Bank on Two Legs and a Train Conductor Legend
Major Holmes Day recalls Uncle Nate Swan the Bangor and Piscataquis railroad conductor who banked pay from woods crews on train rides to Moosehead lake. The trusted figure cuffed offenders, safeguarded ten dollar notes, and never faced disputes with depositors through years of service.
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Maine
Major Holmes Day
Nate Swan
Bangor and
Piscataquis
City
Moosehead Lake
Nate
Uncle Nate
Swan
Lake
My Story anecdote about a villain in Circulations
The passage recounts Hall Caine recalling Wilkie Collins being told by Mrs Edward Bulwer-Lytton that a real husband she knew was a superior villain to Fosco. The story, from My Story, links Fosco’s fame to a boast about a living menace observed by the author’s critic.
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Hall Caine
All England
Fosco
Wilkie Collins
Collins
Count Fosco
Edward Galwer Lytton
Fixed Bayonets In London And Regimental Rights
London Standard notes which regiments enjoy fixed bayonets marching through the city including Royal Fusiliers East Kent Buffs and Royal Marines all with historic city ties. It references amphibious links to Grenadier Guards and a tattoo motto Rule Britannia. Foley's Kidney Remedy is advertised as a kidney and bladder treatment from Temple Pharmacy listing locations in Pocatello and McCammon.
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London
Royal Fusileers
John Gilpin
East Kent “Buffs
Royal Marines
Grenadser Guards
Grenadier
Bat‘ation
London Standard
Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Pocatell and McCammon
Ferguson & Jenkins
Tropa
County warrants payable on presentation at meeting
County of Bannock issues Warrant Call for Current Expense Fund warrants numbers 82 through 102 dated April 16 1908 with interest to September 16 1908 payable upon presentation at meeting.
Spuds That Cook Mealy At Bergs
A damaged notice notes Bergs offering cleaning services and dyeing, with a misread ad mentioning spuds, silk skirts, waists and clothing items. The Pocetale Chessi ng & Dyeing Co at 206 West Clark is listed with phone 137-black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexhar
Pocetale Chessing, & Dyeing Company
West Clark
When Men Wore Laces and Family Dress Costs
The London Mail surveys historical spending on apparel and finds that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries men spent as much as women on clothes. It notes lace cuffs, hats, stockings, boots, wigs, barbering, and jewelry as part of male attire, with middle class women still bearing main dress costs. three children’s upbringings cost more than a mother’s wardrobe.
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M. Henry de Gallier
la Revue
Enon
London
Two Young Authors Rediscover Their Joint Manuscript
In a humorous moment two young writers who sent a joint piece to Life decades ago reunite. They laugh at the twists they might have added and discover the manuscript has just come back. One reveals the enclosed draft offering to make changes they now desire.
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New York Times
Paris
Raymond
Menard
England
London Zoological Society
Winona
Ind
Indianapolis
Lincoln Center
Switzerland
Rhine
Aar
Neufchatel
Constance
Chicago
Masonic Temple
New York
Copenhagen
W. Grant Stevenson
Edinburgh
Robert Burns
Milwaukee
How He Scared Sister in Gaylord Street
A eight year old girl ran to her mother crying saying a boy scared her. Her ten year old brother Willie explained he scared her with a Hemera campa leucostigma a caterpillar. The mother learns only later the scientific name.
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Gaylord Street
Willie
Denver Post
Ben Rich Visits Pocatello for LDS Anniversary Address
Ben F. Rich president of the eastern States mission visited Pocatello between trains Sunday afternoon. He attended commemorative exercises for the 103rd anniversary of Joseph Smith at the L D S church and was invited to address the assembly after Elder L F Zandel spoke on Joseph Smith. Rich spoke on the life of the revered prophet and placed him among prophet figures.
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Ben Rich
Pocatello
Ben F. Rich
Eastern States Mission
Joseph Smith
L. F. Zandel
Rich
Holly! Holly Fifteen Cents Per Pound at Wade's Bakery
Local bakery Wade's Bakery advertises fresh produce with a sale tag of fifteen cents per pound for holly items.
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Wade
Varied World Notes From 19th Century Reports
A survey of global curiosities covers wheat maturity in Canada, balloon origins in 1620, a 7000 foot pier at Minster on Sea, and Australia’s gender balance. It notes India tea vs rubber shifts, Athos monasteries, and Mexico’s petroleum prospects, plus Paris surpassing Berlin in university size.
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Canada
Minster-on-the-Sea
England
Australia
British India
China
Saxony
Athos
Holy
Mexico
London
Thames
Electro-Technical Institute
St. Petersburg
Freudinberg
Stoke-on-Trent
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Berlin
University of Paris
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J. T. Thoelecke
Berg
Molinelli @ Co. iwelers_& Opticians
Vati
Preston Flour
Blyth & Fargo Company
Red
Ruebelmann &Son
South Second Ave
James H. Barton & Company
Henry W. Savage
Garden Theatre
New York City
Oliver Wort Ord ceaLeen
Ramsay
feattAeoy An Amred
Ballard
King OF Them
Bellard
J. G. Scott
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
North Second Street
ST. . Louis
Missouri
A L. Cook
Ballard-Snow Liniment Co. Et
Louis, Mn
A. L. Cook
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