21 May 1910
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1910
Page
1
Promoters move to stage the Jeffries Johnson championship in a specially built San Francisco arena after securing a lease. The new site mirrors the Emeryville plan with no change in spectator capacity, and District Attorney Fickert says no legal obstacle blocks the in city bout.
Thomas E. Clark, pioneer wireless instrument seller and manager of the Continental system, aims to cross the continent with a wireless message from Portland or Seattle relayed through Spokane Butte and Fargo to St. Paul and on to New York. Seattle stations will connect with the Great Lakes network within two or three months.
At eight oclock next Monday evening the board of Independent School district No 1 will open bids for 17000 dollars in school bonds authorized by Gate City taxpayers. Funds will finish the north school and acquire a site for a fourth school on the south part of town. A ground block option lies between South Third and South Fourth avenues, west of the Academy, and construction on the north building continues with a second story contract soon to be awarded.
Heavy rains with severe winds hail and lightning swept southwestern and central Texas last night. More than 20 towns report houses blown down and injuries. Rapid river rise washes away rice fields and disrupts life.
Bluff City Kansas May 21 A tornado last night destroyed farm buildings and caused extensive crop damage in Harper county.
San Antonio May 21 The condition of John T Brush owner of the New York National baseball team is slightly worse this morning.
Fire destroyed the main tent of the Barnum & Bailey circus in Schenectady on May 21 with several people reported injured. Fire crews battled the blaze as spectators watched.
New York reports a total lunar eclipse scheduled for the night of May 23 and the morning of May 24. The event will be observable across regions with clear skies and favorable viewing conditions. Weather officials urge residents to watch for the dramatic darkening of the moon as it passes into Earth's shadow.
Count Lesseps crossed the English Channel in a plane today and landed at Deal, England, on May 21 marking a successful flight mission.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with steady to mild temperatures. No precipitation expected and skies mostly clear across the region with light winds.
Charles D Norton is identified as treasurer of the National Red Cross Society in a historic notice. The record highlights his role within the organization and his leadership position.
St Louis prosecutors prepare for the Doxey murder trial calendared for Monday. The case involves William J. Erder who died in 1909 after insuring his life and marrying Dora Elizabeth Fuller Doxey amid arsenic suspicions. The Nebraska extradition and exhumation results loom over the proceedings.
W J Harvey of the Bannock County board of commissioners will submit a petition to the Oregon Short Line to open a street on the west river bank from South Grant avenue to Idaho street. The measure supports a west side boulevard leading to the fair grounds, with staging by the Bannock County Good Roads association. President O B Steely prepared the petition, aligning with the group’s horseshoe boulevard plan. Supervising Engineer Congdon backs the proposal and will aid efforts to realize the project.
Cape Town May 21 General Louis Botha premier of the Transvaal has been summoned to form the first union ministry cabinet of United South Africa with Viscount Gladstone named as first governor general.
Madrid May 21 Queen Victoria gave birth to a boy who died at 4 this morning the result of premature labor King Alfonso remains in London attending King Edward's funeral The loss marks the first stillbirth in the Spanish royal family Queen Victoria has two surviving sons and a daughter
Reports from Seattle dated May 21 describe two Idaho discoveries natural gas near Hope and gold in the Ten Mile District on the Clearwater river near Stites and Grangeville. Prospectors flood the Panhandle from Spokane and elsewhere, land near Hope is being staked, and capital flows to develop resources that may also reveal oil.
Secretary Knox has formally accepted a mediator role in the Peru Ecuador dispute, with both nations agreeing to the arrangement. The move follows ongoing tensions and seeks a peaceful settlement through diplomatic channels.
The passage details Mrs. Doxey and her alleged heroines in aDes Moines poisoning case with a web of marriages and disappearances. It notes her birth in 1880 Aledo Illinois and marriages to Downing Doxey and Elder. Theories suggest a contested defense claiming another woman or drug influence.
The Pocatello Indians depart for Idaho Falls to play Sunnylanders in a two game set. New first baseman Tuttle joins the lineup and Jahson moves to right field while Barthold and Smith handle the pitching duties. Regulars Bistline Fox and Johnson miss the trip but will join north tomorrow. Curly Collins, former Idaho Falls pitcher, has been signed by Sunnyland Manager Dad Clay.
Congressman Hamer receives a congratulatory note from Marshall Cushing, secretary-treasurer, on backing the Tou Velle bill to end free printing of individual return requests. The letter notes broad industry backing, urges early committee action, and requests continued support to help passage in the House.
A syndicate of London and American capital aims to spend 3,000,000 to buy and develop 600 acres of orchard land in the Coune mesa of Payette valley Idaho. 80,000 apple trees now grow on 1,000 acres. 400,000 saplings will be planted next fall and in spring 1911. Main varieties include Rome Beauty Jonathan Winesap and Newton Pippin. Key backers are E. M. Munter representing Chicago and Des Moines bankers and rail officials. S. F. Champion for London Chicago and San Francisco interests. Col. E. M. Heighe president of Pacific & Idaho Railway. and Idaho horticulturists. The project plans a commercial operation marketing to eastern western merchants and London and continental markets.
Eddie Collins shines as a standout player for the Philadelphia Athletics highlighting his college beginnings and rise to major league prominence with the team.
Frank Conroy threatens a July 11 baseball clash with the Elks of Pocatello after last summer’s 28 to 18 defeat. Manager Joe Daniger says internal Elks strife, with players like Fargo Chilson Pope Munson Wallin Petersen, must be resolved before the Traveling Men can be beaten. Conroy is warned to stay off Elks turf as the sides chase a wipeout.
Special Correspondence from Marsh Center reports favorable grain prospects and a bounteous harvest potential. Frost damaged crops in some areas while the school district bonds for 2700 dollars fund a new schoolhouse this summer. Families plan home building to accommodate pupils and sheep-shearing begins on Currie creek and Rattlesnake, with wool hauled to Arimo.
Final plans by Cus ter Post G A R and Ladies of the G A R and Spanish American War Veterans for Memorial Day events. May 29 services at city hall and Methodist church with Dr Woodhull sermon. May 30 parade from city hall to cemetery, 9:30 assembly. Afternoon program at Auditorium at 2:30 featuring Ferguson address and school performances.
Bancroft plans to form a company and install an electric light plant on Twenty four Mile Creek with Hyrum Call gathering light estimates. Encouragement is noted and progress suggests Bancroft will soon gain electric power, boosting town prosperity as pumps shift from gasoline engines to juice.
Clyde M. Gray of Pocatello and Casper Weiffenbach have purchased the Weiffenbach garage in Mackay and will move the shop to Pocatello. They plan to enlarge the facility and stock popular automobiles, building on Weiffenbach’s reputation as a top machinist formerly with O B L. The move aims to establish a general auto repair shop in Pocatello and attract substantial local business.
A heavy May snow storm blankets northern Wyoming into southern Colorado with Denver reporting its heaviest fall this season. Five inches piled up at Cheyenne as telegraph service suffers outages from the wet snow while ranchers and stockmen anticipate benefits from the warmth.
May wheat closed in Chicago on May 21 at 1104. The report notes a slight shift in prices as traders react to market conditions and supply signals.
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