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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
4
The Caldwell baseball team ended operations Monday citing lack of public support and offers from other clubs. Manager Sebree stated the town could not sustain the squad after two losses to Boise, as players received external offers and the team dissolved following a weekend doubleheader.
Advices from Mackay on June 21 describe a rich strike on Beaver Creek, 46 miles above Mackay in Custer County. The vein is about three feet wide, extends hundreds of feet, and ore values run from $100 to $150 per ton. Excitement grows as work progresses and many people are expected to flock to the new fields. A separate note promotes The Champion Boiler Compound, claimed to prevent scale and mud buildup on sheets or tubes without harming the metal, offered by S. D. Hartkopf. Also reported is the death of Mrs Mary Jane Cox, age about 41, from cancer. funeral held at the Methodist Church. The Huntington Herald described a commencement scene with graduates in white in the first row, bearing large carnations, and a single young man among them.
Caldwell residents and visitors are listed with Monday through Sunday movements. Names include Rees H. Davis Boise visitor C H Snyder Capital visitor Jake Mussell Homedale resident J J Walling Namipa and many others. Also notes church Children's Day, marriages, arrivals, and civic events from Caldwell and nearby towns.
A Yuletide collection of testimonials extols Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Collis as unmatched. A Va man claims a three year bronchitis relief after use. The ad touts cure for lung and throat troubles including pneumonia and grip with trials offered free. A local bridge washout on Big Willow Creek disrupted travel after a cloudburst Saturday evening, washing out the road where drivers reported floodwater from a tributary gulch above the creek mouth.
Ballard's Snow Liniment is praised as a penetrating cure for neuralgic pains rheumatism lumbago and sciatic pains with testimonials from D F Moore of Milan Tennessee. An English clergyman warns against slipping into sin while another prays for steadfast faith like a nail driven in a sure place.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as aiding digestion, assimilation, and transformation of wholesome food into nourishing blood. It claims cures for indigestion and stomach disorders and notes sale by H. D. Slatchiey.
U S Grant Jr enters the race for the Republican vice presidential nomination. He positions himself as a candidate with broad party appeal and aims to secure support from key Republican committees and delegates ahead of the nominating convention.
Thomas A. Fox of Salt Lake attempted to end his life by swallowing chloroform yesterday after writing his mother in Covington Kentucky that he would go to Pocatello or hell. The act was discovered in time and life was saved. A note says he would inform his mother which place he chose. The Pocatello Advance comments on his choice.
Idaho representatives at Annapolis excel in June exams with top scores. Albert Church from Boise, ranked 8th in a 61 student class. A J Gormley of Moscow placed 10th in a 156 class. Vestal Coffin of Boise, 14th in the same class, youngest in the group. They are on a Mediterranean extended cruise. Also mentions Kodol Dyspepsia Cure ads and notes about canal irrigation improvements and a white robin sighting.
Advertisements tout DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a gentle laxative, claim they do not purge the system and won't gripe. Endorsements from Howell of Houston and Bob Moore of Lafayette praise easy use and lack of sickness. Also notes on Witch Hazel Salve by DeWitt's, a governor's reform school commission, and Caldwell to Memphis tourist sleeping cars with Rock Island service and D. P. A. Drake details.
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