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Newspaper
Weiser Semi Weekly Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1905
Page
2
Advertising rates listed for The Weiser Signal of Welner Idaho include twenty cents per inch for first insertion and fifteen cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Monthly branding ads cost as shown with per month prices. No free papers to advertisers noted.
A long critical discussion on Senator Fred T. Dubois and opposition to forest reserve policy. Pro forest policy advocate Gifford Pinchot defends reserves against timber interests. Northern Idaho supporters fear economic and community harm, while southern Idaho backing shifts amid Mormon influence. Editorial letters by M. Dubois supporters and local readers accompany the page.
A Portland Oregonian dispatch says Union Pacific and Northern Pacific committees agreed on a joint line from Huntington or nearby toward Culdesac or Clearwater, about 650 miles bill. The project would use 75 pound rails, cost up to 315 million, surveys to start immediately, with a Snake River alignment preferred over earlier routes.
A Sunday visitor group led by Mr and Mrs H R Warner and others toured the Butter field Livestock Co plant on Scotch Creek 12 miles from town. They toured the 80 by 140 foot facility with 27 Cooper machines powered by a 12 hp engine, learning about its 2,000 daily capacity and 20 operators while noting records set by machine 13 operator F Stolzburg in two and a half hours and 48 minutes by machine 11 operator August Peterson.
A persistent appeal was made to provide space for a clear fair and candid presentation of a speaker's position. The request emphasized building up the northwest and inviting any new contributions that have not yet been said in support of his views.
Tampa man Ralph P Fernandes describes a life threatening illness as liver trouble and heart disease. He credits Legtrie Bitters with a dramatic recovery after three days, saying he feels like a new man and is cured of his troubles. The advertisement promises guaranteed relief by druggists for a price of 50 cents.
The list shows letters remaining in the Benton Mis district for the week ending May 27, including names such as Cadogan Har vey Colwell W C, Folla Mr J D, Gray Gus, Hall George, Hurlbert H C, Leave Rev W, Lontoaty C Dye Mason Mrs Chas Payne BM, Raletta T B, Meberwon Johndy, Witkineom Arther W, Wildiame G W, and others. It notes a request for those with advertised letters to apply, and mentions related posting notices and stray letters misread in the OCR.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a sale or loan action and names possibly related parties. The readable portion is limited, with no clear dates, places, or full identities to confirm the exact event or outcome.
Reports from Landore discuss Col Morehead and Prof Row inspecting mines in Placer Basin with plans to return to copper sites. The Ladds Metal Co builds a reverberatory smelter, a rich ore ledge near the new smelter is noted, and Col Drake’s Hancock Mining Co. expands Camp Creek work. Local commerce grows with Portland Trading Co. supplying miners, Hotel Landore opens, and Memorial Day events are announced.
The three night engagement feature a group of 8 to 18 year old performers in a comedy opera set, with Rosie Henry and Babe Mason as leading roles. The audience grew each night, praise for the harmonies and dance work, especially Yankee Doodle May and The Gypsie Girl. Harold Harshman stood out in a difficult male role, while the troupe's overall stage presence drew steady applause. Tonight's bill includes Gay Go and promises a lively show for all ages.
Mrs Josie Sumner of Bremond Texas writes April 15 1905 praising Ballards Snow Liniment for growing pains and knee aches in her child noting rapid relief frost bitten feet and overall success. She calls it the best liniment and mentions family use over three years. A separate note from B Wainwright Lemon Pity Flo praises Chamberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoeae Remedy and its effects in patien in hot Gruul.
The readable text is garbled and fails to identify any clear person, organization, place, or event. No coherent facts emerge to form a valid news item or record.
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