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Weiser Area News – 1901

My Grandfather Frank Gribbin moved to Weiser from Iowa in 1900.

Weiser Area News – 1901 is extra special to me because it was his first full year of living in Weiser.

Reading this allows me to follow along with what he experienced that first year.

Michael Gribbin

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WEISER SIGNAL

Thursday, January 9, 1902

PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF 1901

Happenings of Interest in Weiser for the Year Just Ended.

Compiled From The Signal Files—Selections Made From Each Issue of the Paper, and Arranged Chronologically.

Twelve Months of Activity in a Live Town.

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JANUARY 3

County Attorney W. D. Lovejoy moved from Salubria to Weiser.

Miss Myrta Rhea and Mr. S.P. Gainforth married Jan. 1.

Schuyler Opp spent a month in Pennsylvania visiting relatives.

JANUARY 10

Famous Store moved to new quarters in Hotel Weiser block.

First carload of wood over P. & I.N. received by Matthews & Roberts.

Tom Ranahan selected as doorkeeper of the House of Representatives at Boise.

JANUARY 17

T.C. Galloway represented Washington Co. at the livestock convention in Salt Lake.

Dentist D.N. Richardson located in the Fuller Building.

JANUARY 24

Morris Sommer moved into his new business home.

K. of P. gave a reception in honor of Grand Chancellor J.E. Gyde.

JANUARY 31

Rev. E.H. Ashman of Jerome, Arizona, chosen as Congregational pastor.

Gerry Snow bought the business of L. Rockman.

Sheriff Gray selected J.M. York as his deputy.

W.W. Cowin died after a brief illness.

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FEBRUARY 7

C.O. Davis built himself a home.

K.M. Burris, wholesale liquor dealer, moved to Salt Lake.

FEBRUARY 14

Machinery for the steam laundry shipped.

Carruthers & O’Toole opened a wholesale grocery house.

Rev. Williams resigned from the Baptist pastorate.

FEBRUARY 21

Colonel Thomas Hart jumped from a train on Huntington bridge into Snake River.

M.S. Parker established the Chronicle in Caldwell.

Vendome installed a complete call system.

S. H. White went to Boise to engage in business.

FEBRUARY 28

Weiser Distilling Company organized.

Rev. McPherson resigned as rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

MARCH 7

James Kelly and Miss Retta Clark married in Portland.

Masons met in the new lodge room for the first time.

MARCH 14

Arrangements made to build a wool warehouse.

P. & I. N. Ry. built into Council.

Bank of Weiser increased its capital stock to $100,000.

Festus Foster arrived to make his home in Weiser.

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MARCH 21

J. W. Willingham bought the Daus Soda Works.

Rev. C.R. Delepine of Walla Walla became pastor of the Baptist Church.

Alex Houlihan named as a regent of Pocatello Academy.

MARCH 28

Four of Jas. Gray’s children and Neta Malone had diphtheria, the latter dying.

APRIL 4

Work began on Schlitz Cold Storage warehouse.

A. B. Anderson elected Mayor.

APRIL 11

Miss Miriam Lee retired as lady principal of Weiser Academy and went to Boston.

Mr. and Mrs. William Stacey returned from Boise.

J. J. Heatley rmoved to Portland.

APRIL 18

Warren Arthurs arrived from Brownsville, Oregon.

Isaac McMahon of Council bought the John Rose stock.

APRIL 25

President Hall inspected P. & I.N. Railway.

Frank J. French returned from New York City.

MAY 2

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Korup, Miss Dora, and Chris arrived from their visit in Germany.

J. H. Harris went to Thermopolis, Wyoming, for an extended stay.

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MAY 9

Board of Trade agreed to give a bonus to secure Weiser smelter.

D. T. Dickey sold interest in Nevada mine for $30,000.

Mrs. Feltham completed work on Washington County abstract books.

MAY 16

M. McGregor returned from San Francisco.

E. A. VanSicklin purchased the Kurtz residence.

C. S. Fosselman was at Butte selling stock of Weiser Fruit Land & Development Co.

MAY 23

Cemetery association decided to secure water.

Excursion to Council of P. & I.N.

Morris Sommer bought the central ferry and Jones farm.

MAY 30

Lewis A. Hall instructed work to be commenced on $100,000 smelter.

Nampa beat Weiser at baseball.

Alex C. Gordon visited the Buffalo exposition.

JUNE 6

Buxom Bloomers are beaten by Weiser ball boys.

Methodist picnic at the home of Mr. J. W. Stacey.

W. B. Kurtz moved to The Dalles.

JUNE 13

Excursion of business men to Council.

M.L. Vial attended Knights of Pythias grand lodge.

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From Weiser Signal – Thursday, January 9, 1902

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