Arrangements completed for Grand Army encampment
The G A R state encampment will convene in Caldwell next Wednesday with streets decorated and committees ready. The three day program includes music, addresses by Mayor Gowen and Gov. Brady, an oratorical contest, flag presentation, campfire talks, and a parade planned for June 24 25. Lodging for veterans and wives is requested as funds are insufficient. Pete Engle and family have returned to Caldwell from California.
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Caldwell
Wm. K. Jamerson
Justin B. Gowen
City
College Glee Club
Comrades of Department
H. BE. Wallace
James H. Brady
W. A. Stone
T. A. Walters
Mandolin Club
R. H. Davis
James Ruark
Jay Robertson
Wallace
College of Idaho Commencement Highlights and Events
The College of Idaho held its commencement at the Opera House with Rev. W. P. Lovett delivering the baccalaureate sermon on faith. The service included prayers, hymns, and a benediction, with a heat‑driven smaller crowd but a pleasant evening for attendees. A five‑course progressive dinner for graduates followed, hosted at five homes. The Forward club raised funds for a piano, hosting cream and drinks at Ed Russell's parlors, netting about $8 for the fund and inviting further patronage next Thursday.
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College of Idaho
Opera House
W. P. Lovett
Springer
Pringle
Steelman
Lovett
R. Steelman
Gipson
Rev. Lovett
Caldwell
America
Miss Finney
West
Dille
Ward Stone
W. J. Boone
Commercial Club
Trial of Jack Smith Ends with Frailty Verdict and Adjournment
On Thursday the trial for grand larceny defendant Jack Smith concluded with a frailty finding and a sentence date set. In a separate divorce case, Margret C. Wiseman versus F. B. Wiseman, the judge granted the decree as prayed for after the defendant failed to appear. Court adjourned to June 18.
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Jack Smith
Margret C. Wiseman
Society Torto Soma Meeting of For ward Club
The tort soma meeting of the For ward club for the summer season was held last Tuesday at Mrs W A Stone's home. Hostesses were Mrs Ed L Bryan and Mrs W A Stone. The afternoon centered on Dutch art with papers on William Maris and Israel by Mrs Boyes and Mrs Barnard. Miss Finney spoke on European painters with prints from abroad. The highlight was a genuine water color by Lady Mesdag, recently deceased, showing still life with squash, lemon, grapes and a vase.
The Passing of Bill Fuller Convicted of Theft and Tarnished Fame
The conviction of Bill Fuller this week ends years of suspicion about his role in horse and cattle thefts. A rumored organized band may have existed with him as a leader, but evidence now ties him to crimes and offers stockmen a sense of security. Fuller faces a 12 year sentence and potential reform. Frank Breshears leaves for St Anthony with boys Jess Garner and Martin Garner who plead guilty to forging Charley Madden’s name for ten dollars. Deputy Charley Painter travels to Bliss to subpoena ex Sheriff Thorp as a witness in Jack Smith’s horse theft case federal.
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Bill Fuller
Fuller
Tribune
William Puller
Frank Breshears
St. Anthony
Jess
Martin Garner
State Reform School
Charley Madden
Charley Painter
Bliss Monday
Thorp
Jack Smith
Smith
Measuring Hay Stacks Volume by Shoulder Width and Ridge
Rural New England guidance outlines calculating hay stack volume from dimensions at the shoulder and ridge height. It compares two methods for inverted V tops, notes typical volumes per stack and per ton, and cautions on moisture effects and settling.
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Welaht
Hay
New
Winter Practice to Economic Zoology for Insect Control
Entomologist Gossard of the Ohio experiment station announces four manuals to aid farmers and fruit growers in tackling major pests across seasons. The guide Winter Practice to Economic Zoology covers winter treatments for key vineyard and garden insects, emphasizing clean culture and surface stirring. It notes emphasis on species responsive to winter treatment and highlights grapeberry moth, grapevine flea beetle, and grapevine leaf hopper as economically important targets. The passage also touches Scottish cattle feeding practices linking soil nutrition and manure value to soil health.
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Gossard
Ohio Experiment Station
Outdoor Advertising Draws Ire From Major Advertisers
The tenth annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation society notes outdoor advertising harms town scenery and questions its profitability. Fourteen large advertisers report modest income from signs, with better returns from newspapers and magazines. Public sentiment favors owners who reject eye catching boards, exemplified by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad declining sign permits along its right of way.
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The
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
New York Tribune
Cuba
United States
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Lawtons Thirty Thousand Club aims to boost Lawton population
Lawton Oklahoma chamber of commerce organized a Thirty Thousand club with a goal of 1 000 members who will work five years to raise Lawtons population to 80 000. The push hinges on home building and attracting industries to transform the prairie town into a regional center in the expanding southwest.
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Oklahoma
Thirty Thousand
Lawton
Okla
Making the Streets Attractive and Public Adornment
Leslie's Weekly notes the need for stronger effort to match European cities in urban beautification. It cites France and Belgium for advanced laws on Dillposting and public advertising and for offering prizes to encourage private citizens to improve streets, parks, and buildings, including Parisian house-front design contests.
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Europe
Leslie
France
Belgium
Paris
The Story of Brook and Its Timeless Brook
A reflective piece on a beloved brook that winds through a childhood valley Its changing moods through seasons are described as a shared memory that links readers to places of youth Across distances the brook remains emblematic of earlier days and evokes a universal longing for the past Outdoors notes the enduring nature of this natural landmark and its inspirational pull.
Wants and Needs and the Widening Horizon of Income
The piece argues that salary increases expand imagined needs, urging moral limits on income expansion. It cites Harper's Bazaar and notes rising incomes tempt greater desires, suggesting society should train judgment to distinguish wants from needs before horizons stretch further.
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Harpers Bazar
Tall Wives Short Men and the Ideal Partner
A humorous profile contrasts tall, confident men with short, ambitious suitors. It suggests tall men favor vivacious, fairylike women, while shorter men seek mature, strong women with character and temper, noting self belief as a key factor in attracting affection.
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Shakespeare
The Penang Patrol Wagon Description
The Penang correspondent observes a Penang patrol wagon resembling a four wheeled baker's cart drawn by slow bullocks. It carries a sleepy Malay constable on the box while another sits inside with prisoners, who seem amused and unlikely to attempt escape.
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Penang
Straits Times
Singapore
Blue Eyed Griegos Indians Near Mexico City
The Griegos Indians near Mexico City are light complexioned with blue eyes and light hair. They dress in two blues, own instruments like pianos, and run self contained communities with schools churches and social institutions. They seldom marry outside their tribe and avoid contact with nearby groups. Another tribe with blue eyes and fair hair, resembling Germans, lives in Durango's Sierra Madre.
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Mexico
Indiana
Sierra Madre
Durango
Lather Por Shaving Explained in Old Text
A historic note explains shaving soap’s role in hardening hair rather than softening it. It argues that dried stiff hairs resist cutting and that common soaps contain alkalis like potash or soda which strip natural oils, leaving a brittle fiber and making razor passage painful.
The Gordian Knot and Alexander the Great
The Gordian knot was a harness for Gordius's wagon. The oracle said the ruler of Persia would loosen it. Alexander the Great cut the knot with his sword in 380 B C, interpreting the oracle in a military sense.
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Gordius
Phrygia
Alexander the Great
Two Moons Honeymoon and Alimony Case Report
In a Baltimore American style remark, the dialogue recalls meeting Billyuns and his wife at Niagara years ago during their honeymoon. The tale notes she recently secured court alimony, forcing him to pay the bulk of his income as support, tying to the harvest moon imagery.
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Billyuns
Niagara
Baltimore American
Strange Law Bans Sing of Dead March Outside Sacred Sites
London Household Words recalls a historic prohibition: singing or whistling the Dead March outside churches or cemeteries was illegal and once rigorously enforced. Soldiers could be censured for performing the tune apart from military funerals.
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London
Far Eastern Impressions on Court Hats and Straw
In a description from B F. Batch, M. P., the piece notes fine flexible straw worn at one end and sharply cut at the other to form a foot long feature. It mentions courtiers with distinctive, very large clay hats, some two or more feet in diameter, highlighting exotic headgear detail.
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F. T. Batch
M. P
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