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The Blackfoot Optimist

Location

Blackfoot, Idaho, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1913

Page

8

Marvel Palaces at Panama Pacific Exposition Building Spotlight

The Motor Transportation Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915 will be among the largest pavilions, about 275 feet wide by five acres, featuring statuary themes of motor triumphs over land, sea, and air. A ten foot high bas relief frieze will line the sides, tracing transportation history from early carts to modern autos, with a central dome rising 130 feet.

Motor Transportation Panama-Pacific San Francisco Exposition Palacea Panama

Presto a Linen Shower for Mrs Margeret Tolmie

A lively linen shower for the bride to be Mrs Margeret Tolmie at her home last Saturday featured many useful gifts and dainty refreshments served by her sisters. The couple plan to marry in early June and move to Boise. the event marks the departure of a local favorite from the Blackfoot river area.

Margeret Tolmie Miss Tolmle Toseph Conway Boise Blackfoot River Frank Pocatello William Twitchell James Patterson Blackfoot William Chester Blanche Tolmie Henry Danilson

Moreland News Notes Two Local Topics and Band Plans

Moreland residents note Measles outbreaks and farming hopes while celebrating the Moreland Meat Market reopening for summer. Idaho Falls plans a city band with Prof Van Prosky to lead a meeting at Rogers Hall, echoing Blackfoot’s four year sixty piece band. Cloninger troupe entertains at Isis, drawing good crowds despite rough weather.

Idaho Falls Rogers Hall van Prosky Pocatello Idaho Falla Idaho Blackfoot Sunnylanders Cloninger Ralph Cloninger Isis Mr. Cloninger

Sterling News Board Omnibus of Local Happenings

The Farmers Society of Equity plans incorporation to build a potato cellar and elevator. A large Aberdeen and Springfield crowd attended a dance last Friday. May events include a Bae ball boys benefit on Thursday night May 19 1922. Satterfield returns home briefly. A Western Loan and Savings Co branch organized. Varney resident M Dewey visited. E T Page named delegate to Pocatello convention for a state union F E which met on the 19th. Riverside to Sterling ball game Saturday at 1. Town boosters Hays and others note new bungalow and near hotel work. Multiple local residents listed with various projects and plans. The writer hints at wild rumors about a Spring of Eternal Youth and Good Pasture, with playful speculation on its nature.

Farmers Society of Equity Aberdeen Springfield Bae Ball Boys Satterfield Western Loan and Savings Co M Dewey Varney E. T. Page Pocatello Riverside Sterling Thurston Dunbar Heber Wells Arn Old Nugent Luther Satterfield Knights of the Lariat

Porterville eighth grade program and local notes

The Porterville school hosts an eighth grade and lower grade program on Saturday evening May 24 with songs and recitations led by students including Opal Jackman Sammie Gardner and Velma Jackman. A road supervisor Louis Felt reports recent bridge work and road repairs. Also notes on an Aberdeen Angus heifer shipment to E W Stevenson of Bernice Idaho, a ranch injury case at Arco, and local ads for loan money and butter wrapper printing.

Porterville Opal Jackman Grasshopper Sammie Gardner Sybie Felt Norma Johnston Velma Jackman Elizabeth Barnes Ella Gardner Elverna Gardner Zola Taylor Farmer George Wareing Roscoe Gardner Elizabeth Taylor Mildred Felt Edythe Barnes Erma Taylor Grace Ziegler Vernon Chapman Byron Jackman Emma Plant Ella Jennie Barnes Wilford Barnes Edith Stewart A. A. Ziegler Louis Felt E. W. Stevenson Bernice Idaho T. R. Culver Terry Mont

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