Thunder Mountain mail service critique from The Signal
The Signal pleads for a Warren to Thunder Mountain mail route arguing a short Warren extension at about $3000 annually would serve best. It laments Boise Boulevard routing at $8000 and notes current private carrier reliance from Warren, with a detailed trek narrative proving Warren can supply timely mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Postal Department
Thunder Mt
Warren
Boise Boulevard
Bear Valley
Roosevelt
Fire Epidemic at Salmon Meadows
Meadows December 24 fire woes strike local towns. Fires destroy a Bob Cochran ranch residence and Wagg sawmill area building, near misses at Kelzar Mitchell store, roof collapses risk, no insurance on some, broad community impact with several residents traveling or aiding recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadows
Bob Cochran
Wagg
Jake Wallace
Kelzar & Mitchell
Mabel Briscoe
St Margaret'a
Boise
Union
Ore
Weiser
Bob
Idaho Children Burned To Death In Ranch House Fire
A ranch foreman's dwelling on Philip Shannon's Salmonity ranch ten miles from Salmonity burned last night. Three children aged 12 seven and five perished in the blaze. Parents overwhelmed by grief as authorities investigate the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Shannon
D. Ke, van Houten
New Year Rabbit Drive Planned In Oregon Border Area
A New Year rabbit drive is set on the Oregon side beginning at Haworth place and ending at Otto Stroble's ranch. Dinner will be served to anyone bringing a tin pan. The Ozford band will provide music at Stroble's ranch.
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Oregon
Haworth Place
Otto Stroble
Stroble
Ozford
Man Shot on Wood River in Hailey Newspiece
Frank Brown was killed and Jesse Lee wounded at the Brown ranch six miles below Belle Vue after a dispute over cattle and hay. Larry Bannon surrendered to Hailey police, claiming self defense as the motive. Neighbors with long-standing tensions, all ranchers, were involved.
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Hailey
Frank Brown
Jesse Lee
Brown Ranch
Bellevue
Larry Bannon
Brown
Lee
Bannon
Marriages At Cambridge and Nearby Towns in 1902
A sequence of late December nuptials records James Jewell of Cambridge to Misa Daisy Reavis of Middle, with plans to reside in Boise, plus Will B. Klote of Weiser marrying Alice Wiley and Arthur Verly of Payette marrying Elsie Woodland. Additional weddings in Weiser are noted, including Hattie Snyder and Albert H Stacey. Advertisements promote DeWitt's Early Risers and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, plus local watch and jewelry repair services by Jenney's with a full guarantee.
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Cambridge
Bell
Baptist Church
James Jewell
Misa Daisy Reavis
Middle
Jewjail
Thunder Mt. Miner
Jewell
Robert Reavis
Middle Valley
Boise
O. W. Wiley
Price Valley
Guy Foster
Council
Will B. Klotz
Weisers
Mies
Alice Wiley
Klote
Verly
Payette
Hattie Snyder
Albert H. Stacey
Weiser
City passes ban on minors riding moving trains
Weiser city council met last Monday approving ordinance 71 barring minors from climbing on moving trains. An earlier ordinance 70 about street grading received third reading amid criticism of past efforts. Communication from Lack & Schmidt on city bonds read. County commissioners deemed bonds unnecessary for the assessor. The city struggles to collect taxes and questions what bond would have covered.
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Weiser
Lack & Schmidt
Strike Report From Profile Creek Fossil Vein Near Dundee_Line
Sam Wilson, superintendent for Glasgow and Dundee claims on Profile Creek, arrives in Weiser with first authentic news of a rich strike. He brings about 40 pounds of ore samples from a 18 inch blind vein near the Dundee and Glasgow line, estimated to run 300 per ton. Indications point to a network of high value ledges, with rapid tonnele progress and planned crown cutting, Wilson walking the distance from camp to Meadows. Weather and roads improve, freight traffic increases as teams move toward Warren.
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Sam Wilson
Glasgow
Dundee
Profile Creek
H. L. Hollister
Wilson
Weiser
Profle Creek
Ridele's Road Show Begins Eleventh Season in Town
Side tracked novelty show Ridele well known as top road act reaches its eleventh season. It will appear in Wewer Doo on the twenty ninth. Tickets priced at 75 cents 50 cents and 25 cents. Jules Walters presents his comedy Tigide Feaked. Gun repairing offered at Jenvey's.
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Ridele
Wewer Doo
Jules Walters
Tigide
Medication that cured wife after deadly attack
M. M. Austin of Winchester Indiana recalls a deadly attack on his wife and credits Dr Kings New Life Pills with a complete cure. The ad claims the remedy eases stomach and liver troubles cures constipation and sick headache and lists price as 260 at Davis Davis Co.
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8. H. Newsom
Decatur
Ala
Davis Dava Co
M. M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Dr. King
City awards plant contract to Baker City engineer team
White of Baker City and Cummings of Seattle signed the city contract for a new plant. Work starts in two weeks with completion by May 15. The pumping station will be on the riverbank at Second Street, with an intake under the Weiser to the island cisterns. Oregon Short Line rep Evans will consult officials. mayor gets full negotiation authority. The railroad finally offers to lease needed ground for 50 years at 5 dollars yearly.
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White
Baker
Oregon
Christmas Day Observed Quietly In City
Christmas Day passed with doors closed at noon and many homes hosting family gatherings. Dances occurred at the Opera House and Barton Sample Room under Knights of Pythias auspices, while churches held trees with gifts for elders and children. Congregational Methodist Baptist churches displayed trees, Episcopalians at the Opera House, and the Christian church held a tree at James A. Gerwick’s residence due to incomplete church conditions. Buy Castle to Gate or Rock Ls coal from Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera
Garr
Barton Sample Room
Knights of Pythias
Hach
Christian Church
James A. Gerwick
Kimball
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Weren
Waerren
Resort
Big Payette Lake
Lake
Salmon Meadows
Frank I. Johnesse
B. Beckman
Allport
N. E. Heckelshoro
G. B. Hollman
Smith Creek
I. Choat
A. H. Butler
Lardo
J. H. Bolan
H. M. Jorgens
Mr. Bolan
Pee
Dan Yoakum
P. O. Ream
Herbert Thorpe
C. L. Swarmstadt
Denver
Marion
Mrs. Crowell
W. Y. Oadby
Chas, Hatson
O. B. Nicholas
Pollock
Warr
Fred Allison
Phillip Wagy
Countycil
Dr.Brown
Wagy
J. R. Berry
Hotel Meadows
Tom Ford
Idaho Childrens
Pate
Salmon City
Rabbit Drive
Wood River
M. E. Sommercamp & Co
DeWitt
W. H. Howell
Huston
Tex
Wates
Davis Dave Co
Chawberlain
Jenney's
Jenvey's
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