09 Jul 1903
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
1
Detailed report from Rome notes the Pope’s condition fluctuating with moments of improvement. He joked about increasing nourishment, then faced diarrhoea and new consultations as doctors monitor his recovery trajectory. Monsignor Volponi, a key confidant, died of cerebral congestion, while Cardinal Wibbons sailed for Rome.
Successor to Manassa and Son at 985 W. Clark Street advertises undertakings with embalming and world wide shipment, open day and night. Also features a full line of pianos organs and sewing machines with easy payments and eager customer satisfaction.
In Boise Idaho July 9 an application before Judge Stewart seeks a writ of mandate to compel the city clerk to place all Democratic candidates on the party ticket. An alternative writ was issued returnable today as the anti ticket law bars a name appearing more than once on the ballot. The case challenges the law as unconstitutional and argues it infringes citizen rights and public policy. The petition claims the act was not properly read in either house as required by the Idaho constitution.
Lord Charles Bresford hosts a London reception honoring the President of the United States as American officers are entertained in the capital. The event reflects friendly Anglo American ties and high-profile diplomatic activity during the visit.
London reports the Christian Endeavor convention drawing over 10000 attendees and a lunch hosted by the Pilgrims Club at the Carlton Club. Lord Beresford welcomed President Roosevelt and praised him as a strong humane leader. In Atlanta, 5000 delegates gather for the International Baptist Young People’s Union annual convention opening.
The Idaho Weather and Crop Bureau reports a cool, often cloudy week with light frost in exposed areas. Fruit crops advance, grain in northern counties thrives with available water, while dry farm grains in southern regions suffer from drought. Grasshoppers and squirrels are active in Blaine, Cassia and Bear Lake counties with limited damage. Alfalfa and clover are being cut and stacked. potatoes, sugar beets and garden crops grow well overall.
President Loubet of France began his journey home after a crowded farewell at the station in Louden. Dignitaries including the king sent him off as the representative of France and friend of England.
The Idaho Falls baseball club considers a seven game series against Pocatello for a $1000 purse. Chris Armstrong says talks are developing with games in alternating venues and the first game by lot. He expects strong support from locals if the plan moves forward.
Grand Army veteran and former legislator John Mitchell shot and severely wounded his wife in Boise on July 9. Henry Shilling intervened and Mitchell, after the attempt, killed himself in his room. Mrs. Mitchell survived. two daughters and one son are married.
Former Massachusetts governor Winthrop Murray Crane, Roosevelt’s overnight guest at Oyster Bay on July 9, is expected to take a prominent role in the upcoming national campaign. Crane’s involvement signals attention from party leadership and suggests strategic coordination with the White House.
A violent quake, described as the strongest in twenty years, struck Capetown at noon today, causing alarm and likely damage to structures across the city.
Governor Morrison calls a meeting of the Idaho St Louis and Lewis and Clark Expositions commission in Boise on July 16. Members include R W McBride Salmon City James E Steel Iowa Henrietta Mansfeld Nampa Martin J Wessels Kendrick and Harold J Raed Wallace. The board will select an executive committeeman who will lead active work and be the only salaried officer.
An early morning explosion at the California Powder works in Pinole killed Mary Woods a packer and injured four other employees. Fire crews battled flames and a preliminary investigation blamed a powder flaw or ignition error for the blast.
The Kansas City area sweltered as yesterday tied the season’s heat peak. At noon temperatures were Guthrie 103, Topeka 95, Hutchinson 96, Leavenworth 95, Kansas City 92, Joplin 90, marking an extreme heat day across Oklahoma and Missouri.
A body recovered near Niagara Falls is believed to be Ed Delehanty, the Washington Nationals tight fielder, who fell from the International bridge last Thursday.
The Columbian Orchestra offers a popular dance at the pavilion on Thursday July 9 with tickets at 60 cents and ladies admitted free. The advertisement promises ample room to dance.
July 9 report states A F Gault, president of the Dominion Cotton Co and known as the cotton king of Canada, has died in Montreal.
A. H. Davis of Md. Sterling Indiana reports a two year kidney illness cured by two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure. Bean's Drug Store offers the product for sale.
Mrs. Stewart near death after an apparent self inflicted wound in Idaho Falls. Doctor gives her slim odds of recovery while she confesses to unfaithfulness in marriage. J. W. Thomas is named as the man in the case though Mrs. Stewart has not identified him. The body and arrangements await the death by own action suspect.
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a safeguard for life to support sound kidneys and urges purchase at Bean's Drug Store.
Public discussion on the opium bill in Manila features opposition from the Chinese chamber of commerce and Evangelical union. Proponents argue the measure would restrict use to long-time users, while critics claim bias and manipulation of press and funds to defeat the bill. The plan would grant a concessionary monopoly to sell opium island wide with licenses and bid-based renewal every three years.
On July 2 gardens suffer minor damage while land crops dry. late week cooled with light frost on the 4th. most crops look well. Weston crops suffer from rain shortage. fall and some spring wheat heading. haylage progressing but crop is short. In Montpelier cold windy week with frost on the 3rd. grasshoppers causing extensive damage.
American Falls notes show rapid building with B Randall completing a general store and planning a large block with lodge room and opera house above. Fall Creek Sheep plans a new business block, river level bridge over the Snake to be built mostly of wood with a steel center span, and farmers report strong crops as river levels fall.
An advertisement claims repulsive features and muddy complexions in women indicate liver imbalance. It promotes Herbine to cleanse the bowels regulate the liver and clear the complexion, priced at 50c, offered at Mrs. A. L. Cook's Drug Store.
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