Shortage of Refrigerator Cars Hurts Idaho Harvests
Boise reports ongoing shortage of refrigerated rail cars in southern Idaho since early fall. Pacific Fruit Express officials warned relief could lag into mid autumn as weather drives apple and potato shipments. Secretary A F McConnell says the acute shortage stems from cars not being returned from eastern terminals quickly enough, despite local agency aid.
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Boise
Idaho
Public Utilities Commission
Pacific Fruit Express Company
McConnell
Donald T. Conn
Car Service
American Railway Association
Washington
W. J. Smith
Mana
SAU Sra Western Regional
Omaha m
MacDonell
California
Rigby Ships First Carload Apples From That Point in Years
Fred W. Kiefer reports a carload of apples shipped from Rigby yesterday. The apples, grown on about an acre four miles east of Rigby, yielded 640 boxes at about one dollar per box and were sent to Montana.
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Blackfoot
Fred W. Kiefer
Rigby
Man
Montana
Employe Suffered Forehead Injury At Blackfoot Sugar Factory
Blackfoot October twenty ninth reports Howard Curzon twenty year old laborer from near McCammon struck in the forehead by a wheel from a centrigugal machine at the sugar factory. Nose broken. He was rushed to the local hospital and his mother arrived this afternoon. Cause under investigation.
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Blackfoot
Howard Curzon
Curzon
McCammoeon
Prices Never So High Says Potato Buyers
Idaho Falls reports potato buyers and growers calling current prices the highest in history for this season. J. C. Jacobsen notes fortunes being made, citing McDowell of St Anthony who grows 300 sacks from 140 acres at $3 per sack totaling $109000, with $75000 net after costs.
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Idaho
J. C. Jacobsen
Andrew Burkman
West Side
Jacobsen
McDowell
St. Anthony
Mr. Jacobsen
Miniature Cannon Fired on Navy Day in Blackfoot
In Blackfoot on Armistice Day November 11 1918 C B F Hilliard fired a ten inch brass miniature cannon fashioned from brass from Old Iron Sides during Charlestown navy yard remodeling around 1865. The carriage used wood from the Constitution. The gun sits in true navy fashion with lignum vitae carriages and was fired many times by Mr Hilliard whose father worked at Charlestown navy yard.
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Tribune
Blackfoot
Oca Uy
Gaeta
C. BF. Hilliard
Charlestown Navy Yard
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Lignum
Vilas
Hilliard
Interesting Assembly Delights Blackfoot Glee Club Style Show
Blackfoot held an interesting high school assembly on Thursday featuring a musical reading by Stenna Darney a string quintet performances by the Girls Glee club and a styles of all times style show tracing periods from the Red Man Martha Washington’s era civil war days to the present day flapper indicating a varied program of culture and history.
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Tribune
Blackfoot
Cern Lee
Stenna Darney
Girls Glee Club
Martha Washington
Blackfoot Faces Shelley At Home Friday Football
Blackfoot's eleven hosts Shelley Friday afternoon after steady practice and improving performance since the last game. The Tribune notes solid work in drills and ongoing development for the squad.
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Spee Blackfoot
Blackfoot Eleven
Shelley
Miners Entombed After Cave In at La Prieta Mine
Reports from Hidalgo del Parral Chihuahua say two miners died and nine were injured in a tunnel collapse at La Prieta mine. It is believed several others remain entombed.
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Mexico City
Hidalgo del Parral
Chihuahua
la Prieta
Senate body visits project in Imperial Valley
U S senate committee on irrigation and reclamation tours Imperial Valley California to inspect levees and dykes protecting the lower Colorado basin. The visit follows speeches by Senators Pittman and Jones favoring immediate dam construction. A public hearing for Imperial Valley residents is planned after the tour.
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San Diego
Calif
United States
Senate Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
Imperial Valley
Colorado River
Saneen
West
Congress
Key Pittman
Nevada
Wesley L Jones
Washington
Colorado Basin
Colorado
Delph Carpenter
Wm. R. Wallace
Utah
General Boatwright
Hanlon’s
Lower
California
Mexico
Yuma
Arizona Irrigation Enue
Grand Canyon
Prince of Wales Hunts on Opening Day in Leicestershire
The Prince of Wales spent the first day of the hunting season near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. Foot and mouth disease rules forced a location change but the chase proceeded as planned. The prince tested seven horses at the start with satisfaction and rode back to Lone at night.
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London
Prince of Wales
Melton-Mowbray
Leicestershire
Mrs. Statler Dies After Six Weeks Illness
Mrs. Mary I. Statler wife of Ellsworth M. Statler president of Hotels Statler Inc died in the family apartment at the hotel Pennsylvania after six weeks of pneumonia illness.
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New York
Mary I. Statler
Ellsworth M. Statler
Hotels
Statler, Inc
Pennsylvania
Birthdays listed for notable figures across regions today
A chaotic column notes birthdays including Maria of nan Tioumanta, Dr J A Chandler of William and Mary College, Tose Aiahl a popular American stage crema, and Luther A Johnson from Texas. The text mixes places like Montreal and Va with years ago, rendering a fragmented list of individuals and origins.
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Ile Maria
Nan Tioumanta
le Kent
Neland
J. A. ©. Chandler
Aot
William ‘Andary College
One County
Tose Aiahl
Montreal
Luther A. Johnson
Congress of the Wirth
Texas
One Hundred Years Since Erie Canal Arrival at Buffalo
A hundred years ago today a boat reached Buffalo via the Erie Canal from Albany marking a milestone in canal trade. Mussolini begins his fourth year as Italy's head of government while Queen Marie of Roumania marks her 50th birthday. New England apples highlight the Boston fruit show opening today and running through the week. The Kansas City conference weighs Negro freight handlers’ demand for AFL representation. Elmer Guy Catshall to be reassigned as president of Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Canadian election sets 245 MPs to Parliament as Mackenzie King Liberal government faces possible replacement by Arthur Meighen Conservatives.
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Buffalo
Albany
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Marie Alexandra
Roumania
New England
Boston
Kansas City
American Federation of Labor
Elmer
Guy Catshall
Reas Aday
Iliff School of Theology
Denver
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Mackenzie King
Arthur Meighen
Adlerika Gas Relief Ad Sparks Stomach Comfort
Mrs B Brinkley reports relief from gas after Adlerika use with first dose. Ad claims one spoonful removes gas, eases bloating, and helps constipation, noting husband also benefited. Whittlesey's Pharmacy advertises the product.
Seek Control of Big Road
In Chicago on October 29 a federal case opens over the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad valued at 1.1 billion dollars. The Kuhn Loeb group and National City bank face a Roosevelt and Son led faction with 26 million dollars in stock. The Roosevelt faction alleges the Kuhn Loeb refinancing is forced by threats and coercion while receivers Byram and Potter have supported the Kuhn Loeb plan. Proceedings continue for several days.
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Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
James H. Wilkerson
Kuhn-Loeb Group
National City Bank
Roosevelt & Son
New York
Kuhn-Loeb
H. K. Byram
Mark Potter
Roosevelt
Laskey Loses Private Liquor Stock in Hijacking
Fourteen barrels of liquor valued at $10,000, part of Jesse L. Laskey's private stock, were stolen from a box car in the Pennsylvania yards. Four barrels of silver worth $5,000 were also taken. Laskey, VP of Famous Players Laskey Corp, said the prewar stock was uninsured and guarded when thieves struck amid a transfer to his Fifth Avenue home.
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New York
Jesse L. Laskey
Famous Players-Laskey Corporation
Pennsylvania
Hollywood
Thef
Laskey
Leavenworth Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Health
A Leavenworth Kansas telephone supervisor reports nervous exhaustion improved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes relief from fatigue and irritability and notes she is now married with a baby boy. The ad promotes the product as a dependable treatment available from druggists.
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Leavenforth
Kansas
Pinkham
C. W. Thiel
Pawnee St
Leavenworth
Lydia BE
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Lydia E. Karn
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