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Newspaper
The Blackfoot Optimist
Location
Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
4
Subscription rates for one year in advance and six months as listed. Optimist Publishing Company, Ltd. Karl P. Brown, Manager.
In 1912 Boise received 100000 dollars worth of condensed milk from three local jobbers selling to Idaho and eastern Oregon. All proceeds left Idaho, with outside firms likely sending in as much dairy product as Boise houses distributed. urged Idaho ranchers to feed alfalfa to cows to retain dairy money at home.
Washington March 21 The United States treasury reports enormous profit from coinage in fiscal year 1912. Director George E Roberts says treasury earned about 5.65 million dollars on a 1.26 million dollar investment, a return near 450 percent. Seigniorage on subsidiary coins reached 4.568 million, pennies and nickels 1.849 million.
Rhode Island Reds offer a laying strain matchup in breeding pens with a noted expert Mrs M H Shirley promoting mating up Mrs Shirley. Son of Kit Carson Dies of Starvation in Reno Nevada March 22 Lewis C Schilling 81 survivor of Alamo massacre and adopted son of Kit Carson dies of starvation after losing $320 on a California trip and living on crackers and water in an old shack He was adjutant to General Sheridan and a famed Civil War scout and frontiersman.
Judge Stevens finished jury trials in the district court on Tuesday afternoon and jurors were discharged. Cases heard included grand larceny verdicts against Jas Tilden and W S Brayford, with Tilden sentenced to one to fourteen years and Brayford given a 60 day jail term. Several defendants pled guilty to petty charges, while others faced dismissals or default judgments. Judge Stevens will open Challis court next week as proceedings conclude. Turkey Gobblers and Plymouth Rocks For sale at Optimist office. tf.
Most pupils have returned to classes after the measles disruption. Teachers report challenges reestablishing order while praising strong literary programs and the April light opera Princess Bonnie. Medical inspections proceed. a visitor day and a field meet with interschool grade contests are planned, culminating in a baseball game between the high school and Ross Fork Indians.
Harry Kleb was killed by a dynamite explosion on the Little Lost River while visiting sister in Dakota. He lost both hands and an eye, died at nine o clock the same day. He and his sister Miss Hilda Kleb had been visiting Mrs Balding. The blast occurred when he tried to ignite dynamite in a bottle. He walked to his auto then to his home. Mrs Johnson the nurse attended him until a doctor arrived. Embalming revealed advanced appendicitis. He left a large estate and insurance to his baby sister. The body traveled with relatives to Melville, N Dakota. departure moved up by one day due to the accident.
In Blackfoot on Wednesday evening, Isabelle Missien and D F Jackson were married at the Missien home in an intimate ceremony attended by immediate family. Rev Father Fuches officiated. the couple stood under a smilax canopy as carnations and roses decorated the room. Miss Missien, a longtime Blackfoot resident, is described as an ideal, cheerful young woman.
A poem-like appeal from Chautauqua Kansas urges residents to vote against alcohol to stop social ruin. It links whiskey to ruined homes, widows, orphans, crime, and Calls for church groups and voters to act, listing meetings and local church officials.
The notice describes Mr. Jackson as a loving father and respected figure with a noted service record at the sheriff’s office. He now serves as foreman of the Sweet farms in Aberdeen and is praised as a capable business man. The couple will host friends in Aberdeen after May first.
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