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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1934
Page
4
City outlines improved educational facilities an adequate municipal auditorium and a modern north end subway widening Halliday Street subway a definite plan for future growth. Development of gravity and supplementary well water system for Idaho.
A biblical quote from Mark 8 34 35 urges followers to deny themselves take up their cross and follow Jesus. It states that those who save their life will lose it while those who lose their life for Jesus and the gospel will save it.
New York City bankers agree to lend the city school board 17.5 million dollars at 14 percent to cover teacher salaries due July 1. The note highlights bankers’ public duty and recalls a similar Pocatello loan thirty years earlier with no interest charged once repaid.
The Bureau of Labor wholesale commodity index climbed from 70.8 on December 30 1933 to 73.9 on June 2 1934, shrinking the dollar’s purchasing power by 4.2 percent. Householders say the retail index seems four to five times larger than this change.
A fusion of wartime history and ocean depth figures appears, noting Canada and Britain in 1914 15 defense pleas and U S aid. It also mentions Mindanao Deep 34310 feet and 27872 feet Atlantic depth while discussing Tugwell and a New York booze law.
The report notes the death of Arthur W. Nipper, 54, of Hollister, from Rocky Mountain spotted fever as the season’s second fatality after a week of illness.
A passage argues threats and rewards fail to motivate children. It claims threats increase worry and forgetfulness, pushing focus to present fun rather than future goals. Rewards offer only brief hope and do not supply lasting energy or constructive effort.
A teacher stresses that success comes from matching teaching to a child’s needs and abilities. The piece shifts to a fable where a Baby Possum encounters a red coated uncle figure who offers a return home, drawing a contrast between guidance and resistance.
Baby Possum hides after a frightening encounter with Mr and Mrs Flycatcher who punish him for trying to steal their eggs. He shivers inside a hollow birch tree as he recalls the punishment and longs to come out. The tale follows his fear and longing in the woods.
Baby Possum debates eggs offered by a red-clad stranger. The offer promises unlimited eggs but a suspicious pine tree encounter and a grinning man with long white teeth lead him to abandon his appetite and return to safety. A further tale titled Baby Possum Changes His Mind follows.
The Fort Hall Indians announce the annual sun dance will be held July 20 to 24 near the Fort Hall railway station. Frank Woodabogan, chairman of the dance committee, notes the event will begin at sundown and end at dawn. An attempt to schedule it before the Centennial celebration did not succeed.
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