertising in eastern papers. It cites apple industry as a key lure and promotes rail fares lectures and moving pictures while urging locals to share data on mineral resources including oil natural gas clays and building stone to aid development efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Missouri River
East
West
Union Pacific System
Union, Pacific System
Farmers' Society of Equity opens Rexbury commission house
The Rexbury Rexburg Standard reports the Farmers' Society of Equity opens a commission house on Main Street in Rexbury with Mr. Smith as manager. Former Preston operator brings experience in buying and selling farm goods and a new telephone line will aid all transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Society of Equity
Main Street
Liberty Company
Smith
Preston
Rexbury
Boy Scouts Clean Graves on Decoration Day
Three Scout patrols left Sugar at 6 a.m. and marched to the cemetery to clean graves of relatives or friends. They then moved to Rocky Hollow three miles away, pitched tents, played Scout activities, had lunch, swam in the canal, and returned to Sugar with flowers to decorate graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Sugar
Nto Rocky Hollow
Rexburg Students Visit Hesse Springs on Annual Trip
Twenty eight Rexburg high school pupils and faculty spent a day at Hesse Springs enjoying bathing and other sports. They reported the outing as the finest time of the year and returned to Rexburg about nine, then to Sugar after a late picture show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesse Springs
Rexburg
Sugar
Great Invention by a 16 year old Philadelphia student
Sydney A. Gross, 16, of Central High School, demonstrates an angle sector device claimed to trisect non-right angles. Prominent mathematicians from University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Central High School, and William Penn High praise its practical division method and potential in architecture and drafting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sydney A. Gross
Central School
Euclid
M. ‘J. Babb
University of Pennsylvania
Samuel
K. ‘Brecht
Central High School
David Eugene South
Columbia University
Jonathan‘ S. Rorer
William Pen
Drv Rover
Business Men Win Season Opener at Sugar City Ballpark
Decoration Day crowd witnessed a one sided baseball game as the business men defeated the factory men 18 to 4 at Sugar City ballpark. The game ended after six innings with tired factory players unable to complete full time play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar City
Rexburg Automobile Tax Talk Stirs County Meeting
About eighty automobile owners met in Flamm's Hall by Rexburg to discuss a proposed auto tax. A plan to raise about 3000 dollars would pay interest on bonded road debt and faces questions over lacking bonds. Alfred Ricks chaired. J E W Tones of Rigby acted secretary. a committee led by Mark Austin and others will study county conditions and report at Ashton. A resolution opposed freight service cuts on the branch, with train reductions discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexburg Commercial Club
Flamm
Fremont
Alfred Ricks
Anare
Je W. Tones
Rigby
Mark ‘Austin
G. E. Bowerman
Go Fullon
D. Widger
J. R. ‘Shupe
John’ Hart
George Hill
Atorney
Rexburg
One Cent Letter Postage Backed by Postmaster General
Postmaster General Burleson announces strong support for a one cent letter postage rate. He cites department revenue adjustment and civil service reforms as prerequisites while lawmakers Burton and Bartlett reintroduce the bills in the Senate and House, aiming for a July start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pi —Posthnaater
Albert
S. ‘Burleson
Aly
Can
Biate Asheington
MT Am
Burleson
Theodore
Burton
Chié Zand
Charles
Hi Bartlett
Georgia
Senate
House of Representatives
Change In Freight Service On The Branch
U S L will run one freight train every other day on the branch replacing daily service. Protests will be made to Short Line officials by local commercial bodies and daily service is expected to resume soon.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wion Pacific
Central Pacific
Union Pacific Aid
Reynolds
Southern
Ion Pacific
Harriman Lines
Union Park
Oakland
Benicia
Line
California
Railroad Commission
State Claims Jurisdiction
Sa 'T
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Austin
Pres
L. Davis
Small Boy
Ladi
L. D
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!