Frank J Curran Dies by Own Hand in Pocatello
Frank J Curran, a Pocatello electrical worker, killed himself with potassium cyanide driven by broodings over the death of his young bride. He left a letter explaining his motive and a plan to be near her again. his father traveled from Salt Lake to receive the body.
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Pocatello Electrical
Salt Lake
Frank J. Curran
John Crosby
North Third Avenue
Will T. Walker
Walker
R. H. Curran
Utah
Pinkerton
Curran
Pocatello Electric Supply Company
Harry Shaffer
Eveline Hodges
Idaho Falls
Steely
Bert
Frank
Crosby
Pocatello
Pocatello Event Highlights Dee Ta Rawt and Taal
In Pocatello Idaho readers note a feature on Dee Ta Rawt and Taal dated November 10 with local focus on performances and community interest.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Dee
Roosevelt to Speak at New Haven Chamber Banquet Tonight
Theodore Roosevelt will be the sole speaker at the New Haven chamber of commerce banquet in the Yale dining hall this evening. The event is seen as a major city affair with high expectations for his address on politics and national affairs.
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New Haven
Theodore Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
Yale
Chamber
Roosevelt
Simeon E. Baldwin
Hadley
Trouble on the border
El Paso dispatch reports Captain Hughes of the Texas Rangers at Ysleta ordered by the adjutant general to march with all his men to Marfa to assist the sheriff of Presidio County amid rumors of a battle in Chihuahua.
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Texas Rangers
Ysleta
State of
Chihuahua
el Paso
Dee
Hughes
Adjutant General of
Presidio County
Marfa
Rebels Fight At Padernales Report Says
El Paso dispatch reports arriving passengers saying Chihuahua is rife with word of a new clash between rebels and regulars at Padernales. Panoramic details not confirmed by official sources.
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el Paso
Mexico
Chihuahua
Padernales
New President Chosen for University of Minnesota
Dr. George Edgar Vincent, dean at the University of Chicago, has been chosen by the regents to succeed Dr. Cyrus Northrop as president of the University of Minnesota and has accepted. He is a son of Bishop Heyl Vincent, founder of the Chautauqua institution.
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Minneapolis
George Edgar Vincent
Arts
Science
University of Chicago
Cyrus Northrop
University of Minnesota
Heyl Vincent
Chautauqua
Russian Assassin in Prison Becomes Subject to Personal Crisis
St. Petersburg report confirms M. Casonoff, who killed Interior Minister von Plehve in July 1904, died in iron at Zarantai. Official word attributes death to his own action, marking a grim personal crisis for the infamous assassin.
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St. Petersburg
M. Casonoff
von Plehve
Zarantai
Rousing Sunday Meeting at Y M C A
A large Sunday program at the local YMCA drew many men to the club rooms for a 4 pm address on Waste by James Astle of Blyth and Fargo. The event featured a new orchestra and choir, a 5 pm Bible study luncheon led by John P. Congdon, and a 7:15 pm church party followed by a 9:15 song service.
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James Astle
Blyth & Fargo
L. D
L. D. §. Choir, ‘Convention Echoes’’ Were Given By 8. M. Ayers
C. Farnum Criswell
Men’s Fellowship Bible Study Club
John P. Congdon
David
Vane Day
Names of the Need is a Tribune Appeal for Christmas Aid
The Tribune asks readers to report poor families in need this holiday season in Pocatello Idaho. Citizens should send tips to the Tribune lock box 348 to help ensure Christmas cheer reaches those without Santa Claus.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Gate City
Tribune
Santa Claus
The
Editors Urge Amendments To Direct Primary Law
Caldwell Idaho December 13 editors from Idaho press clubs form a permanent committee to push reform. They endorse revenue tax commission work and urge publication of county assessment rolls to curb under valuation. They call for a sanitary code, broader distribution of state documents, public disclosure of proceedings, and a State Board of Agriculture. They seek a tighter internal development policy and a bacteriological station. They want direct primary changes including earlier primaries and publicity rules. A Boise meeting of allied press clubs is set for December 7, 1911.
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Revenue and Tax Commission
Idaho
Board of Agriculture
State Board of Health
Caldwell
James H. Wallis
Allied Press Clubs of Idaho
Boise
Permanent Legislative Committee
Proprieter Fined for Violating City Health Rules
Cal Owens, owner of a rooming house on South Main, was fined $25 and costs for moving a contagious patient to another house without notifying the health department. Police Judge Alf Moyes imposed the penalty after Owens admitted removing the patient and the city prepared to admit Dr Poole's potential testimony. The judge urged strict quarantine compliance and Wright announced further prosecutions.
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Owens
F. H. Poole
Lockhart
Moyes
Allotted Land Leases Advance For Fort Hall Tribe
Special Alloting Agent Sams from the Ross Fork Indian agency visited the city this afternoon. He has made 400 allotments of irrigable 20 acre tracts this season. Tribesmen express satisfaction with federal oversight through Sams and the Fort Hall agency. Much allotment land will be leased to white settlers via the Fort Hall superintendent. Water will be available for irrigation on all allotted land in time for the 1911 season.
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Sams
Ross Fork
Fort Hall Reservation
Uncle Sam
Pocatello Seeks Local Backing for Chicago Financed Gas Plant
A Chicago firm Fuertado Edwards proposes a modern coal gas plant for Pocatello Idaho. They seek local support to raise 30000 to 40000 dollars in preferred stock at six percent and participate in four percent common stock dividends, promising ten percent overall. They ask the Chamber of Commerce to gauge local interest and boost the project.
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Chicago
Gate City
Leon F. Molinelli
Pocatello Commercial Club
Fuertado & Edwards
Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
Idaho
J. A. Jones
Is Marriage a Failure to Open Audi torium Season
The Auditorium theatre opens with Is Marriage a Failure on December 17 under manager Alex Murray. The season features a lineup including Stubborn Cinderella Three Twins The Spendthrift Honeymoon Trail The Climax Queen of the Moulin Rouge Man of the Hour Gentleman from Mississippi Seven Days Polly of the Circus Hanlon's Superba Bachelor's Honeymoon and Ferris Hartman Whitney Brothers quartet announced under the Academy of Idaho.
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Alex Murray
Auditorium Theatre
Mississippi
Polly
the Circus
Hanlon
Superba
Ferris Hartman
Whitney Brothers Quartette
The
Academy of Idaho
Reforestation Boom Started by Potter
Washington reports Associate Forester Potter announced that the forest service will plant as many trees on national forests this fiscal year as were planted in the previous five years combined. The plan aims to continually increase yearly plantings.
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Washington
Forest Service On National Forests
Potter
Miners Balloting for New International Officers
Union miners nationwide are balloting today for international officers. President Thomas L. Lewis faces opposition from John P. White of Oskaloosa Iowa. Results stay secret until the annual convention in Columbus Ohio next month.
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Indianapolis
Thomas L. Lewis
John P. White
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Columbus
Ohio
Pocatello Commercial Club to Nominate New Board
The board of governors will meet at the Y M C A club rooms to elect a nominating committee from the retiring board. Names will be bulletined ten days before the January 9 1911 election, when four governors are to be chosen and a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary will be selected. The meeting will also discuss a proposed gas plant in Pocatello.
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Board of Governors
Pocatello Commercial Club
Pocatello
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Baldwin
Minn. University
Wright
Firm of
Engineers
Commercial Club
R. 8. Feurtado
Boy Scouts of America
Tucker
Pocatello Association
Boy Scouts
Association
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