City council renames streets and cuts electric meter rate
In an adjourned session the council approved renaming streets with Second Street becoming First Avenue and west streets shifting to Second, Third avenues, and east streets reclassified as First or Second Avenue east. Commercial becomes East and West Commercial. Hoff becomes Idaho, Perrault to Main, Watlington to East and West Court, Rahm to State, Bruce to Grove. Sign boards to be placed citywide, and electric meter rates reduced from 25 to 15 cents per 1000 Watts. Adjournment set for Tuesday evening December 1.
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Second Street
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Third Avenue
Hoff Street
Idaho
Perrault
Main
East and
Weat Main
Watlington
East
Weat Court
Rahm
State
Bruce
Grove Street
Devils Update On Alaska Group Work In Seven Devils
Stuart French, superintendent of work on the Alaska group in the Seven Devils district, reported from the city that four men are employed at the Alaska and will be kept through winter while sinking a shaft. He notes heavy mountain snowfall followed by continuous rain with snow nearly gone. French expects to stay two to three weeks after long city absence. P. R. Roberts offers good oat lots for sale.
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Stuart French
Alaska
Seven Devils
Three Weeks From Roosevelt Mail Route Questioned
Boise papers debate mail length from Roosevelt to Boise with 9 day wait cited. First mail reached Boise Monday prompting questions on routing via Council and Warren as towns stay active year round.
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Boise
Roosevelt
Council
Warren
McBratneys hosts pleasure concert by Catholic church
Ladies of the Catholic church stage a concert to close the fair on December 10. Prominent local and regional musicians perform, led by Mrs K Connaughton and Prof David Leeka with Brown's Gloria in Excelsis. Local singers W Weiser, Kath Dyer, Claude Fuller, and others scheduled to perform. includes deanery trio and special pieces.
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Hoglish
Brown
K. Connaughton
David %. Leeka
Payette
Claude Fuller
Cambridge
Weiser
Mia
W. McBeatney
Mise Jones
Boula Hass
Berths Teylor
Violet Cowie
Mies Kath Dyer
Boise County Outrage Over Manslaughter Verdict
The Idaho World reports intense citizen anger in Boise County over a manslaughter verdict in the St Oyr cage case. It questions whether harsher punishment would be warranted and hints at lynch law as a possible reaction amid claims the trial was a farce and costly.
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Boise County
Idaho World
Weiser Electric Supply advertises incandescent lamps
A small local advertisement lists renewals and customer names such as M Bacon J Bryan O Smith L Wisdom and others. The Weiser Electric Supply company sells incandescent lamps at 25 cents each. The notice appears in a 26-tf format.
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Weiser Electric Supply Company
Death of Thunder Mountain Miner Curly Harrington
Thunder Mountain miner Curly Harrington died at the Rainbow mine camp on November 2. He was about 54, a native of Neveds Orangeville, and reportedly died of heart disease after being found at his cabin door by employer W. Neif.
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Curly Harrington
Thunder Mountain
Harrington
W. Neif
Rainbow
Rainbow Mountain
Mr. Neif
Eabin
Devessed
Neveds
Orangeville
For Sale Fine 40 Acre Tracts with Water Rights
Property listing offers 40 acre tracts with water rights about 2000 per acre. Includes timber value and improvements. Frontage and access noted, with details varied in readable fragments.
Mr Ed Ford Receives Big Check For Insurance Settlement
At D M Harvey's office Mr Ed Ford collected twenty thousand dollars from Gold Coin Mining and Milling Co. for policy 8 629 534 covering a cyanide plant fire at Bisch Lake thirty days earlier. The Royal Insurance settlement came in half the time required and included an additional eight hundred eighty two dollars paid by Mr Rosa for Arno lodging house fire in Boise.
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D. M. Harvey
E. D. Ford
Gold Coin Mining and Milling Co
Royal Insurance
Bisch Lake
Mr. Harvey
Chas. Rosa
Arno
Boise
Carpet weaving and lot sales advertised in Watlington addition
A compact sale notice offers carpet weaving services at 25 cents per yard with warp supplied, located one mile east of the courthouse. It also lists choice lots in Watlington's addition for sale by Geo. S. Gooding, agent, with office at W. Luck.
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Court House
Watlington
Geo
Gooding
W. Luck
Wedding Bells at Shannon Farm in Welser Idaho
On Thanksgiving Thursday at 3 pm Andrew B Shannon and Blanche Wallace wed at Thomas Shannon’s Welser residence with Judge T M Jeffreys officiating. The couple, raised in Washington County Idaho, will reside on Manns Creek. Guests enjoyed a perfection wedding dinner prepared by Mrs Shannon.
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Thomas Shannon
Welser
Andrew B. Shannon
Blanche Wallace
T. M. Jeffreys
Washington Co
Idaho
Shannon
Mra. Shannon
Mr. Shannon
Mann's Creek
Plumber Herman Opens New Shop in Cobb & Matthews Block
Herman the plumber has moved his establishment to the Cobb and Matthews building at the east end of Koff street and invites all customers and others needing plumbing service to visit his new home on the premises.
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Herman
Cobb & Matthews
Koff Street
Ae Plumbing
Weiser Football Team Walloped at Boise Thanksgiving Day
A fragmentary account from the Idaho Unionist reports Weiser losing to Boise high school 4% to 0 on Thanksgiving. It notes uncertain player positions, mentions Louie Roos earning the win, Doc Roach assisting, and mixed plays with observers critiquing the Weiser effort while praising the Boise team.
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Weiser
Boise
Idaho
Donald Numbers
Woolly Eleven
Louie Roos
Doc Roach
Doc
Doninn
Raul
Professor Thompson
Lndy
Botne
Lost in Seven Devils Mountains in Idaho
W B Daly and L B Bradley of Pocatello Idaho were lost for thirty seven hours in deep snow while crossing the Kramer stage station area on the Council Seven Devils line. A searching party found them nearly famished but not seriously harmed. They wandered amid eighteen inches to three feet of snow during a raging winter storm.
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W. B. Daly
L. B. Bradley
Pocatello
Idaho
Mr. Kramer
Platior
Council
Card Party at High Five Friday Evening
Harry Case hosted a card party at his Woes Main street home with many young friends attending. After play, Mrs. C. B. Fosselman served an elegant luncheon. Guests included Violet Cowins Mae Irwin Ora Sommercamp Grace Jenney Hutte Taylor Walter Sommercamp Will Sommercamp Raynor Coakley Nathan Sommers and O B Fosselman. Money to loan on improved city and farm property. See RK C McKinney 26-4.
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Harry Case
C. McKinney
Sheep deaths after bridge incident on Little Weiser
Frank and Elmer Windes faced a serious loss when a sheep jumped a bridge causing 50 to jump after it, all killed. On the same day a horse broke its leg and had to be shot, according to the Citizen.
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Weiser Bridge
Frank
Elmer Windes
Mineral D A Utter Sees Busy Camp Activity
Report from Mineral states D A Utter returned Monday and notes high activity in the camp. Ladd Metals Co operates all mines with 100 teams busy. Smelter halted because bad roads cut Coke supply but hauling has resumed and startup is near.
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D. A. Utter
Ladd Metals Co
Some County School Figures: Districts and Schools Count
County figures show 48 districts 15 graded schools 52 school houses Last year 26 male and 46 female teachers employed There were 135 male and 1200 female pupils in August Costs total 21404 52 dollars per pupil 611 17 value of school houses 930795 seats desks 6076 furniture 1807 books 64177.
No Houses to Rent in Welpar Province
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Apworth League Lecture Series Planned in Weiser
The Apworth Adagad announces a lecture series in Weiser beginning Monday Dec 7 at the Opera House. Dr. Wilmot Wy VanDusen of Boise will speak on Upon the Trail of Lena and Clark. A concert runs into January with El Perkins in February and Dr. Isaac Frank Roach in March. Tickets cost 1 25 with reserved seats. 75 cents for children without reserve.
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Ciety
Weiser
Opera House
Wilmot Wy VanDusen
Boise
Lena and Clark
el Perkins
Idaho
House of Representatives
Isaac Frank Roach
Churchill's Drug Store
Piano Contest Votes Grow as Closing Time Near
Interest in piano contests at the Bina Outlook Club rises as voting nears its end. Votes cast list contestants from U Weiser Academy K of P Lodge West Weiser and Weiser Idaho Masonic Lodge. A blueprint map of city county and mining districts is available for purchase at D A Utter mining engineer Perrault Street.
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Fine Bina Outlook Club
U. Weiser Academy
K. of P. Lodge
West Weiser
Devils
Mountain View
D. A. Utter
Eftl
Perrault
Notice of Removal for Herman the Plumber
Public notice states Herman the Plumber with high reputation moves to the Matthews Cobbe building at Idaho 1 east end. All customers are invited to visit for plumbing services at the new location and address.
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Herman
Bhp
Matthews & Cobbe
Idaho #1
Hieuaan
Fragmented OCR Item on Pollies and People
A damaged OCR fragment mentions pollies and people in Philadelphia context with unclear names and dates. Readable parts indicate a local political or public notice style item with uncertain specifics. Further details are not recoverable from the available text.
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Commercial
West Commercial
From
The
P. R. Roberts
McBratneys
the Ladies of the Catholic Church
MR. ED. Ford
Harvey
W. E. Benapster
Coun
Apworth League
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