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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1926
Page
4
Publication announces delivery details for The Daily Tribune in Pocatello Idaho. It lists delivery times including Sunday morning and evening, carrier service, and contact number. Rates shown include 80 cents monthly 4 75 for six months and 9.00 for one year in advance.
The article warns that drivers are often careful yet accidents occur when children run into streets. It urges parents to stop children from playing on roadways, noting several crashes this week and that drivers try to avoid danger. It emphasizes the need to teach children fast moving machines are not playthings.
Harland Ellis of Blackfoot admits to patricide in a case described as part of a pattern in Idaho. The piece reflects on revenge, temper, and the difficulty of understanding or correcting such acts and the peril of passion. It contrasts gentleness and brutality in human nature and questions mental self-control.
The piece argues detours mark progress in American road building. It notes early detours were mere navigational aids while modern detours provide temporary roads that improve routes. It frames detours as signs of progress, inevitable as highways evolve, and urges welcoming detour signs.
A Red Cross sponsored Cradle society launches a circulating library for baby items such as cribs and perambulators. Some articles may require a small rental while truly needy parents can obtain equipment free. Used items are cleaned and reconditioned before reuse.
The article ponders possible adjournment dates for Congress with July 1 or July 15 floated and some talk of a July session. It notes lawmakers wish to go home while voters prefer they stay to function, and comments on the politics of keeping the public engaged.
A brief comic note records Mrs. O'Brien staying at home this season, with the punchline hinting at her absence from social appearances. The snippet reflects a light society column tone from 1926.
Dicky meets Happy Giggles in Make Believe Land and visits a beaver dam built by Billy Beaver and helpers. The beavers explain how they cut and move trees, anchor them with dirt and stones, and reinforce their homes for the dry season while sharing a cooperative, working-in-tandem spirit.
Louis B Hanna, standard bearer for the regular Republicans in the U S senatorial nomination contest in North Dakota, has long been a prominent political figure. A native of Pennsylvania, he moved to Dakota territory, prospered as a banker and businessman, and entered politics in 1895, later serving in the state senate and governor from 1913.
Today marks Alexandra day observances in England and the US fiscal year closing. Fifty years ago the Canadian Pacific Railway opened for regular traffic and the National Editorial association begins its forty first convention in Los Angeles. More than a hundred rabbis gather in Long Branch for the Rabbinical Assembly’s annual meeting. Lord Willingdon arrives in Vancouver en route to Ottawa for his new duties. North Dakota voters focus on Nye versus Hanna in the United States Senate nomination amid Republican dynamics.
A chronology of anniversaries includes 1851 secret-ballot rejection by British Parliament, 1859 Blondin tightrope crossing Niagara, 1876 Montenegro and Serbia declaring war on Turkey, 1891 first passenger ascent of Pike's Peak, 1905 Rockefeller endowment to small colleges, 1909 Tennessee prohibition law, 1917 German vessels turned to Shipping Board, 1924 Democratic National Convention adjourned after 15 ballots with McAdoo leading.
Walter Hampden the actor born in Rocklyn New York 57 years ago today. Julius Andrassy Hungarian statesman born 66 years ago today. Roy L McCardell journalist born in Hagerstown Maryland 54 years ago today. Halvor Steenerson Minnesota congressman born in Dane County Wisconsin 74 years ago today.
A historical piece notes a 25 year drop in infant mortality largely from fewer diarrheal deaths due to improvements in the milk supply. It urges parents to obtain certified milk from tuberculosis-free cows, cooled and kept clean, pasteurized or boiled if not certified, with better public health involvement needed in rural areas.
Rev J Earle Edwards of Queens Village Long Island led membership growth from 89 to 252 in five months and declined a $500 salary increase offered by the church. ON YEAR AGO TODAY Maine governors met at Poland Spring for annual conference. Movement begins to preserve Maine abbey sites.
A humorous meditation on waiters born to grave, austere demeanor. The narrator muses that waiters seem grown and somber from childhood, imagining a future of gleeful frolic replaced by a precepted grim trade. A poke at aging standards and roadwise commentary closes the piece.
A column advises Peggy from a four room flat to invite friends despite a plain living space. It urges dropping pride, accepting help from pals, and suggests movies to ease social visits. Mimi offers guidance and resources by mail.
The American public spent over 5 million dollars on installment plans in 1925. About 75 percent of cars and washing machines, 80 percent of phonographs, and 60 percent of vacuum cleaners were bought on time payments. Sir Thomas Parkyns, an early English motorcycle rider, died in London.
Horace Fish, an 84 year old fisherman from Temple New Hampshire, regularly nets 25 to 30 fish a day and recently caught 31 in a single sitting. The piece notes his enduring skill and community record in fishing.
A historical meditation honors the Revolutionary era leaders as the wisest assembly for advancing humanity. It lauds Otis Adams and Jefferson as giants, notes the Constitutional Convention’s learned builders, and extols Washington Madison Hamilton Ellsworth Jay and others for crafting a durable state from enduring wisdom.
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