Woman Drowns Self in Shallow Cistern Near Emmett
Emmett, Mar 16. Mrs. Augusta Anna Alsop 65 died by plunging head first into a shallow cistern at her home four miles west of Emmett about 6 30 Saturday morning. She had suffered from melancholia this winter and the act was probably due to this, said her husband George Alsop. Coroner Edward Case Jr. said a public funeral is not yet arranged. The body was found 20 minutes after her husband and daughter searched the premises. Surviving are her husband, a daughter and two sons. Funeral plans have not been made.
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Emmett
Augusta Anna Alsop
Here
Cassia county property valuations show 1924 drop
A state report on Cassia county valuations for 1924 records a net decrease of 379 274 dollars or 3 361 per cent from 1923 with total valuations of 11 283 562 dollars versus 10 904 288 dollars in 1923. Current expenses at year end stood at 81 658 97 dollars along with 124 498 03 dollars current taxes receivable and 620 017 32 delinquent taxes.
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Boise
Cassia
Acoe
State Bureau of Public Accounts
Seacais
Capitalists Interest Rim to Rim Toll Bridge
Articles of incorporation for the rim to rim toll bridge are being drafted by Mayor Sha Hodgin under the amended law. The company intends two starting workers and a shorter timeline for pecy, with stock subscription expected soon as supporters push toll bridge construction.
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Sha. L. Hodgin
Twin Falls Estimates $11,500 Surplus for Year
Twin Falls expects a cash surplus of 11 500 from actual revenues by year end, per a report by City Treasurer James L Mee to be presented to the city commission Monday evening. The surplus reflects cash receipts rather than budgeted appropriations.
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Treasury
Twin Falls
Crn
James L. Mee
City Commission
Recovery claim from grippe or flu article
Fragmentary ad style copy claims quick recovery from grippe or flu. The readable text discusses a run down system and weak legs with vague promises of wild food to make you feel like a new person after illness.
Boise Development Co Sues to Halt Bond Issue
Boise Development Co seeks an injunction to stop the $115,000 bond issue for the main line station approach, claiming the project is outside city limits and expenditures would be illegal. They filed suit as a taxpayer, but no temporary restraining order was granted.
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Boise
Mar
Cise Development Company
J. R. Smead
Club Women Rally Support for Idaho War Memorial Tablet
Idaho women from Boise to Gooding unite to fund a bronze tablet for the Hall of Memories at the University of Idaho campus. Contributions from clubs and individuals total well over 50 dollars with a goal of 1000 to 2000 dollars to honor Idaho heroes from the last two wars.
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Boise
Idaho
of Idaho
Auxiliary of the
American Legion
University of Idaho
American Legion Auxiliary
Idaho Memorial Association
Women’s Auxiliary of the
Columbian Club of
Whitney Progress Club
Community Circle of
Barber
Bonneville County War Mothers
I. C. O. F. Lodge
New Meadows
Richfield
Women’s Auxiliary
Cleo J. Schooler
Idaho Endorses Hammond for Militia Bureau Chief
Idaho endorsed Col. Creed C Hammond of the state national guard for chief of the militia bureau in Washington. Governor Moore sent the endorsement to Washington as President Coolidge weighs the appointment. Northwest states united behind Hammond with Major General George R Richards set to retire. Hammond, currently on the militia bureau staff, resides in Washington.
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Idaho
Hammond
Boise
Creed C. Hammond
National Guard
Washington
D. C
Adjutant General
C. C. Moore
National
Coolidge
George R. Richards
Adjutant General's Office
Northwest States
Militia Bureau
Kellogg May Present Plan Hints at Disarmament Talks
London reports Britain has not received Washington’s latest disarmament conference proposal. Officials expect Kellogg to present ideas after becoming secretary of state following talks with Austen Chamberlain. An English railway project features 11 700 new freight cars valued at $1 000 per car.
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London
Mar
Prepa
Washington
Esme Howard
Frank B. Kellogg
Mr. K
Austen Chamberlain
Four new radio stations licensed by commerce department
The Department of Commerce licenses four new broadcasting stations WHBM Chicago 20 watts WHBN St Petersburg Florida 10 watts WHIBO Pawtucket R I 50 watts and WHBP Johnstown Pennsylvania 10 watts The bureau awards seven stations as reliable radio frequency standards WEAF WRC WCAP WSB WGY WBZ KDEKA with minimal deviations The Russian program by St Petersburg conservatory ensemble will be heard on WGBS New York March 21.
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Robert Mack
Pocatello Tribune
Washington
Department of Commerce
WHBM
C. I. Carroll
Chicago
WHBN
First Avenue Methodist Church
St. Petersburg
Fla
WIHBO
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Pawtucket
A. L
Johnstown Automobile Company
Johnstown
Bureau of Standards
WEAF
New York
WRC
WCAP
WSB
Atlanta
WGY
WBZ
KDEKA
St. Petersburg Conservatory
WGBS
Courting of Widow Malone on Irish Radio Hours
Radio listings show programs from Pocatello to Los Angeles and San Francisco with Irish language slots, talks on medicine flowers and gardens, instrumental duets and dance music, and late night orchestras. A hockey game in Minneapolis and a choral club in Dallas appear among varied musical and talk segments. An 8 percent taximeter accuracy rule from Spain is noted.
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KOA
Denver
Malone
KOB
State
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Lawrence
North Field
Minneapolis
Kansas
Dellas
Madison
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Harvard Observatory Maps Farthest Visible Star Cloud NGC 6822
Harvard College Observatory reports NGC 6822 as a star cloud far beyond the Milky Way, about sixteen quadrillion miles away and 33 billion years at 60 miles per hour dirigible pace. The Draper Catalogue volumes 99 of nine cover 250 000 stars with 1 000 000 faint stars still unclassified. Plates are now safeguarded from fire and water damage.
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Cambridge
Masc
Harvard College Observatory
Harlow Chapley
Harvard Annals
William Henry Pickering
Harvard
Er. Ar
Harvard Observatory Builds Record of Astronomical Plates
The Harvard collection has grown since 1850 when the first star photo was taken under Professor George C. Bond. By 1900 systematic work with telescopes began and hundreds of plates from Arequipa and other stations bring the total to about 300,000. Most plates aid current astronomical research. pre 1900 plates are unique.
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George C. Bond
Harvard
Arequipa
Peru
Alaska to ship 960000 pounds reindeer meat this year
Nome trader Ralph Lomen reports Alaska will enter world meat markets by sending 960000 pounds of reindeer meat to the United States. Five artificial ice plants on the Seward peninsula will handle meat, with future growth projected.
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Alaska
Greenhalge Not Nephew of Governor Beating Assassination Plot
Lowell mass March 16 AP Arthur Greenhalge credited with saving President Wilson from assassination by uncovering an anarchist plot was not a nephew of former Massachusetts governor Frederic B Greenhalge. Judge F B Greenhalge of the Massachusetts Superior Court, son of the governor, stated no such familial link exists and none of his cousins are named Oscar.
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Lowell
Mass
Arthur Greenhalge
Wilson
Frederic B. Greenhalge
Massachusetts
F. B. Greenhalge
Massachusetts Superior Court
Greenhalge
Samuel Gompers
Garland
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Idaho State News
Boise Development CO
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Tribune Daily Radio Dispatch
Pocatello Time
Spain
Monkey
Real
Reem
Caries Bldg
Salt Lake Wallpaper Company
Herb
Easy Vacuum Was
Hing Machine Company
Anton Ssoe
Western Grain and Brokerage Company
S. 2Nd Ave
Nature’s
Frank J. Monaghan
New York City
Hopper-Lamb Dairy
Tribune
Marine Co
Hudson Bay
Bert
H. D. Lauderback
Farrier
South Arthur
N. Main
R. O. Young
Optometrist
Bucks Auto Electric Co
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