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Newspaper
Weiser Semi Weekly Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1904
Page
2
Rates for one copy one month in advance and one year in advance. Advertising pricing lists per inch and per month. Obituary poetry priced at ten cents per line. No tree papers to advertisers. Wednesday July 27 1904.
Democrats of Weiser and surrounding county are urged to attend an Opera House gathering tomorrow evening to organize the Parker and Davis Democratic Club. The event includes caucuses by the three Weiser precincts to select delegates for county conventions and primaries on August 1, August 8, and August 15, with further conventions in September.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a burial for Oberle Lang and mention kin of Bol Watters Vietine. The text references a letter from Keaort and wealth by LD Walon, with unclear details about the funeral arrangement and attendees.
The body of Waln was buried about seven miles from the killing site in a mountaintop clearing, with wildflowers placed by mourners. About fifty people attended as a Lord’s Prayer, hymns, and simple ceremonies marked the somber service.
Pont Moulton, a local businessman, refused an advertising fakir by telling him he would rather pay local papers than support such salesmen. He urged keeping money at home and patronizing home industries, even at a small extra cost. The incident reflects Pont’s community loyalty.
Mr and Mrs Mee Poo and children returned home Saturday night, ending a weekend visit. The family was welcomed back when they arrived at their residence in the city.
A party, absent during travels, toured St Louis Washington Baltimore New York Chicago and Virginia and Tennessee. They returned to Idaho content with the journey and grateful for home in Weiser. They were joined by Mrs Kellys parents Mr and Mrs Wm Young from Glenmary Tony who will relocate to Weiser. Mr Young is 91 and Mrs Young 80 and they handled the long trip well.
A feed wire sparked across the telephon e line between Gouer d Alene City and Spokane causing a total burn out of the local exchange. Operator Mise Phena had just removed her steel headgear when a crash ignited the interior into flames. Sparks flew as the red hot headgear writhed on the floor.
Marion Page and Grafton John son buy a thousand ewes from George Gilderoy to enter sheep raising. Gilderoy, from Squaw Meadows, distributed fine trout to friends including Eagle man as he moves his family to the upper country Meadows Eagle.
Meadows Eagle notes J Hsten Freeman proprietor of the Meadows Grangeville stage line has had trouble keeping good drivers. To aid future operations Mrs Freeman presented a fine lusty nine pound baby boy named Estep who the paper says is doing well Grandma Clay shares the sentiment noting the event makes her feel taller.
Twin girls were born Friday morning July 22 in this city to Mr and Mrs Woodson Jeffreys. Mother and babies are reported doing nicely though the father experiences several relapses. Friends extend best wishes and congratulations.
An old advertisement touts Pepai kola as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims a 49 out of 50 success rate and promises a money back guarantee by Walker and Sommercamp. The copy urges readers to try and eat freely with immediate improvement.
Fire at Payette broke out about 1 o clock Friday morning destroying J A Laver's large warehouse near the stock yards and adjoining Payette Fruit Packing Co buildings. A box car on the track was burned. Loss runs into thousands, much of it box material. Suspected to be the work of hoboes, deliberate or not yet known.
The report that Bradley Edmundson was located at a daughter’s home near Mountain Home is false. Tom Westlake says no word has come from Edmundson and the claim came from designing parties. The notice also references a severe laryngeal inflammation in children and advertises Ballard’s Horehound Syrup and Snow Liniment sold by Churchill Drug & Paint Co.
Flouse Moving offers moving services and stone work, with W. Long of Weiser as contact and 44 R. C. McKinney for city farm property loans and bargains. Louis J. Kruger, famed long distance runner, endorses Ballard's Snow Liniment after eight weeks of Salt Lake City training, recommending it for sprains bruises and rheumatism. Oburebill Drug Company sells 2c 50e and 1.00 bottles.
In Wallington's addition to Wei ser. See Gooding and Fuller, agents Weiser Land and Improvement Co. 60 tf.
The railroad company releases a Russia Japan war atlas with three colored maps 14 by 20 inches bound for reference. It includes a detailed eastern situation map and a table comparing relative military naval strength and finances of Russia and Japan. Copy available by mail for ten cents to A Walker general agent C and N W Ry 206 South Main St Salt Lake City Utah.
Notice published to elect fourteen delegates to the state convention and attendees for county nominating and county conventions. Delegates chosen in precincts including East Weiser and Cambridge with primary hours from 2 to 7 p m in cities and 3 to 6 p m in rural areas. Open to qualified voters affiliated with the Democratic Party at the last general election. By order of the Democratic county central committee. J B Country, Chairman. J H Hanns, Secretary.
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