Idaho News Highlights Yield and Fireside Plans in June
June updates report Gooding to lay a 55400 schoolhouse cornerstone and Boise hosting a Christian Missionary society convention June 13 to 16. Other items note Payette irrigation plans, Caldwell interurban progress, Independence Day preparations, a top eighth grade exam score in Emmett, and various river and power project developments in Idaho.
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Gooding
South Idaho Christian Missionary Society
Boise
George Sharman
Inittle Willow
Payette
Russell Austin McKinley
First Presbyterian Church
Reynoldsville
Caldwell
Snake River
Harold Hunt
Emmett
Morris Burke
William Burke
American Falls
Tland
Qre
Saltake
Hawley
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
National Assembly of Thve
Span
W. L. Gifford
Idaho
Boise High School
de Canvaps
Rincips RoSe
Sincare
Hetween Caldwell
Nampa
Payette Valley
Roberts
May Stanley
State Penitentiary
Board of Prison Commissioners
Interior Department
Washington
W. T. Homan
Ontario
Weiser
Challis
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Challis Exchange
Mountain States Company
Salmon
Salmon City
Howard Tupper
Otto
James
Cameron
Bear House
John Sayer
Bingham County
Twin Falls
Elmo Slaughter
United States Reclamation Service
Secretary of the Interior
Minidoka
Happenings From The Globe Highlight Local Tragedies
A Salt Lake City motorcycle officer Henry Potter died after colliding with a light post at the Motordrome. In Bing ham Utah Mrs Josephine Smith shot herself beside her husband in bed. A nursery convention in Salt Lake reflected growth in the industry. Detective Frank Welch was fatally shot in Aberdeen while guarding a home. Freight rates are cut on carload traffic to Spokane and Montana. Idaho Falls financier Robert Kidder died by hanging amid financial troubles. The Idaho Democratic convention chose delegates to Baltimore. Domestic violence marked the Boston elevated railway walkout. Taft’s name to be presented at Chicago by Warren G Harding. A firehouse incident in Chicago ended with a lieutenant dead. Keogh orders Thaw moved to White Plains jail. Minnesota passes income tax amendments. Industrial Workers of the World plead guilty in San Diego jail.
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Intermountain
Henry Potter
Salt Lake City
Potter
Josephine Smith
Bingham
Utah
P. A. Dix
Salt Lake
Pacific Coast Association of Nursery
Frank Welch
Aberdeen
Wash
J. 5
Greech
St. Paul
Pokane
Montana
Robert “Kidder
Idaho Falls
Barr
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Baltimore
Champ Clark
Fred T. Dubois
K. K. Stockwell
San Francisco
William P. Lawlor
Abraham Ruef
San Quentin Penitentiary
Ruef
Taft
Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Onio
Hang
Joseph T. ‘Balak
New Mexico’state Senate
Senate
Supreme Court
Keogh
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
White Plains
N.Y
Thaw
Minnesota Assembly
United States
Industrial Workers of the World
San Diego
Leage
Cuba
Henry O. Havemeyer
John Arbuckle
Wilseabout
Sugar Trust
Hermann Siebcken
Havemeyer
Roosevelt
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
House Committee On—Judiciary
Brantley
Injunctions Halt Labor Action and Global Affairs in News
Mixed dispatch reports injunctions restraining railway unions from strikes on Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh. Political maneuvering in Chicago and Washington follows as international trade, Cuban and Belgian unrest, and U S naval measures unfold amid labor, graft, and reform debates.
Taft Gains Delegates in South Contests at Convention
The Republican national convention awarded Taft 72 more delegates from Arkansas Florida Georgia Alabama and others since Thursday. Georgia split four districts previously and then the remaining two districts followed, increasing Taft's total with Arkansas and Alabama on the temporary roll. Roosevelt contestants protested results as hearings continued.
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Chicago
Republian
Taft
National Committee
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Roosevelt
Alabama
Taft Approves Republican Platform Planks
President Taft approved two proposed planks at a conference with James T. Williams Jr. The first endorses extending civil service to postmasters collectors of customs and internal revenue and most federal officers. The second pledges liberal irrigation policy with longer payment terms for irrigated lands and settlers. A recommendation to negotiate a better boundary with Mexico near the Colorado River is proposed to prevent issues in Arizona and California.
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Washington
Taft
James T. Williams
Arizona
Civil Service
Customs
Internal Revenue
West
Southwest
La Follette Pushes Republican Platform Demands
Wisconsin senator La Follette seeks a convention plank opposing ship subsidies and military yard haziness. He calls for an expert national defense commission and denounces Aldrich currency policy and dollar diplomacy. He also pushes a tariff plank to empower a commission to set tariff rates based on production costs and labor differences.
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Madison
Wis
la Follette
State Department
Wall Street
Roosevelt campaign activity and wool sale dominate Saturday events
William Finn arrived from Pittsburg and George W. Perkins prepared to depart for Ohio as top Roosevelt campaign figures convened in Chicago for a full day of talks and a planned Wednesday demonstration. News also noted Colonel Roosevelt may visit Chicago Thursday. Separately a local sheep company sold a record wool clip of 3 600 000 pounds from 400 000 sheep, produced over a month with 126 shearing machines, for an aggregate near 750 000 dollars.
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Tisza
A Cause House
Budapest
Hungary
Julius Kovacs
Jose Campos
Santa Ysabel
Mexico-Northwestern
Chihuahua
House of Representatives
Senate
Gomez
Lucas
Calmanera
Guantanamo City
Frank
Cuba
Kline
United States
Guantanamo
Joliffe
Revelstoke
Tapan
B. C
Belgium
Pascual Orozco
Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Tithe
Juchitan
Willis S. Hunt
San Francisco
Buford
Berlin
Hugo Beel
San Miguel
Durango
México
Beel
Chicago
William Finn
Pittsburg
George W. Perkins
Ohio
Plice
Roosevelt
National Committee
West
Steering committee named for Taft bureau in Chicago
A pre convention announcement states that Representative William B. McKinley, director of the national Taft bureau, has been appointed to lead the steering committee in Chicago as part of the Taft faction’s preparations.
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Chicago
Taft
William B. McKinley
National
Taft Bureau
Democrats Preparing for National Convention Delegates
Baltimore hosts 1099 Democratic delegates as convention preparations wrap up and first presidential boosters arrive for the national gathering.
Cataclysmic Katmai Eruption Threatens Alaska Peninsula
Deafening explosions shake Mount Katmai as ash clouds rise three to four feet over coastal areas. The Dora reports terrible violence and fear for Kodiak and nearby communities with about 1500 natives at risk amid the salmon cannery season.
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Seward
Alaska
Katmai
Alaska Peninsula
Kodiak
Tia
Dora
Kodiak Island
Mount Katmai
Battleship Sinks Submarine in French Practice Collision
Cherbourg reports the French submarine Vendamaire sunk in a collision with battleship St. Louis during fleet maneuvers off Autigny Island and Cape Hague. Seventy six crew members were drowned as Vendamaire was cut in two and submerged after the bow collision.
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Fernch Fleet
Cherbourg
St. Louis
Autigny Island
Cape Hague
Alderney
Wyoming Girl Finishes 10,000 Mile Journey at Atlantic City
Miss Alberta Claire, the Wyoming girl, rode her mustang Bud into the surf at Tennessee avenue Atlantic City after a 10 000 mile ride begun September 10 1910 from Sheridan Wyoming Thousands on the boardwalk watched as Dixie the mastiff trotted behind at the finish The event drew a large crowd and marked the end of a long horseback trek.
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Atlantic City
Alberta Claire
Wyoming
Tennessee Avenue
Sheridan
Wyo
Dixie
Practicability of Aerial Artillery Demonstrated
Washington notes: Captain Charles Dell Chandler led a test at College Park Maryland from an aeroplane 600 feet up. Flying at fifty miles per hour the army's new aeroplane machine gun fired about fifty shots, all hitting a target space three by twelve feet, proving the concept workable.
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Washington
College Park
Charles Dell, Chandler
United States Army Signal Corps
Army
Clearing Houses Under Federal Supervision Urged
A congressional committee member stated that in addition to amendatory legislation, a recommendation will urge Congress to bring every clearing house with national bank members under federal supervision.
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New York
iIt
Congressional Committee
Congress
Chinese Case Decided Shapes U S Citizen Rights
Supreme Court rules a U S born Chinaman cannot bring his Chinese wife into the United States if she cannot naturalize. Case heard in San Francisco. Clarence Darrow jury bribery trial proceeds in Los Angeles with detective William J. Burns testifying for the prosecution.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
William _J. Burns
Clarence 8. Darrow
Rear Admiral Everett Dies in Newport Home
Newport Rhode Island reports the death of Rear Admiral William Henry Everett United States Navy retired at his home Sunday morning after a long illness from a complication of diseases.
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Newport
R. I
William Henry Everett
House votes against Tariff Board funding in sundry bill
Washington lawmakers rejected including funds for President Taft's tariff board in the sundry civil appropriations bill for the upcoming fiscal year. The tally was 72 to 47 against the measure.
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Washington
House
Taft
Tariff—Board
Bandits Attack Cinco Minas Camp in Mexico Killings Reported
Bandits attacked the Cinco Minas Mining camp near Guadalajara, a New York based company. A fight left two bandits dead and several people wounded on both sides as guards repelled the assault.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Cinco Minas Mining Company
New York Corporation
Cost of Tuberculosis Drags on Life Insurance Costs
Professor James W. Glover of the University of Michigan shows that a $10,000 ordinary whole life policyholder could save about $20 annually if tuberculosis and typhoid were eliminated. Tuberculosis alone costs a policyholder about 16.70 to 17.50 in premium loss, shortening life expectancy by over two years at age twenty.
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James—W.—Glover
University of Michigan
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Mfe
Glover
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Promote Skin and Hair Care
A promotional notice extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment as essential for clear skin soft hands and healthy hair. It argues neglect causes suffering and invites readers to request samples and a 32 page booklet by mailing to Cuticura Department L Boston for skin and scalp treatment guidance.
Vogue in Outer Garments by Dry Goods Economists
Retailers showcase charnet and satin wraps in the mid price range of 10 to 30 dollars. Bright linings provide color contrast with lace collars and cuffs as popular finishing touches. White lace is widely used, and lone garments are trimmed with black lace cut away to reveal the lining.
How He Got Them
A brief colorful note from the Catholic Standard and Times depicts a speaker named Rastus Skinnah discussing how he is lifting rather than raising chickens. The playful dialect emphasizes the misheard phrase and the speaker’s claim.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Paxton Toilet Co Seeks Pelvic Douches and Garfield Tea Endorsements
A drugstore remedy promotes Paxtine antiseptic douches at 26c a box or by mail from The Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass. Garfield Tea touts old, tried and true herbal formula. The text interleaves ad copy with unrelated musings on memory, sin, and a character named Cordelia.
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Paxton Toilet, Co
Bogton
Mass
How Girls May Avoid Periodic Pains
Letters from readers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing menstrual cramps dizziness and irregularities. A Rochester mother shares relief for her 18 year old daughter after two bottles. A sixteen year old from Stoutsville Ohio reports better health and thanks the company.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rienanp-Nz-Dunbam
Stoutavilla
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cona B. Fosnaugh
Stoutsville
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Lydi Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Masa
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Republican National Committee
Nashville
Tenn
Ernest Clifford Peixotto
Oakland
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South America
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Honolulu
Federal District Court
Steamatrip
Brazil
Arizona Senate
Colonel Roosevelt
Plank
Senator la Follette
Volcanig
Rear Admiral
Everett
Cordelia
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