Thaw Jury Closes Day With Hope for Acquittal
Reporters note the Thaw jury remained sequestered from 11:20 p m to 7 a m and returned for instructions as Evelyn Thaw and H F Blaise testify exhibits including Thaw’s will and a Madison Square Garden plan are sought. Jury signals focus on sanity or insanity and rejects unwritten law as a factor.
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Evelyn Nesbit
Pittsburg
Madison Square Garden
Thaw
White
Evelyn Thaw
Dr. Hamilton
Fitzgerald
Delmas
Court House
Man Arrested at Sehnley Hotel Over Milking Cow Patent Deal
Frederick Slager was arrested in Pittsburgh for trying to force entry to the Hotel Sehenley lobby to meet Andrew Carnegie about selling a cow milking patent. He carried an open penknife in his cuff and stated his Los Angeles address.
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Pittsburgh
Frederick Slager
Sehenley
Andrew Carnegie
Los Angeles
Fire destroys Chic asaw cotton compress in Oklahoma
A large fire in Oklahoma destroyed the Chic asaw cotton compress and a substantial amount of cotton today. The estimated loss is about 1,060,000 dollars.
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Oklahoma
Okla
Chicasaw
Rededication of Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on April 11 the Carnegie Institute rededication began with President Frew welcoming international guests from England to South America. An informal reception followed by Mayor Guthrie and Mrs Guthrie, and by Mr and Mrs Carnegie. The marble building in Sehenley park cost six million dollars. It houses a labor and art gallery a library and a museum. A letter from President Roosevelt expressed regret at missing the event.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute
Frew
Board of Trustees
England
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Canada
South America
United States
Guthrie
Carnegie
Enthusiastic horseman brings top pacer to Pocatello stud
C O Benting of the east side harness trades brings Wayne Wilkes a 2 16 pacer to Pocatello to stand at stud. Wilkes is sire of 2 13 pacers and Klatawah colts also stay in town. Benting plans to ship brood mares to tame grass pasture this season.
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C. O. Benting
East Side
Wayne Wilkes
Pocatello
Wilkes
Mr. Benting
Painter's helper Fell From Engine at Roundhouse
Alma McCard about 40 years old working as a painter's helper in the Oregon Short Line roundhouse suffered a ten foot fall from an engine yesterday morning at about 9 45. He was rendered unconscious and very sick but no bones were broken. He was taken to the emergency hospital for treatment and is a former resident of Promontory and other Box Elder county Utah places.
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Alma McCard
Oregon Short Line
McCard
Promontory
Box Eider County
Utah
Portland widow dies by suicide from bridge jump
April 11 Mrs Lyntte Lowengart, wife of a Portland merchant and daughter of Mrs Adelaide Gerst, jumped sixty feet from the Ford street bridge. She had suffered nervous prostration for over a year.
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Portland
Ove
Lynett Lowengart
Ford Street
Daugher
Adelaide Gerst
San Francisco
Nine Adults and Six Children Missing After Canadian Pacific Wreck
Montreal April 11 Nine adults and six children are missing after a Canadian Pacific wreck west of Chaplin Ontario today.
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Montreal
Chaplin
Ontario
Sagebrush Fiesta Proposed to Honor Idaho Desert Death
The article envisions a Sagebrush Fiesta in Pocatello and Los Angeles style celebrations to honor and mourn Idaho sagebrush as irrigation and farming projects transform the land. It contrasts the sage with the coming crops, arguing for a festive tribute before sagebrush disappears from Fort Hall and surrounding tracts as water projects convert desert to farmland.
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Idaho
Los Angeles
Pocatello
California
United States
Fort Hall
Canyon of the Snake
Great
Lost River Plains
Boise
Payette
Snake
Milner
Minidoka
Artil
Lery
Snake River
American Falls
Boise- Payette
Lost River
Mountainhome
Marysville
Idaho Sage
Engine Hands Get More Money
Pocatello representatives of the trainmen and conductors met with thirty one western railroad general managers in Chicago. An agreement signed Monday increases firemen pay by 25 cents per day for 10 hour shifts or less and 100 miles or less from the January 1 1907 rate, with adjustments by yard class. Firemen on engines under 12 mph are excluded and yard rates rise to 2.25 in first class yards and 2.15 in other yards. An extra 15 cent rise applies to engines with a base rate of 2.40 or more per day. Firemen also gain relief from engine cleaning duties, with overall raises aligned to that of conductors and trainees.
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Pocatello
Chicago
San Francisco Bookmaker Deemed Insane En Route East
Joseph Ullman a noted race track bookmaker was removed as an insane patient by a deputy sheriff in San Francisco. He came here as a backer of the San Carlos Opera Company where stars include Alice Nielsen and Mme. Nordica.
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San Francisco
Joseph Ullman
San Carlos Opera Company
Alice Nielson
Mme. Nordica
Jewelry Heist Hits Town Pawn Shop on North First
Burglars entered J. U. Townsend’s pawn shop on North First avenue between the bows of 1 and 12 and made off with about 2000 dollars worth of gold and silver watches diamonds rings and miscellaneous jewelry nine revolvers and a fur overcoat. Two arrests were made and a portion of the plunder recovered as investigators hunt a third suspect.
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J. U. Townsend
First Avenue
J. 8. DeWitt
Townsend
County Clerk reports record growth in Bannock County
The County Clerk and Recorder E. J. Gallet notes a 50 percent rise in business for January February and March. More instruments were filed than in any prior quarter and expenses were lower, signaling growth for Bannock County.
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E.J. Gallet
Bannock County
New Civic Club Officers Elected at Free Library Meeting
The Civic club elected officers including President Mrs. Anthes and Vice President Mrs. Chaney at the annual meeting held in the free library. The library committee led by Dr. Minnie Howard reported growth from 468 to 1103 books this year with 204 purchased and 331 donated. The treasurer Mrs. Houde noted receipts of 897 and expenditures of 421.05. Committee reports praised activities such as a play fundraiser The Witch of the Woods and various social events.
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Civic Club
Free Library
Anthes
Chaney
Ingling
Brooks
Houde
Minnie Howard
Gallet
Harmer
Faris
Ingersoll
SoRelle
Sonnenkalb
Roberts
Terrell
McCarty
Igo
Patrie
Weeter
Belcher
Sobelle
Library Committee
Treasury
Sotelle
Tirvive and Entertainment Committee
Commercial Club
Academy Summer Selsows
Village and Town Improvement Committee
County Commissioners Adjourn Regular Quarterly Session
The board adjourned to May 13 after approving quarterly bills and road reports. New law designates members as general road overseers, with interim term work by personal inspections. Claims were few, with only four bills presented. County operations described as economical and businesslike.
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Board of County Commissioners
Linen proceeds fund hospital runing expenses and books
The 66 member club forms a finance committee led by Mrs. Weetrr with Mrs. Hull, North, Sonnenkalb, Whittlesey, Bell, Brooks, Winters, White, Terrell and Belcher. A rummage sale Saturday will raise funds for running expenses and books.
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New General Hospital
Weetrr
Hull
North
Sonnenkalb
Whittlesey
Bell
Brooks
Winters
White
Terrell
Belcher
Pneumonia Sufferer Credits Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs Fannie Conner of Rural Route 1 Georgetown Tenn says pneumonia left her with a weak lung and persistent cough until her husband bought Dr King’s New Discovery. She claims it cured her cough and restored her lungs. Trial bottle free, guaranteed by A L Cook druggist 60c or 1.00.
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Fannie Conner
Georgetown
Tenn
Dr. King
A. L. Cook
Bottig
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Crank
Laird of
Scibo
V. C. Benting
P. R. Wreck
East Side Pawn Shop
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