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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
2
A fragment notes payment in advance with dates referencing half year and three months terms. It mentions semi weekly, one year at 1.50 and delivery by carrier in Pocatello Idaho. It instructs readers to report complaints at the office and notes second class mail status.
A list of candidates for Idaho statewide offices and presidential electors is detailed, naming Wel don Heyburn as U S Senator, James H Brady as Governor, L H Sweetser as Lieutenant Governor, Lansdon as Secretary, D C McDougal as Attorney General, S D Taylor as Auditor, C A Hastings as Treasurer, F C Moore as Mine Inspector, Belle Chamberlain as Superintendent, and electors Edgar Wilson John Lamb and A A Crane among others.
State Senator J Frank Hunt leads the Republican slate with Representatives E L Holzheimer T M Edwards and John Schutt. Sheriff George W Smith Probate Judge T A Johnston County Attorney George E Gray EROS of Public Instruction Grace E Loughran Treasurer Julia Sullivan Assessor Charles H Bassett Coroner W F Howard parsers Caen Sonnen Commissioners Myers Cohn D J Lau and W J Harvey.
A midwest correspondent argues farmers prosper under Republican policies that build industry and improve agriculture. He credits rural free delivery and world market access, noting costs of these measures are described as wasteful by Bryan. The farmer favors Taft with a Republican Congress to extend those gains, indicating the west supports Taft and Sherman.
An eastern village announces a course aimed at preparing young men and women for work. The program focuses on skills in smiles and personal interaction to improve employability in various departments.
The piece argues that a real smile in sales requires body, mind, and spirit in tune, not a short six week course. It warns that fake smiles are detected by dogs and babies and that a commercial school must offer deeper training or omit the topic.
Bishop Derrick declared at the African Methodist Episcopal meeting in Cincinnati that the negro knows his friend and will stand by him. He praised William H. Taft, Republican candidate for president, for endorsing strict law enforcement to protect negroes and all citizens.
The Boise Statesman curbed attacks on Hastings and Lansdon, with debate over whether this shift aids their re election. Hastings offered $100 to have the paper explain how interest on state bonds in New York could be paid without breaching the depository law. The offer remains unanswered as the administration claims treasury gains under Hastings.
Fred T. Dubois suspends publication of the Boise Scimitar after a valedictory editorial admits the Supreme Court decision left him without a leg to stand on. The paper’s anti Mormon tirades and hostile stance toward citizenship failed to sustain it. Vale Scimitar and vale Dubois.
The piece says Hearst’s muckraker in Idaho accuses State Chairman Barney O Neil of links to Standard Oil with no specifics. It mocks the broad charge and suggests harsher accusations could be made, calling for a stronger Hearst Independent tag.
Genesee News endorses James H. Brady as Idaho’s Republican governor nominee praising his broad business capacity and honest approach. The editorial notes his long involvement with state development through irrigation and power ventures and argues his clean record and hard work will lead a sound administration.
Mrs Ada L Croom of Vaughn Mississippi recounts a near deadly cough and tuberculosis fear, crediting Dr Kings New Discovery with a complete cure after three bottles. The remedy, praised as a life saving cough and lung healer, is sold by Ferguson Jenkins drug stores in Pocatello and McCammon for 60 cents and 1 dollar with a trial bottle free.
An advertisement touts J Ballard's Horehound Syrup as a remedy that stops a cough immediately and restores lungs and throat to healthy condition, endorsed by Mrs A L Cook.
All help furnished in the future will be charged at regular messenger service rates. This notice identifies Gate City Messenger Service as the provider of future assistance with standard charges of 25 cents.
Weather note warns of colder air and snow bringing rheumatism to the area. Advertisement urges Ballard's Snow Liniment for rheumatism chilblains frost bite and joint pains with bottles priced at 6c 60c and 1.00 from Mrs A L Cook.
A Saint Louis Post-Dispatch poem recalls a baseball incident where a fan’s soda bottle struck an umpire in the neck. The piece laments wasted cheers and pennant hopes, noting the umpire could not understand the crowd’s blame or shame. The poem ends with the umpire left with rag and hair, a victim of misdirected passion.
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