Hammond the Million-Dollar Mining Engineer
John Hays Hammond, famed mining engineer, reportedly earns around 500 000 dollars a year with a salary envelope said to contain 66 666 66 dollars monthly. The article notes his travel from California to Siberia and Africa, his capture by Boers, and his rise as a consulting engineer guiding vast investor capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hays Hammond
Hammond Cowd
Hammond
Dame Fortune
San Francisco
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
California
Siberia
South Africa
Australia
Transvaal
Phillips
Frank Rhodes
George Farrer
Dom Paul Kruger
Joseph Chamberlain
New York
Ipse Dietum Financial
Girls as Hold Up Artists in Modern Courtship
A newspaper item notes the trend of young women delaying or demanding material gifts from male friends for pleasures like theatre trips and ice cream. The report suggests this behavior is increasingly problematic for young men, based on an inquiry into social dating practices.
The Butterfly Class and Young Men’s Finances
The piece criticizes a pattern among young American women who seek costly entertainment, urging restraint and savings among men. It warns that such pursuits undermine serious marriage plans and that engaged or matrimony‑minded women should avoid pressuring partners into extravagant spending.
Remarkable Rescue in Fedora Highlights A Cure
In Fedora C V Pepper recalls a life changing recovery from severe lung and throat hemorrhages after using Dr F Sing's New Diproper. Coughs and colds remedy sold by Temple Pharmacy Ferguson Jenkins Pocatello McCammon with a trial bottle offered free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fedora
C. V. Pepper
Fsing
Temple Pharmacy
Ferguson & Jenkins, Pocatello and McCammon
Sam's Second Hand Store Buys Cast Off Clothes
Sam and Sam's second hand store offers top prices for cast off clothing trunks and satchels at 130 South First Street on the East Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Sam
East Side
Electric Bitters Promised Cure for Liver Kidney Trouble
A Cedar Grove man credits Electric Bitters for his recovery from liver and kidney illness after failed remedies. The letter says after suffering and discouragement he used Electric Bitters and was cured after three bottles. Temple Pharmacy guarantees the remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles with Jenkins Pocatello and McCammon as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Parris
Cedar Grove
Temple Pharmacy
As . Jenkins, Pocatello and McCammon
Notice to Public on water shutoff during fire alarms
All water users are warned to shut off taps when a fire alarm is turned in and keep them closed until the fire whistle blows one long blast signaling extinguishment. Violations of the city ordinance will be vigorously prosecuted by order of the mayor.
Summer Excursions East to Chicago and Midwest
The Colorado Midland Railway offers a one fare plus 7 dollar round trip to Chicago and the middle west states with return valid until Oct 31. Departures are May 27 and 13 and 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Midland Railway
Chicago
Middle West States
Ing
Changes in Marriage Customs From Ancient Times to Modern
The article traces marriage practices from Anglo-Saxon capture and purchase under early law to the foster lien and dowry system. It describes how captors paid fines or bought new wives, how the bride price could be recovered, and how the foster lien faded as betrothal gifts shifted to a dowry held by the wife, reflecting civilization’s advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonner
New York Ledger
England
Augustine
Ethelbert
Ladylike Geometry in a Chicago Record Herald Column
Nellie Parker Jones lampoons fashion and lines in a witty Chicago Record-Herald piece. She argues that figures of same shape vary in style and sizes do not imply equality among women, with humorous definitions for lines and shapes tied to millinery and shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Parker Jones
Chicago Record-Herald
A Pointed Prayer and a Change of Fortune
Aunt Dinah visits her recovering mistress and declares prayers are always answered. She reveals a sly logic about not tempting fate and shares a private wish that the mistress would give her the brown silk dress she has outgrown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah
Lila
John
Tips and Tipping Etiquette Sparks Social Rivalry
A St Louis anecdote notes wealthy patrons vying for service by tipping generously. A parvenu asks the cook to be told to cook his way, while a scribe offers a two dollar bill for the waiter to cook his own way. The piece observes a fast pace that outshines others and insists some will not be outshone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Parvenu
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
North Berwick Golf Club Names Frustration Over Stranger
A stranger seeking to play golf at North Berwick asks for the name of authority. The official dismisses the request, saying they cannot bother with such names and will start in the room at ten fifteen under the name Fairgusson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Berwick
de Neufeldt
Fairgusson
Blackwood's Magazine
Miss Weaton And Mr Jones Golf Talk
A brief illustrated exchange shows Miss Weaton asking Mr Jones about golf and whether he has played. He admits limited play but has walked rounds in golf clothes and is starting to grasp the sport’s language. The quotes also note a Maxim about beauty.
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Pocatello
Tribune
Syesy
the Tribune Company, Limited
West Center Street
George B. Lfft
William Wallin
Ermonth
Folfemine Weber
Daily Tribune
Pocatelli
Foontelio
Idaho
America
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Brooklyn Eagle
Gate City
Pocatello Cash Grocery
W. Stanpron
U. N. Irevano
D. Service
Wasi Ky
First National Bank OF
Smith Brothers
Black
W. J. Branon
Pocatello General Hospital
Supt. Hospital
South Garfield
North Hayes
Washington Nursery Co
West Center
N. Hayes
Perkins
N. Arthur
Rigby
Church, White & Chilson
Inquire Bannock Abstract Co
Ruebelman & Son
South Second Avenue
Fred
North Main
Derr
The
Head
Baker
Wade
Satz
Mar Bromo Chemical CO
Ohleage
Senate
McNichols & Wright
North First Ave
Scott's
RA M. Whittlasey
Beannock Engineering Co
Pocataito Civil Engineers
Dietrich
Scar Sonnenkalb
U. S
Bannock Co
Alfred H. Lindquist
Undertaker
Wrensted
Cleveland Av
R. J. F. Knox
Osteopathic
A. T. Still School of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Main St
W A. Samms, C. E
U.S
Main
Pocatello, Idaho
C. A. Bone
Gray & Boy
Attorneys At Law
Cook
Pecatelle, Idaha
DR Rooker
Peoples Store
R. Earl D. Jones
American School of Osteopathy
Kirkusville
A. T. Still
Colorado College of Osteopathy
Carlyle
North
Mato
Vacaello
Anassa
Masonic Senate
Se Turf Cafe
Kiest
Kam C
W. Center
Winn
Prop
Oregon
Intermountain
Forest Lake Rm
D. G. Lowrie
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