U S Officials Visit Pocatello Idaho Rail Leaders Tour City
Judge Lovett president of the Union Pacific and successor to E H Harriman visits Pocatello with Bancroft and other officials. They inspect yards note planned depot construction and subways crossings. Lovett signals openness to building railroads in Idaho pending traffic needs.
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Pocatello
Judge Lovett
Union Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Gate City
Bancroft
Ashton
Lovett
Halliday Street
Center Street
Portland
Boise
Idaho
J. Kurttschnitt
J.C. Stubbs
Oregon
Kroitachwitz
Mean of Him concert in ladies summer hats inquiry
A clipped exchange mentions Hawkins and Judkins with joking remarks about marriage and the month of June. The dialogue includes references to a concert, summer hats, and the idea that people double up in June. The tone is humorous and conversational.
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Hawkins
Judkins
Jimmy
Petey
Mosquito Bites Prompt Humorous Exchange
In a light exchange, Green denies that bites caused lumps on her head and White jokes about whacking them. He teases her about never marrying as she scolds him and replies with a playful comeback about plainer women having husbands.
Western town men end call with bankrupt firm
The mayor explains the townsmen had money tied up in a bankrupt telephone company and disliked how the receiver handled affairs. A tourist asks what they did, and the mayor replies they simply hung up the receiver.
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Far Western
Worse Than a Hired Man and Oddities From Bacon Ridge
A fragmentary humorous dialogue from a Bacon Ridge postmaster and others features old Zeb White described as lazy and joking about chickens tied to a pike to deter feather loss. The piece shifts to a Mary Mary Lamb anecdote and a startling news swindle mention with Sharp Sam reacting to a newspaper mischief claim.
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Bacon Ridge
Zeb White
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Big Wood
Carey Land Acct
Snake River Valley
Falls See
Dietrich
North Gooding
Wood River
Idaho Irrigation Co., Ltd
R. H. Kipp
Shoshone
Hurley Machine CO
Clinton St
Chicago
Illinois
Umbrella
Vox Teast
Notheing
Sam
Nickel
Japan
Continental Oil Company
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