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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
7
An educational column argues children should select their own career paths. Essays by fourth graders discuss parental influence, personal interest, and the folly of forcing a profession. Commentary by Miss Kennedy and Miss Woods weighs in on choosing versus shaping a child's future.
Three letters received yesterday from the north. postal notices for Weiser. A large shipment of cattle, over 1400 head, purchased by Gerry Snow for M. K. Parsons Company, went to Ontario for classification and eastern sale. Names listed for uncalled letters in the Weiser post office for the weeks ending June 1 and June 8. attendance at Weiser Lodge No. 17 First Degree work noted for Saturday night the 15th.
Louis Huston, a Teherman, faced a deadly struggle at Old Town Lake when three enormous alligator gar leapt into his skiff. He fought for about an hour with a hatchet, killing the trio. The largest gar measured eight feet and weighed 209 pounds. the smallest six feet and 195 pounds.
The Helena Independent reports a debate where Hanna argues lake shipyards can build ships cheaper than Atlantic or British yards, while J. J. Hill contends Atlantic yards are cheaper than British. The call is for a subsidy to encourage ship building, with Manoa's logic on public purse repeatedly noted.
Kickapoos tell tales of the Moon mountains in the Santa Rosa range where a ferocious bear king is said to dwell. Miss Hamle Arland recounts a night trek for goats when a bear king abducted her, helped by a four footed creature, and a cub crowd tease. she escaped as wolves howled and a humanlike bear slept nearby. Buck Seymore then ferries her safely home with Kamle Arland.
Mr Joy of St Louis presents a ceremonial gavel to Speaker Henderson of the House. The gavel, sent to Washington by T T Hagerty, includes mementos from Gen Sherman and Gen Grant sites in St Louis. The piece is among several gifts from local bodies and notable figures, valued up to 150 dollars in some accounts.
The government formally recognizes the house where Giuseppe Verdi was born as a national monument. The Boston Horn notes appreciation for preserving such sites, highlighting pilgrim visits from around the world to these shrines.
A sprawling old time classifieds page lists numerous Wants and For Sale notices. Items include a Ming bicycle, a cheap upright piano, wells and pumps, Polish china porcelain stock, two and three room houses with terms, a restaurant stand in Caldwell Idaho, experienced hand-ironers, a six room residence with orchard, pine property with garden and stock facilities, Weiser property with ten percent income, and three mining claims plus a ranch near a mining camp. Names include nonspecified buyers and sellers in Caldwell and Weiser Idaho.
On Andaman Neen of Canary named administrator of the estate of J. Canary deceased dated Mivy 40th 101.
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