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

April 18, 1969 – FOR RENT

CLEAN, 1 bedroom house with attached garage, Schweitzer area, 2 miles from Sandpoint. Partially furnished for couple. City water, electricity furnished. $60 month. CO 3-3308.

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ZONE CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL

By a unanimous vote, the city council approved reclassification of the east half of block 19, Farmin’s addition, from residential to commercial. This half block, bounded by Fourth Avenue, Poplar Street, and Alder Sttreet, is destined for a shopping center. Plans have been advanced from a supermarket, a variety store and a pharmacy in the space. Union Oil has plans to construct a modern service station in the northwest quarter of the block. The west half of the block was already classed as commercial.

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THIRD ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE

This weekend is the 3rd annual open house and boat show at Beaner’s Downtown Marina (219 Church). The store interior has been changed over from a winter skiing theme to the more immediate subjects of boating and fishing.

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GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SALE BEGINS

Sandpoint Girls Scouts will begin selling Girl Scout cookies in their neighborhoods Friday after school. Boxes of shortbread, sandwich creme or chocolate mint pattie cookies will sell for $1. Mrs. Perry Palmer is Sandpoint’s cookie chairman.

100 Years Ago

Northern Idaho News

April 18, 1919 – BRING THEM BACK

We sent them over. They finished their job. They didn’t quit. They stuck, even unto death. It’s our job to stick it through-to pay for the job THEY did. The Fifth---the Victory---Liberty Loan will settle the score. Americans---real Americans don’t “pike.” They pay. Bonner County’s Quota is $185,000. Let’s Go Over the Top.

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LOCAL BRIEFS

Joe Chisholm’s Pine street residence now stands on a new concrete foundation, recently completed by G.L. Arnett.

Mrs. McCoy has put in a concrete foundation and walks at her home on North fourth avenue.

A.E. Cherry, 617 Oak street, has put a concrete foundation under his house.

Stanton McLaughlin arrived here Thursday, after seven months’ army overseas service, without, however, having reached the fighting front. The field signal battalion of which he was a member was to go to the front Nov. 15, but the armistice on the 11th “beat them to it.”

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PERSHING LOOKS A FINE SOLDIER

Arthur D. Tifft, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.N. Sawyer, who was in the corps reviewed by Gen. Pershing in Germany, says the general was a fine-looking soldier but looked tired, as if he had worked hard.

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