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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
2
The Daily Tribune directs all complaints to be made at the office at once. It is entered at the post office in Pocatello Idaho for transmission through the mails as second class matter.
The Chemical Bank of New York City refuses government deposits due to the new interest on government deposits rule. Renowned for exclusivity, it avoids new depositors while Hetty Green reportedly maintains a large balance and uses the bank for headquarters and desk space.
Borough President Coler’s dog Brian Boru wandered off and was seized by dog catchers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Coler fights the fine and argues the state cannot delegate police powers to a private group. The case, in the New York Supreme Court, may rise to higher courts with Brian Boru’s fate pending.
Donald G. Mitchell born 1822 Yale graduate known as Ik Marvel died this week. He wrote The Reveries of a Bachelor and other works themed on rural life, including My Farm at Edgewood and Wet Days at Edgewood. He enjoyed farm life and Delights of New Haven area landscapes.
New York's fashionable circle shows a sharp drop in marriages with 662 this year from 763 last year, a 13 percent fall. Experts link it to the panic of last fall and rising costs. Meanwhile 298 women and 248 men died, deepening talk that the 400 may tilt toward men, yet the group remains over 29,000 strong.
A speaker on Walla Street laments endless hunger and neglect as business stalls falter. He recalls a kind, drunk passerby who fed birds, while crowds hurry by without a glance. The poem, attributed to T. A. Daly from Catholic Standard and Times, captures urban hardship and forgotten generosity.
In a light exchange the suitor declares his wish to marry the daughter while the stern parent questions the match. The dialogue hints at family approval as a central comic pivot in the Chips scene.
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts a staged duel where one man strips clothing to feign fear and later apologizes as friends part in reconciliation. It then hints at an actress turning down a role due to costume demands that would fail to reveal her famed beauty after fifteen years on the American stage.
A dialogue from Harper's Weekly presents a heated exchange about marriage and social comparison. Maude declares she loves George despite his perceived lack of drive or ambition in life.
Harper's Weekly recalls Bellevue Hospital legends including the black bottle a feared mystery and the long standing tradition that every man is alcoholic until proven innocent. The piece notes grim nursing past punishments and a 1735 origin tied to the city hall site with rum funding.
The Nashville Tennesseean critiques clichés in prohibition era fiction noting common lines must be omitted in print. It targets phrases conveying intoxication romance and staged ballroom scenes to avoid moralizing tone and sensationalism.
The scarlet cloak worn by Charles I at his execution has been presented to Shrewsbury by the Walcot family, who served as page of honor. Displayed at the town museum, the garment has been in Walcot possession for 260 years and was once shown by the Society of Antiquities in 1861.
The Los Angeles Express reports over 200000 moonstones are carried from Redondo Beach yearly. Residents visitors and teamsters take moonstones in pockets handkerchiefs and wagons for building use. Protests to city trustees have not stopped the traffic. The supply of moonstone bearing pebbles remains abundant as the sea continually washes more ashore.
Dr Gelbke in a lecture before German physicians argues people stood and sat less. chairs were for rare occasions. The London Globe reports Dr Kruche of Munich noting primitive peoples still prefer reclining meals and rest, lying on their stomachs rather than backs, linked to more supple figures.
An old humor piece warns that aging men risk apoplexy from tight collars. It cites two New York deaths last week linked to attempting to button tight collars and cautions men over forty to avoid constricting neckwear.
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