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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
6
The Boston Globe recounts Captain Thomas Kemble a 17th century Boston merchant who kissed his wife near the North Meeting House in 1670 and was punished with stocks and a fine under blue laws. A curious episode from Puritan town annals with vivid details of the crowd and aftermath.
Marie Butterfield Sanderson stands trial for poisoning her husband by mixing glass fragments ground by a spice nail from her cellar into his meals. A former maid testified to seeing glass pieces ground from bottles and added to Mr Sanderson. The defense portrays her as a born actress with a compelling stare used to sway jurors and witnesses.
The Hagberg monument fund reaches 655.80 dollars. A girl born to Mr and Mrs Marion Jolmaon last week. Spokane talks draw 10 000 dollars in speeches. Boise votes 15000 for a Boise River bridge. A Bryan club forms at Nampa with 114 members. Weiser Bryantles question appears amid local chatter. Edge plans Dewey Day May celebrations with a lively turnout. Van Tolliver, a Swede, dies after leaping from a train near Minidoka amid temporary insanity. Arthur J. Davis earns West Point cadetship after passing the exam. Shoshone County asks Sec of War Root to let federal troops stay in Coeur d Alene. State fair association starts early preparations for a bright season. Rothwell operated on for cancer at St. Alphonsus, recovering well. Muscovite mica mine near Monroe produces five carloads this season. Boise backs Midland railroad visions as main-line agitation subsides. Capt Hamer of Idaho Volunteers named colonel of the 37th and serves as associate justice in Manila. Caldwell to house a woolen mill, operations starting in four months. An Idaho tramp sues a railroad employer for damages after a ride incident. Our city expects many visitors for Boise Presbytery sessions and a big public meeting at the Presbyterian church. A book review on Coin on Money Trusts and Imperialism by W H Harvey gains attention via Weiser Stemp. Democratic conventions and royal news circulate, including an attempted assassination of the Prince of Wales. Idaho GAR encampment in Weiser June 6 to 8 with great preparations. Prohibition county convention organized at the opera house with H A Lee chairing. new county committee chosen to govern.
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