Prohibition National Convention Opens With Open Nomination Fight
Columbus July 15 With 10 am opening the Prohibition national convention faced a potential presidential nomination after a hard fought contest. Judge Seaborn Wright of Georgia declined the nomination leaving many candidates in play led by Joshua R. Levering of Baltimore. Temporary Chairman Robert WH Patton of Springfield attacked Democratic and Republican liquor positions and cited Lincoln in favor of prohibition.
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Columbus
Ohio
Judge Seaborn Wright
Georgia
Charles Scaulon
Pittsburg
Joseph P. Tracy
Detroit
Fred W. Wheeler
Los Angeles
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria
Alfred R. Manniere
New York
Joshua R. Levering
Baltimore
Robert WH. Patton
Springfield
Ills
Abraham Lincoln
Record of New Capitol Costs Prepared by State Treasurer
State Treasurer Hastings plans a 600 page historical record of the new capitol detailing every bill and cent spent since construction began. An accompanying large index will list every name or company with billed amounts, enabling a precise date by date itemized cost and labor payments. Hastings invites inspection by legislators and Democrats to ensure full accountability and transparency. The treasury will present a comprehensive total expense figure at the upcoming legislative session.
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Hastings
State Capitol
Capitol
Oneida Canal Debt and Completion Plan Urged by Committee
A committee urges immediate funding to finish the canal system and restore district credit. They propose a signed statement to bond holders asking for temporary coupon interest relief until completion and call for district meetings to collect assessments to support repayment and asset recovery.
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Board of Directors
Best There Is Typewriter at Tribune Office
The phrase The Best There Is appears with Typewriter on ribbons and carbons at the Tribune office indicating a display or promotion.
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Tribune
Taft and Roosevelt plan Africa hunting year
Reports from Oyster Bay say President Roosevelt Will plan a Africa big game expedition for a year while Judge Taft eyes the presidency after March. The two men share a close, frank friendship and foresee no power behind the throne in Taft's administration. Roosevelt would travel abroad to avoid meddling if Taft succeeds him.
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Washington
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Africa
Sagamore Hill
Senate
Virginia
Mr. Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Amended Notice on Minidoka Project Payments
Interior Secretary amends March 9 1907 public notice to allow entrymen on the Minidoka irrigation project to pay building charges in one to ten installments. Original terms were 22 per acre payable in five to ten annual installments with a minimum of 2.20 per acre per year. The change permits early full payment after certification of compliance.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
The
General Land Office
Ute Chief Vows Peace After Roosevelt Talks
Five hundred Ute Indians who fled Utah will march 900 miles home to Rapid City escorted by a captain and ten U.S. cavalrymen. The return follows a conference with President Roosevelt and the chief who pledged the tribe will be good henceforth.
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Rapid City
Utah
United States
Roosevelt
Late Locals at the Pacific and Visitors in Town
Last night at the Pacific hotel guests included Mrs Aug Van Tau denheus of Sunbeam Colorado and Miss M Van Laudenheust of Mt Clemens Michigan. Mrs Dwight Peek of Malad visited her daughter Mrs W H Peek on North Garfield Avenue before returning to Malad for a brief stay. P J Holohan, noted trap shooter, is in town en route to Twin Falls after competitions in Montana. Miss Grace Sullivan Bannock County treasurer and Miss Alice Beach of Blackfoot are visiting in the city.
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The
Pacific
Aug van Taudenheus
Sunbeam
Custer County
Colorado
M. van Laudenheus
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Dwight Peek
Pocatello
W. H. Peek
Garfield Avenue
Malad
Pete Holohan
P. J. Holohan
Northwest
Twin Falls
Montana
Hero
Grace Sullivan
Bannock County
Grace
Bannock
Alice Beach
Blackfoot
Mrs Armstrong Opens Hat Shop At West Center
Mrs Chris Armstrong launches a hat shop at 238 West Center, former Turf Cafe location, inviting all women to view the fine line of hats.
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Chris Armstrong
West Center
Turf Cafe
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Severe Lung Trouble
Revelation to people on how Foley's Honey and Tar cures severe lung trouble. It stops coughing and heals lungs, with user L. M. Ruggles of Reasner Iowa claiming doctors said consumption but symptoms stopped and lungs grew sound. Temple Pharmacy endorses the product.
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Foley
L. M. Ruggles
Reasner
Iowa
Temple Pharmacy
Excursions to Payette Lakes Daily via 0.8.L
Tickets go on sale for trips to Payette Lakes from June 20 to Sept 30. A thirty day limit applies from the date of sale. Consult agents for rates and further details.
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Payette Lakes
County Warrants Call by Bannock County Treasurer
Bannock County calls Current Expense Fund Warrants Nos. 65 to 81 dated April 16, 1908 for payment with interest to date upon presentation at the treasurer's office. Dated May 16, 1908. Also includes a testimonial notice for Ballard's Snow Liniment with a claim of curing rheumatic pain in a quoted customer.
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Julia M. Sullivan
Manfred
Ballard
J. G. Scott
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised By Customer
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill North Carolina declares Bucklen's Arnica Salve the best in the world and says it cured a felon on his thumb and heals all sores burns and wounds. Available at Ferguson Jenkins drug stores in Pocatello and McCammon.
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Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
Ferguson & Jenkins’ Drug Stores
Pocatello and
McCammon
City of Pocatello Call for Warrants 1908
City Treasurer Goldie McCallister announces warrants 603 to problems dated June 8 1908 will draw interest to date of this notice. The ad urges treatment for a kidney condition and promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy, with Temple Pharmacy listed.
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Goldie McCallister
Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Suburban Telegraph Office Teaches Urgent 5 Pound Request
A woman visits a telegraph office and asks her country husband for £5. After struggling to fit words, she submits a blunt plea about being out of food and fuel, threatening to pawn the carpet if funds aren’t sent quickly. The clerk notes the word count and approves sending the money.
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London
Grandfather in Commons Teases Granddaughter with Ark Joke
A well known grandfather in the English house of commons chats with his granddaughter on his knee. The child asks why his hair is white. He jokes he was in the ark. She names Noah Shem Ham and Japheth and concludes he must be a beast.
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House of Commons
Noah
The Evil Eye in Medieval Belief
The New York American notes the evil eye as a widespread medieval superstition. It describes belief in curses transmitted by glances and the blighting power exercised by certain individuals, countered by amulets and rituals such as laughing spitting and somersaults.
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New York American
Evolution of the Letter i and the J Dot History
The text notes the i once lacked a dot and the dot was added in the 14th century to distinguish it from e in hurried writing. It explains the i’s original usage where a different letter stands now. Dutch printers later defined the i and j distinction, with the j dotted because it derived from the dotted i.
Value of Religion and Church Trade Trade Quip
A Philadelphia Press quote features the Rev. Mr. Goodman arguing some never grasp religion and Mainehantz the merchant retorting that they fail to catch church trade. A Charleston News and Courier quip notes the early bird is right but the early worm is a fool.
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Goodman
Mainehantz
Philadelphia Press
Charleston News and Courier
Mother Searches Dives for Missing Daughter
Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Soda Springs Idaho asks police to locate her daughter Mrs Jane Merrill who has not been seen in about 15 years. Jane, then 17, married a druggist H L Merrill who died in a railroad wreck soon after. Campbell and an officer checked Commercial street dives but found no trace.
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Salt Lake
Alexander Campbell
Soda Springs
Idaho
Jane Merrill
What Might Have Been in Rosebery Address at Glasgow
Lord Rosebery in an address at Glasgow University reflected on a speculative scenario. He argued that if Pitt the Elder had stayed in Parliament and persuaded George III to accept American representation, the 13 colonies might have remained part of Britain. He envisioned a self adjusting system of representation and an empire that could have shifted Atlantic power, leaving Britain as a historic shrine.
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Lord Rosebery
Glasgow University
Pitt
House of Commons
George III
England
America
Atlantic
Britain
Forum Romanum and Roman Fora Role in Trade Law and Power
The Forum Romanum in ancient Rome served as a center for trade public meetings and administration of justice by consuls and magistrates. Over time forums multiplied to about eight to twenty and were divided into public meeting and law court spaces and others for trade. The forum resembled the Greek agora and was essential to Roman urban life.
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Rome
New York American
Blindness cured by surgeon with plain appearance
The Medical Record tells of a man cured of blindness by a surgeon noted for an unprepossessing look. After his sight returned, the patient told the doctor that he would not have consented if he had seen him first, calling it luck.
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