Local Briefs From Pocatello News Set
Smoke the Rialto and Kane's Grocery promos headline a page of local notes. Community figures, fires, marriages, wool sales, and travel details fill the brief items from Pocatello and surrounding areas.
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
3
Smoke the Rialto and Kane's Grocery promos headline a page of local notes. Community figures, fires, marriages, wool sales, and travel details fill the brief items from Pocatello and surrounding areas.
A Sunday arrival by Walter J McDonalds Colossal circus drew poor two performances with a large crowd for the afternoon show and a small one for the evening. Critics called the acts stale and unfunny with dated jokes and subpar trapeze work. The dust was heavy and the menagerie lacked appeal leaving patrons leaving in anger and disappointment.
A public notice encourages treating a lingering cough with Kemp's Balsam, claiming it cures after the first dose. Sold by Sprague's Pharmacy with a verbal guarantee and trial size free, price 25 cents for the regular bottle.
Social notes record Miss Deuslah Stevens birthday at Harrison avenue with about thirty guests. Visitors include Mrs H M Jennings of Montpelier and Miss Ida Kimpton. Several residents plan moves to Montpelier Evanston and Pocatello, with travel notices for a Lyric Club musscale and a Pacific Hotel staff member leaving for Marysville Kansas. An Epworth League meeting in Fr al San Fr al July 18 21 1901 lists travel fares and ticket sales.
An ad describes poison oak and poison ivy as deadly to skin, claiming eruptions can recur and poison remains in the blood. It touts Nature's Antidote as a sole cure, recounts a case of S M Marshall of Atlanta Gas Light Co and urges readers to consult Swift Specific Co of Atlanta for free information and a book on blood and skin diseases.
Travel rates and ticket sale windows announced for multiple 1901 events including United Society of Christian Endeavor in Cincinnati Detroit National Educational Association in Detroit Grandage Elks in Milwaukee Idaho Sunday School Convention in Lewiston and Teachers Rates East. Details cover round trip fares sale dates return limits and extension fees with notes on joint agent deposits and event dates.
The list updates street names across Northwest and Southeast sections from A to O and beyond, replacing old names with new local designations. An advertisement promotes Lane's Medicine, a herbal laxative Tea described as gentle on the stomach liver and kidneys, with daily bowels movement and sold by Sprague's Pharmacy.
An advertisement from Bean's drug store touts Ackor's Hixir as a universal cure for blood diseases. It claims impure blood causes pale skin and eruptions and guarantees satisfaction, contrasting with cheaper sarsaparilla products.
Announcement for the National Irrigation Congress in Colorado Springs from July 12 to 16 with a round trip fare of two dollars and sale dates July to August 15. Agent H. V. Plagt promotes Hirnnrak a tonic for digestion priced at 50 cents and Mrs A L Cook is listed.
Advertising copy promotes Sherman’s Headache Care as instant relief for headaches including neuralaia. It claims one dose cures and guarantees harmless effects. Sold by Sprague's Pharmacy at 2c and 10c per box with immediate relief.
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