Idaho News Roundup Reflects Prohibition Era Tensions
Idaho reports balance of 1920s era events including city council deferring renewals, inspections of slaughterhouses and markets, a Saloonless Boise noted as a slogan for visitors, a Mountan Home fire death of a child, a Wallace grand jury indictments linked to the defunct State Bank of Commerce, and local civic efforts with Carey Act associations.
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Boiweyb
Idaho
Bates All
Palcona de Bolsa
Pattent
Portland
Cheyenne
Morrison
Sunnyside
Tdahd
Milwaukee
Widlay Montgomery
Keith &‘ Curran
Mountain
Indiana’ Valley
N‘i
Upper
Jud, Moore
Ada
Boise
Hiim
N.—Lyons
Quartzbore
Lyons
Roise A
City
Rockles
Woman's, Christian Temperance Junilon
Boise_ 7 Society
Statesman
Wallace
Bata
State Bank of Commerce
Barton Daniels
Archie Daniels
Daniels
Mountain Home
Montpelier
State Historical Department
John “Nealon
Carey Act
W. T. Stafford
Gooding
Charles Alexander
Jerome
Charles Rowley
Ga Boise
Rowley
siDbres
Herrick
Pocatello
Mischievous Caller Seeks Britain’s Minister at Midnight
A late night party tale centers on the British minister to the United States, Jackson, living on Broadway in New York. Neil, with a group of riders, demands to see him during a whist game, asking what trumps are, as guards relay the urgent visit.
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Copenhagen
Jackson
America
New York
Broadway
Neil
Pervant
Manet
Thiniater
Mr. Jackson
Dress rehearsal prank at Simpson Bto lecture
A joke targeted Tallitt Wright the lecturer as Dix-Hix induced him to offer an illustrated lecture before the Simpson group. The setup aimed to test his responsiveness, ending with a humorous twist about an 8 2 as the punchline.
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Tallitt Wright
Dix
Hix
Lost Boy Questions Parents On the Sands
A kind stranger consoles a distressed child on the shore who says his parents are missing. The scene reveals the boy’s sorrow and his hope to find his parents, as a passerby offers help and asks what he can do.
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Nipper
Fragmented Text Improvised From OCR Noted For Review
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a plumber and a leaky bathtub with unclear context. Names and places are unreadable, making it impossible to identify a coherent event or outcome. Further clarification or source restoration is needed to produce a proper summary.
Debt Collection Confusion Stuns Jackson Resident
A debt collector confronted Jackson in a dispute over an account. The dialogue reveals misnaming and frustration as the collector and a man named Jones clash, with the collector insisting on payment while the respondent denies the address and identity of Mr. Jones. The confrontation ends with the collector walking away.
Expert builder warns on foundation trench depth and faulted walls
William A Radford offers free advice on building topics. A Chicago editor recounts a case where a contractor deepened a trench and dumped earth to save stone, causing center wall settlement and plaster cracks across six apartments. The owner and contractor face a lengthy court battle and higher costs than the excavations.
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Lwiitaaa
A. Radford
William
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Building the right way inspection and honest tradesmen
The piece argues for an impartial inspector to verify progress on construction projects and warns of hidden flaws in trades. It notes most mechanics are upright yet cautions there are deceptive workers who may hide poor workmanship behind complex contracts. It describes a sample house design and cost, stressing bright rooms, practical details, and the value of planning for north or west facing lots.
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Rascal
Pat's Mistake and The Dentist Nerves In A Chunky Jam
A fragmented column mixes humor and classroom scenes with a Pat who admits a shallow trench proves the badness lies in digging depth. A bystander jokes then backs Pat, while a teacher critiques a map showing Roastland and a reference to dental nerves sparks a quip about a hero for teeth.
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Pat
John J.sullivan
Faith's Gurative-Power Promotes Munyon Hope Cult Growth
Professor Munyon touts a growing Hope Cult with over half a million members in the United States. He claims his medicines cure many and offers free medical advice from Munyon’s Laboratories in Philadelphia with staff physicians and consultants nationwide. Send letters to Prof. J. M. Munyon for special care.
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Munyon
Hope Gut
Hope
United States
Philadelphia
Jefferson Sts
Phila. Pas
Prof
J. M. Munyon
Fragmentary Heckling exchange in loud speech
A garbled excerpt shows a taunting confrontation with insults about a suit and constant following. The language is rough and unclear, but implies a dispute with threats and a mock insult about a brick to the forehead.
Baby’s rash cured by Cuticura after travel shock
A Boston family recounts traveling to England and Ireland with a baby who broke out in a severe itchy rash. Doctors attributed it to food and climate, but months of treatments failed until Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used. The rash faded with no scars, and the child slept better thereafter. The note, dated March 12, 1911, offers a free information booklet.
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Boston
England
Ireland
Mra
Margaret” Gfin
Burrell
Cuticura
Dept
Fragmentary OCR reads as a cryptic note on a summons
The readable text presents a garbled mix of phrases about a summons and a woman, with stray references to a man, rooms, and a shoe. The fragmentary OCR lacks clear names, places, dates, or concrete actions.
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