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Newspaper
Weiser Semi Weekly Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
2
The Weiser Signal lists subscription prices for one copy one month in advance eight cents and one year in advance thirteen cents. Advertising costs are twenty cents per inch for new ads, with subsequent inches at twelve cents. small standing ads are seventy-five cents per inch per month, with higher rates for larger placements. No free papers.
Manse Coffin of Boise recently returned from the East and spoke to the Salt Lake Tribune. He notes Idaho has long tolerated church influence in politics and society, while anti Mormon sentiment remains present among some Gentiles.
The piece cites past elections showing Mormon influence in Idaho governance and laments the ascendancy of Mormon figures in the legislature. It accuses Gov. Gooding of forming a pact with the Mormon hierarchy to seize party control and warns loyal Republicans to resist this alliance and its broader aims.
The Weiser High School commencement exercises will be held tomorrow evening at the Opera House. A large audience is expected for the event featuring a program including vocal solos and literary pieces.
A crowd touring Idaho could not find literature or information about land irrigation or products. They sought knowledge about the state but received little material, leaving visitors with only conversation and observation as takeaway. Advertising opportunities in Pocatello appeared, yet practical materials were scarce.
A one mile long train begins at Grady station. The engine travels to Ox Joy four miles away. The conductor boards the caboose at Grady, rides on the engine to Ox Joy, then steps off. He walks forward along the train as it moves. He rides the full distance to Ox Joy and walks the remaining length of the train. He ends by stepping off at Ox Joy.
During the American Revolution Captain Leon Slade courts Alene MacArdie in Morristown while she loves Theodore Hutchinson a Tory lieutenant. A duel is proposed after Slade vows to kill Hutchinson, but Alene’s intervention and a surprise arrival by a general upend the plan revealing complex loyalties and a wartime confrontation.
An officer named Blade escorts Hutchinson to safety through vedettes after a tense exchange. Hutchinson, saved by instinct and friendship, loses his life shortly after at Monmouth. Blade later marries Miss Mary T. Plliott, a figure tied to the daring escape.
The Chicago Tribune notes Benl Gus is a self made man who worked his way through college and nearly every student in the institution.
In a Washington Star quip, Miss Day jestingly says Mr Teefus is a deep thinker while the speaker notes he often goes beyond his depth. The exchange highlights a sharp irony about Teefus's intellect.
A collection of maxims on knowledge luck and restraint features aphorisms about staying out of misfortune and avoiding gossipy behavior. It cites a line from the Atchison Globe contrasting wealth and youth with moral restraint and personal responsibility.
Taft property listing offers a well built four room house 26 by 126 feet on three corner lots priced at 8775 with only 2200 cash required and convenient to the business section. A medicinal advertisement extols Herbine as a safe vegetable tonic improving digestion and liver and kidney health with testimonial from R N Andrews Cocoa and Rockledge News Florida. 50c at Churchill Drag and Paint Co.
Bremond Texas resident Mrs Josie Sumner writes April 16 1905 praising Ballards Snow Liniment for family use over three years It eases growing pains in her daughters knees and backs along with frost bitten feet She calls it the best liniment she has used and endorses the semi weekly trial offer.
A reader from Lemon City Florida praises Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The letter claims it greatly improves results in panic and stomach illnesses when dissolved in hot water and drunk promptly. The writer endorses its use and mentions availability.
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