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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
4
The Baptist church ladies will serve hot lunches and dinners at 330 N. Main during the Woolgrowers' convention January 15 and 16. The YMCA senior gym class will hold an indoor athletic meet Monday December 21 at 8 p m. Public invited with no admission. Come see the boys in action.
Chicago December wheat futures closed at 1.057 percent to 1.06 dollars, reflecting modest shifts in the grain market.
The Nile’s north south flow and year round winds favor wind or current propelled boats, yet water transportation remains underutilized in Egypt. Canals mainly irrigate but are broad navigable routes for sailing boats and small steam tugs. With awakening canal value, more use may follow.
L Tane’s new German work details penal colonies in northern Siberia and his 16 month trip to Kolynim. He recalls suicides hunger and insanity among 50 political prisoners aged 16 to early twenties sent for liberal offenses. Mail arrives thrice yearly and one inmate receives a last mother’s note.
L T Clifford reports a bullsnake coiled around two live chickens in his yard henhouse. He struck the snake knocking loose its head but the snake tightened and killed the poultry. A following disturbance involved a large frog eating a broiler. Clifford killed the frog.
A local notice promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment as a cure for rheumatics lumbago sore and stiff muscles strains sprains burns bruises and all aches. It urges Mrs A L Cook to keep a bottle at home for relief.
Mrs McRaney from Prentiss describes three months of bed confinement for kidney and bladder trouble. After two physicians offered no relief, she credits Foley's Kidney Remedy with a dramatic improvement and urges other women to try it. Temple Pharmacy in Pocatello and McCammon sold the remedy through Ferguson and Jenkins.
The report shows a maximum of 20 and minimum of 10 with a mean of 15. At 6 a m the temperature was 1. Precipitation 0.2. Fetal precipitation since January 14 88. Above normal since January 1 is 218. Total sunshine 2 hours 15 minutes with possible sun 9 hours. M A Robinson observer.
Four hundred acres offered at thirty dollars per acre for transactions within thirty days. Over 250 acres cultivated or cultivable with permanent water, a good building and farm implements included. Located four miles from Blackfoot. call 8 C Winters at 4158 Main, Pocatello Idaho. serious inquiries only.
Coxs offers a selection of holiday items and seasonal decor. Visit to see Christmas goods and gifts available locally.
Nearly new four room house on Main Street offered as a bargain. Price listed as 2350 with payment terms requiring over ten percent down. Property described as very close in and associated with Gray Gray.
Reduced fares for Christmas holidays offered by Oregon Short Line. Tickets on sale December 18 19 24 25 and 31 and January 1 1909 with a limit January 4. See agents for further particulars.
Decorative china presented by Mrs Daniel Hamer is available at Roberts jewelry store beside the post office. Studio located at 538 West Center Street.
An old ad notes passing counterfeit money is no worse than substituting a cheaper unknown remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar. It promotes the cough and lung healing powers and cites Temple Pharmacy in Pocatello and McCammon with Ferguson & Jenkins as proprietors.
County Treasurer Julia M. Sullivan announces payment of warrants numbers 82 through 102 dated April 16 1908 with interest to Sept 16 1908 upon presentation at her office. The notice is part of a public funds payment sequence in Bannock County. The ad also promotes Foley's Orino Laxative and Temple Ferguson Jenkins proprietors.
City notice announces warrants 799 through 808 dated Sept 4 1908 will be paid with interest to date upon presentation at Bannock National Bank Dated Dec 4 1908 City Treasurer Goldie McCallister Also pharmacy advertisement for Foley's Kidney Remedy promoted by Temple Pharmacy Pocatello and McCammon Ferguson Jenkins Props
At the regular assembly Rev. Smith gave a history and uses talk on the Book of Common Prayer, praising its simplicity and enduring influence. The program included piano duets and a girls sextette with encores, while Christmas holidays begin Friday the 18th with staff and students taking a break.
Public notice that county and state taxes for 1908 are due at the courthouse office in Pocatello Idaho. Taxes become delinquent January 4 1909 with penalties as provided by law. L B Case Assessor and Tax Collector Bannock Co Idaho. dandsw tf.
Mrs A L Cook reports Bal lard's Horehound Syrup soothes inflamed tissues and stops a cough early, preventing lung damage and aiding recovery. The ad touts rapid relief and renewed health based on consumption statistics.
A personal appeal urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble over unknown preparations. It claims forty years of cures and notes Temple Pharmacy in Pocatello and McCammon as sellers, Ferguson and Jenkins proprietors.
The Tribune asks customers to bring ad changes a day early as changes cannot be processed on publication day. Only classified ads and readers can be handled after 10 am. no readers after noon. If rules aren’t followed, publication hours may shift to later in the evening.
W C Kiestler of Halliday Arkansas praises Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria stomach and liver troubles and general weakness. The ad claims the medicine purifies blood tones nerves and boosts energy with a money back guarantee. Available for 50 cents at Ferguson Jenkins drug stores in Pocatello and McCammon.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Tribune office and best line about papers and cars with unclear context.
John Ellis sheriff-elect of Bannock County Idaho announces he will apply to the Bannock County Board of County Commissioners at their next meeting for the allowance and appointment of one deputy sheriff and one jailer. Dated December 1, 1908.
Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia overnight are claimed to be quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar. The product soothes inflamed membranes, aids lung healing, and expels the cold from the system in advertisements by Temple Pharmacy and Ferguson Jenkins Props.
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