This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
7
About 100 girls in the YMCA lobby and pool attended the Tribune Learn Swim campaign to master the American crawl and breathing. One third reached second leg? progress. by afternoon about half may swim. Approximately 125 boys enrolled with progress noted. tests tomorrow award certificates for 20 feet swum.
Oubidoux to Be Honor Guest Banquet Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the University dining hall. L. Roubidoux retires after eight years as instructor and orchestra leader at the university. The event, sponsored by the Symphony Orchestra, honors his service and plans to study over the summer under Herbert Butler. Reservations by Thursday evening through Mrs M. S. Geyer or Mrs John Henderson.
June 5 announcement by Cyril Thormo, president of the Sotse Flying Club, states a flying class is tentatively organized with Russell Owen of Rupert as instructor. The meeting set for tonight aims to enroll at least twenty members to start the class.
Notices of concern show transfers of parcels including Lot 1 in a Howard Shafer area and Lot 7 Block 18, plus mineral rights and a partial estate matter for Robt C Geddes to Mrs Kay Geddes. Also listed are credits between banks and a Covert property and a Driscoll deed. overall a snapshot of recorded real estate and estate actions.
Local display shows trophies for winter YMCA basketball leagues. The Pocatello Athletic Club wins the silver basketball figure for the open league. Methodist teams claim the two shields for the Inter-Church Athletic League divisions, led by captains Ed Smith and William Criswell. P A C's Weldon Dean led the team, coached by Ralph Felsted.
The Pacific Coast League announces playoff rules between the first and second half winners of 1928. A seven game series starts no earlier than October 6 with a 15 000 purse split 60 40 between winner and loser. Umpires elected by the league president. clubs maintain pre September 1 alignment.
A note of the Tribune reports an Open Air Dance in Lava tonight and mentions a 36 record machine by Victor Orthophonic with Shepherd at the newspaper office.
Eleven long distance yachts depart New Port heading for Diamond Head Honolulu in the seventh St. Thomas Lipton cup race. Invader skippered by L A Norris defends after winning two years ago with rivals Navigator Tamalmar skippered by G H Goodale and Teva of Southern California Yacht Club among contenders.
Over a thousand attendees filled the campus Tuesday evening for the University band concert directed by J. C. Gardner. The forty five piece band received praise for its performance and prospects for the division were described as never better. A social followed in Colonial Hall hosted by Eva Weir, dean of women.
President Coolidge weighs the Muscle Shoals measure sent by Congress. The Justice Department advises he has until Thursday to act, with legality of veto in question under the opinion.
The Pocatello Elks plan to compete at the Idaho Falls convention June 18 and 19 to determine state champions in doubles and singles. A lodge team will be drawn from players including Bil Hill Casey Jones Walter Cleave Fred Quinn Elmer Brunner George Elrod Ed Fulton R E Watson Nick Ifft Eldon Archibad Joe Turner Sam Ferguson and Charles Cannon led by Captain Bill Hull. Preliminaries and practice are under way at the local court beside the YMCA.
Spion Kop Pelstead a 33 to 1 outsider wins the 148th English Derby at Epsom Downs leading a 19 horse field. Fiamingo places second a length and a half behind, Black Watch third six lengths back. Parkway the favorite never led. Official time 2 minutes 34 25 seconds matching last year’s record. Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen owns the bay colt by Spion Kop out of Felkington. Attendance nears a million with large wagering reported across the event.
Boise mayor calls the river a vicious dog and refuses to control the Boise River west of the Ninth Street Bridge. He says the city would be liable if it intervened, despite recent flood damage and a landowners petition to straighten the course.
Fair tonight with warmer readings in the west. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a trend toward unsettled conditions as a new disturbance approaches.
Nightly events shown at Nelson Hall feature dancing with an orthophonic sound system. Admission is 25 cents per person, offering a lively venue for local patrons.
A noted discussion outlines that a measure may face a pocket veto if not signed between congressional sessions. The text references Dr Ellen Houtz a chiropodist at 133 North Garfield and Dr R O Young who will be out of town Monday.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.