Mrs Josephine Lindquist Dies in Salt Lake at 64
Mrs. Josephine C. Lindquist of Salt Lake City dies after a two month illness from lung abscess and complications. A Swedish immigrant, she helped in church and charitable work and is survived by eight children. Funeral set for Wednesday at the Fourth Ward in Ogden with burial in Logan.
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Josephine C. Lindquist
Salt Lake
A. H. Lindquist
Portland
Lindquist
Relief Society of the Church
Fourth Ward
Logan
Big boom at Twin Falls opens land allotment rush
Twin Falls Idaho May 26 registration books opened for 80 000 acres of Salmon river land for entry June 1. Over 500 names filed for about 40 000 acres as crowds pack the town with trains, hotels and carriages busy. A Chicago party plus other seekers haste to Jerome and surrounding districts.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Oregon Short Line
Chicago
North Side
Jerome
Noted lecturer Dr. Koehne to speak in Pocatello
Nationally known lecturer Dr. J B Koehne will present his course The Nazarene or the Reasonableness of Christianity in Pocatello beginning June 7. The talks have been praised in New Haven Seattle and Boise and are offered without admission fee to all residents of Pocatello.
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J. B. Koehne
Pocatello
United States
Koehne
New Haven
Conn
Journal and Courier
Lyceum
Emerson
Wendell Phillips
Seattle
Ashland
Oregon
Boise
Idaho
Foley's Honey and Tar Cold Remedy Ad
A springtime cough remedy claim from Temple Pharmacy touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick, safe solution that stops coughing and expels the cold, appealing to readers seeking relief from lingering colds.
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Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Earthquake Devastations Span Ages Across Cities
The record lists catastrophic quakes striking Antioch in 115 burying a large part of the region, Port Royal Jamaica in 1692 sinking houses, Sicily in 1693 destroying many cities, Lisbon in 1755 burying over 50,000, Aleppo in 1822 wiping out two thirds of the city and tens of thousands buried, with multiple cities and tens of thousands of deaths noted.
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Pithy Moreshhat
Asia Minor
Antioch
Adjlatent
Port Royal
Jamaica
Sicily
Catalonia
Lisbon
Aleppo
Held Down the Speaker in Parliament Crisis
The excerpt recalls a 17th century incident in Charles I’s third parliament when Sir John Eliot supported the Petition of Rights. Hollis and Valentine restrained the Speaker, holding him in his chair to ensure the reading proceeded, a scene cited by Cromwell as pivotal to England’s fate.
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England
Commons
Speaker
John Elliott
Hollis
Valentine
Cromwell
London Chronicle
Undodgeable Taxes Through History
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote recalls older regimes where taxes could not be evaded. It cites a seventeenth century English birth tax, burial taxes by status, and levies on marriage, servants, dogs, horses, carriages, hearths, windows, watches, wigs, plate, ribbons, bricks, coal, gauze and candles.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
A Madman's Christmas Delusion Inspires a Saying
A Scottish asylum inmate believed every day was Christmas and feasted on imagined turkey but actually ate plain oatmeal porridge. He described meals as tasting of porridge, prompting the local saying AS palatable as the mad man's porridge.
Some Famous Salt Lakes
The Dead Sea spans about forty miles by nine miles, while the Great Salt Lake measures seventy by eighty miles as the largest brine body. Evidence suggests the Great Salt Lake once reached 350 by 150 miles, about nine times its current area. Dead Sea solids run about 24 percent, with one third being salt. Great Salt Lake solids are 23 percent, nearly all salt.
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Salt Lakes
Dead Sea
Great Salt Lake
Not a Question of Grammar
A witty exchange between a green reporter and Editor McKelway about phrasing. The editor suggests bold, humorous wording and implies style matters more than literal grammar in public writing. Judge.
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McKelway
Henry
Judge
Late locals win phonograph at Slingerland shop
Mrs. Slingerland holder of ticket No 97 won the gold phonograph given away last Saturday evening at the Slingerland bicycle shop. W M Newton conducted the drawing.
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Slingerland
Slingerland Bicycle Shop
W. M. Newton
Memorial Services Held by G A R Veterans in Pocatello
Memorial services were held at Trinity Episcopal church last Sunday by the G A R and Spanish American war veterans of Pocatello. Rev. F C Smith, the rector, preached an eloquent sermon.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Pocatello
F. C. Smith
New England Dinner As Trinity Hall Hosts Wednesday
Trinity Guild will offer a New England Dinner in Trinity Hall Wednesday from 5 to 8. The event also lists sales of aprons and hem-stitched pillow slips. Undertaker Manassa exhumed the 18 month old child of C. H. Lewis of McCammon for reinterment in the Lewis plot. D. J. Elrod, Eagles secretary, returns from hospital and will resume work at Jacobs' department store in a few days.
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Trinity Guild
Trinity Hall
Manassa
C. H. Lewis
McCammon
Lewis
D. J. Elrod
Aerie of Eagles
Salt Lake
Jacobs
Painful Accident Report Strikes Local Salesman
J. L. Dalton of Stude baker Bros. in Pocatello suffered a painful but not serious accident this morning after a crated buggy he was lowering became unmanageable and fell, pinning him to the floor. He was extricated, returned home due to bruises, but plans to be at work tomorrow.
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J. L. Dalton
Studebaker Bros
Pocatello
Meeting of John W. Jones Camp United Spanish War Veterans
The John W. Jones Camp of United Spanish-American War Veterans will meet at N. M. Eldredge & Co. 225 East Center Street at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday May 28 1908 to prepare for Decoration Day activities. Commander R. H. Tschudy and Adjutant W. L. Escher announce the session.
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John W. Jones
Society of United Spanish-American War Veterans
N. M. Eldredge & Co
East Center Street
R. H. Tschudy
W. L. Escher
Foley's Kidney Remedy Advised For Kidneys
A medical alert urges parents to seek Foley's Kidney Cure at Temple Pharmacy if a child shows signs of kidney trouble to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes. Prompt use is advised to avoid complications.
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Foley
Bright
Temple Pharmacy
Bread Dough Used as Wiper in Watchmaking
An official from a watch factory reveals bread dough is steamed and kneaded into a dough used to wipe oil and chips from tiny watch parts. The method, claimed to be longstanding, explains bread dough’s absorption properties and its continued use in the industry.
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Watch
American Food Journal
Mark Twain Birthday Reflections From Hartford Clergyman
On Mark Twain’s seventy second birthday a Hartford clergyman praised his kindness and sympathy. He noted Twain’s habit of pleasing others often at his own expense and shared a quip Twain made after a sermon about being unable to pursue his own thoughts due to the preacher’s influence.
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Mark Twain
Hartford
Descartes and the Cogito in the New York American
A reflection on Descartes turning philosophy inward, doubting all but existence, and asserting consciousness as the basis of certitude. It notes the famous cogito and the idea of an infinite perfection leading to the claim that God exists, presented in a period New York American voice.
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Descartes
Bacon
God
New York American
Cough Remedies Cited For Serious Health Risks
Coughs and colds may lead to pneumonia or consumption, Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as curing obstinate coughs and preventing serious results. Temple Pharmacy promotes the product and urges customers to refuse substitutes.
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Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Funeral Verger Intercepts Brother in Quiet Conference
A solemn funeral procession moves from church toward the grave when the old verger stops the clergyman and whispers that the corpse's brother wishes to speak privately. This scene from London Tit-Bits captures a rustic, confidential moment amid the burial rites.
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London
A Nautical Secret
A playful exchange reveals the sailor’s reply that the boat’s pitch is a nautical secret not shared, but the truth is waves.
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San Francisco
Why Was Employee Late
The employer questions a worker about arriving 60 minutes late after two track wrecks this morning. The worker admits delays caused by accidents and names the other incident as the reason.
Partly True About Nine Years Out of Work
A character disputes a claim about nine years of unemployment, calling the tale untrue and comparing it to a Philadelphia Inquirer story. The exchange shows skepticism and tension between Mr. Nix and Weary-Well.
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Mr. Nix
Goopell
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Huther
Dr. Koehne
Daily Tribune
Elrod
Tribune
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Ferndell
Kane’s Grocery
Alfred H. Lindquist
South Main Street
the Home Beverage
Franklin & Hayes Brewing Co
The
Star Theatre
South First Avenue
Zinn
Teozy Weezy
Salmon River
R. M. M’collum, Sec
Twin Falls Investment Co., Ltd
Theo. Turner
L. D. Brown
G. Caldwell
Bannock Abstract, Deposit & Trust Co
Bancroft
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