Idaho News Roundup from Paris Idaho and Boise
State militia officers may be sent to observe Mexican border maneuvers. A. C. Robinson becomes state engineer replacing Dan H. Martin. Oregon Short Line works advance with Burley Oakley line and Burley to Summit cut off. Idaho offers land maps at cost to eastern farmers. Silint Club holds first Boise meeting. Jury fails to reach verdict in sheep theft case at Caldwell. Payette land value triples on irrigation hopes. Roswell Canal lowers ditch grade near Caldwell. Possible interurban from Payette to farming country pending power system completion. Basque immigrant estimates to Mexico total about 100. Weiser Pomona Grange holds its most important meeting yet. Caldwell hosts two electric railways to Boise. Payette man dies after shooting himself near a fence. Nampe plans hospital with civic support. Investigations link night ride troubles to Camas Prairie settlers. Grace Peerman death questioned as possible poisoning. Myrtle Hanson death blamed on Oregon Short Line fencing negligence. Wool Growers seek lower freight rates before interstate commerce commission. Boise may host Taft or Roosevelt if Commercial Club plan succeeds. Borah notes seed aid proposal for Minidoka project. Boise police probe possible face-bleaching attack on Hulda Hendrickson.
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A. C. Robinson
Dan H. Martin
Brady
Burley-Oakley
Oregon
Burley-Kelton Summit
Idaho
Union
Silint Club of
Boise
University of Illinois
Caldwell
Thomas Marinago
Gerbacio Mendiola
van Dusen
Payette
Roswell
Telluride Power Company
John Sanchez
Mexico
Washington
Great Government Reservoir
D. McLaughlin
Nampe
Chamber of Commerces
Camas Prairie
Kentucky
South
Grace—Peerman
South Boise
Myrtle Hanson
Thornton
Oregon Short Line Company
Gooding
the Nations Wool Growers’ Association
G. Johnson
Western Sheepmen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taft
Roosevelt
Commercial Club
Ballinger
Borah
Minidoka
Hulda Hendrickson
Intermountain News Roundup Highlights a Mix of Fatalities
A broad late night bulletin covers Hugh Merrill’s partial recovery after a stroke in Chicago, the death of banker David Moffat in New York, and the wreck of the Mascot on the Lewis River. It also notes mine explosions in Pueblo, a Brunswick News indictment, a deadly streetcar collision in Buffalo, and other regional incidents. The report lists public notices, political moves, and international items, including Japanese and Mexican conflicts, plus various deaths and legal actions.
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Intermountain
Hugh Merrill
Wyoming
Chicago
David H. Moffat
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Pueblo
Colo
Mexican Finance Minister Takes Up Pacification Task
Mexico City reports Senor Limantour, trusted by the Maderos in New York, has entered the pacification effort as the rebellion’s danger grows international concerns. He met with President Diaz at the National Palace in a cordial session amid calls for unity and peace negotiations with armed groups are rejected.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Limantour
Senor Limantour
Maderos
New York
National Palace
Taft Reassures Mexico Over US Troop Mobilization
President Taft told Mexican Ambassador Senor De la Barra at the White House that Mexico should feel no alarm over the 20 000 American troops near the border. De la Barra left confident after a frank discussion and sent a detailed telegram to Mexico City outlining the assurances given.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Taft
Senor de la Barra
White House
Augusta
de la Barra
Premier Stolypin Resigns as Tsar Accepts Letter
Premier Stolypin of Russia resigns after the council of the empire rejects the Yamstvo bill for self government in the western provinces. Emperor Nicholas promptly accepts the resignation and names V. N. Kokovsoff as the new prime minister.
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Western Provinces
St. Petersburg
P. A. Stolypin
Nicholas
V. N. Kokovsoff
Stolypin
Council of the Empire of the Yamstvo
Bili
Council of the Empire
M. Trenoff
Western Development association charts settler train plan
In Salt Lake City the Western Development association outlined a program to lure eastern migrants west. A special train will depart from ten western states carrying each state one coach with displays and literature to advertise resources and advantages to homeseekers.
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Salt Lake City
Great West
Western Development Association
Salt Lake
Utah
Idaho
California
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Jardine confesses in murder of Lizzie Anderson
Edward Jardine, 22, jailed in Goderich Ontario awaiting trial for Lizzie Andersons murder last fall, admits a complete confession. He says he enticed Anderson to a vacant building where the body was found, and after a struggle he stabbed her with a jackknife, causing instant death.
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Goderich
Onto
Edward Jardine
Lizzie Anderson
Jardine
Sleeping Men Rescued in Springfield Fire Tragedy
Fire destroyed the Young Men's Christian Association building in Springfield Missouri early Monday. Twenty men sleeping inside were rescued by firemen after near suffocation.
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Springfield
Young Men's Christian Association
Tife
Dynamite Explosion Triggers Panic at French Lick Hotel
An explosion described as dynamite or large powder occurred at a French Lick Indiana hotel on Monday. Panic spread until it was learned no damage occurred and no injuries were reported.
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French Lick
Ind
Lick- Hotel
Fifty Years Hence The World’s Most Beautiful City
The piece weighs future city beautification plans, predicting Paris may remain ahead but many cities in the Americas—Buenos Aires in particular—are pursuing integrated development to become the world’s most beautiful. It notes US cities begin to adopt beautification efforts and hints the next half century will test these schemes’ costs and impacts.
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Paris
Americas
Baltimore
Washington
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Buenos Ayres
Hemisphere
United States
City Made a Garden Spot
Senor Carlos Thays, director of Buenos Ayres public parks, published a lavish monograph on the city’s botanical garden and nine years of work to create a city beautiful. He planted 142,000 trees and opened over eighty parks, with the plaza del Congreso as his masterpiece. United States Consul General Bartleman praises municipal decoration as a lesson from the American republics, noting private interest subordinated to public welfare in Buenos Ayres.
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Daily News
Brunswick
United States Grand Jury
Buffalo
Naftzger
Fourth National Bank of
Wichita
Kans
Catholic Church
Cardinal Gibbons
American Red Cross
China
Bhanghat
Monarch Refrigerator Company
Chicago
Cleveland
Ernest Baker
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Dorothy Arnold
Three Lakes
Central Park
New York City
Colquit
Texas
Adin Ballou Capron
Congress
Rhode Island
Hom
Stillwater
R. L
Edward W. Hubbard
Providence
R. I
Pasadena
Cal
Corcago
Matanuska River
Senor
Carlos Thays
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Neuquen
Misiones
Cocos Australis
Plaza del Congréso
Senor Thays
United States
Bartleman
Berlin Weakens Forests as Model Metropolis Plan
Berlin authorities press a city boosting drive by buying seven forests around Berlin totaling under 40 000 acres. The government paid about 45 million dollars for the plots ringing the metropolis including near Potsdam and Grunau and well known to travelers.
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Berlin
Grunau
Potsdam
Rail safety box guides train platform arrivals
The North British Railway in Edinburgh installs a conspicuous indicator box to show which platform a train will arrive at and to reveal whether the up or down lines have trains on the section, aiming to reduce accidents.
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North British Railway
Edintly
The Baron's Suit in a Mock Trial Exchange
An exchange features Baron Fucash asking public favor for his suit. Mr. Cumrox replies he won’t judge a man by looks but notes the clothes are hard to forgive. The dialogue hints at social satire in a caricature of fashion and character.
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Fucash
Mr. Cumrox
Bad Case of Grip Helps Man Avoid Tonsil Surgery
Mr. W. H. Housley of Stony Point Tennessee recalls a severe cold that became la grippe with prolonged illness and tonsillitis. After resisting tonsil surgery two doctors advised it but he used Peruna, took about a dozen bottles, and soon recovered.
Census Taker’s Irish Household Sparks Humorous Exchange
While surveying a household, a census-taker asked how many males lived there. An Irish family replied, three a day, mum, delivering a witty punchline that reflects the era’s humor and social context.
Unfortunate Allusion and Short Trip Fragments
Vague excerpts describe social expectations for wives and a humorous exchange about reading habits. The piece weaves phrases about brick making without straw and a short trip, with a quip about how far someone read in Dr. Eliot's Harvard Classics before a topple.
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Lees
Twobble
Dr. Eliot
Health work for them. Try a 10c box
An old ad style blurb promotes a health remedy claiming it helps millions. It touts an inexpensive 10 cent box as a first trial and suggests it will replace other medicines. The wording is promotional and lacks verifiable details.
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Young Turks’ Control Committee
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Bolivia
Malcolm Knowles
Horace’ G. Knowles
Adelaide
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Bureau of Manufacture
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Peruna
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