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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1930
Page
4
A Pocatello Tribune snippet presents a biblical verse from 2 Corinthians 10 and a short devotional prayer. It emphasizes humility and trust in the Lord's commendation rather than self-praise, inviting readers to reflect on faith and devotion.
The city schedules a June 10 bond election to fund viaduct straightening a Gould street passover and a Main street water main. The paper urges united action by the chamber of commerce and civic groups to counter a reactionary vote and notes past school bond support as a guiding example. It highlights playground programs run by the YMCA and local officials including Jesse Giles. It critiques street patchwork on South Garfield and Halliday, and ends with a tongue in cheek remark about women and self defense.
Elizabeth Carter of the Radio Household Institute says the modern bride knows more about cooking science than her grandmother. She notes cake making improved by special flours and domestic science education brings many discoveries to housewives through schools and authorities.
The southern regional agent for the federal board for vocational education urges farm boys learn electrical equipment operation. He notes electricity usage rises on farms especially where waterpower is available and calls for teachers to impart practical power machinery skills. He cites lower mechanical power costs and growing labor saving needs. Dr Hubert Work slipped from a log into the Rapidan at Hoover camp, a political note on log rolling.
A light humorous take suggests household accidents from tub slips prove a nation’s cleanliness despite charges from internationalists. The quip links safety with national character in a wry editorial aside.
The writer notes many new golf courses and airfields will absorb land over time and recalls how, in the past, a well off housewife would apologize to the butcher when ordering calves liver.
The piece argues city children miss character forming experiences found in country life and gardening. It emphasizes duty, self discipline, and personal effort gained through planting, tending, and harvesting, asserting country upbringing offers greater opportunities for character than city schooling alone.
John T. Austin of Hartford is paying for the restoration of the church tower in Irchester, England, the birthplace of his former home town M. Maurice Carrier of Paris leaves Marie Lavelle $50,000 for being the best cook he knew. Richard Kerrigan, a Belfast lawyer, is barred from practice for two years after punching an opposing lawyer. In Canada 1,193,889 motor vehicles were registered in 1929, up 117,070.
Burgess bedtime tale follows Carol and Mrs Meadow Lark as they choose a ground hollow, build a dome roof, and create a covered runway to keep the nest hidden from observers while caring for eggs. Carol aids by unseen feeding, avoiding detection.
The piece revisits the Pont Degada mermaid myth in Avsoris noting five years of sightings by fishermen and a recent incident where two women with fishlike tails on bathing suits were caught by police. It debates gender myths, calling women human and equal, not mermaids, and discusses intuition and style.
A reader exposes lifebelts sold as real but actually antiseptics, promising to render germs harmless. The piece questions consumer safety as the effectiveness is invisible to the naked eye and manufacturer claims remain unverified.
A verse for a wren laments its constant song and wishes for quieter days while noting the bird’s cheerful voice. The piece shifts to social notes about Mr Whalen and Mayor James J Walker, then a hopeful outlook on Britain's future with Mr Masefield writing songs for the nation.
A pamphlet reports the study of a thousand so called antiseptics with many making exaggerated claims and two found contaminated with living germs. It stresses that antiseptics are useful for home and office safety but must be dependable, noting iodine tincture plus soap water air and sunlight have antiseptic qualities.
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