TWO LITTLE GIRLS
DIE IN FLAMES IN IDAHO HOMES
Preston, Idaho, Nov. 4-Betty Jensen, 5, and Zella
Jensen, 10, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Jensen of Dayton, near
here, died in a hospital here tonight of burns received earlier in
the evening when they were trapped in the flaming kitchen in their
home.
The girls were alone and are believed to have attempted
to kindle a fire in the kitchen stove with kerosene. Two neighbors,
Reuben Archibald and William Shepherd, heard an explosion which
shattered windows in the house and rushed to the girls' assistance.
The Helena Independent, Helena Montana November 5,
1932
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PLANE CRASH
Preston, Idaho, Sept. 29- Two Idaho young men were killed late today
when the monoplane in which they were riding crashed near the
airport three miles northwest of Preston. They were Garth Woodward,
22, the pilot, and Boyd Adamson, 23, both of Franklin, Idaho.
The Helena Independent, Helena Montana September 30,
1938
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CHILD IS
DROWNED
Preston, Idaho, Aug. 15- Jean Peterborg, ten years old, of Glendale,
drowned while swimming in a reservoir near here. Her sister, Marlyn,
eight, and thirteen year old Rulon Owen, who sought to rescue her,
were pulled unconscious from the water but were revived.
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada August 15, 1938
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| Word has just
been received that Mrs. Mable Golightly passed away at her home at
Preston, Idaho. She is the sister of earl Chatterton of Soda.
Sympathy is extended to Mr. Chatterton and family.
Soda Springs Sun, Soda Springs Idaho
June 8, 1933
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FUNERAL
RITES FOR FORMER RESIDENT
Funeral services were held yesterday, July 12, in the
L.D.S. Third ward Chapel at Preston, Idaho, for Mrs. Zelnora Stevens
Henderson, 65, who died Monday at the family home.
Mrs. Henderson was a former resident of Soda Springs,
leaving here about thirty years ago for Preston, where she has
resided since that time. Many of the old timers of Soda will
remember her and mourn her passing away.
Besides her husband, William A. Henderson, she is
survived by four daughters, Mrs. C.W. Cutler, Rexburg; Mrs. W.K.
Moore, Dora and Zelnora Henderson, Preston and three grandchildren.
Soda Springs Sun, Soda Springs Idaho July 13, 1933
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