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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
3
The piece promises a bright original two hour show on Tuesday December 8 at the Auditorium. Hi Henrys minstrels feature a full band and orchestra sweet singers and electronic stage effects with new scenery and costumes. A noon street parade and a free band concert at 7 p m precede the performance.
Household remedy advertisement urges every family to keep Pape's Diapepsin for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims fast digestion of meals, relief from sourness, belching, gas and heartburn, and promises strong relief within minutes. A 50 cent case is enough to help a typical bout of dyspepsia.
Gray & Gray advertise Palm Lands in Little Lost River as agents for Blaine County Irrigation Co Ltd. They claim 3000 acres remain of 15000, on market three months, with buyers from the east expected in December and local parties urged to contact Clyde M. Gray.
County Treasurer Julia M Sullivan announces payment of Current Expense Fund warrants numbers 82 through 102 dated September 16 1908 with interest to September 1908. Warrant holder must present at the treasurer’s office to receive payment.
A garbled Broadway overheard dialogue narrates a violent plot with poison, pistols, a cabin blown by dynamite, a deadly fall, and a final claim that the girl is mine. The messy text reads like a sensational crime setup with dramatic threats and blood imagery.
An item describes a folk remedy where a medium sapling is peeled to release sap that carries fleas away, a belief attributed to a great cy brother in black. The text mentions using a white wood sap with moisture to lift fleas from hog beds or stables and transport them away.
An 81 year old California pioneer from 1849 writes from Santa Rosa praising Hyomei as the best catarrh medicine. He recalls relief after using a complete outfit and notes ongoing use for lasting clearance. The letter mentions prices for the inhaler and extra bottles and is signed W Mack.
The Philippines yield rare gems like tabashir opal deposits in bamboo joints, valued higher by a German source. Many canestalks fail to reveal gems, likely from disease. Bluish pearls form in cocoa nuts, ranging from pinhead to pea, with about a dozen Philippine treasures kept in European museums.
An attractive young girl boards a crowded Washington street car. A courteous young man offers his seat, but she haltingly urges him not to surrender his seat until he plans to alight, fearing others may think he is from the country. This humorous moment from Harper's Weekly reflects social manners of the era.
Clark University President G Stanley Hall urges college faculty to unite for self protection and boycott news gatherers as enemies of academic dignity. He warns professors must avoid being made to look foolish and to control public perception.
In Bannockburn a quarrelsome Englishman sneers at Scotland but the Scot replies with quiet humor. He invites the visitor to Stirling where thirty thousand of his countrymen have lived for six centuries and never left.
Notice of public auction for state lands in Bannock County Idaho to be held at the Pocatello courthouse on December 12 1908 at 10 a m The land descriptions include various sections townships and ranges with prices from 10 to 12 per acre Terms require cash on sale for lands 25 and under and installments with six percent interest for higher priced lands The sale is ordered by the State Board of Land Commissioners registered by M I Church with dates d 11 16 23 30 and December 7
Public notice from Bannock County Idaho Assessor L B Case that the 1908 county and state taxes are due at the courthouse in Pocatello and will become delinquent January 4 1909. After that date penalties and costs will be added as provided by law.
The text argues that rapid word growth accompanies invention and notes the need for a term to describe a message sent by wireless transmission. It observes that such a word is already used in Great Britain and questions why it is not used elsewhere.
A tea party dialogue reveals a woman is married to Mr Thompson who has been the subject of talk. The exchange shows the husband’s reputation contrasts with his wife’s familiar knowledge of him.
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