Retrenchment Ordered by the City Council
The city council discussed curtailing street work street lighting and street sprinkling amid local option pressures. Mayor Church urged delaying contracts and potentially laying off street workers while seeking revenue options if the town becomes dry.
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Church
Idaho Consolidated Power Company
George Gittins
Gittins
Pocatello
Bohlschied
A. B. Beau
Couneil
Wheat closes higher in Chicago market
Wheat in Chicago rose as June 8 to July futures closed at 1.1014 percent, with traders noting modest gains amid unsettled demand and weather concerns affecting grain movement across markets.
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Chicago
Senate Begins Woolen Schedule Debate With Dingley Rates
Washington June 8 The senate opened discussion on the woolen schedule. Senator Dolliver opposed raising house rates and urged returning to the Dingley duties on top waste roving waste and related items. He cited wool manufacturers seeking ad valorem protection for the industry.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Finance
Dolliver
House
Finance Committee
Defendants Sentenced in Mail Fraud Backing Shop Case
In Cincinnati on June 8 Louis W. Foster John M. Gorman Walter Campbell A C Baldwin Edwin Hall and J M Scott were sentenced by Judge Thompson in the U S district court to six months in jail and fined two hundred dollars each plus costs for using the mails to further defraud in operating the O Dell Brokerage company a backing shop A stay motion was filed and the defendants will be released on bonds of five thousand dollars each.
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Cincinnati
Louis W. Foster
John M. Gorman
Walter Campbell
A. C. Baldwin
Edwin Hall
J. M. Scott
Thompson
United States District Court
Liberty
O’dell Brokerage Company
Winter Wheat From Bench Land Farm
L M Hopson, owner of bench land east of town in Bannock County, seeded winter wheat last fall. The stand grows 24 inches tall and appears very healthy. If growth continues, yield could reach 40 bushels per acre. The sheaf is on display in Charles C. Chilson’s North Main street office to illustrate soil potential around Gate City.
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Bannock County
L. M. Hopson
Charles C. Chilson
North Main Street
Gate City
Confederate Reunion Draws Thousands to Memphis
Memphis crowds gather for the Confederate reunion as passenger trains line the outskirts. Lamps around Chief Forest's monument are dedicated by the Mary Lantham chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy this morning.
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Memphis
Chief Forest
Mary Lantham
Daughters of the Confederacy
Oregon Short Line to Spend 100000 on Pocatello Store Dept
Oregon Short Line plans 100000 in new store department facilities at Pocatello. A 50 by 135 foot brick and steel main store building will cost 50240 in brickwork plus 28040 for steel and interior work. An oil house addition already underway totals 35000, with 10000 for new trackage and related improvements. The project reinforces Pocatello as a key railroad hub in the state.
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Oregon Short Line
Pocatello
Tribune
Paul Gartner
Gate City
Robbed Roommate Leads to 90 Day Jail Term
Harry Bush faced Justice Felix Van Reuth after being charged with petty larceny for robbing roommate William Hoagland at Perkins hotel of 13 dollars and a 27 dollar watch. He pled guilty and received 90 days in county jail. Billy Fiese, arrested earlier, was found with the watch concealed on his person and will be tried for complicity.
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Harry Bush
William Hoagland
Perkins
Inney
Justice of the Peace
Felix van Reuth
Bush
Billy Fiese
Hatters strike ends as firms reopen in Connecticut towns
Danbury Connecticut June 8 The long strike closing twenty two hat factories in Danbury Bethel and New Milford for five months ended today with concessions from both sides The United Hatters national and advisory boards and fifteen local firms reached an agreement Six factories in the accord reopened as open shops and began work today
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Danbury
Conn
Bethel
New Milford
United Hatters
Balloon race ends with record endurance in national event
Indianapolis notes the balloon University City of St. Louis landed at Lookout Mountain on June 8. It broke the 44 hour endurance record and won the Aero Club of America national distance race. All balloons that entered have now landed.
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Indianapolis
University City of
Southern Pacific to retire preferred stock at $115 share
New York June 8 directors of the Southern Pacific company decided to call for the companys preferred stock for retirement on June 15 at 115 dollars per share in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ESPEE
New York
Southern Pacific Company
Henry L Southwick to Speak and Perform in Idaho
Henry Lawrence Southwick president of the American School of Oratory in Boston will deliver the graduating class of the Academy of Idaho a commencement address at the Academy Auditorium on Thursday evening. He will also present an interpretative Julius Caesar at the Auditorium Theatre the following evening, drawing wide audience interest.
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Henry Lawrence Southwick
American School of Oratory At
Boston
America
Academy of Idaho
Academy Auditorium
Thursda
Auditorium Theatre
Feud Leader Ed Callahan Shot. Family Targeted
Lexington reports Ed Callahan, feud leader, shot yesterday as enemies attacked his family in Breathitt County. He is alive but paralyzed from the waist down and may die soon. Callahan clan members gather at his home as bloodhounds pursue the ambushers with no arrests yet.
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Lexington
Callahan
Breathitt County
Wounded Wife Follows Murder Suicide Tragedy at Lindquist Parlors
At Lindquist's undertaking parlors near the body of her husband, Mrs. Billie Smith lay mortally wounded after her jealous husband shot her five times then killed himself. He was pursued by Deputy Sheriff Sim Sterrett and Jailor Tom Kane, and later shot her again before dying. Funeral plans are not yet set. Both victims are described as negro.
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Lindquist
Billie Smith
Smith
Sim Sterrett
Tom Kane
North Third Avenue
Shriners Hold Election After Louisville Demonstration
Thousands of Orientals of the Occident in Louisville attend a gathering after an electrical tour of the city. The event includes business at the Scottish Rite cathedral and the election of the 1900 occupant of the imperial outer guard, a post left vacant by annual rotation.
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Louisville
Imperial Outer Guard
Big Fire Destroys 325 Buildings in Presque Isle Maine
A major blaze in Presque Isle, Maine, on June 8 destroyed 325 buildings, causing an estimated loss of 250,000 pounds. No serious injuries occurred, but 500 to 1,000 residents are left homeless.
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Maine
Presque Isle
Engagement of Miss Case to Mister Spreckels Broken
New York June announces the engagement of concert singer Miss Mary Adele Case to Claus Spreckels of California has been broken according to Miss Case. Spreckels and Case arrived here from Europe Sunday.
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New York
Mary Adele Case
Claus Spreckels
California
Miss Case
Spreckels
Europe
Harriman Arrives in Paris from London
In Gay Paree Paris June 8 E H Harriman arrived today from London aboard his private train car amid steady diplomatic travel and business engagements for the season in the French capital.
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Gay Paree
Paris
E. H. Harriman
London
Thousands at Shoshone land opening draw intense crowds
Shoshone Idaho June 8 with more than 2000 registered at the Carey act Dietrich tract drawing crowds rival the Salmon river opening of Twin Falls a year ago. The 40000 acre tract may see every foot of land selected as drawings begin at 8 am. Dietrich town eight miles east surges with visitors and tents line streets as real estate dealers profit from the rush.
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Shoshone
Idaho
Salmon River
Twin Falls
Register Church of the
State Land Board
Dietrich
Gooding
Haddock Land Company
Mountain View
Shearing Begins on Pocatello Creek Ranch
Douglas and Valentine will start shearing about ten days at their sheep camp on Pocatello Creek weather permitting. About 13 500 sheep will be shorn this year making it one of the heaviest operations for the firm in this region.
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Douglas & Valentine
Pocatello Creek
Elip
New Mexico Wet Victory Narrowly Keeps Saloon Favor
Complete returns from the local option election show Santa Fe voters prefer continuing the saloons by 45 votes while two of four wards favor bans. City keeps wet status with mixed ward results.
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Santa Fe
Weston Begins Western Trek Two Hundred Eighty Miles Ahead
Edward Payson Weston the pedestrian left Weston for the west at 5 this morning. He is exactly two hundred eighty miles ahead of Sergeant Walsh in the race.
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Rawlins
Edward Payson Weston
Weston
Sergeant Walsh
Italian Car Ditch in New York to Seattle Race
The missing fifth competitor in the New York to Seattle automobile race lies on its side near Litchfield Illinois with a wheel gone. The incident was reported from St. Louis with details of the wreck and location.
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St. Louis
New York
Seattle
Litchfeld
Ill
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