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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1925
Page
4
An analysis compares turnout in multiple countries from the 1920s to 1924 and recent elections. It cites the United States dropping to about fifty percent while Britain Germany Japan and others show higher participation rates, with percentages and regional examples across Europe and the Americas.
State finance commissioner W Porter earns mixed reviews but is lauded for stopping a proposed $35000 fraud that would have appeared from $100. He warned Idahoans about a fraud order against sensational stock promotions and urged vigilance against scams harming farmers and future security. Italy may send an emissary by August or September to negotiate a loan of fifty million dollars.
A humorous column by Hugh McKay about marital friction. The husband vents that his wife treats his complaints as jokes and cushions him with amused, fawning responses, while he longs to be taken seriously. The piece ends with the husband distressed about being seen as a comic.
Rev Samuel A Eliot, 63, president of the American Unitarian Association, marked a birthday in Connecticut with old associates. Barnesa A Cheney, 52, long connected to A A, bore military aid to the president in New York trip memories. A veteran major league player once known as Arion, Otath a Bterd, noted for past service and later life.
A capsule of notable dates includes Washington Rochambeau crossing the Hudson to Philadelphia in 1781. Other entries note death of Timothy Bloodworth in 1815, Concord NH fire in 1850, 23 explorers heading for Oregon in 1851, Bragg’s Confederate forces near Chattanooga in 1862, a 1905 Turks massacre in Florina and Monastir, 1915 Joseph Glass consecrated bishop, and 1923 Coolidge naming Pinchot to mediate the coal wage dispute.
One year after a deadly Pat ricks Louisiana tornado nine people were killed when a Catholic church was destroyed. Alfred Mace, eldest son of famed British boxing champion Jem Mace, has pursued revivalist preaching and strict Nonconformist faith. Tiger Flowers and Jock Malone are slated for an early Boston club encounter.
David and Happy Giggles discover a hidden doorway in the ground leading to Mrs Edeniza’s tiny house. The elfin explains how she keeps intruders out using a doors and cobweb lined tunnel. They observe the clever trapping and sneak back to the surface.
Today’s planetary aspects favor conservative success in mechanical or inventive work. A birthday person is sociable, fair, reliable, and musically inclined with strong judgment. Notable people born today include Max Beerholm actor Charles Sabin banker Charles F McKim architect John C Watson naval officer William Walter Phelps statesman and William A Proctor manufacturer.
Mrs J Borden Harriman succeeds the late Mrs Helen Gardner on the civil service commission and leads the National Democratic Women's club. Born into New York society, she married into another prominent family and traveled abroad. Her career spans social, civic, and national work from women's uplift to labor reform, Red Cross service, and advisory roles.
Fifty years ago today Captain Math ew Webb became the first to swim the English Channel. Onefield Massachusetts began a celebration marking its 150th anniversary of incorporation. The Rt Rev Joseph Glass marks ten years since his consecration as Catholic bishop. The seventy third annual American Pharmaceutical Association convention opens in Des Moines with related society meetings. The World Child Welfare Congress opens in Geneva drawing global attendees. A playful garden scene ends with a gag line about a hidden wapdoer as two characters, David and Happy Giggles, fail to locate it.
A 1925 medical guide stresses mothers train children to blow the nose correctly to protect hearing. It warns against snuffling water, notes ear infections from head colds, and urges medical care for persistent earache or when simple home remedies fail. It covers tonsil and adenoid removal, water in the head after swimming, and safe ear cleaning practices.
An advice fragment discusses jealous rivals in love, noting how imagined past lovers tear at self esteem. It contrasts this with the reality of a past rival who proves unattractive, urging women to see themselves as current partners with confidence. It then shifts to a medical note on congenital ear deformities, advising cap or band use for mild cases and describing surgical correction for persistent cases, with caution for boys.
The piece rails at treacherous insects and praises cooperation among bugs while noting West coast peach growers face a blight countered by larger pests. It also mentions New York City real estate boom and the looming anthracite strike, then a garbled line about Wass Abd Elheim and film offers.
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