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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1925
Page
4
The piece argues leisure boredom and urges reading as a solution. It notes many lack of social activities, but libraries and institutions offer plenty of books. It suggests getting lost in fiction or adventure to fill spare hours and avoid restlessness.
The article notes Spain’s premier urged editors to publish Sunday editions, a change editors accepted despite initial stubbornness. It argues such a shift mirrors American habits of daily morning and Sunday reading, predicting editors will keep Sunday stories flowing to satisfy readers.
An Idaho writer recalls five bears shot with a shotgun and a Colorado winter witnessing fifty lions felled by a small calibre rifle. The piece notes the urge to lure others into lion hunting as cold weather approaches, promising adventure near town and in Idaho.
Observers note Red Grange could earn about 50000 dollars playing professional football this season. The profit would help him ten years from now when public attention shifts to other gridiron stars.
Visionaries in finance pursue a robust law to end blue sky offerings and protect investors. The drive targets eliminating speculative schemes while acknowledging the need to reform market practices and reduce exposure for inexperienced buyers.
Speaking of blue lags, Philadelphia is closed so tightly on Sundays that you can only spend money with a bootlegger.
A call argues that the automotive associations should establish a nationwide fund to provide housing and care for elderly and infirm traffic officers, reflecting a progressive stance on officer welfare.
David chats with an American opossum and its mate in a zoo like setting. The animals discuss tails pouches and keeping track of youngsters while a keeper provides dinner and David heads home in time for his own bedtime.
An advertisement from 1925 by Mim requests a suitable partner for an average girl. It lists desired traits: attractive, well dressed, educated, sunny disposition, humor, kindness, athletic and fond of outdoor life, good dancer, brave yet gentle, honest, loyal, and sociable. It notes the man must want to be sent and asks applicants to answer questions about attractiveness, style, talk, sports, dancing, truthfulness, generosity, and principles before possible match mailing.
A compact list recalls key dates such as Washington’s Trenton victory in 1776 and the Mankato mass hanging in 1862. Other entries note the 1794 England privy council deliberations on a pop gun plot, 1816 Baltimore entertainment, 1749 San Francisco fire department steps, 1854 Medicine Creek treaty, 1923 Dunning hospital fire, and the 1924 California oil well spudding.
One year ago today Robert P. Brurdell once dubbed New York labor czar was freed from prison as his term for extortion expired.
Today marks Boxing Day observances and a flurry of events. The national association of accredited commercial schools convenes in Cincinnati for a week while scientists from the United States and worldwide gather in Kansas City for the American Association of Science’s annual convention and related societies.
Dr. George L. MacKintosh resigns as president of Wabash College. A veteran educational leader, he traces Indiana college service back twenty years, native to Canada born 1860 in Nova Scotia, educated at Wabash with AB 1884 and AM 1887, ordained in 1858, preached in Indianapolis, later lectured in philosophy before becoming president in 1905.
Chicago reports the world premiere of Light From St Agnes an English opera by F Franke Harling with a saxophone heavy score. The libretto adapts a play by Minnie Maddern Fiske and marks the instrument's first intrusion into standard opera.
A tidal wave and storm on Yap Island December 15 caused widespread coastal damage. The government prepares to ship provisions to relieve the shortage though no lives were reported lost.
Philadelphia report states the Liberty Bell will ring again New Year’s Eve to celebrate the area’s sesquicentennial anniversary. The bell cracked while tolling for Chief Justice Marshall 90 years ago. The broadcast marks the city’s milestone observance.
In medieval England the right to erect dove cotes or pigeon houses was a civil privilege attached to manors and protected by law. In Scotland a statute nominally allows a person to build a pigeon house only if they own land of a certain value within two miles.
In 1848 France attempted relief via national workshops paying a standard wage to the unemployed. Many workers quit regular jobs for workshop work, undermining industry, leading to abolition of the workshops to stabilize the economy.
In Cuayaquil officials report arrests of General Rafael Puente and commanders J Sebastian Vasconez and J Antonio Cobos among others. Exile orders issued for several political figures while Alberto Larrea Chiriboga is recalled from Chile. Dispatches claim quiet returns to normal. Cigarette production notes contrast hand made work with machine output.
Three identified men were shot and killed during a Christmas dance at the Adonis social club in south Brooklyn. Police believe strangers arrived around midnight and a quarrel with dancers over a choice led to the triple homicide. A patrolman discovered one body outside, then found the other two inside amid wrecked furniture as the hall stood deserted.
New York reports Princess Helen Viora engaged to Oscar M Burke. she has been married four times including to Frank Jay Gould and Prince Viora of Albania. The notice notes prior spouses Ralph H Thomas and others in her romantic history.
A NYU college paper columnist known as L. K. argues with Reverend John Roach Stratton about marriage and campus life. She cites four married co-eds whose grades improved and who now focus on constructive activities rather than gossip or bridge parties.
A reader notes he keeps books like Gibbon's Rome at home but seldom reads them. He laments not finding time to delve into such works and admits he often falls asleep after a few pages. The fragment hints at overpriced urban rewards and a hypothetical transfer of money.
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