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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1903
Page
4
The American life tale Uncle Josh Spruceby will be staged at the opera house on Friday evening November 13. Set in Isid in Vermont, the four act play blends humor with pathos drawn from New England farm life and features a strong company, special scenery, a first class orchestra, a large parade and noon concert by a big band.
Snags in Real Estate lists 120 acres improved land at 17.50 per acre with a three room house near a school for 600 dollars. 160 acres well improved with twenty cattle two horses and one wagon priced at 5000 dollars. See Hargrove Equale 21 34. Also Methodist church supper for ladies invites Saturday at 5 in Williams building corner Piret and Holl streets.
Jeff Dickinson a freighter working for Pete Rude shot Jack Lucker a freighter twice through the shoulder at Peace Valley on the Garden Valley road after a night of dissipation. He fled on horseback but was captured by Sheriff McDevitt of Idaho County while Lucker’s wounds are described as serious.
State news reports Caldwell lacking a hotel as the Oregon Short Line sells the local property to be removed and converted into a lodging house. A new hotel is under construction but will take months. Edgar Harrie, a youth stealing a ride on a train near Market Lake, fell and was killed after his feet were crushed while aboard.
Transformers for the city electric light system finally arrived after a 60 day delay on Monday evening. Four units in total, two 5 K W and two 10 K W, will power up to 100 and 200 lights respectively, with separate transformers for street arc lights. Electric light employees begin installing lamps in stores and homes today.
James P. Donnelly a former Ohio deputy warden of the state penitentiary dropped dead on a Spokane street Monday morning due to heart failure. He was well known locally and had many warm friends who regret his death.
B J Mack of Rankin General Milling plans a two to three month stay in Chicago to supervise a new plant built at the Lake Cite designed to manufacture nitric acid for commercial use. The company intends erecting similar plants in other eastern and western cities. Located at Churchill's Drug Store, 19 tf Nele 8.
Officials released the postal service receipts for the year. Weiser ranks seventh on the list with a total of 6563 dollars, marking a gain of several hundred dollars over the prior year.
The Methodist church ladies announce a chicken pie supper this Saturday evening in the Williams Block at the corner of First and Koff streets. Supper begins at 5 o'clock and all are invited. Proceeds will fund church completion.
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