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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1920
Page
1
A school contest to improve spelling is set for April in Twin Falls. Entrants from fifth grade onward across high school classes will compete with elimination rounds around April 19 to 22, culminating in a final on about April 26. Asher B. Wilson of the Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce backs the plan and will authorize cash prizes for winners.
The Great American Home plans to divide grades five through twelve into three groups. Group one for fifth and sixth grades will be led by Miss I M Shotwell, group two for seventh and eighth led by I E Bear, and group three for high school ninth to twelfth led by M Mitchell. Prizes offer ten dollars for first and five for second place. Directors prepare 50 word lists to be given each Monday morning.
A steady stream of visitors arrived in Twin Falls yesterday from Burley, Buhl, Kimberly, and surrounding towns for basketball games and a short stay. Notables include Mrs Dora Cooke, J. Leslie, Miss Bessie Braush, Mrs Evelyn Baker, I A Nash, H Pullman, W Sartain, and dozens more. Several plan brief shopping trips and structured tours while staying through the tournament.
A refrigerator car on its maiden trip wrecked Tuesday night near Omaha, tearing up track for nearly a half mile and demolishing about a dozen freight cars. The car’s meat hangers swung with force, overturning the car, prompting calls to revise the design to prevent such danger.
A modern will fragment states to my wife leave the house with first and second mortgages and the automobile with the privilege to the rest. To my daughter leave the player piano with an amount of 330 dollars for my wife. Insist upon your husband carrying sufficient life insurance. Room 6 Baugh Building Twin Falls Idaho.
Mrs. J. F. Buckley of Glenns Ferry died Thursday night from pneumonia following influenza. Known in Twin Falls as Miss Weaver before her marriage about two years ago, her funeral is scheduled at 2 36 p m today at the Baptist church in Twin Falls.
Four hundred feet of the Eighth Avenue lateral are now completed. Two mixers are in use and another is expected to be in operation soon.
The funeral for Mrs Harry Phipps, who died Wednesday afternoon, was held yesterday at 2 o clock in the Baptist church.
The Associated Press reports in Omaha Nebraska on March 5 that swinging dressed beeves from a roof during operations caused a train wreck. No injuries were confirmed. Investigations continue into safety practices at the yard.
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