Limits on contributions and electoral influence in Owen bill
The administration plans early passage of the Owen bill to limit political contributions and regulate committees of all parties. It would cap aggregate disbursements to influence presidential electors and restrict fundraising in nominations or elections of U S senators to 5000, with related context on state crop production rankings for North Dakota, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania.
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Wwix
Jeadova
Washington
Owen Wi
Amel
United States
Congress
Iowa
North Dakota
Kansas
Minnesota
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Burley Retires as Oregon Short Line Passenger Agent
Daniel Burley, longtime general passenger agent of the Oregon Short Line, will retire from active service on May 1, with B Durham named to succeed him within days. Burley, a native of Ohio who began with Union Pacific in 1879, will remain with the company under pension rules and plans to reside in Salt Lake City. The move follows years of service across Salt Lake and the Mountain division.
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Burley
Missouri River
Mowlay
Daniel
Spencersistent
Spotiver
B. Durham
Pawenger
Ompany
Durhan
Calvin
Ohio
Douglas Couty
Nobr
Union Pacific
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Utah Central and
Allied Lines
Salt Lake
Mountain Division
Cheyenne
Oregon
German American ties likely to be cautious future
Berlin dispatch says German American relations may face continued unease as Germany answers the American note on submarine warfare. Ambassador Gosard has left for Berlin after army headquarters deliberations. The German reply is awaited, with censor limits on publishing preliminaries and commentary abroad.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Gosard
Gets It corn remedy proves painless banana-peel peel feel
An advertisement recounts a user praising Gets It as a painless corn remover. The product promises quick action with no pressing, avoiding bandages or razors. It claims to also treat warts bunions and to be widely sold by Palace Drug Store in Blackfoot.
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Wes
EF. Lawrence
Blackfoot
Palace Drug’ Store
Puzzlees Riddle of Body Parts and Odd Questions
The reader presents a garbled puzzle of questions about body parts and peculiar actions. It asks who buys hats, travels a nose bridge, shingles a roof of a nunally, and raises from a slip of the thingie. It also asks who plays in the drum of ears and who tells the entant style of the eat his stomach wears. It ends with a questioned strangest line about sending Elbow to Andifa and how to sharpen shoulder blades.
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Andifa
PATS ANNIHILATE THE LEANS AT FAIR GROUNDS BOUT
A Sunday noon game at the Blackfoot fair grounds drew several hundred spectators for a comical ball tossers contest. Judge Anderson Martin, James Auld, Hart, and line Host Haines starred as laugh makers. The Modern Woodmen band provided entertainment and the fat team won, netting $77 in gate receipts.
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Fair Grounds
Blackfoot
Charlie Chaplin
Anderson Toin Martin
James Auld
Hart
Haines
Cottage Hotel
Fred Goff
Iniingn
Rural Carrier Examination for Bingham County Idaho
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a rural carrier examination in Bingham County Idaho to be held in Blackfoot at 10 30 A M on May 27 1916. Open to male citizens in territory of a postoffice in the county who meet requirements. Form 1977 available at local offices or from the Commission in Washington. Applications should be sent to Washington promptly.
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United States Civil Serv Commission
Bingham
Idaho
Blackfoot
Wingree
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Commission
Washington
Roofing firm credits ads in daily papers for growth
General Roofing Manufacturing Co. touts newspapers as key in spreading the story of Certain-teed roofing products. Harold Graham reports strong demand across the Intermountain region and Pacific coast, prompting a fourth plant build in San Francisco and a new inter-mountain district head in Salt Lake City.
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General Roofing Manufacturing Co
Harold Graham
Salt Lake District
Vomany
Gee. M. Brown
St. Louis
Ladies of VT 8 Hold Meeting on Public Library
Last Saturday afternoon the VT. 8, ladies held a meeting in the city hall regarding the public library. A large number of books were presented to the library. Another meeting followed on Monday.
Chamberlain's Tablets Praised by New York Woman
A New York woman, Mrs Anna in Boencerport, reports long illness with chronic trouble. After trying many remedies she uses Chamberlain's Tablets and receives positive lasting relief. She endorses the medicine highly and says it has worked for her.
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Anna
Boencerport
N.Y
Ladies Expert Facial and Scalp Treatments Ad
Helen Quinlan nurses hair and beauty services at Stout Ave offering facial and scalp treatment with shampooing and manicuring by appointment. Contact number provided for scheduling.
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Helen Quinlan
A. N
Stout
Ploue
Staying Alive At Higher Cost After War, Warns Official
John K. White, state dairy, fool and sanitary inspector, cautions that living costs, already high, may be eclipsed by the price of drugs and medicines. A Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association list shows steep price jumps since July 1914, with factors including materials diverted to explosives and wartime demand raising costs for quinine and belladonna.
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John K. White
Fool and Sanitary
White
Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Association
Belladonna
Germany
Austria
Mr. White
Idaho pioneer Tarbet dies in Balt Lake year
Alex P. Tarbet a founder of Consolidated Tower Company later Southern Idaho Water Power Company died last Friday in Balt Lake. The local figure was well known in Idaho and prominent in regional development.
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Alex P. Tarbet
Idaho
Old Consolidated Tower Company
Southern Idaho Water Power Company
Balt Lake
Social news from Blackfoot and nearby towns
PRESTO Miss Anni Graham of Blackfoot visited friends here early this week. Mrs Goodenough of McCammon was guest of grandson R E Reid and D D Reid for several days. Mrs Jessie Woodin of Blackfoot stayed with Mrs N A Just this week. Mrs Frank Dust had a gasoline fume incident at Bills garage last Saturday and is recovering well. Mr and Mrs Curtis of Blackfoot visited Lone Pine ranch and Reid car. Mr and Mrs EM Hubbel and Myra Allen from Blackfoot drove out Sunday for buttermill. Maude McBride of Shelley was weekend guest. Master Carr Beebe of Blackfoot spent Sunday with Alvin Just.
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Anni Graham
Blackfoot
Goodenough
McCammon
R. E
D. D. Reid
Jessie Woodin
N. A
Frank Dust
Bills
Mitchell
Mra
Curtis
Lone Pine Ranch
Reid
Hubbel
Myra
Hy Allen
Buttermill
Mixx Maude McBride
Shelley
Master Carr Beebe
Alvin Just
Sugar Monopolies and the Spreckles Legacy
A historical critique recalls Claus Spreckles the sugar magnate who controlled Pacific coast sugar, cane fields in Hawaii, and benefited from tariffs and a bounty. It describes how protection ended under Cleveland and how white sugar costs collapsed, leaving a vast fortune contested by heirs amid public discontent with the bounty system and market manipulation.
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Pacific Coast
Claus Spreckles
California
Rocky Mountains
Unele Sam
San Francisco
Cleveland
Congress
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