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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
3
The notice outlines subscription rates for The Signal showing prices for one copy eight months six months and one year with a two month grace period for payment. The notice is filed as second class matter at the post office and mentions the word We.
In Warren and surrounding areas, residents report ore processing at Bedrock flume and five stamp mill activity from Caizek Montin. Frank Matthias family takes charge of the Goodenough mine boarding house while several locals head to Boise for fairs and business.
Indian Valley residents report fine fall weather and good crops with fair prices for livestock. Several local pupils excel at Weiser Academy including Anderson Riley Lagan Wilkerson Stewart and Alva Steward. District No. 6 trustees struggle to secure a teacher and hope to reopen school soon. Rev Nash returns but remains weakened after knee injury in Boise. Messrs Steward and Rynearson are mentioned among townspeople.
Three day session approves a combination wood and steel bridge for 2700 with 100 foot span and 74 foot approaches, steel cylinder piers, 90 day completion, $5000 bond. Also: auditor, treasurer reports. Hornet creek bridge overrule. resignations and new justice appointments. school district reorganizations. numerous road and county bond actions. Harry Durbin killed near Mil lake Wisconsin. Mt. Home Hotel leased by Ellen Glenn and Mary Gray. classified ad for trustworthy men posted by Dominion Company.
A new Idaho Telephone and Telegraph Co. has been incorporated with 5000 capital to build a Salubria to Council valley and Seven Devils line. Officers include Evarts I Blake president and W F Sommercamp vice president with a broad stock subscripton list from local residents. Plans call for extending to Meadows and Warren next season, with labor or poles payable in lieu of cash subscriptions.
A New York chemist T.A. Slocunt showcases a claimed discovery of a reliable cure for lung troubles and consumption. He appeals to afflicted individuals worldwide to donate in exchange for his new scientific remedies, asserting widespread validations and patient letters of gratitude from libraries in America and Europe.
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