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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1902
Page
5
The Signal lists subscription rates for daily and weekly editions and outlines advertising charges. Rates include 20 cents per inch for first insertions and reduced rates for subsequent insertions, with specific terms for display and notice ads. Obituary poetry is priced per line and subscribers are reminded to watch their address label for payment validity.
The present timetable lists Weiser train departures: No 1 Passenger westbound at 1 210 p.m. No 2 Passenger eastbound at 2 42 a.m. No 5 Passenger west at 4 18 p.m. No 6 Passenger east at 2 50 p.m. No 25 Cannon Ball west at 2 92 p.m. No 26 Cannon Ball east at 8 45 a.m.
Mrs John Coakley visits Boise. Wool shipments from Cambridge and Weiser continue. R F Smith and Miss Letitia Shannon in town. Rev H G Taylor attends Episcopal meeting. Butterfield builds lambing barn. Various locals deal with mining, transport, and social events. Church talks, repairs, and market news fill the week in Weiser and nearby.
Mann Creek is set to begin mercantile operations as W. Hodges plans to establish a store there. The venture follows hints of a local postmaster named Pearsin and signals a developing commercial presence in the creek area.
The Order of Pendo will present a 9 40dal event at Odd Fellows Hall on M day night inviting W. of W. and Kalos Circle. Ice cream and cake will be served.
Mrs Dodge mother of Mrs Gerry Snow suffered a third paralytic stroke last Saturday evening. For a time her life was despaired of but she rallied and has since been more comfortable than before the stroke.
Rev Henry G Taylor of Weiser, formerly from New York City, will preach the St Margaret's baccalaureate sermon at St Michael's Cathedral Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Bishop Funsten will present the graduation diploma to Miss Olive Coston.
Charles Jackson died Monday night at his parents home in Middle Valley from typhoid fever. He was 24, known locally for attending Weiser Academy, and a son of Robert Jackson. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon.
Tom Pence sells six acres of land adjoining the city on the north to Col. J. H. Morrison and W. H. Adams of Mann Creek. The plot includes an orchard tract called Messie. Morrison and Adams will begin erecting residences immediately. Consideration set at $150 per acre.
A Weiser area price list lists several food and farm items with unit prices. Eggs at 1 per dot, butter at 30 cents, bacon 16 cents, honey 12 cents, potatoes 2 cents per pound, flour 3.80 dollars per barrel, alfalfa hay 6 dollars, oats 1.75 dollars per bushel, rolled Burley 1.65 per bushel, wheat 41.75 per bushel. Many figures listed with varying units.
The teachers institute will be held at the Weiser public school building around June 11 or 12. Notices of the exact date will be sent next week. All teachers not at institute or summer Normal must attend, with at least four days counted. Instructors include Prof W B Siders of Pocatello and Miss Batchelor of Spokane.
A lighthearted note on fishing luck contrasts with advice to use superior tackle sold by the seller. It claims better odds with their gear while weather streams and fish abundance still matter, framing fishing success as a mix of equipment and natural conditions.
Idaho Mining Rights by O B Jackson 75c How to locate and Hold Mining Claims by J G Watta 1 00 Sent post paid by mail Address the Signal.
H B Brown of Warren Idaho, general manager of Brown Trading Company, toured Spokane and Seattle to arrange handling vast summer traffic from the dismet opening. He endorses the Welxer Warren route as the only feasible path to the new camp and will return to Weiser around June 15 with news of interest to locals.
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