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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
4
The Gate City band will give an open air street concert at 8 o'clock as a rehearsal and to promote interest in the Brady special train to the Republican state convention. Brady Boosters from the southeast will ride the train, and two bands will participate.
Seagit New Jersey August 27 Governor Fort orders strict enforcement of the excise law in Atlantic City calling the resort a Satur nalia of vice if saloons and cafes do not close next Sunday He threatens an extra legislative session and possible troop deployment to impose martial law accusing local jurors of harboring saloon owners and demanding removal of failing officers after hearings
Rail official C P Pruitt visits Pacific today while Mrs Oeff and Mrs Bradbury pass through on Yellowstone trip. Cutler Jr visits on business from Idaho Falls as Grace Loughran leads exams at the Academy. Deed filed for Soda Springs property. title clear on a block 53 parcel. Robethan deed confirms sale of lot near the baseball park. Lucile Edwards undergoes pelvic abscess operation in hospital after train illness. Mrs Bosworth hosts a Church home social. YPU social planned at Mrs White’s home. Tribune staff gifted a watermelon from Payette valley. Pocatello Cash grocery promotes melons.
Downey Idaho hosts the Great Garey Act land opening on September 7 with a special rate. Tickets available via the station agent.
Admiral Sperry sent a note to New South Wales premier Charles Wade thanking Sydney for its hospitality. About 60 sailors failed to join at departure and will not be listed as deserters, with 50 stragglers later boarding the Yankton to rejoin in Melbourne.
Bannock County is slated to pay 26 155 55 dollars toward maintenance of state government under 1907 assess ed valuations. The list shows each county’s valuation and tax levy for 1907 and 1908, with Bannock’s figures highlighted beside other counties. An upcoming Civic club event, the Tots Carnival at the Auditorium, is noted with admission prices.
A building lot in the new town development south of Downey Idaho is advertised for sale in September. The notice highlights the parcel’s location and potential for future construction.
Classified notice seeks boarders at Terrell block with contact for Mrs. A. Harford. Local housing offer details are limited in the fragment.
An old promotion urges drinkers to consume American Pilsener beer regularly and observe its purported beneficial effects on health and wellbeing.
Baseball Sunday brings Pocatello and Basalt to the east side ground for a Sunday afternoon matchup on the diamond.
A testimonial from Mrs A L Cook notes the Lasiest Man in the World would not stay idle due to rheumatism. The ad urges immediate treatment for any ache or pain with Ballard's Snow Liniment promising rapid disappearance of trouble.
Fremont county plans to transport two special trains of Brady Boosters to join the convention special, departing Fremont county at 12:01 p.m. next Monday and arriving in Boise around 8 p.m. that night.
In New York on August 27 President Roosevelt and his party arrived by special train from South Columbia and boarded the yacht Sylph for Oyster Bay. An Italian laborer attempted to reach the president but was intercepted by a railroad policeman and detained after saying he wished to speak to the president. The man then disappeared into the crowd.
The Civic club trains for the Tots Carnival with rapid progress and promises a rare treat for attendees on Saturday evening August 29. Tickets and programs are available from the children.
The site at Downey Idaho is slated for sale on September 6, with officials informing interested buyers and noting the property’s public disposal status. The notice urges attendance and outlines bidding details.
Florence Fusz thanks friends and acquaintances for loyal support during a recent popularity contest conducted by the Pocatello Tribune.
Turkey Red Fall Wheat tests 64 pounds to bushel and yields 47 bushels per acre with no water. Also listed is choice alfalfa seed. Sold by L. Ruebelmann & Son at 1218 2nd Ave, phone 47-Red.
Letter from LillieGrace McLaughlin thanks friends for loyal support during a fortunate journey. She calls the trip interesting instructive and pleasing and expresses gratitude for faithful help from many true friends.
Temple Pharmacy endorses Foley's Kidney Remedy claiming it will cure any kidney or bladder trouble not beyond medical reach. No medicine can do more.
Pocatello Police Chief John Ellis says idle men have no excuse in Idaho as beet harvests and canal work boost demand. Contractors in Shoshone Gooding Bliss Twin Falls Hollister Nampa Boise seek workers while the Northwestern railroad from Huntington to Lewiston rushes to completion with 125 men at work on double shifts.
Local listing notes a Kroeger instrument for sale by Prof Mucklen at 217 North Garfield. The item is presented as a famous piano available for potential buyers to inspect before purchase.
The article traces the Burroughs adding machine from its scrap beginnings to a perfected model. It notes 60 000 machines in use, 450 in U S government departments, and 47 styles including listings, fractions, or large 18 inch sheets. It highlights speed records and a public demonstration by F D Clements at Bannock National Bank.
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