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Newspaper
The Blackfoot Optimist
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1913
Page
3
One year in advance six months three months rates listed by Optimist Publishing Company. Karl P Brown serves as manager and the paper is a member of the Eastern Idaho Press Association.
Seldom has New York seen so much labor unrest as garment workers strike for higher pay and better conditions, 15,000 waiters threaten to quit, Yonkers streetcars idle since January 1, and 35,000 railroad firemen in the eastern territory seek pay readjustment. Not working waiters vote to strike. organizers Arturo Giovannitti and Elizabeth Flynn rally the Industrial Workers and International Hotel Workers of the World to lead action within 24 hours.
C J Cobbley converts his Riverside farm into Riverside Poultry Ranch and opens it to trade with thirteen varieties of pure bred poultry. He aims to lead the county in this new industry and promote healthier, home raised stock as a safer investment for the coming season.
The pastor returned after a two Sunday absence and will preach next Sunday both morning and evening with special emphasis on music and gospel presentation. The Brotherhood plans a profitable meeting Friday night with lectures by Dr. Poole and Dr. Hoover, plus male quartet singing. The Ladies' Aid will serve 35 cent luncheon. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met this week. China’s New Day study noted. Budget progress and parsonage plans discussed. committees to study selling the parsonage and cost of new or remodeled building. Cash paid for clean cotton rage at Optimist office.
The local Seventh Day Adventist Church held a mass meeting last Saturday to remonstrate against the Johnston Sunday bill then before the U S Senate in Washington. Resolutions urged that Sunday observance violates church and state separation and would threaten religious liberty. They noted widespread opposition, including opponents who favor closing saloons and uphold constitutional principles.
J. E. Good, prosecuting attorney, answers the Board of County Commissioners of Bingham County Idaho that the Board as a Board of Equalization has no authority to reduce or alter the 1912 tax levy except for specific errors such as double assessments or bona fide assessor errors, and that such action was completed in July 1912.
A Chicago based IHC Service Bureau led by Professor Perry G Holden announces a nationwide cooperative movement to raise crops improve roads and raise living standards. Holden, noted for Iowa State College extension work, heads a plan to deliver agricultural education and direct farmer support across the United States and Canada.
PRESTO Mr and Mrs Chris Peterson hosted a dinner last Thursday for Johnnie Teeples and his bride formerly Miss Rena Blade of St Charles. Mrs F Stevens visited neighbors and returned to Blackfoot. Mr and Mrs Wilkie of Firth visited the Bennetts. TB W Rowles from Blackfoot enjoyed snow drifts. A community telephone line became a reality linking seven isolated homes, a timely blessing for snowbound ranches.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to relieve biliousness by cleansing and strengthening the stomach with a full dose. It claims improved appetite by tomorrow and lists druggists as sellers. The notice also states cash paid for clean cotton rags at the Optimist office.
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