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Newspaper
The Blackfoot Optimist
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
5
A Confederate cavalry chapter unfolds with Wayne and Jed Bungay guiding a relief mission, disguises, skirmishes, and a tense pursuit. Lee’s troops bivouac amid fires as the day closes, a private recites Scott beside a powder keg, and the narrator contemplates fate and duty.
A first person reminiscence recalls the Shenandoah battle from dawn fog to a fierce cavalry charge. The narrator details weary troopers, brutal exchanges, and a desperate melee as blue lines press and a fallen colonel urges a last charge to reclaim guns. The narrative ends mid action with a call that the chapter continues.
A quoted exchange centers on Professor McMuddis's cleverness in twisting ideas to prove theories. A second voice agrees, noting plans to use the champagne troubles in France to illustrate the alleged curse of drink and its impact on government stability.
Idaho Falls shipped the first carload of new wool last week. About 1200 acres were sold at Halley for $10,000. Pocatello council authorized twenty blocks of paving. The Blackfoot asylum admitted Mrs. Tennie Wozniak on her husband's complaint. The Boise river reached this year's maximum height. Pioneer Day June 15 was proclaimed a legal holiday by the governor. Governor Hawley appointed William G. Koontz to fill a vacancy. Inter Mountain Fair plans Boise October 7 to 12. Idaho Falls hosts state dental meeting June 17 and 18. Payette Valley to hold street fair and horticultural exhibit after Sept 16. Shelley to celebrate the Fourth with a live committee. D. D. Blivens shot himself in Pocatello. Bond issue shown Fortunes for Welser. Wheat shipments grow from 1909 to 1911. McLaughlin injured in a train incident near Acon. L. Stillman buys 2560 acres near Idaho Falls for wheat. Barringer and Ostner injured in Boise polo game. Boise River Prior Rights association studies irrigation needs. Boise markets to remove sidewalk displays. Rotse land office swamped with homestead inquiries. Idaho Retail Merchants Association formed in Pocatello June 22. Road authority questions referred to attorney general. Harry Wilson, once prominent, died after jumping from a Shoshone Falls dam in 1905. Jose Vajamanela killed himself in Pocatello lodging house.
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