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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1891
Page
4
The Weiser Signal notes county statistics from assessor books listing couples who sought judge services and other names. It advertises Sommer Gortie dress goods at 25 cents per yard and urges debts to Sommer Bros. be settled, branding Sommer & Gorrie as low price headquarters.
The people of Weiser contributed 87 bound volumes 10 in paper covers and 84 magazines to the library. Special mention goes to Frank Smith for a full set of Chambers Encyclopedia. Additional gifts were promised, with 30 new books expected from Gatloway Inia.
Reports from Idaho Creek and nearby mining activity describe the Cumster Fraction lode near Silver Belle crop out, showing a three foot wide vein that yields about 40 ounces of silver per ton. Prospectors and US engineers progress with blasting and river work, while local sentiment expects future value from the find amid broader Snake River surveys. A separate Brownlee incident notes a fatal blow during horse corralling, with Breeding injured and doctors summoned for assessment.
You are notified that two hundred dollars was expended for labor on improvements on a site on the south side of a creek in the Washington mining district Idaho. One hundred dollars applied in 1880 and 1881 to hold the property under section 2821. If you do not contribute your share within ninety days from service or notice by publication, your interest will become the property of the subscriber under section 2824. Mineral, Idaho, Jan 5, 1881.
The article lists local business figures in Weiser including Connie Gorrie and partners, Sonarita as a long tenured proprietor, Ans the carpenter, Simondi with furniture and stove trade, and Joun Gra proprietor of Palace saloon. It notes M. Jou nston, Red Prone liquor store proprietor, Matu News & Annor livery and transfer line buyers, Rorup a skilled butcher, plus school merit notes and a mine skeleton finding at Stormy Hill with historical context.
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