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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
4
The narrative portrays Christiania homes as villa like amid gardens, with simple wholesome living and frank hospitality. Guests share in meals at 3 or 4 pm and 8 pm, then toast with skaal and bid thanks, capturing local warmth and straightforward civility.
A sculptor notes that most people fear seeing their own likeness in marble. Living sitters refuse commissions, unlike painters, who routinely attract subjects. The fear is an overpowering sense of death, causing delays in immortalization until death.
In a provincial town petty sessions court a farmer’s brother paid the 2s 2d and costs after the magistrate fined the defendant for wandering asses on the public road. The clerk of petty sessions declared they were his brother's, provoking laughter in court.
Mr Randall narrates his wife's unwavering character across daily challenges. He recalls how she settles kitchen disputes, organizes the children, manages church matters, and yet remains obstinately fixed on his movements, a paradox he finds hard to endure.
Prayer rugs serve as a perfectly clean place for Muslims to worship. Each believer seeks his own rug to ensure the spot remains uncontaminated, and they cover dirty thresholds with their own rug before beginning prayers.
An eye experiment describes holding forefingers at one and two feet from the eyes. Focusing on the nearer finger yields two phantoms of the farther figure on each side. Focusing on the farther finger yields two phantoms of the nearest finger mounting guard on each side.
In a Scottish church two ministerial candidates named Adam and Low preached. Low spoke in the morning on the text Adam, where art thou. He delivered an excellent discourse and the congregation was edified. In the evening Adam preached on Lo, there I am.
A London Bits quip shows a father praising frugality while a son admits living on tick this term. The joke reflects financial prudence and family dynamics in a concise witticism.
In a brief Chicago News snippet, Lucky and Jones share a playful exchange about luck and a recently painted car. The fragment also mentions a professor and a note about a preying figure, leaving the reader with a curious, unresolved moment.
A Chinese scholar who read many books travels to Amsterdam and asks for the works of Xixofou the Immortal. The bookseller has never heard of him, prompting the traveler to lament that renown may die with limited reach. Goldsmith notes Europe’s villages and universities host such “little great men.”
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes that Thomas Godfrey wrote the first American produced play, The Prince of Parthia. It debuted at Southwark Theatre in Philadelphia in April 1767 with Lewis Hallam's company, the first visiting troupe in the city. Godfrey died young. the play was praised as above mediocrity and part of his 1765 published works.
A conscientious editor regrets a false obituary of the commandant and offers a correction. The man said to be dead suggests leaving the notice to impress friends when they seek loans, hinting at a practical joke or real concern behind the misreport.
The Paris court once faced a cold morning when the lord of the chamber was absent. No courtiers dared break etiquette by offering the shirt, leaving Louis XIV shivering as he rose.
A statesman refuses to answer a question saying he is indifferent to it. He compares his attitude to a backswoodsman’s wife who watched a bear fight and declared it the only fight she didn’t care who won. The remark underscores a detached, humorous stance.
Early morning sounds of thumping and stamping from Bob’s room prompt his mother to call up. Bob explains the noise is simply his shoes, settling a domestic moment with a straightforward explanation.
A playful exchange contrasts Olive praising a future where all can sit on streetcars with Violet doubting such a change. Violet muses that a girl might worry about her looks if seating were universally available.
A brief observational line from the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror noting that some children seem constantly surprised by their parents’ good taste in selecting them. The remark reflects a humorous family-portrait tone typical of the local paper.
L Bush Livermore returns from Hot Lake Oregon after a week away Dave Watkins plans two months in Lexington Kentucky with family then Spencer to join Wood Live Stock Co Funeral services for Mrs T D Huth wife of mechanic Huth of Short Line were held at the Baptist church She was daughter of Police Chief John Ellis The Star Theatre announces tonight's opening with McCracken Colson in charge promising up to date shows for the public
Gate City presents shows every evening with matinees on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The renovated showroom becomes one of the city's finest theatre houses. Sale and supper planned for Wednesday at Trinity Hall.
An advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney and back trouble caused by daily strains. A testimonial from FP M. Cook of 239 So Eighth Ave, Pocatello Idaho, recounts relief after using the pills, praising Doan's Kidney Pills and noting a full recovery with no relapse. The ad lists 60 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
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