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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
4
Special city council meeting called for 8 p m to third read ordinances on water franchise telephone tax and telephone pole. Mayor Loux says he will veto the franchise if it passes and Alderman Bistline predicts no affirmative votes for the measure.
About 30 Montana delegates traveled by a special attached car to the Western Federation of Miners convention in Denver, riding south on No 10 to catch connections after a stop in Pocatello. A miner told a Tribune reporter the car carried Petti bone dope.
Undertaker Al Manassa and crew exhuming three bodies buried about 18 years ago in the old government cemetery on the beach west of town. They are the father, brother and two sisters of Jimmy and Con Regan. More remains in the old plot will be moved to Mountainview cemetery.
Master Richard Howard entertained a few of his little friends yesterday afternoon for his fifth birthday. Also noted was a W C T U meeting rescheduled to Saturday at 4 o clock at the Congregational Church with Mrs Sheppard to speak. Mrs Harry A Jacobs and son Joe left for Chicago and New York to shop for fall cloaks and apparel, with plans to return in about four weeks via the Denver and Rio Grande line.
Hats and trims offered at 2 2 50 3 and 3 50 dollars, marked down from 5 6 and 7. Sale starts tomorrow July 11 and runs to July 20 only at Mrs C E Hale Millinery Store north of the Terreil Block.
W. R. Ward of Dyersburg Tennessee states he has used Foley's Urino Laxative for chronic constipation and found it a thorough practical remedy. Temple Pharmacy.
Barnum and Bailey circus may cancel Idaho Falls date and perform in Pocatello on August 1. Local citizens offered a free site at Ninth and Sutter, free water, and a free license funded by public subscriptions. An advance agent visited, telegraphed Salt Lake, and a favorable response is anticipated.
James Montague a Short Line freight engineer slipped under his engine while entering the cab as it backed up at Twin Falls last Tuesday night. His right leg was cut off above the ankle and he was taken to Twin Falls hospital, later moved to Salt Lake City L D S hospital with his wife traveling to assist. Montague was a well known employee who had recently returned from layoff and wintered in Canada.
The Oregon Short Line shop workers in Salt Lake and Ogden will get a day out on Saturday July 11. General Manager W H Bancroft has arranged a special train leaving Salt Lake at 7 10 AM for Ogden with employees wives and sweethearts. A brass band and orchestra will accompany the trip and Salt Lake merchants donated 400 to prize athletic events and sports during the day.
Mrs E E Sheppard a noted temperance lecturer travels to American Falls and will speak tomorrow at 4 pm at the Congregational Church in Po catello on the temperance question. The address is expected to attract a large audience of both men and women.
The Carlyle on North Main Street offers sanitary clean rooms with free bath hot and cold water in each room and all outside rooms available. A home for all commercial men.
The Oregon Short Line moved 184 Idaho wool cars from July 1 to 6, totaling about 5.15 million pounds and roughly one fifth of Idaho’s annual output. Excluding July 4 and a Sunday, the four non-holiday days set a historic loading pace, with more wool and sheep movements ahead as the season continues.
Pacific rail offers round trip, first class fares from Salt Lake, Ogden and points on the R G W main line to Kansas City, St Joseph, Omaha and Missouri river points at 40 dollars to St Louis 49 Chicago 55 and other routes with limited sale dates and Oct 31 return. Special Denver Pueblo Colorado Springs and National conventions routes listed with varied sale dates and stopovers. Idaho and Montana points priced by mileage from Pocatello. Colorado Midland Railway highlights Rocky Mountain scenery and daylight through Rockies with Pullman observation cars from Ogden and Salt Lake to Denver.
The Current Expense Fund warrants numbers 603 to 607 dated June 8, 1908 will be paid with interest to date of call. Warrants payable at Bannock National Bank. Goldie McCallister, City Treasurer. Dated July 1, 1908.
Eastern Idaho Press club board of governors will meet in Pocatello at 1 30 PM at city hall to discuss the craft in the region. They aim to adopt a minimum scale of prices for advertising and job work across eleven counties before evening trains.
A London Chronicle excerpt recounts the Duke of Q s daily regimen providing constant culinary delights. From a warm almond powder milk bath at dawn to late night veal cutlets and lime punch, the routine claims twenty four hours of eating and drinking as life’s core.
A humorous exchange from the New York Press depicts a wife admiring a dress via a round mirror atop a high chiffonier. She laments not seeing the bottom of her skirt, prompting her husband’s blunt remark about luck.
In a Texas murder trial years ago a defense attorney questioned a venireman about serving on a jury that tried a black man for murder. The juror admitted he did sit on the case but could not recall the outcome. The attorney pressed, asking where the defendant was now, and the juror answered he did not know. The sheriff had hung him at the appointed time.
A dialogue in Brooklyn Lite ponders Bilkins Smythe’s bid to seem aristocratic. Wilkins argues he is paradoxically both upper crust in pose and financially fragile.
A playful exchange in Chicago News has a canned goods drummer praising the Swelltons for their imposing establishment while a grocer sighs that he is among those they impose on. The lighthearted dialogue showcases local businessmen and personalities in a humorous snapshot.
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