Idaho Falls seeks protest over three times weekly coal freight
Idaho Falls residents plan to urge the Public Utilities Commission to restore better railroad service. The Club of Commerce will protest Oregon Short Line’s three times weekly freight to Idaho Falls and appeal a summer coal rate of one dollar per ton from Pocatello. Rexburg and St Anthony led the filing.
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Idaho Falls
Public Utilities Commission
Club of Commerce
W. A Bradbury
Public Utilities Commission Board
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Pocatello
Rexburg
St Anthony
Commission
The Repair and Maintenance of Earth Roads
A guide explains crown and drainage for rural roads, urging elevation and central crown to shed rain into side ditches. It covers underdrainage, ground water, and the road drag method using logs to smooth and seal surfaces after rain. The piece notes practical maintenance by farmers and a prize essay extension until October 15, 1913.
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Ublic
Would-Be Suicide Donor Saves Mother's Life in Baltimore
In Baltimore on June 11 Cammillo Zanti 22, after a failed suicide attempt, donated two quarts of blood to Mrs Maria Maggio a dying mother of seven. Although wounded himself Zanti survived and doctors say the woman will live. He agreed after learning she was Italian and a mother of seven.
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Baltimore
Cammillo Zanti
Zanti
Maria Maggio
Zant
Samuel de Marco
Health and hygiene water safety urges pure supply
A historical notice urges towns to provide clean water to prevent typhoid and disease. It warns surface wells and open ditches as unsafe, promotes springs or mountain-fed piped water, sand filtration, boiling for questionable sources, and state health oversight. It condemns quarantine breaches and stresses safeguarding children from contagion. It notes a unique nail driving machine and a Nebraska visit by Mr and Mrs Tolles.
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State Board of Health
C Mide ‘Tolles
McCool
Nebraska
Rural School Pupil’s Essay Sparks Road Improvement Idea
A rural pupil reflects on improving earth roads using materials at hand. The piece encourages students to think about practical, low cost methods to better local infrastructure and engage community effort for school and road upkeep.
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Bond Bros
S. Taylor St
Idaho Lumber CO
New York
Nevada
Goodrich Tires
Watson’s Garage
Public Utility Commission
Hygiene
Studio Grand
Blackfoot Mercantile CO
Utah- Idaho
Utah
Idaho
City Homes For Sale
Idaho Irrigated Lands Co
Via
Union Pacific System
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Chicago
Minneapolis
Oregon
Short Line
Blackfoot
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