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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

Oct. 25, 1968 – PDST ENDS

Pacific Daylight Saving Time comes to an end at 2 a.m. Sunday, having served the area the past six months. This is the date that people receive the hour they lost last April when PDST began.

Clocks must be set back an hour. Not changing the clock will mean being up an hour too early, getting to church 60 minutes before everyone else, etc. The return to Standard time will mean that most daytime workers will go home from work when it is a little darker and yearn again for April when they can go back to “fast” time.

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HEAR YE! HEAR YE!

Annual Sandpoint Kiwanis Pancake & Sausage Feed, Saturday, Elks Dining Room, 5 to 8 p.m. Featuring Harlan’s Famous Sourdough Hotcakes. All proceeds to Kiwanis Youth Projects. Adults $1.

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CHAMPAGNE BALL NOV. 8

Mrs. J.M. Brown Jr. was named reservation chairman of the Sandpoint area for the 11th annual Champagne ball Nov. 8 at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. Dinner will be served in the Isabella, Marie Antoinette and Elizabethan Rooms and on the Mezzanine. Dancing will be from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. to the music of four orchestras in the various rooms. The Spokane Civic Theater has been chosen as sponsor and beneficiary of the 1968 Champagne ball.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

Oct. 25, 1918 – MANY CASES REPORTED

The influenza situation in Sandpoint and the county is much more serious than it was a week ago, but opinions are divided as to whether it is on the increase or decrease. Two deaths from the influenza, or rather from pneumonia following influenza, have occurred in Sandpoint and at least one in parts of the county.

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SOLDIER BOY PASSES AWAY

Herman Bernthal, 27, who had land in the Selle district and who went with the June draft to Camp Lewis and from there to Camp Fremont, Calif., died there Tuesday, according to a telegram received by Bernard List. Mr. Bernthal had many friends in this country.

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TREATMENTS FOR PNEUMONIA

Chop fine six onions; put over a hot fire, add vinegar and rye meal to form a thick paste. Stir, then simmer 5-10 minutes. Place in large cotton bag; apply to the chest as hot as can be borne. Change the poultice every 10 minutes and reheat. In hours the patient will be out of danger. This remedy never fails to cure this often fatal malady. Usually 2 – 3 applications will suffice, but continue until perspiration starts freely.

Another sure remedy for pneumonia is to pack the patient in hot corn until perspiration starts freely. After patient is placed between blankets, surround him with hot boiled corn on the cob.

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