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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
1
A major council session finished with a wide array of motions and approvals. Key items included budget considerations, zoning updates, and committee appointments, signaling steps forward for municipal projects and governance.
City council holds special session July 7 1900 to levy six cents per foot sprinkling tax for three months and directs police to collect. Regular meeting approves seven mill general tax, condemns warehouse nuisance, and transfers copies of the Mining Journal to members.
Weiser Board of Trade held a Friday meeting and read a communicate about locating a smelting plant. The board authorized the secretary to obtain 35 copies of the irrigation district law and to proceed to gauge public opinion for a petition to the commissioners at the October meeting.
An advertisement touts fine meats for home tables. It claims superior freshness and juiciness due to on-site slaughtering facilities and perfect ice cold refrigeration. The seller signs as F. Korvr.
A collage of old newspaper snippets recalls a fashioning Springfield talk of Easter outfits and sealskin coats, a playful verse on approval, and a London Academy tale about census forms. It notes De Quincey labeling daughters as likelies of the field and a Northumberland baby misdescribed as dumb before correcting to not dumb but can't speak.
The article celebrates Middle Valery's fourth annual community picnic with traditional games, local music, and pot luck dishes. Residents gather at the town park to enjoy family activities and a parade featuring local clubs and volunteers.
A late Fourth of July celebration in Middle Valley drew about 400 residents to Jackson's grove for morning exercises, songs, a reading of the Declaration, and an improvised speech. Mt. Pleasant beat Salem 16 to 11 in a baseball game delayed by rain, with Mr. Freeman Steward and C F P Jackson leading. The issue of alum baking powders is questioned with calls for warning labels and state protection, urging readers to avoid powders under twenty-five cents per pound and favor pure cream of tartar brands.
A telegram from New York dated July 11 100 notes a circulating rumor that the P and I N sale is tied to a pending bond sale. The missive says the rumor is false and intended to hinder the bond transaction.
Advertised letters remaining uncalled for in the Weiser Idaho post office for the week ending July 7, 1900. Names include Gust J Anderson Tacius Broadwell Rufus M Brook Oliver Campbell HG Danham John O Everett James Henrietta Johnson John J Mirley Val Dutton Oliver Turner 1B DADIES LIBT Mrs Sarah S and Mrs Pauline Store Mrs S E Stinson Mrs 1 B Sutton Mrs Frank. Also notices on health remedies and local anecdotes. Liberal reward offered for information regarding a yearling heifer near Welser and several household items. Includes a cartoonish anecdote and advertisements for Flys Cream Balm with ordering details and prices.
Democrats in Cambridge Idaho elect delegates to a state nominating convention at Pocatello July 17 and endorse Fred T. Dubois for US Senator. The majority reports pledge unit support and a union of party forces, while a minority critique the platform and is defeated. Republican and Silver Republican delegates also chosen for Boise and Pocatello.
The Sylvan Valley News urges readers to keep Chamberlain's Voico Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand, endorsing its reliability after twenty years of use in the editor's family. It argues early use can ease suffering before a physician is needed and protects against needless trips during attacks.
Mr A Sanders of Cocoanut Grove Fia reports a diarrhoea epidemic there. He had a severe attack and was cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he recommended it to others and they call it the best medicine they ever used. For sale by Roscoe W. Satirn.
The Trenton Leader praises a forthcoming book comparing government by the dollar to government by the people. It claims the work will educate readers on liberty and governance and imitate the reform spirit of Uncle Tom's Cabin. For sale by Weiser Signal at 25 cents.
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