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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
4
A man admits he brewed five gallons of illicit ale using raisins and yeast, drank three quarts, and attacked by a police officer. He predicts a five year sentence and vows not to defy the law again, acknowledging the broad scope of prohibitions on homemade alcohol.
An Ogden minister denounces pervasive harsh judgments on society claiming liquor and reform failures, but urges tempered optimism. He argues that harsh critics hinder progress, noting world faults yet stressing measured judgment, mercy, and the value of hopeful restraint.
A new Mexican ambassador seeks U. S. recognition as Huerta outlines a program to restore constitutional rights and rebuild the republic. Provisional rule appears to gain credit and international backing while insurgent forces may be sidelined through negotiation or force if needed. America could profit from stable Mexican progress and renewed trade. The piece also columns on a Los Angeles quake hoax and a Boise dentists license case, noting shifts in ethics and regulation.
General Howard sent patrols after reports of Indian gatherings on Camas Prairie. Captain Perry’s two companies met about 300 hostiles in White Bird canyon. The clash lasted minutes with heavy fire as cavalry retreated, leaving dead and wounded on the field.
Idaho voters learn registration rules for general elections and the timing of primaries county and state conventions August 1920. The summary lists eligibility age residency registration requirements and where to register along with what each election stage elects and filing requirements for candidates.
Four DH-4 planes conducted a reconnaissance mission into Panama with a first stop at Anton a small town about 100 miles from France field. The Anton airfield is a solid four-way field on the town edge and remains usable year round even in heavy rains.
A grim statement predicts killings this summer and claims rural juries will view them as justifiable homicide. The text expresses a belief that country youths would not resist such impulses.
A vivid aside notes gilded youths in the East carrying vanity cases with a comb, mirror, and cigarette holder, deemed unsuitable for field work as the narrator imagines a drift to harvest life. The tone mocks their fragility and contrasts it with the harsh rural labor ahead.
An Indiana man filled a kerosene can at a grocery, then tried to use a potato as a stopper. The storekeeper offered a gumdrop instead, noting gumdrops cost 80 cents a pound and only three can be bought for a nickel. Read the Tribune Classified Ads.
In a Butte inquest into Thomas Manning’s death during an S W W picketing, three organizers testified the I W W doctrine aimed to seize control of mines and the district. They described “striking on the job” and vowed not to honor contracts, seeking eventual democratic operation of industry. Ed Hayes testified of time in Leavenworth prison.
The Lackawanna Journal reveals it was printed last week on coarse brown wrapping paper costing 14 cents per pound with 4 cents more than the old wrap. It notes bamboo leaves could yield paper and ponders a cooler, fan-friendly daily read with less heated air.
A Washington worker counts holes in government stamp production and finds that edge to edge the holes would form a line about 364 miles long. The item uses humor to illustrate the scale of a government program and the idea that no information is entirely useless.
A Chicago girl runs away from a legless husband and confronts a remarkable plea about his imagined grip on her braids. The story centers on the legless man’s luck and the poise needed to live with a vivid imagination shaping their uneasy dynamic.
Mrs Eva Gordon of Muskegon Michigan has built a silver fox enterprise on a 10 acre farm near Muskegon. In four seasons she has raised foxes valued at 335000 dollars and sold them for 165000 dollars. Starting with three breeding pairs in pens covering over an acre she expanded to 284 foxes in four years and previously ran a Alaska trading post with her husband for about 20 years. Her wardrobe reportedly contains no fur.
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