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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1893
Page
3
A E Lockwood of Weiser Idaho seeks successor to the Weiser Leader established in 1881. The item notes continuity and local press lineage with minimal details, reflecting era reporting style and town focus.
Fog and frozen ground slow travel in Middle Valley as the Middle Valley Ditch Co. holds weekly meetings and elects new officers. A double wedding linkage of Scott Reese and Geneva Fletcher and Jesse Reed with Carrick of Salubria draws local merriment. Serenade at Jess Reed’s home ends after a frosty night. services held at Shoe Peg. Local residents and visitors, including Attorney Ayers and Mrs. Johnston, travel to Boise and Weiser for various engagements.
Weiser items report deputy sheriff appointment, a fire on Main street, new county officers’ work, school class begun, local trades, health notices, and social updates. Mentions J B Coakley as probate judge, J. H. Anderson secretary, and W D Hannah with coins and diplomas. Also coverage of postal routes, tannery rumors, and Weiser abroad notices.
O M Harvey offers publications you may subscribe to at the office, promising convenience and a small commission for the home paper. Henry Sommercamp suffered a painful accident last Tuesday leaving his upper lip severely cut after colliding with a baggy at Enner Bro’s stable. Dr Waterhouse required five stitches.
A fragment notes an agricultural college exhibit of Washington county products to be shown in rooms secured in the Boise City National Bank building. The item also lists uncalled letters at Weiser post office as of January 1, 1898 and notes religious notices and local advertisements for Dr King s New Discovery and Kemp s Balsam.
A correspondence program offered by the Berenton Park School of Mines provides home study in arithmetic, algebra, geology, surveying, and mine mathematics for miners, mine officers, and workers unable to attend regular classes. The largest mining school promises practical instruction, low tuition, and employment bureau help. entry requires only basic literacy.
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