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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
5
A traveler returning from Oregon and Washington praises coast roads as superior to Idaho for upkeep. He notes Oregon and Washington maintain roads with active construction gangs, while Idaho shows sparse repair, suggesting fewer new roads and more maintenance on existing highways.
The eastern Idaho district fair in Blackfoot in September is expected to surpass last year with more counties backing the event. Leaders plan a $17,000 amusements program including horse races vaudeville acts band concerts and other features typical of large fairs.
A provincial, satirical riff on DeVucey Wild in the Senate with jokes about Dawes and five aces, plus a flurry of political asides. The piece mocks party dynamics, labor strikes, Mussolini comments, and international issues while venting about polls, royalties, and oddities from abroad.
A physician outlines neurasthenia as nervous exhaustion with headaches, vertigo, and memory loss. He advocates supervised physical exercise to tone the body, improve digestion, and aid sleep, noting the difficulty of curing advanced cases and offering a 12-exercise chart on request.
On arising perform ten minutes of light exercise and a warm bath followed by a cold spray. Rub the body briskly with a Turkish towel, then drink two glasses of water. Breakfast includes stewed fruit warm cereal with butter milk and sugar, cocoa or tea substitute, heavily buttered toast, orange juice later, and water before lunch. Luncheon comprises cream soup vegetables dark bread and milk. Dinner features meat chicken or fish, a green vegetable, buttered baked potato, fruit or pudding, with water before bed.
In the English House of Commons women members have influenced a shift in manners with hats no longer worn indoors. A male member once borrowed a woman’s hat to illustrate a point of order. Separately, a special train adorned with blue and gold Sweden colors and American blossoms will transport the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden on their transcontinental trip to the Pacific coast.
Premier H Howard Ferguson of Ontario born in Kemptville Ontario sixty six years ago today. Prof H L Butler of Syracuse University born in Silver City Idaho fifty two years ago today. Cyrus H W Curtis Philadelphia publisher born in Portland Maine seventy six years ago today. Blanche Sweet Chicago born actress thirty years ago today. William Redfred former secretary of commerce born in Albany New York sixty eight years ago today.
A compact list notes events and births over the centuries: 1776 Lord William Campbell becomes South Carolina’s last royal governor. 1815 Napoleon’s power broken at Waterloo by British and Allied forces under Wellington and Blucher. 1822 Achilles statue cast from Waterloo cannon unveiled in Hyde Park for the Duke of Wellington. 1845 Mass deaths of 1000 Arabs at Dahra by French Gen Pelissier. 1853 William H. West, famed minstrel, born in Syracuse. died in Chicago February 15, 1902. 1855 Allied assault on Sebastopol repulsed. 1906 John M. Pattison, Ohio governor, dies. 1924 Canadian postal workers strike for higher wages.
Rev Dr Charles A Seager is named fourth bishop of the Anglican diocese of Ontario. Since 1921 he has been provost of Trinity College Toronto and he began his career in Goderich Ontario after graduating from University of Trinity College in 1895. He served Ontario pulpits for years before leading St Marks Hall BC and later St Matthews Church Toronto.
Today recalls the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's fall while several anniversaries unfold. The St John fire fifty years ago destroyed much of the commercial district. William McKinley’s ３０ years ago nomination is noted along with Yellowstone opening for 1926 travel. A Pan American centenary celebration opens in Manama with delegates from governments and universities. The South Pacific conference assembles at Mills College Oakland. A baseball rally mirrors historic feats as Rochester defeats Toronto 11 to 10 and Philadelphia once rallied from 11 runs down.
A comic tale shows Mr Brown Beetle doubting Mrs Ant about living in a log. Mrs Tree Toad resolves the quarrel by leading them to witness the carpenter ant and the agricultural ant already at work under the rotten trunk. The scene ends with everyone returning home content.
A year has passed since United States senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin died in Washington D C. The obituary notes the loss of a prominent reformist figure and marks the anniversary of his passing.
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