Canyon County Fair Association elects 11 directors
The Canyon County Fair Association held its annual meeting at the Commercial Club rooms to elect 11 directors. Officers reviewed receipts totaling 31 651.10 and disbursements of 81 662.10 with liabilities 1 964.30. Directors elected: J. H. Lowell, T. K. Little, H. D. Andrews, H. W. Dorman, J. B. Gowen, N. S. Miller, W. B. Mitchell, Frank Howard, H. A. Griffiths, D. D. Campbell, W. R. Sebree for one year.
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Canyon County Fair Association
Commercial Club
Andrews
Gowen
Boise Fair
Hl. Sebree
Uieceden AF
Npmreins
Eeet
Treasury
J. H. Lowell
T. K. Little
H. D. Andrews
H. W. Dorman
J. B. Gowen
Miller
W. B. Mitchell
Frank Howard
H. A. Griffiths
D. D. Campbell
W. R. Sebree
Northwest
Eagles Install Officers at Canyon Aerie No 1290 F O E
Eagles Install officers for the term with Bruce Brehman named P W P and J C Davis as W P Others include R V Bebree E R Hammond Houston Frost H H Compton N C Gordon H S Glenn William Waldrop J Moore R D Brett The aenue presents Brehman with P W P collar and plans for the second annual F O E balk reception in the City Hall library room They will distribute 500 paper bags citywide inviting residents to donate books for the event
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Eagles
Canyon Aerie No. 1290
D. Bruce Brehman
R. V. Bebree
W. P
J. C. Davis
E. R Hammond
W. C
Houston Frost
H. H. Compton
W. T
N. C. Gordon
Residence Destroyed by Fire in City
A fire this morning razed the home of J. Russ Baker, forcing the family to jump from a second story window to escape. The alarm rang at 1.15 but firefighters could not reach the blaze in time due to the distance from the station. neighbors aided as much as possible. The origin is believed to be a cook stove that spread downstairs.
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J. Russ Baker
Fire destroys building. family escapes with neighbors
A wife and two children leaped to safety as a fire swept a building, leaving the structure completely destroyed with a loss of 1600 and insured for 400. Neighbors arriving early saved a few pieces of furniture before complete consumption.
Forward Club invites Caldwell to donate books to City Library
The Forward Club of Caldwell asks residents to bring a standard book as a gift to the City Library during a social hour on Friday January 17 from 3 to 10 p.m. Books may be new or used and any number per person is welcome.
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Forward Club
Caldwell
Boise Prices Current in 1865 from Statesman Files
A compact price list showing 1865 Boise dry goods and groceries with per yard rates for prints and ginghams, various cotons, drilings, and sheeting, plus prices for gum boots, coffee, sugar, candles, tobacco, tea, dried fruits, flour, and corn meal. Names local to Boise appear as items in a market rate snapshot.
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Boise
Statesman
Cade
Raorim Onis
Apposin
Ioaeb
Sweer Sieree
Evcetre
Mountain View items reflect social notices and moving trades
A watch meeting was held at Rev McGrew s Tuesday evening and the Loyal Temperance Legion enjoyed a Saturday afternoon at Mr and Mrs Cook s. Emigrants from Missouri arrived with household goods and 4000 pounds of oak and hickory stove wood, with freight charged separately. County Clerk Badiley notes last quarter fees totaling 2106.45 dollars. Some neighbors moved Mrs Russell Stroud s furniture to a homestead in Oregon.
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Mountain View
McGrew
Loyal Temperance Legion
Cook
Oregon
Missouri
Lecture on America Facing the Far East by John M Driver
Mr John Merritte Driver delivered an able Y M C A lecture titled America Facing the Far East arguing that America belongs to the Anglo Saxon race and will expand possessions. He claimed the Japhetic Hamitic and Hebrew destinies involve law civilization governance religion, with each race remaining until its destiny is fulfilled.
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John Merritte Driver
America
Far East
Amerca
East East Asia lecture on liberty and unity
Dr. Driver spoke from personal travels in the far East arguing that Orientals seek liberty under law and moral uplift from Americans. He predicted a future alliance of Japhetic, English, and American peoples, with a united world under one language, religion, and government. The YMCA praised the lecture as uplifting and educational.
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Far East
Driver
Notice of sale of stock by constable in Notus precinct
Eatray notice taken up by R E B Glenn and reported to me as constable of this precinct advertises sale of stock at his premises on Feb 3 1908 at 2 pm. One red bull about two years old branded chicken-track with an underbit in each ear will be sold to the highest bidder for cash unless claimed. Dated Jan 10 1908. Jan 11 Feb 1.
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R. E B. Glenn
Michigan
North Dakota
Chicago
Middle States
National Swine Magazine
Iowa
Daisy
National Stockman
Classified column and farm notes montage
Classified ads list for sale and trade items including mule teams sewing machine and ranch help. Feature excerpts discuss Merino sheep industry revival in Vermont and Nebraska hog quality, plus notes on intensive farming and large scale siloed forage production.
Dollar Signs in Stock Feeding Markets and Cattle Trade
The piece discusses lambs and swine feeding trends, noting demand for lightweight lambs and the profitability of well handled light stock. It cites prices, feed costs, and market outlook from traders and period sources, and advises investing in solid, non purebred Shorthorn cows when priced cheaply for early returns.
The Farmer's Sheep: Fall Lambs and Dorset Profit
A Brighton market perspective urges capitalizing on fall lambs as the New England livestock hub. Vermont's W G Appleby touts Dorset sheep as most profitable, noting fall births yield higher prices, cheap postweaning care, spring shearing yields wool, and earlier lambs resist internal parasites.
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Brighton
New England
W. G. Appleby
Fillmore Farms
Vermont
Plight of Deer in Caithness Hut Scene
A Scottish hunter recounts a deer trapped by an old tin pail that slid over her neck, creating a strange necklace that blocked eating and drinking. The creature moved awkwardly, alarmed nearby deer, and despite efforts to save it, the deer likely died from shock or stress.
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Caithness
The Rose Feast of Elagabalus
A writer recalls Al ma Tadema's The Rose Feast of Elagabalus showing lavish roses at Roman banquets. The luxurious Roman spent 4,000,000 sesterces on roses, about £100,000, a figure Suetonius cites though possibly exaggerated.
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Alma-Tadema
Elagabalus
Suetonius
Hereditary Names in Dukes Families
The London Graphic notes the custom of the Duke of Richmond’s family naming the eldest son after King Charles II and the eldest son of the eldest son similarly honoring James I in Lord Salisbury’s lineage with James becoming a family tradition tied to title grants.
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Duke of Richmond
Charles II
Lord Saliabury
James
James 1
Balisbury
Cranborne
London Graphic
The Liberty Boys and Their Early American Actions
The Liberty Boys were the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution famed for resisting taxes and aiding the Boston Tea Party. They opposed the Stamp Act and rallied around the Liberty Tree in Hanover Square, with a flag signaling their assembling.
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Liberty Boys
Sons of Liberty
Boston
Liberty Tree
Hanover Square
Bestem
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County Fair Association
O. V. Badiley
GOON
L. Carpenter
Notus
Colum
D. C. Groesbeck
Box
R. D. No
Middleton
Ida
J. H. Dotson
Deer Flat
Ind
Singer
P. H. McDonald
Main Street
Tribune
Caldwell Forwarding Co
Transvaal
South Africa
Addison County
Nebraska
Iowa Homestead
E. C. Switeer
Springted
Mass
Guernaseys
Ayrshires
Idaho
Dertake
Ing Business
THE
IST Nat'l. Bank
Eke Tarsweee
CUPP
Cupp & Wilkerson
C. B. Banks Real Estate CO
Caldwell Bank and Trust Co's
Room
Caldwell Banking & Trust Co
Caldwell, Idaho
John C. Rice
Elmer A Clark, Cashier E., H. Plowhead, A. Cash
Caldwell and Vicinity
Capital
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