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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
3
Advertising rates listed include twenty cents per inch for insertions with fifteen cents per line for smaller spaces. Legal notices charged at one dollar per inch, with fifty cents per inch for subsequent insertions. Cards of thanks priced at one dollar and obituary poetry at ten cents per line.
The Snake district near Ballard Landing shows active ore development. Frank Ballard plans to ship a 72 percent ore from his claim. McDougal Shaffer employ six to seven workers and build a road to the Baker City road. Haas Bros. have ten tons of ore on the dump with five workers. Inca group under M O Reed erects buildings with six workers. Tom Moore develops property for Mr. French. the district, free from winter snow, is described as an ideal witch scamp.
Smallpox breaks out in Round valley near Meadows with six or seven cases. Dr J H Ware of Meadows lacks a state physician license. a complaint was filed and Meadows residents petition Judge Jeffreys arguing extreme necessity to have Ware attend the cases without legal technicalities, seeking a fine be imposed. An advertisement notes a testimonial about Kodol Dyspepsia Cure by Bo Demick of Somerville Indiana as a profitable investment and stomach relief after years of illness.
An advertisement claims you can avoid dieting by using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It asserts the product helps digestion by breaking down food, letting you eat freely without stomach trouble. The copy promotes the remedy as a universal stomach cure.
C Davis the contractor is at Cambedige building a large new hotel for N P Moran. Moran bought a 24 by 50 two story building with an L of 14 by 50. Davis will add a 241 by 24 two story structure and an L 14 by 24, creating a sizable hotel complex. Local notices recount tours, weddings, and community events from Council in mid winter 1901.
The message records a rambling community notice from Middle Valley describing Christmas visits by William Pureen, a candy break at D. W. Farmer's ranch on New Year’s Eve, and the canceled Salem schoolhouse Christmas program. It mentions Mt. Pleasant school no vacation except Christmas Day, a Friday night ciphering, an oyster supper on Christmas night by Reavis, a large crowd, and overall quiet in Hirdale valley with reflections on prosperity.
In the valley a couple, John Villagoss and Laura Potter, marry as New Year 1902 nears. Weather turns rough with whirlwind storms. one lifts Bilis Emblerg's chart. Local ads promote cures for lumbago and skin ailments, tout Electric Bitters as remedy.
A Brooklyn boy named John Schaefer was resuscitated after nearly 30 minutes underwater in New York Bay. Physicians deem the recovery extraordinary, with the boy recounting a near-death experience and a mysterious vision before revival.
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