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The Blackfoot Optimist

Location

Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1914

Page

5

Real Bargains and Local News In Blackfoot

A crowded Blackfoot column lists weekly bargains including $5200 for 80 acres with down payment, hotel furnishings for $1300, a $3000 farm with cement house, and a $2000 40 acre plot. local residents and business visits fill the page with travel notes, sales ads, and social updates from July. The mix mentions D H Biethan, H T Peck, Mrs Just, and many other locals, plus business calls, church events, and community notices.

Bingham Co Cagh

Home Ball Galore In B B B Schedule Change

The B B B league reshapes the schedule giving Blackfoot three straight home games. On June 28 Pocatello visits Idaho Falls with American Falls at Blackfoot, then July 4 Idaho Falls visits Blackfoot and American Falls goes to Pocatello, followed by July 5 American Falls at Idaho Falls and Pocatello at Blackfoot.

Blackfoot Pocatello Idaho Falls American Falls

Basket Social At Porterville Schoolhouse For Sylvester Hiatt

A basket social will be held at the Porterville schoolhouse tomorrow night to benefit Sylvester Hiatt who has been sick. Baskets sell for 50c each and admission is 3c. Also notes local area baseball results from the past weekend with Blackfoot beating Idaho Falls 15 to 9 at the fair grounds, and American Falls losing 10 to 9 to Pocatello. An advertisement for Chamberlain's Tablets claims relief from indigestion and constipation. Public notice from MM 26.C Riggle announcing show repair services on Bridge Street invites patronage.

Scarborough Lea Rigby Blackfoot Cottage Hotel American Falls Portervilla Sylvester Hiatt Idaho Falls Pocatello C- W. Kinney Bridge Street

Rogers Hall to Host Dances With Williams Orchestra

Rogers and Williams of Rogers Hall Idaho Falls lease the Athletic Club Hall for Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting about June 30 1914. A six piece orchestra will perform and teach dances including the Tango free, with the Williams Orchestra famed across Southern Idaho set to play in Blackfoot drawing local dancing enthusiasts.

Rogers & Williams Rogers Hall Idaho Falls Athletic Club Williams Idaho Blackfoot

Drummers Row Brawl In Hotel Between Typewriter Reps

Yesterday morning J B Hall of Underwood typewriters accused L C Smith rep of lying at the Commercial hotel. Hall struck the introducer with swift blows to the face causing disfigurement. The prosecuting attorney refused to issue a warrant. Hall expressed regret but said anger over insult drove his actions.

J. B. Hall Underwood Typewriter L. C. Smith Typewriter Commercial Hall

Weddings at Baptists parsonage draw Idaho Falls pair

Carl D. McLain and Milas Helen Erickson of Idaho Falls wed at the Baptists parsonage after arriving by auto. McLain, a well known druggist, was the groom. details note non residents from nearby areas attending the ceremony in Blackfoot.

Tile Grove Idaho Falls Carl D. McLain Milas Helen ‘M. Erickson

Auto truck adds speed to Blackfoot Mercantile delivery

Nofear Davis, manager of Blackfoot Mercantile Co., has added a 20 H. P. auto truck to boost prompt deliveries. The vehicle runs up to 18 miles an hour and carries a load of 1500 pounds as part of the store’s continued modernization.

Nofear Davis Blackfoot Mercantile Co

Kennedy enters hog business with six Duroc Jersey pigs

H. M. Kennedy has decided to enter the hog business. During a recent East trip he purchased five sows and one boar, all yearling Duroc Jersey pigs considered the best money could buy. They arrived yesterday by express and are described as fine specimens.

H. M. Kennedy East

Dr Dipple to Open Dental Office in Black Foot

Dr Harold C Dipple, a longtime local dentist, will return to Black Foot and open a dental office upstairs in the new addition over the First National Bank at Bridge and Taylor streets. He expects to be ready for business by June 25. adv 6-18

Harold C. Dipple Blackfoot First National Bank Bridge and Taylor Streets

Stockings and Socks At Bicthan's Hardware

Women's light weight mercerized hose two pair 35c. Children's fine Fibbed hose 26c two pair 85c. Seconds with minor flaw but wear fine. Men's black and tan dregs socks two pairs 25c bed toes and heels. Phone 355 for dancing lessons evening classes by appointment.

Bicthan’s

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Biethan Bfoot. Brok Real!tate Co D. H. Biethan Hast EH. T. Peck Salt Lake City James Just Utau Bastor Scott Wm. Danilson Mackay Miller Mesdames N. A. Just F. 3 Brevena Boise K. P. Brown Ed. Rowles Bonneville County Senator Edgington Dr. Mitchells Mrs Sumner Down Jacob Tarr Pocatellore R. E. Hanson Berryman’s. Ady Emily Bond Joan Tatate Berryman Hardware Co Berryman's Berryman Fred Gertche Elba Conkle Arco Chase and Sanborn Kinney and Company St. Charley Fisher Harry Curtis Island Park E. H. Harriman Kinney & Company F. G. Brown Ogden Utah Montana Binthan’s Lee Hansbrough Young Salt Lake Jast H. J. Scofield E. M. Kennedy Joe Warren R. J. Osborne Mackay Osborne David Burrell Parker Moreland M. EB James Larsen Geo. Johnson Groveland J. C. Wright Porterville Blackfoot Hospital R. J. Briggs Paris M- 5 Jon Warren Blackfoot River Methodist Church Friends of Temperance Chipp Twin Falls Florence Parkinson Sidney Southern California M. EB Church John Thomas Price Topeka Kan Katherine P. Simons Mr. Price Stag Mias Ula Palmer Kimball C. W. Berryman Jr Basket Chamberlain Mary E. McMullen Phelps N. Y Erisy O. S. L. Watch In Spector W. A. Jones Berryman’s Hardware DR. Dipple McVicar Boylq Ady ISIS Hayes New O. S. L. Depot Neil F. Boyle & CO
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