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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1925
Page
6
Ben Bean won the trap medal in a Sunday morning shootoff at the Pocatello Trap club with a score of 23. Birds were fast and low as shooters posted 25 then 26 in the final tally, with many top guns faltering.
Pocatello lacks planned entertainment for the dam celebration visitors with several thousand expected. A Palace dance Shrine circus on Seventh Avenue and Carson Street and an air pavilion dance are noted. Hotels report full reservations and crowded tourist camps may lack housing for the night. Distinct visitors lodge in local hotels. many return from the dam celebration that evening. An 1886 Chicago Nationals pitcher, James McCormick, won 24 straight games.
The text frames a sales pitch about various “suckers” from Barnum’s era, noting different kinds and flashy wrappers. It mixes slang and humor to claim strong stock, exclusive items, and low rates for shows and watches, with quirky phrases about customer frost and watch inspectors.
New York reports a 16 inning game where Chicago beat the Giants 9 to 8 at the Polo Grounds. Gabby Hartnett tossed a wild heave. Grimm doubled in the sixteenth to decide the outcome as Brooklyn and Chicago press the pennant chase.
The item lists diverse sports notes from 1909 including billiards players in the United States exceeding four million, no-hit games not occurring in major leagues, Yorkshire's 437 in English cricket, a high innings total of 20, and a proposed match between Young Stirling and Gene Tunney. It also mentions Captain Matthew Webb’s long English Channel swim, steel tennis racquets, and shifting club standings with half of major league pennant races completed.
A scattered listing of upcoming and recent sports events across the United States and Europe. Includes harness racing at Yonkers and Fort Erie, tennis tournaments in Detroit and St Louis, European Davis Cup action at Eastbourne, and multiple boxing bouts in Newark Denver and New Orleans.
The Tribune reports its giant Reclama tion edition, 120 pages, 35 000 copies mailed nationwide, a cornerstone ceremony at the Idaho Falls Dane, and praise for staff effort and state progress as the paper marks 33 years. Attendance and distribution details accompany note of Middle Atlantia league promising strong first year.
A vintage advertisement touts cod liver oil tablets as the best flesh producer, claiming high vitamin content and 60 tablets for 60 cents. It promises a five pound gain in 30 days or your money back, with druggists like Schraimm-Johnny Stores and Temple Pharmacy selling McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound.
Vienna dispatch reports R R Coudenhove Kalergi argues a pan European union is now essential as Geneva failures push Europe toward conflict. He lists supporters including Painleve Cal laux and Stresseman noting America’s market power and European barriers as risks. Vienna favored as host for the first pan European congress planned for 1926.
The Shop Employes association plans its largest annual picnic at Lagoon Utah on July 18 with special trains, bands, boxing exhibitions, races and a $500 prize fund. Over three thousand members are expected from Union Pacific system lodges and related units.
Directors of the grain marketing company met in Chicago on July 13 to consummate dissolution arrangements. They planned to decide on proceeds from stock sales while considering ideas to continue the venture on a smaller scale, but officers gave no definite future prospects.
Neal Ball of Cleveland executed the first undisputed unassisted triple play in major league history on July 19, 1909, in Cleveland. Earlier claimed feats by Vaul Hines of Providence and others were disputed.
Governor Small directs full use of the state department of agriculture to combat a feared spread of white snake root poisoning. Earlier deaths in Kane and Fayette counties arose from milk drawn from cows fed on the weed, prompting urgent public health action.
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