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The Pocatello Tribune

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1912

Page

4

The Pocatello Tribune Publication Note

Pocatello Idaho weekly edition details delivery by carrier in Pocatello. Notices urge readers to report complaints at the office. The paper is mailed from the local post office as second class matter under KZ Tribune Company Limited with George N Ifft and William Wallin listed as president and secretary.

Pocatello, Daho KZ Tribune Company, Limited George N. Ifft William Wallin Daily Tribune Pocatello

Worthy Spirit Emphasized by Olympic Committee Leader

Colonel Robert M. Thompson, president of the American Olympic Committee, praised American athletes heading to Stockholm not as bettors but as sportsmen. He urged competitors to accept defeat with grace, recognizing true courage in courtesy to victors and continued effort to improve.

Stockholm Robert M. Thompson American Olympic Committee

DISSATISFIED WITH PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS

The piece argues a Republican record from 1897 to the present shows strong gains, with a rising surplus, war costs paid, and broad employment. It notes the Panama Canal project and overall national prosperity as proof of effective governance, while hinting at a final GOP valedictory review.

United States Spain Panama Canal

What One Woman Would Do as President

The Reverend Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Suffrage Association, argues from her platform that a president would appoint a commission to map out a broad education plan for children and extend health laws, with government loans for agriculture and broader civic duty. The piece notes potential shifts in party platforms toward woman suffrage and the emphasis on women's fitness for the elective franchise.

Anna Howard Shaw National Suffrage Association Shaw

California Democrats Board Train to Baltimore with Wine Juice and a Houn’Dog

The California Democratic delegation departed for Baltimore by special train carrying fourteen hundred quarts of California wine the same amount of grape juice half a carload of fruit and a trained houn d og as reported from San Francisco on June seventeenth.

San Francisco California Baltimore

FACES MURDER CHARGE IN CHICAGO MURDER CASE

Mrs. Rene B. Morrow, prominent Chicago club member, was arraigned for murder in the death of her husband Charles B. Morrow. He, a noted inventor, was found shot on the rear porch of their Michigan Avenue home on December 28. Relatives' investigation followed initial reports of suicide and cited alleged domestic strife and threats by Mrs. Morrow.

Chicago Rene B. Morrow Charles B. Morrow Mrs. Morrow Morrow

Boston Bunker Hill Anniversary Celebrations Reported

Boston and vicinity observed the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill with parades and celebrations centered in Charlestown where the historic fight occurred.

Boston Bunker Hill Mass Charlestown

Fracas Continues Over Midnight Roosevelt Visit

The Rosewater chairman visited Roosevelt at midnight, a fact unknown to his committee associates until today. They speculated that Rosewater sought to reconcile with the Roosevelt faction amid ongoing disputes.

Rosewater Roosevelt

Roosevelt Delegates From Washington Press Fight at Convention

Roosevelt delegates from Washington refused recognition by the national committee conferred last night and decided to press the fight on the convention floor.

Chicago Roosevelt Washington National Committee

Roosevelt to be sole speaker at mass meeting

Chicago June 17 It was announced Roosevelt would be the only speaker at tonight's mass meeting and he would address the work of a national committee and outline campaign arguments. He will be introduced by Alexander H Revell. Ten thousand tickets have been requested while seating capacity is 4200.

Chicago Roosevelt National Committee Alexander H. Revell

Taft forces claim firm hold on southern delegates

Director McKinley of Taft forces says Roosevelt won only two southern delegates amid ongoing claims of accession by Roosevelt among southern delegations.

Chicago Roosevelt McKinley Taft Forces Taft

Taft Delegates Denounce National Committee Roll Call

Chicago June 17. Members and members elect of the Republican national committee and four state chairmen denounced the action of the national committee in making up the temporary roll call for the convention. Signers include Wasson, Brown, Whiting, White, Lissner, Howell, Thorson, Caswell, Neighboons, Pearson, Priestley, Edwards and Knox.

Chicago Republican National Committee National Committee Henry E. Wasson Pennsylvania Walter F. Brown Ohio Borden F. Whiting New Jersey William Allen White Kansas Meyer Lissner California R. B. Howell Nebraska Thomas Thorson South Dakota I. A. Caswell Minnesota Thomas Neighboons Missouri Richard Pearson North Carolina George C. Priestley Oklahoma William Seymour Edwards West Virginia Frank Knox Michigan

Lady presidential cabinet Would be a cabinet of all the talents

The article outlines a vision of a progressive administration with a diverse cabinet. It names Jane Addams as secretary of state, Andrew Carnegie as secretary of war, Louis D. Brandeis as attorney general, Fila Flagg Yount as interior secretary, and Hetty Green as treasury secretary. Dr Wiley would chair the pure food commission. The text praises a sane social welfare program under government action.

Shaw Jane Addams Andrew Carnegie Louis D. Brandeis Interior Fila Flagg Yount the Treasury Hetty Green Wiley Miss Shaw

Divorce Suit Prompted by Alleged Wife Abuse

A Sandpoint man files for divorce claiming his wife beat him, while editorial tone notes political influence in local elections and comments on the Idaho Falls Call editor’s view of party dynamics. Other items preview Idaho newspaper meeting in Mackay and a Chicago Coliseum crowd remark.

Bootlegger fined and jailed as Hawley aims to break into foreground

A bootlegger was sentenced to a $300 fine and three months in jail. The writer questions plan effectiveness and quotes Governor Hawley saying he has been keeping in the background and hopes to succeed. The governor expects to break into the background on November 5.

Hawley

McCammon News Advocates Swatting Knocker and Fly

The McCammon News suggests a plan to swat the knocker as well as the fly, noting that both constrain most people to solemn remarks. The piece frames swatting as a pragmatic response to nuisance and social pressure.

McCammon

Political Rush Links to Ninth Inning Baseball Metaphor

A speaker likens current politics to a tied ninth inning with no outs, urging timely action. The analogy underscores urgency and relevance of the application amid the standoff.

Endless Political Talk And Pressing Local Questions

The piece laments scarce facts for readers while politics dominate coverage. It notes campaign noise, suffrage activity, high living costs, industry progress, and social changes, then asks about tangible updates on scores and fishing, seeking ground truth amid chatter.

Gems In Verse Howells Poem Seas Wreck Lament

Fragment from a poem by William Dean Howells about a sea voyage and a wreck. The sea takes the ship, a shore cry goes unanswered, a shell remains mute, and a lone lover lies in a coral bed beneath the unknown deep. The tone is melancholy and symbolic about loss at sea.

William Dean Howells

The Everlasting Light by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Poem speaks of love and longing as a pilgrim journey toward paradise. It contrasts sorrow for unattained affection with the fulfilled life of companionship that rests in divine grace and divine presence. The speaker envisions perpetual motion in Allah's smile and heart guiding lovers from dawn to dusk.

Fairy Isles Paradise Allah Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Idaho Statesman Advertising Note

An Idaho daily newspaper offers home delivery at 65 cents per month with subscription details and contact at Rork's Stationery for ordering.

State Paper of Idaho Rork Imo

Tailoring firm offers free trousers with suit purchase

Pocatello Tailoring Cosmo A Tribune ad advertises a promotion giving an extra pair of trousers free with every suit order through August.

Pocatello Tailoring Cosmo

Mormon Polygamy Debate Calls for Light and Sympathy

Right Rev. F. S. Spalding, bishop of Utah, defends Mormon polygamy as a sacred tenet and denounces the charge that English girls are imported as plural wives as a cruel slander. He says recent plural wives are daughters of existing plural wives and aware of their actions.

East Utah England F. 8. Spalding

Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh Warning

Public health advisory warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury as dangerous to smell and the body. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and effective when taken internally and used under physician prescription. Testimonials offered, Druggists sell the remedy.

Hall Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio F. J. Cheney & Co

Excursions to Boise for Chautauqua and Knights of Pythias meet

Excursions to Boise offered via Oregon Short Line from Idaho and Oregon stations for the Idaho State Chautauqua and Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias meeting. Limit July 1. Inquire with agents for rates and further particulars.

Oregon Idaho Chautauqua Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias

Providence Poor Farm Claim Highlights Million Dollar Bequest

The Unique Poor Farm in Providence Rhode Island is described as the world’s most valuable municipal poor farm, valued at about one million dollars and located in a prime residential district. It was bequeathed to the city by Ebenezer Dwight Dexter in 1824 and admission is limited to those who have owned real estate or whose parents did.

Providence R. I Ebenezer Dwight Dexter Boston Globe

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