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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
2
The Republican county central committee will meet Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the county building at Pocatello to select nine delegates for the state platform convention in Boise on Tuesday, June 25. The gathering hints at Democrats switching sides and urges prompt action amid competing national slogans.
Mrs. Tom Davis and children visit Parma while Lava resident Watt Brandon attends to business. Mrs. Joe Wheeler and daughter travel to Salt Lake. Veterans and Auxiliary meet at Woodman hall. Mrs. Miltenberger undergoes minor surgery at St. Anthony’s. David Cleaves marries Jeanette Meyers in ML Grove. Children’s Day program planned for Sunday. Hart and Henrietta Irgen wed in Valley City. Des Moines Juvenile Troubadours visit next week. Patrick Hannifan funeral held in Pocatello. Lottery class schemes under investigation by authorities. Harvey Jolerohn Harvey departs for eastern point before army service.
General Crowder ordered state governors to investigate why local Class 1 registrant rates are far below the national 28.7 percent. Boards with very low Class 1 rates may reclassify thousands from Class 4 to 1 or 2 and reconsider marred registrants. Navy enlistments are paused for 1918 registrants until numbers are assigned.
Bannock county reports a new majority of 203 men since last June. Names listed reflect respondents from various precincts including Bruce Mack Tallent Burl Knight Wallace Jackson Frank Kropt Roy W Carlson Augustus Y Nance and many others across the county.
In Gate City circles he is known for Masonic and Elk involvement and a long wish to serve at the front. He has just received orders and will report to Camp Greene in North Carolina this Saturday. Friends expect him to handle military duties well, even as a width issue in his uniform is resolved by length adjustments.
Notice is given that Louis Logan will apply for a full pardon at the Idaho Board of Pardon meeting on July 3 1918 in Boise. Logan was tried in Bannock County on September 16 1915 for robbery and sentenced October 8 1915 to 20 to 40 years in the Idaho State Penitentiary in Boise.
R. W. Walker promotes Signs of Quality services with contact at phone 215 for inquiries and orders.
The OCR shows a sequence of personal names including Ray M Neyman Rolland P Mon roe Clarence Brockway Leonard H Klitzke Garnett Kimball Warren Leslie Reese Oliver Ray Cooper Karl Avery William Fenton Hendricks Sidney Chaney Cail Carl Walter Meiners Floyd Price Vaughn Douglas Lyons.
The Banock County Chapter held its June meeting at the public library with many representatives from Downey attending. Reports covered May shipments of surgical bandages and 192 items ready for shipment, Home Service activities, First Aid nurse class, canteen funds and tobacco distribution to troops, donations of oranges from Ryan Fruit Co, and widespread Red Cross work including knitting and purchasing committees. The next gathering is the first Saturday in July.
Mary M. Ingersoll notes two demonstrations at Pocatello venues by Pearl Garrison and Mrs. Joe Peterson. The events drew neighbors and friends and aimed to educate on using war substitutes. Garrison can be reached at 309-W and Peterson at 1316-3 for information and services.
A historical promotional piece extols Mother's Friend as an external lotion easing pregnancy pain. It claims lubrication of abdominal tissues reduces crisis pain, aids gentle expansion, and preserves form after birth. Sold by Bradfield Reparates Co of Atlanta, with a free motherhood booklet upon request.
Washington reports the casualty list shows forty eight names with seventeen killed in action twelve died of wound six from accident seven from disease and six wounded severely.
Ad reads Loux McConnel Co offering stylish window frames to fit a sagging screen door. Cited phone 656. Ad emphasizes durable hinges and varied designs.
Rodman and GCottberg, lending jewelers and successors to M. IL. Roberts, announce graduation gifts and offerings tied to their jewelry services. The firm emphasizes formal occasion pieces and bespoke designs for graduates, highlighting their long-standing trade and continuation of a local craft.
Noted astronomers from Yerkes, Allegheny, Baker University and Denison prepare to observe the total eclipse in a location with accessible vantage points. The event promises multiple phenomena not seen in years, as researchers expect to record diverse astronomical effects with portable instruments.
The city houses one of the nation’s premier astral telescopes a 26 foot instrument with a 20 inch aperture located at the University of Denver. Observations will be led by Dr Herbert A Howe dean of liberal arts and astronomy professor. Wristwatches Rudman and Gottberg jewellers succeed M L Roberta as local retailers.
Advertises a large front room for rent with outside entrance and bath privileges at 218 South Hayes. Includes offered furnishings and private bath access details.
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