Tribute to memory of Idaho's honored son Shoup
Washington article recalls Idaho's gift of a statue to honor Senator George Laird Shoup. It notes the eulogy by Rep. Thomas R. Hamer, the rare united congressional ovation, and recounts Shoup's life from a Pennsylvania farm to Illinois, Colorado mining, and public service.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Thomas R. Hamer
Congress of Idaho
Senator Shoup
Cannon
Idaho
Hamer
Europe
England
Speaker
National Congress
George Laird Shoup
Armstrong County
Pennsylvania
Boise
Lincoln
Illinois
George L. Shoup
Rocky Mountains
Eldorado Young Shoup
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
Confederacy
Potomac
Shoup
Baxter
Positive Salt Lake to Host Jeffries Johnson Fight July 4
Tex Rickard announces the Jeffries Johnson bout will take place at Saltair amphitheatre on Great Salt Lake shore. Saltair managers remodel the arena for 50 000 spectators with no venue charges, counting on spectator transport receipts. Local officials and businessmen press for event approval to avoid interference.
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Salt Lake
Rickard
Saltair Beach
Great Salt Lake
Tex
Saltair
Beech Hargis and His Mother Face Ruin Over Scandal
Mrs. Louelleo Hargis of Breathitt County Kentucky mourns a fortune spent saving Beech Hargis from the gallows after the feudist killed his father. The judge was wealthy, and his death left Beech’s mother penniless and in frail health as the appeals court upheld the lower court.
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Beech Hargis
Louelleo Hargis
Breathill County
Judge Hargis
Three Enginemen Killed in Lemay Train Wreck
Eastbound Southern Pacific No. 6 crashed into a coal train on a siding at Lemay eighty miles west of Ogden due to a misplaced switch. Three men died Engineer J. Reardon Fireman R A Kroll Student Fireman George Jones and fifteen were injured. The injured were rushed to Ogden by special train.
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Lemay
Ogden
Southern Pacific
J. Reardon
R. A. Kroll
George Jones
Record Poll in British Election Opens in London
London voters faced clear weather as 104 seats contested nationwide with 31 in London and 73 in provincial boroughs. Unionists hold 36 of 104. London city viewed as safe for the Unionists and Balfour expected a larger majority. John Burns faces a tough race as government seats come under threat amid mixed market reactions.
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London
Balfour
John Burns
Local Government Board
Stock Exchange
John Redmond
Russian Council rejects US plan on Manchurian railways
The Council of Ministers in St. Petersburg declares the United States proposal for neutralizing the Manchurian railways unacceptable at present. Russia will deliver its reply to Secretary Knox's note to Ambassador Rockhill within a few days.
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St. Petersburg
Council of Ministers
United States
Russia
Knox
Rockill
Swope Nephew to Be Arrested Soon in Death Case
Kansas City reports say Chrisman Swope, nephew of Col Thomas H Swope, faces arrest within 48 hours in the Swope death case. Authorities allege he posed as seven heirs of the philanthropist and say the prosecution's chain of evidence is nearly complete as scientists in Chicago examine the victim's stomach.
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Kansas City
Swope
Thomas H. Swope
Chrisman Swope
Chicago
Walsh Must Go To Jail At Last
The Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Walsh case, ending any further review. John R. Walsh, former president of the Chicago National Bank of Chicago, is under a five year federal sentence for misapplying bank funds and must begin serving it at Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Washington
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank of Chicago
Leavenworth
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Walsh
Joe T. Young Slated for Secretary of the Club
Reorganization of the Pocatello Commercial Club occurs at a Y M C A meeting. The retiring board convenes at 7 p m to settle bills, then the new board will elect officers with Joe T. Young a leading candidate for secretary amid a contest with B B Corliss and John Hood. Young is Idaho Wholesale Grocery general manager and viewed as an ideal booster.
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Pocatello Commercial Club
Snew Board
D. W. Church
F. R. Burrus
B. B. Corliss
Joe T. Young
Omaha
Young
Idaho Wholesale Grocery Company
Intermountain
Railcar lecture tour to showcase frost protection and potato culture
A special Oregon Short Line lecture train will tour northern Utah and southern Idaho next month. Experts from Colorado and Illinois will demonstrate potato culture and orchard heating using equipment and samples while giving staged talks in each stop from Salt Lake City to Idaho Falls and Rexburg.
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Idaho
Oregon
Eugene H. Grubb
Carbondale
Colorado
H. L. Edgerton
James Hamilton
M. Mahoney
Grand Junction
Colo
J. B. Wing
Breeders’ Gazette
Chicago
Ill
W. S. Guilford
Agricultural Department of
Twin Falls
North Side Land and Water Company
Utah
Salt Lake City
Davis County
Farmington
Layton
Ogden
Brigham City
Garland
Malad
Collinston
Preston
Richmond
Logan
Hyrum
Trenton
Pocatello
Depot
Marysville
Rexburg
Rigby
Idaho Falls
Commercial Club
Shelley
Blackfoot
Oregon Short Line
D. E. Burley
Wheat Market Report From Chicago Fails To Close Clear
January wheat closed at 1.105 dollars in Chicago trade. The item notes a market close but lacks complete price/volume details, indicating an incomplete OCR transcription of the wheat market report.
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Chicago
Charge Against Ballinger Brought By Hitchcock
Representative Hitchcock filed an affidavit with the House Expenditures Committee alleging improper use of public funds to cover the private travel expenses of Secretary Ballinger's nephew. The charges name Ballinger and other interior department officials as involved.
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Washington
Ballinger
Hitchcock
Nebraska
House Committee On Expenditures
Interior Department
Supreme Court voids Bush Act restricting out of state firms
The U S Supreme Court ruled the 1898 Bush act invalid in the case Western Union Telegraph Company and the Pullman Company versus the State of Kansas. The law would have required foreign corporations to pay a charter fee for school benefits and barred non compliant firms from doing business in Kansas.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
The
Pullman Company
State of
Kansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Government faces bid for Ellis Island immigrant meals
New York on January 17 reports immigration officials await bids to feed immigrants at Ellis Island. The current caterer receives 22 cents per meal and the new contract will cover three years amid rising costs.
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New York
Ellis Island
Ambassador Nabuc o Dies in Washington D C
Brazilian ambassador Joaquim Nabuc o dies at his Washington home. He had served as ambassador since May 1905. President Taft immediately called at the embassy after learning of the death.
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Washington
Joaquim Nabuco
Brazil
United States
Taft
French war sloop Martial wrecked off Minorca coast
The French war sloop Martial was wrecked today on the coast of Minorca in the Balearic Islands. Three crew members drowned and four were injured. The incident occurred January 17 with rescue and recovery efforts under way.
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Minorca
Balearic Islands
Martial
Ice Gorge Buries Wolf Creek Channel for Seventy Miles
Louisville reports the Wolf creek ice gorge in the Ohio River remains nearly granite hard. The jammed ice stretches from the city to about seventy miles downstream, hindering river traffic and causing shortages of navigation.
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Louisville
Wolf Creek
Ohio
Tang Retains Australian Heavyweight Title
Sydney boxing report states Bill Tang defeated Bill Squires in the seventh round to retain the heavyweight championship of Australia on January 17. Tang remains champion after a decisive win in the ring.
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Licks
Sydney
Bill” Tang
Australia
Bill Squires
Supreme Court Advances Standard Oil Case Hearings
The Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to advance the Standard Oil case on the docket and set hearings for March 14.
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Standard Oil
Washington
Jan
Supreme Court of the United States
West
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