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Newspaper
Preston Booster
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
4
Subscription rates listed as one year 1.60, six months 1.00. Advertising priced by the inch or line with rates for display and notices. Second class mail status noted for the Preston Idaho publication.
An editorial debates Theodore Roosevelt entering the presidential field. It questions which policy stance he will adopt, notes attacks from Straight Line Republicans, and ponders whether his third term pledge affects the party's path and the national convention's outcome.
A 1911 article cites figures showing over ten billion cigarettes manufactured in the United States, with billions more un taxed from self rolled usage. It notes per person consumption of 109 cigarettes, eighty cigars, and four pounds of tobacco, and warns of the spread of smoking across the population.
The article argues curtailing opium and alcohol while urging focus on cigarettes. It laments deaths from smoking and stresses a boy's rescue as a sign of national vitality and progress.
A stern, admonishing voice urges readers to accept errors and endure the consequences. It argues dodging responsibility only compounds harm, insisting honesty and courage restore self respect and allow one to pay the price rather than live in fear.
The text hints at a cultural proverb about family wisdom and resource limits. It predicts the end of an era described as the annual bathery and notes Preston’s claim to city status pending on growth and boosting criteria.
Delinquent stock assessments listed for September 1911 by Cub River and Worm Creek Canal Co Pres ton Idaho with amounts due for named shareholders Jos Head Hy D P Thomas Martin Oson A Griffin Martha Glayton and John Nuffer Lee. Delinquent parcels to be sold March 16 1912 at 10 am in front of John Larson block Oneida County Idaho with costs of advertising and sale.
In Harper's Weekly a vivid portrait celebrates Gaucho trackers famed for following animal and human footprints over long distances. The piece recounts Calibar's memory and instinct, including a saddle recovered after two months and a fugitive captured after a careful track through fields, a vineyard, and a house where the criminal was found and later shot.
Count Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravians, visited North America in 1742 and labored briefly as a missionary among the Shawnee. Cold reception sparked a plot to kill him, but a rattlesnake crawled over his leg as he wrote by a fire. The attackers fled, and thereafter the Shawnee became friends and listeners.
A New York Sun snippet explains damp salt indicates high humidity or impending rain. It notes proximity to the sea and air moisture as key factors, introducing terms quesillescence and precipitation as water vapor in air. Salt dampness serves as a simple local weather cue.
London Chronicle recounts a London merchant cargoing goods to Constantinople. Supercargo fears theft after landing bales, but Mohammedan merchant jokes that no Christian lies within fifty miles, implying safety from pilferage.
Fragmentary speech snippet shows Mrs Benham discussing governance and women’s leadership. The garbled text references Telefoe applications and a hunter’s license, suggesting a broader campaign tone about policy access and public services.
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