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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
3
Harper's Weekly explains how Italian straw is grown and processed for summer hats. Wheat is sown densely to weaken stalks, harvested by hand at half grain development, bundled, bleached in dew and sun, then cut and sold in small bundles ready for market.
The excerpt cites Owen Meredith and Edward Hutton praising languages and recalling a medieval legend. It quotes James Howell noting Spanish Italian and French as daughters of Latin spoken in paradise with God creating the world in Spanish, the tempter in Italian, and Adam in French.
A London Standard note explains that sweetness and aroma are best perceived by the tongue’s front, while most other substances taste more at the back. It adds that salt or vinegar between teeth and cheek yields no flavor. This reflects skilled connoisseurship in sensory evaluation.
In Greneben Solothurn a choral festival featured a wrestling match between a wealthy landowner and his carpenter. Four falls determined the winner with each fall costing one quarter’s rent. The carpenter won all four falls and earned rent free residence for a year.
Lilly, an astrologer and alchemist, could not see his own future clearly. He married a difficult wife described as temperamental, who brought him £500 as dowry but cost him £1,000 in relationships.
A quip about married life ends with the man, who married money, claiming matrimonial dyspepsia. He says his wife is too rich and never agrees, framed as a light humor exchange between friends.
A Chicago News note recalls a Sunday school scene where a pupil names Henry Clay as the first man. The quip contrasts a child’s clever misstatement with old sayings about truth and knowledge.
Kansas City Times recalls Bill Nye describing a five shot Colt revolver as "Professor Colt's five volume treatise on the ventilation of the human system" in a quip about firearms. The item reflects Nye's playful framing of weapons and science.
Registration locations listed for the bond election to be held Tuesday. First ward Felix Van Reuth South Third avenue. Second ward Miss Maud Kelly E C White Co east side office. Third ward Mrs O J Bell corner South Garfield and Lewis street. Fourth ward Mrs Hyrum Kay 444 North Arthur avenue. Everyone must register before Saturday night.
City of Pocatello Idaho to hold a special bond election on June 28 1910 to approve issuing bonds of 164 78800 for sewer and drain work. Precinct polling at Salvaton Army Hall Wilsons Feed Store Colbeer City Hall with 9am to 7pm hours. Voting method and ballot wording specified.
One large gray mare branded horse shoe on hip and tail knots last seen hobbled. A small bay horse branded T.L. with a nose snip is also missing. Any information or return will be liberally rewarded. Contact K. FE Harris of the Pocatello Cycle Co at 378.
An old time home remedy using common garden sage or wild sage brush is promoted as a scalp cure. Laboratory work removed odor while preserving active ingredients, claiming to cure dandruff and halt hair loss. Consumers urged to ask their druggist or send $1 to Sage Brush Tonic Co. Ltd. in Shoshone, Idaho.
Public notice offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who removed supports from a concrete slab at Burrus Vault in the new building on N Main Street. Contractor William Liddell is cited.
Advert reads granulated sugar as essential for preserving fruit. It mentions Blyth & Fargo 00 and Berg's offering plenty of potatoes. The item reflects a mid century grocery or home canning focus with brand and store references.
Voters in the upcoming bond election on June 28 must register by Saturday night. Everyone must register, whether previously registered or not, to be eligible to vote.
A thrifty husband chides his extravagant wife about wind and sails in a playful exchange. A love struck youth admires a beloved with teeth likened to stars, concluding that stars came out every night after marriage.
A dialogue style exchange appears in the Smart Set with Youth and Beauty debating affection. The text contrasts romantic longing and hatred in a playful, serialized vignette format reflecting period tone.
A Columbia Jester line mocks poverty as a vaudeville gag. It quotes a mother telling her child to hang clothes on a hickory limb to find work in vaudeville. The joke centers on hardship and opportunistic entertainment.
A comic caption from Illustrated Sunday Magazine shows The Silver Lining and a Wall Street Broker discussing rain. The broker cheerfully notes the storm is not their fault, while the other character grimly accepts the weather.
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