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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
5
Canton fire chief Robert Mesner declares no cigarette smokers will serve in the department claiming smokers lack nerve. He cites humorous anecdotes about smoking and flying as examples of ignorance toward safety and discipline in firefighting.
A garbled collection of quotes and musings from various papers and voices about writing, aviation, painters, climate, and social topics. The text mixes remarks from Washington Star, New York Sun, Boston Globe, and others, with fragmented dialogue and misread names.
A Chicago woman reports health improvement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. The ad claims the product cures female ailments and invites letters for confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham at Lyon Mass.
A brisk, humorous diary fragment shows a speaker exclaiming November chaos as they rush to town for Christmas shopping, muttering about time constraints and calling out Mrs Snail and Mrs Snati in a playful, hurried voice.
A distraught father confronts a young man, admitting the theft of kisses from his daughter but expressing willingness to return them, signaling a tense family dispute over propriety and restitution.
Fragmentary text references a county fair and a wild horse of Patagonia with unclear details. Reads like a note or caption about an exhibit or attendants, but specifics are unreadable.
The Chicago and Northwestern Directors elevate Willan, 4 Cardner, to president as Marvin Hughitt becomes chairman. Gardner, born 1859 in Gardner, began telegraph work in Lemont in 1872 and rose through roles from telegrapher to general manager and eventually vice president before assuming the presidency. He now oversees an annual Northwestern budget of 53,060,000 and leads a vast network toward a new Chicago terminal.
Andrew Carnegie, aged seventy five, made his hundredth Atlantic voyage on the Fixtile returning to New York. He appeared aged and leaned on his secretary, recalling his 40 year journey from Scotland to America. He sang God Save the King and America with passengers, noting social changes in America and pride in being an American.
The article profiles John Marlan Harlin now serving as acting chief justice of the U S Supreme Court. Born in 1837 he was appointed in 1877 and remains vigorous at seventy plus. A Civil War veteran and long serving jurist Harlin shaped key rulings including the 1896 income tax case.
Gertrude Jordan, longtime county treasurer of a rural county, died in Dodge City after a lengthy career marked by civic leadership. A graduate of the local school, she began in public service as a clerk and progressed to county treasurer, earning broad support across party lines for her work in finance, public utilities, and community development. Her passing follows a career with strong ties to county and city governance and to local constituents.
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