06 Apr 1904
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Newspaper
Weiser Semi Weekly Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1904
Page
1
In Weiser the mayoral race concluded with Van Sicklin winning a solid majority amid lively local campaigning. Of 774 registered voters, 642 cast ballots, signaling strong participation and support for continued city improvements begun last year, with ward-by-ward results provided.
Report of Weld city council last Friday covering street width petitions by residents on W street and related bond and compliance notes. Attorney Joel Roullerd reported on future references while council discussed measures affecting the block and tax funds.
Ledger entries for City of Weiser funds list Prison Fund and Street Fund disbursements. Names include John J. Nevins, John M. Foster, H. Warner, A. Green, Scheloske Mfg Co, Badger, Morris Sommer, Marlow Fisk, Pat McLernon, J. Kennedy, A J Murphy, J Cordin, G W Owens, W J Moreheid, and others. Items cover lumber, hauling, street core work, printing, turning journal, and power house labor. Several suppliers and contractors appear with amounts, with totals and allowances noted.
The readable fragments describe an unnamed public notice or alert with references to a location and dates. Missing details hamper precise identification, but the text hints at a community notice issued by local authorities regarding an event or enforcement action.
Russian forces in Manchuria exceed a quarter million with 26 000 guarding railways. An additional 160 000 are to be moved from Russia by July 1 as 80 000 Japanese fight 100 000 more awaiting dispatch from Korea. Yamagata predicts Japan may face a numerically superior foe and suggests an earlier strike might have guarded against Russian mobilization. Cronstadt warships to sail by July end with rail disruption at Lake Baikal noted.
The Republican County Central Committee met in Cambridge on Thursday March 31st at 3 30 pm with seven precincts represented and proxies from others. Delegates to several conventions were set in Weiser Cambridge and Council with events planned at Council May 10th for delegates to the Pocatello convention May 18th and to the National convention, a Weiser convention July 27th for delegates to the State convention August 10th in Moscow, and Cambridge September 22nd for the county officers nomination.
An old advertisement urges men to take their wife to dinner at the Ideal Restaurant located beside the telephone office, implying a Sunday outing. The note appears terse with a playful tone and local business reference.
John Calvin Hull died at his home in East Weiser Monday evening at 6 o'clock from dropsy. A Idaho pioneer, he joined the Owyhee rush to Silver City in early days and was known to Intermountain old timers. Born March 17, 1840 in Tennessee, he came to Welser in 1882 and later lived in Oregon and California before returning. He survived by his wife and family.
Owing to bad roads much mining and smelting in Mineral paused. Many camp workers left, but with better weather activity will resume on a larger scale. Sickness increased. Dr. Spencer of Huntington treated residents, including J A Smith who broke three ribs and is recovering in hospital. The Willamette Glee Club schedules a 1904 season with a concert on Tuesday night April 12 at the Opera House.
Bound for Thunder Frank Erwin, a prominent mining man, arrived in Boise with family and plans to send a crew to open a 100-foot tunnel near the Lien Kid claim of the Kat Dewey group. Details mention preparatory work and abandonment notes related to local mining interests and proposed operations near Marlow and Juliet.
Partial readable text suggests a coded or poetic line about a Tata and Renate across distant lands. The snippet implies a mysterious cipher phrase or multilingual greeting lacking full context. Further readable bits are needed to identify a concrete event or person.
A ceremony will lay the corner stone of the auditorium of Weiser's Methodist Episcopal church this Wednesday at five o'clock. Rev W W Van Dusen Boise Presiding Elder Idaho Conference assisted by local clergy. The copper box will contain a 1904 Methodist year book the Idaho conference journal an autograph album and local newspapers and official lists. The stone measures 26 inches on the face and bears the church name and date in raised letters designed by O A Jones with cutting by Ward Phibbs of Denver Shelf Weaver supply the stones. The church will seat 480 with a vestibule and two small balcony rooms to be added later.
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