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The Pocatello Tribune

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1908

Page

2

Taft Friend of Labor in American Magazine Portrait

The American magazine features a non partisan portrait of Taft by William Allen White. It highlights Taft’s labor record and decisions that protected workers, including rights to strike and union participation, and notes the Taft Sher man anti trust revival and its influence on major court rulings and trust cases.

American Taft William Allen White White Frederick N. Judson St. Louis Adyston Pipe and Steel Company United States Supreme Court Supreme Court Northern Securities Roosevelt White House

Water Power Bills Stir Capitol Opposition

Congress faces bills granting water powers and dam rights to private interests, criticized as vicious legislation. H.R. 7618 would allow a Benton Water Co dam on Snake River, affecting Idaho and Washington watersheds. Roosevelt warned vetoes on similar measures. riders to appropriation bills remain a risk as the session nears end.

Congress Benton Water Company Snake River Washington Idaho House Senate Heyburn Roosevelt

Urgency Noted Against Water Power Budget Bills

The passage warns that appropriation bills are rushed and urges opponents to stay vigilant against what it calls bare-faced robbery of the nation in many water power bills. It stresses immediate opposition by informed readers.

Big Thieves Escape Says Post Writer

In New York, most grand larceny cases end with acquittal or dismissal. From 1905 to 1906 only three convictions reached $50,000 or more, while many cases involved smaller sums. Across seven years ending 1906, 6,637 acquittals or dismissals contrasted with 4,400 convictions, suggesting limited prosecutions despite growing embezzlements.

Saturday Evening Post Bailey Milliard New York Jerome

Marriage and Art Compared in Nethersole Address

Olga Nethersole argued that women should marry and bear children rather than pursue careers in art, calling for compulsory insurance and old age pensions for workers. She praised motherhood as the holiest role and urged government support to ensure women can live proper lives. Admiral Evans added that wars persist when battleships outnumber statesmen, favoring fewer naval powers and more diplomacy.

Olga Nethersole People’s Institute New York Germany Miss Nethersole Sarah Bernhardt Admiral Evans

Kane's Grocery Sells Fine Eastern Hams at 13c Per Pound

An ad notes Kane's grocery offers fine eastern hams for thirteen cents a pound and ends with a quip urging readers who drink to choose Yellowstom.

Kane’s

The Teacher’s Joke and a Kansas City Detective Tale

A Springfield Mass teacher punishes a boy by making him stand with tongs to catch a rat. The boy exclaims he has caught it, causing the teacher to faint. A detective in an anonymous letter case notes the clue that eleven misspelled words on a page point to a sign painter or typist, hinting at a local business directory.

Springfield Mass

Silly Maxims and Odd Anecdotes in a Busy Page

A collage of witticisms and vignettes rounds out a page with quips about ergotisms investors silent men and social advice. Short snippets include a broker’s pleas and a door to physician meddling and a joke about octogenarians and a mathematician in a small New York town.

Lincoln's Baldness Remedy Tale From 1864

A Massachusetts donor to ending the war grilled Lincoln about baldness. Lincoln produced a bottle, urged him to try the alleged remedy, sent him away with the bottle, and told him to report back in three months. The anecdote highlights Lincoln's wit and patience.

Lincoln Massachusetts Angel of Mercy

The Insult Direct Supper and Dance Row

A English country squire hosts tenants supper and dance. Afterward a farmer's wife laments an insult from a young man who jokes that her programme is full, noting she only had the wing of a chicken.

Funeral speech and tariff remarks at Nebraska funeral

William J. Bryan recalls a Nebraska funeral where a visiting preacher, unfamiliar with the deceased, invited tributes. After several speakers praised the woman, an old brother rose to remark that, with the departed in mind, he would now offer a few brief remarks on the tariff.

Nebraska William J. Bryan

A Californian's Luck With Bucklen's Arnica Salve

Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing years of itching piles after two 25c boxes. The product is sold under guarantee at Ferguson & Jenkins Drug Co. in Pocatello and McCammon.

Charles F. Budahn Tracy California Ferguson & Jenkins Drug Co Pocatello and McCammon

Chronic Constipation Cured by Foley Urino Laxative

Advertisement claims Foley's Urino Laxative cures chronic constipation and aids digestion by stimulating the liver and bowels. It promises to restore natural organ action without nausea or griping and recommends Temple Pharmacy as the source.

Foley Temple Pharmacy

Ballard's Snow Liniment Adverts May Help Bruises

An advertising notice urges use of Ballard's Snow Liniment for common bumps bruises sprains and aches in boys. It promises fast relief and healing when directions are followed with prices listed at 25c 50c and 1.00 sold by Mrs. A L Cook.

Ballard A. L. Cook

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