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Newspaper

Twin Falls Chronicle

Location

Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1919

Page

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Wedding shower and bridge parties highlight notices

A bridal shower for Miss Fern Costello at Fogerson hotel featured pale pink and blue decor and a pink parasol centerpiece. Many teachers attended, with invitations extended for a bridge party next Saturday hosted by Mrs E Booth. Other social events included a Thursday bridge gathering at Mrs IH 33 Johnsons and a Five Hundred party hosted by Mrs Ed Turner for Mrs Frans Lytle leaving town. various clubs held bridge, luncheon, and Needlecraft sessions with named hosts and guests enjoying two course meals and floral bouquets.

Fogerson Fern Costello Miss Costello Johnson Adans Ed Turner Tenth Avenue N Frans Lytle Lytle Bey Mesdames Lytle van Heimert Henry Crown Bamuels Farris Keil Chapin Rvdolph Smith, White McFarland Dufresne

Debate Night Sparks Boise Twin Falls High Contests

Twin Falls debaters prepare to meet Boise high school teams tonight with debates staged in both cities. A student party including Harold Decker DuWane Hertz Vick Btroble Leonard Hill and Stanley Hodgens traveled to Boise after leaving Twin Falls to attend the contest and the baseball game.

Twin Falls Boise Alice Johnson Harold Decker DuWane Hertz Vick ‘Btroble Leonard Hill Stanley ‘Hodgens

Finish the Term Busy Twin Falls Schools

Six days remain in the term as Twin Falls teachers and pupils push to finish. Epidemic disruptions and extra work strain prepare students for exams and upcoming events. A senior class baccalaureate sermon and a May 13 theater production are slated, with commencement to follow. President Lindley presides over events.

Twin Falls Penile Ing Theater Reise Lindley

Ave Party Personalities in a Fragmented Afternoon Note

Fragmentary OCR mentions an Ave party with twenty pupils and a note about an afternoon gathering. Names, places, and full actions are unclear. The readable snippet highlights a social event involving students and an afternoon setting, suggesting a school or community gathering with unspecified details.

Play Dress in White Linen for a Small Child

A charming play dress in white linen with subtle red and blue embroidery. It features a straight blue cotton cord and tassels, red cinnamon drop buttons, and a gentle, sweet look mom and sister admire for a child.

Madam Mother Big Sister

Fifteen Killed In Texas Tornado

Fifteen persons were killed last night when a powerful tornado hit the lower Rio Grande valley in southwest Texas. Farms were demolished and crops severely damaged as telegrams from the storm area reported the disaster.

Texas Rio Grande Valley Corpus Christi Tex

Tornado Kills Six at Mission Train Shed Shelter

A tornado last night collapsed a train shed at Mission Texas killing J. L. Vick his two young sons and three Mexican workers. One person was seriously injured and total property damage is estimated at 25 thousand dollars.

Mission Tex J. L. Vick

Storm toll rises as Mission shed collapse kills Vick family

Reports indicate higher storm fatalities than first believed. At Mission a shed sheltering Mr. Vick, his wife, four children, and many Mexicans collapsed in high winds and hail. Mr. Vick and two children died instantly, Mrs. Vick injured.

Corpus Christi Tex Mission

J B Conover Dies After Long Service in Idaho

Hon J B Conover 75, Twin Falls county representative, died at home yesterday at 1 PM. born 1844 in Mason Illinois, he served three years in the 85th Illinois, lost an arm in battle, led G A R activities, and introduced the Shoshone Park memorial bill. Survived by wife two sons Marshall and Howard a daughter Bessie and three grandchildren. Funeral services set for 8 tonight at the Baptist.

J. B. Conover Twin Falls Mr. Conover Mason Cass County Illinois 85Th Illinois Volunteers Conover Marshall Howard Bessie Conover

Cables Set on Hanson Bridge Ahead of Steel Work

The Hanson bridge cables on this side were secured yesterday. The opposite side ends will be raised Saturday. Builders plan to start steel work Monday and aim to finish by June 15. County Commissioner board and County Clerk Siggins attended this morning’s operations.

Hanson Board of County Commissioners Siggins

A MIntosh Returns From Ontario Illness Move

A McIntosh was summoned to Hamilton Ontario due to his mother's serious illness and returned to Twin Italls yesterday.

A. McIntosh Huamilton Ontario Twin Italls

Brooklyn pastor converts church into home for rent victims

Driven by high rents, Rev. O S Tyndall of a Brooklyn church moves his family into the building turning part into a living space aboard a Pullman style home. The Greenwood Heights Reformed Church balcony serves as the doctor’s study by day and children’s bedroom by night with parents in the Sunday school room.

O.S Tyndall Broklyn, N Tyndall New York

Truth in Advertising by Robinsons Urges Honest Deals

A letter condemns misleading local ads offering lisle hose at 35c and silk hose at 79c as not genuine promises of value. It argues merchants should avoid cash-based buying myths and false brand claims, advocating reliable merchandise, personal attention, and truthful selling as core principles.

Twin Falls Rockford

Fragmentary OCR hints at sales and prices in prior month

The readable fragments reference goods selling at high prices earlier, noting a comparison to the same month last year and a mention of April third. The text is garbled but suggests a market or sales report with price observations and timing remarks.

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E. Booth Charles Hart M. B.C. Bridge Club F. R. Cox Ernest White A. H Corbett L T. Moors J. A. ‘Campbell Needlecraft Club A. Craig Weding Betty Brown The Associated Press Hanson Bridge A. M’intosh I Robinsons Truth IN Advertising
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