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From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Mar. 16, 1967 – MARRIAGE LICENSES

March 3 – Lewis W. Speelmon, Clark Fork, and Patricia A. Tiffany, Noxon.

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BURGLARY REPORTED

Stan Meserve called the police station at 7:15 a.m. March 7 to report that the Co-op Gas & Supply co., Inc., 502 Church, Sandpoint, had been broken into during the night. Meserve said that the back door to the office had been pried open, and the door to the safe had been damaged but had not been opened. The would-be thief or thieves evidently departed in haste, for Meserve reported that burglary tools were left behind. It was not immediately determined whether anything had been taken from the store.

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UNCLAIMED PUPPY

Faye Stevens notified police on Friday that a small brown puppy that appeared to be lost came to her house and is being cared for there.

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SANDPOINT ICE AND FUEL AD

Interior Latex White Paint 2 gals. $4.98; by the gallon $3.49; Price good until stock runs out; Additional charge for mixing.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Mar. 16, 1917 – BEGINNING TO ARRIVE

T.L. Greer, manager of the Humbird Lumber company land department, says more people will come to Bonner county this spring than ever before and they have already begun coming. The following arrived last week: W.A. Malone family from Three Forks, Mont., purchased 120 acres in the Selle neighborhood and will begin at once to build. R.A. Woolrich of Cumberland, Wyo., purchased 60 acres adjoining Kootenai and will build a four-room bungalow. Walter R. Bower and family of Reardon, Wash., purchased 50 acres near Kootenai and will begin to build at once. Mr. Bowen, a cheese factory man, will probably put in a cheese factory the coming year.

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MOVE OFFICE TO SPOKANE

The general office of the Northern Mercantile company will be moved to Spokane this week but from today the name will be changed to the Northern Cedar company.

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MAYOR AND WIFE BACK FROM EAST

Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Himes arrived home after an absence of two months in the east. Dick has been busy today greeting friends and telling them how good it is to get back to a country where it is fit to live. He was in Rochester, Minn., for two weeks, during which the thermometer did not get above 18 below zero and from that to 37 below.

In Rochester, Mr. Himes underwent an operation at Mayo Brothers’ and had his tonsils removed, also a slight operation on the bones of the nose to remedy some minor nasal trouble.

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