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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
3
A brief note explains minutes are enough to bake a tasty tea biscuit when using Royal Baking Powder as directed. It describes the product as a pure true leavener, emphasizing ease and reliability for homemade biscuits.
Local items report J A McGinnis adding a new back, Weiser direct telephones to Yale, marriages in Council Oct 9 and Oct 13, and the First National Bank Caldwell buying Caldwell water works bonds. Also noted are real estate moves, arrivals, church activities, court terms, wildlife finds, fisheries, and community events including dances, sales, and a planned nursery setup by N Orth and Alfred Ady.
A freight car carrying furniture burned Monday morning eight miles west of town after a spark from the engine. Fire could not be controlled. trainmen moved the rest of the cars to a siding to prevent spread. The rest of the article covers local notices on post office moves, road widening, bridge prospects, road work contracts, a doctor’s accident, and a spelling dispute over Churchill Drug Co signage.
In Council area, a voting contest is planned at a local drugstore on Saturday October 1 to decide if Mr Clairehill should have his sign altered. Ladies receive a free box of chocolate creams for casting a ballot. The notice also mentions stock dealings by John Leeks with Welser Fruit Land & Investment and a prospective mail line link from Council to Stites, plus railway service discussions and star-route proposals.
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