Navy to appoint three midshipmen for Annapolis entry
Representative Burton L. French announces Navy Department selection of three young men from the first district to enter the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis for the September 1921 term. Eligibility ranges 16 to 20 years. high school certificates may substitute for entrance exams under current regulations. The academy offers a four year course leading to Navy officers. French will provide application blocks and literature to qualified applicants.
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Washington
Burton L. French
Navy Department
U. S Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S. Navy
French
Death in Mira Idaho James A Canfield obituary
James A Canfield of Mira Coeur d Alene Idaho died peacefully at home found Sunday morning by neighbors. Coroner ruled death from natural causes. He left a son and daughter. Funeral held Tuesday afternoon. He had lived in the area twelve years and was known to carry a bill book though not found. Several dollars in silver found in his pocket.
Quietly Married at Spirit Lake as Dyer and Cuddy Tie Knot
Mr J Dyer who runs the Milwaukee depot ticket office at Spirit Lake eloped with Miss Clara Cuddy daughter of ranchers near town. They wed quietly in Seattle on October 28 and returned to Spirit Lake where they plan to live. The marriage remained a secret for about a month before friends learned. They are well known in Spirit Lake and will reside there, with Dyer continuing his depot duties and Mrs Dyer returning to Spokane duties while employed prior to marriage. The couple intends to make Spirit Lake their home for now.
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J. Dyer
Milwaukee Railway
Spirit Lake
Clara Cuddy
Emmet Cuddy
Seattle
Mr. Dyer
Spokane
Dyer
Milwaukee
Rath
Moonshine Raids Bust Gambling Bars in Metaline Falls
U S officers raided Metaline Falls Washington and found moonshine liquor sold openly over the bars and pool halls with gambling games and large stakes. They arrested two men Zagraf and Lee and confiscated three bottles of liquor.
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U.S
Metaline Falls
Wash
Zagraf
Lee
Hymn for Christmas Poem Verse by Felicia Hemans
A lyrical Christmas hymn asks celestial voices to remain near through life and death. The speaker references the Savior's birth and the Syrian swains, praising the clear light that shone that holy night of hope joy and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felicia Hemans
Idaho State News Items Show Idaho Civic and Farm Events
Idaho headlines report Boise as artillery and cavalry HQ. Gooding county silos rise from 30 to 80 since 1919. Buhl carpenters cut wages by one dollar daily for early 1921. powder prices fall but near wartime levels. A daily Democratic paper campaign, Sandpoint civic movement, bootlegging crackdown, and dancing skating rules are noted. A man named G Larson was rescued after a hunting accident on the North Fork Clearwater. A Nampa Leader Herald libel suit victory over Idaho Free Press yields $100 damages. Fremont and Elmore county farm bureaus report seed potatoes and poultry improvements with counts of birds and nonlayers. Farm bureau grasshopper campaign saves crops estimated at 205 320. Poisoned bran mash distributed on 10,000 acres. The University of Idaho budget cut tops $1 239 100. A logging camp raid yields a still, wash, liquor with federal help. Escheat adds $1500 to permanent school fund. Gooding rabbit drives kill 16,000 in 1920. 50,000 rabbits killed by poison on 160 farms. Walter Weaver earns second at Chicago hay and grain show. Kimberley alfalfa seed winner. U S cotton crop reaches postwar peak since 1914.
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Idaho County
Farm Bureau
Tuberculosis Seals Promote Health Crusade in Idaho
International double barred cross symbol promotes selling Tuberculosis Christmas Seals to fund health education, doctor and nurse care, hygiene teaching for 80,000 Idaho schoolchildren, and milk supervision to prevent bovine TB. It supports public ordinances and hospital care for tuberculous citizens statewide.
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Idaho
Apple grower returns from North Dakota sale
O W Schilling came back from North Dakota where he sold apples to Mrs Louise. Ms Smith from Hast Greenacres visited a week at the Hollister home in Rathdrum. McGuire teachers plan a Christmas Eve program for the school house. A pile social at the State Line school house raised over $100.
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O. W. Schilling
North Dakota
Louise
Ms Smith
Hast Greenacres
D. F. Hollister
Rathdrum
McGuire
State Line
High School Dance and Local Marriage News
Fifteen young couples attended a dancing party lasting until midnight with the boys renting the hall and paying for music while girls served lunch. Mesdames Roush and Welch acted as chaperones. Heior H. C. Stover and family have moved into the S. A. McCoubrey house. Vernon Brown of Spirit Lake and Miss Catherine Bernard of Los Angeles recently wed in Spirit Lake.
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Mesdames Roush and
Welch
Heior H.C. Stover
the Herald
S. A. McCoubrey
Vernon Brown
Spirit Lake
Catherine Bernard
Los Angeles
Wages Cut and Logging Camp Activity Report
North Fork reports wage cuts of one dollar daily across McGoldrick camps amid a surplus of job seekers. McGoldrick Lumber discontinues Brown Creek log loading as trucks head to Spokane. Local incidents include a woods worker’s leg fracture and a fireman’s facial burns. Harrison parents and teachers form an active group with officers elected for the school year.
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North Fork
McGoldrick
Kellogg
Wallace Press- Times
McGoldrick Lumber Company
Brown Creek
Spokane
Harrison
H. L. Peterson
LaVerne
Selves
Meadows
Spirit Lake Students Share Essay Contest Awards
High school student Julia Vonfosseo won $5 in the Cooperation essay contest. Marguerite Weaver claimed $3 for second prize and Ioana Jenkins received $2 for third. Charles O Conner was elected consul of the Modern Wootimen.
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Julia Vonfosseo
Marguerite Weaver
Ioana Jenkins
Charles O'Conner
County plans for Pierce-Arrow trucks for road work
Captain F A Jeter of the state highway commission met with county commissioners in Coeur d Alene to secure two Pierce Arrow trucks for county road maintenance. Idaho has received 1 300 000 worth of government property costing the state 95 000 to 100 000. This includes 240 trucks with 200 for counties districts and state work. The state seeks 125 more trucks from the government. W S Brown, hired to paint the Ohio Match stacks, was killed when the suspension scaffold rope broke dropping him 115 feet. His body struck lumber as his vertebrae pierced an inch board. Brown left a family in Vicksburg Miss. A final decree of distribution was entered in the estate of George F Wilhelmy. Miles F Eybers was appointed administrator for Dorothy House deceased. A petition to add 3200 to the city budget for current expenses has secured enough signers to make the appropriation legal. The city market was inspected by A H Wilson, chief inspector for the state welfare commission.
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F. A. Jeter
State Highway Commission
Coeur d'Alene
Jeter
Idaho
W.S. Brown
Ohio Match Company
Congress Acts to Aid Farmers with Credit and Loans
The Senate approved an agriculture commission plan to revive the war finance corporation to aid farmers with liberal credits. A House bill would allow the U S Grain Corporation to borrow 250 million dollars from Federal Reserve banks to buy surplus crops at guaranteed prices. Another House measure would impose a one year embargo on wheat flour and other commodities. The anticipated relief efforts have raised Chicago wheat prices.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Commission
War Finance Corporation
Congress
House
U. S. Grain Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Chicago
Town Board Met Discusses Night Marshes On Duty
Village trustees met Tuesday night with chairman C. F. Borell and trustees E. A. Swanson and S. T. O'Donnell present. Discussion covered permanent night marshes duty. further talks postponed until full board attends. Bills approved include night watching 24 dollars and various repair and labor items totaling several sums.
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C. F. Borell
E. A. Swanson
S. T. O'Donnell
C. F. Wil
R. Powell
Clarence Woolery
Ratbhdrum
Gift book exchanges offered to library by Spokane program
Mrs L E Tucker librarian explains gift books not needed by the library may be exchanged at varying rates for new Spokane books to keep the library up to date. Donors help by providing books in good condition and the library board welcomes gifts. Old library volumes with stamps cannot be exchanged.
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L. E. Tucker
Spokane
Judge Allows Partial Payout for Coeur d'Alene Bank Depositors
Judge R N Duco set aside the restraining order last Saturday and allowed KE R Whitla deputy commissioner of commerce and industry to pay depositors of the closed Coeur d'Alene Bank and Trust company 10 percent of their deposits to satisfy claims.
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R. N. Duco
KE. R. Whitla
Commerce and Industry
Coeur d'Alene Bank & Trust Company
Navy completed vast fleet and ongoing builds
Nearly 200 warships, including one superdreadnaught and 96 destroyers, were completed for the American navy during the fiscal year ended last June 30 and more than 100 others, including 11 superdreadnaughts and six great battle cruisers, were building at that time.
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Midshipmen
Mira
Boise
Gooding
Buhl Carpenters
Orst
G. Larson
Clearwater
Nampa
Leader Herald
Idaho Free Press
Fremont County Farm Bureau
Farm’ Bureau
Elmore County
University of Idaho
State Board of Education
Valley County
Edward Marshall
Gooding County Farm Bureau
Walter Weaver
Filer
J. BR. Hardie
Kimberley
U. S
Post Falls
Frank Rose
Aldrich Rooney
Cur D
Alene
George F. Wilhelmy
Miles F. Eybers
Dorothy House
A. H. Wilson
State Welfare Commission
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