Payette County ID Archives News.....The Grothjan Candle March 7, 1895 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patty Theurer seymour784@yahoo.com March 3, 2006, 3:18 am Payette Independent March 7, 1895 Payette Independent Payette, Idaho March 7, 1895 Mr. Grothjan, of the City Meat Market, has made a candle 3 feet and 6 inches high and 3 inches diam. at base. He proposes to light the candle, and to the person who comes the nearest to guessing the length of time it will burn, he will present an order on his meat market for $5.00. In addition to this the ladies of St. James’ Guild will present to the successful guesser a beautiful handkerchief box. Guessing will close March 27th. Register your guess at the City Market. Payette Independent Payette, Idaho April 11, 1895 The Grothjan candle has burned ??(unable to read) and is still burning. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/newspapers/thegroth323gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb