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jmowreader

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Sun Apr 27, 2025, 11:29 PM Apr 2025

Idaho Men make Florida Men look almost normal [View all]

My paper employs a man named Dave Oliveira who writes a Local History column for our Sunday edition. How he works is to read through our early archives - we've been in business since 1892 so they're extensive - for interesting stories, then interviews the descendants of the subjects of these stories.

This week's column was about three men who had perished in what the paper described as the largest explosion in Kootenai County's history.

What happened is these three maniacs were thawing dynamite in the oven and it went off.

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Wish they did that here. Love stories like this. Silent Type Apr 2025 #1
And they were 3 of the smart ones in Idaho! Enter stage left Apr 2025 #2
Any date of when it happened? Norrrm Apr 2025 #3
I didn't know dynamite could freeze!! 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #4
In case you are interested.... Old Crank Apr 2025 #8
From a historical mining site- 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #13
Thanks, Darwin! Hassler Apr 2025 #5
So, they had descendants? NBachers Apr 2025 #6
Possibly descendants of their acquaintances. dchill Apr 2025 #10
Fools and High Explosives Mopar151 Apr 2025 #7
Reminds me of the guy reportedly washing some very dirty and oily work clothes. Aussie105 Apr 2025 #9
Snort. littlemissmartypants Apr 2025 #11
better than cancer Tetrachloride Apr 2025 #12
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