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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
2
Numerous clipped items reflect political shifts in Idaho and Ohio satire. Boss Hanna faces defeat as Mark Hannah battles for senate control while Shoup backs Cozier for U.S. attorney. Debates on railway expansion and beet sugar factory sit alongside warnings against manufacturing monopolies and paternalism.
Dispatches report ongoing wage cuts in multiple mills including Goddard Knight Lip pitt and CORPORA in WIN state. The Natusheng cotton mills announce 10 percent cuts today affecting about 1500 workers, with Pepperell Lacouin mills also reducing about 10 percent. The Asiisheng corporation begins 10 percent reductions. Lewiston and Biddeford mills notify staff of wage cuts as well.
Notice announces seed distribution to members of Congress with fixed annual quantities and delivery by May 1 1898. Five vegetable seed packages per applicant and additional flower seeds, with equal distribution to all. Members and Senators receive specified totals including five packages and various quarts of seeds. Also includes a lodge meeting notice and a carpet weaving notice with dates.
Local notes from Welser and Weiser cover social calls, visits, and deaths. Ethel Jenne dies in Cleveland of diphtheria on December 24. Mrs Mallison visits Mt. Home and Weiser. Miss Beanie Venable attends a K of P ball. Obscure town items reference oil towns for rent, a Harney Valley shooting, and a Weiser Social Club dance at Old Folks Hall. Other items include school notes, memberships, and upcoming events.
The readable fragments show a Chicago Post style anecdote about a prominent citizen and poverty, plus a garbled legal notice from Idaho court records listing a sequence of dates and counties. The mixed OCR lacks coherent narrative but preserves named places and individuals.
A legal notice in the State of Tah a involves the Wallington Milling Company and associated parties contesting assessments and property actions. It outlines a court-directed process, with deadlines for responses and warnings of potential judgment in default, under the jurisdiction of the local court and attorney Reva te Woe. The notice cites various names, dates, and financial figures, foreshadowing a forthcoming public sale if compliance is not met.
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