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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1892
Page
1
Incomplete OCR notes show eastbound fast mail services with times around 7:35 p.m. Reference to No. 2 and No. 21 freight appears, but details are garbled and missing clear connections between trains, routes, and destinations.
A Salubria city notes column discusses political shifts toward the Peoples party, hotel renovations by Ed Brannon, and local figures like John Hancock and Dr. Brown. It also comments on farming supplies, tariffs, rail freight, taxes, and economic worries affecting farmers amid a lively, gossiping tone.
The speaker laments that railroads and monopolies are swallowing the west and that the rising cost of necessities and farming tools makes a profitable path impossible, warning that people are not being hoodwinked much longer.
The Idaho Governor thanks Company B and its officers and men for their prompt, skillful performance during the Shoshone County disturbance. Despite sudden mobilization and poor equipment, they conducted themselves with commendable soldierly conduct as martial law looms and troops stay in Coeur d'Alene.
The Philadelphia morgue recovered a drowned man bearing a tattooed crucifix on his arm. Jacob Zizrach, a Syrian helper, sought the tattooed skin and described a lucrative trade in tattoo cuticles sold to Oriental curios dealers for framing. He claimed the art could fetch high sums. the process involves drying skin, a poisonous solution, and mounting between glass.
A Savannah reader reports a man unable to swallow liquids due to earlier cerbalic acid damage uses a funnel feeding tube to drink and eat. He showed doctors his unusual method, while remaining in good health and able to converse normally. Jamaica showcases tropical plants at the exposition with Col Ward promoting Jamaica’s entry and arranging plant shipments by steamship this summer.
The purchasing agents of the United States Government are ordered nearly one hundred thousand pounds of Dr Price's Baking Powder for the Army Navy and Indian Department in the first five months of 1892. The government exercises great care in selecting its supplies.
Advertisers claim Price's Baking Powder is the best and most exportable powder, noting it remains fresh at sea and with climate changes. They guarantee it as a pure cream of tartar product free from ammonia or alum and highlight its preparation by a physician.
A collage of oddities from across the U S including a Syracuse grocer selling three grades from one box and a Georgia woman hermit who has spoken to only three people in sixteen years. The report notes quirky deeds, parish ministers, and a witty take on Congress as a box within a box as politicians predict next November's votes.
Long, mixed-era issue notes turmoil at Fort Hall with a new superintendent and state road criticism. Local reporters discuss militia praise, advertising views, railway prospects, Idaho cave exploration, and political maneuvers in North and Central Idaho, including party booms and county races.
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