Freight rates spark interest in Salt Lake rail increases
Eastern railroads survey a proposed freight rate rise set for Oct 1 and possible western application. Utah offices report no official western change yet, while New York commercial groups prepare to study the proposal. Railroads claim higher rates could boost national purchasing power and drive orders for iron, steel, and lumber.
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Salt Lake
Oregon Short Line
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
New York
Merchant’s Association
Board of Trade and Transportation
Produce Exchange
Associated Press
Po Catello and Academy of Idaho Baseball May Decide League
The Saturday game between Po Catello High and the Academy of Idaho is highly contested as both teams lead in percentage. A win is vital since league championship chances hinge on the result. The game starts at 3 30 PM at the East Side Baseball Park.
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Pocatello High School
Academy of Idaho
East Side
Caleb Jones Marries Lena Jamison in Salt Lake
Caleb Jones of St. Anthony, a prominent Republican figure, wed Lena M. Jamison in Salt Lake City on Friday evening. The couple plans to reside on the Oregon coast after Jones sold his St. Anthony holdings. They traveled via Pocatello on the way west.
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Caleb Jones
St. Anthony
Valley of the Snake
Salt Lake
Lena M. Jamison
Death at Logan Touches City Council Member Family
City Councilman E G Houde received a telegram announcing the death of his son's wife in Logan. Cause is meningitis after a six week illness. She leaves a husband and a small child. Alderman Houde plans to attend the funeral.
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E. G. Houde
E. H. Honde
Pocatello
Alderman Houde
Logan
Local court fines and chain gang mention headline
A morning report notes a man fined ten dollars for indecent exposure and two women and a common drunk, all to serve on the chain gang. Also cited is a Sunday School workman, W. C. Merritt, passing through Pocatello en route to Salt Lake from Butte. Oregon real estate man William Hyde Stalker also travels through Pocatello this afternoon.
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Chain Gang
W. C. Merritt
The
Sunday School Union
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Butte
Oregon
William Hyde Stalker
Baer City
Ford, Ore
Bountary in the Brient An Attempted Innovation Cites Etiquette Clash
Lady Burton recounts in Inner Life of Syria how European courtesy clashed with oriental custom at her reception. Dragomans served Europeans first while local women were left awaiting, provoking anger and a warning against altering long standing norms. A husband jeered at European manners and warned not to teach women unfamiliar practices.
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Burton
Orient
Syria
American plan clash ends in hotel bill dispute
A rural politician visiting a Kansas City hotel challenged a $8.35 charge claiming he paid for dinner under the American plan. The proprietor explained dine elsewhere. The guest demanded more meals and was told the charge covered one dinner. The tale appeared in Harper's Weekly.
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Kansas City
Thut
Harper's Weekly
Job tale in dialect on trials and misfortune
Frank Stanton quotes a humorous Atlanta Constitution reflection on Job suffering. The speaker uses rural dialect to describe sores, pestilence, and a hurricane blowing down Job's house while Job laments the additional hardship beyond bites.
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Dickey
Job
Frank Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Napoleon III Coup Described In Memoirs Of Claude
An 1851 night in Paris unfolds with Comte de Morny at the Opera Comique as rumors swirl about a palace coup. Claude recalls the famous move that brought Napoleon III to power and a witty remark about sweeping with the broom.
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Napoleon III
France
Monsieur Claude
M. Claude
Comte de Morny
Opera Comique
M. de Moray
Burglary Quip Sparks Ledger Style Droll Exchange
A burglar captured in the act quips that he believed a copper would be near when needed, provoking a sardonic exchange with a policeman who cuffs him. The Philadelphia Ledger records the humorous line as part of a crime brief.
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Philadelphia Ledger
After the Quarrel a Kind Old Gentleman
A fragment from a Brooklyn Life column recalls a quarrel and a boy named Johnny Wastside who claims to have handled the matter single handedly. The dialogue hints at trust tensions and social attitudes in a visiting scene referenced by city papers.
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Johnny Wastside
Brooklyn Life
Oscar Wilde’s Theatre Reflections and Ellen Terry Praise
Ellen Terry recounts her Birmingham visit in 1878 to see a production she calls perfect. She recalls how reviewing artists in the audience, including herself and Duse, spurred actors to their best with the shared presence and understanding of fellow performers.
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Owen Babs
Ber Og
Opligna
Birmingham
Ellen Terry
McClure
Ophelia
Hamlet
Olivia
Eleanora Duse
Marguerite Gautier
The Cap of Maintenance and Papal Supremacy
The London Standard notes the cap of maintenance as a symbol of papal supremacy in English kingship. It recalls King Edward VII’s parliament, the oath before the lord chancellor, and a crimson velvet bonnet with ermine used as a sacred regal emblem granted by Pope Leo X to Henry VIII.
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Edward VII
Henry VIII
Leo X
England
London Standard
Heart as chemical machine says Loeb theory
Professor Jacques Loeb argues that a ventricle strip in salt solution can beat for days, even isolated muscles ex refrain after extraction. He claims chemical action drives contraction via sodium replacing calcium, but notes this theory fails to explain muscular control.
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Jacques Loeb
A Fair Chance Motor Cyclist Tricks Youth
A fashionable motor cyclist in gleaming costume rides past gentlemen's park toward the zoo. He stops to ask a grubby urchin if he is suitable for the 200, joking that a spare cage and a tail would help his chances.
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Gent's Park
Zoo
London
Oxford Pamphlet Humor Reveals Carroll Quips
An English magazine reprints Lewis Carroll humor from Oxford pamphlets. During the 1865 Oxford election he lampoons Euclidean ideas noting that superficiality marks a speech about two points. A note contrasts examiners with grades, posing a puzzle: value of examiners in books and in a no exam scenario.
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Lewis Carroll
Oxford
Bright Lady Rides First Class By Mistake
An elderly woman unused to travel sat in a first class carriage with a third class ticket. The guard asked if she was in the right class and she replied she was not entirely first class, but much brighter than she was.
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London
Tornado Strikes Gillam Parish. Five Dead and 31 Injured
A tornado last night tore through Gillam Louisiana and surrounding areas including Oil City Belcher and Black Bayou. Five people are dead and 31 injured with fears that fatalities could rise to 25 and injuries to 100 as the parish endures extensive destruction.
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Suntan
Ny paAte Ras Et Eg Mae Waa
To Gillam
Gillam
Oil City
Belcher
Blackbayou
County Warrants Call Promises Payment in Bannock County
County Treasurer Julia M Sullivan calls warrants for payment with interest to date. Warrant series include 645 to 651 dated Jan 11 1906 146 to 217 dated July 12 1907 and 219 to 359 dated Oct 15 1907. Presentation at the treasurer’s office required. Dated Jan 13 1908.
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Julia M. Sullivan
Colds That Hang On Offer Quick Relief
Colds that linger in spring exhaust nerves and may lead to illness. Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and expels the cold safely and surely. Temple Pharmacy offers it.
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Ake Foley
Temple Pharmacy
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Ballard-Snow Liniment Co
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A. L. Cook
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South Main Street
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Twin Falls
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Collum, Sec
Twin Falls Investment Co., Ltd
Bill Bryan
Tie
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