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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1908
Page
2
In Pocatello the Citizens party council plans to spend 1000 dollars digging a test well to bluff the water company, a move critics call folly that delays a real municipal water system and risks costly litigation over the Murray franchise as April 1909 elections approach.
The report highlights Democratic and Republican activity in Idaho with local groups and leaders cited as a political backdrop for ongoing contention. It emphasizes party dynamics and public sentiment during the period.
The Gate City band earned top honors on its Boise trip for its difficult repertoire and generous performances at the Idanha hotel concerts. Crowds of Boise delegates and residents packed streets to hear the nightly shows, praising the band for its skill, character, and the public exposure it provided.
Solon Thatcher in Maxwel l's Talisman contrasts the farmer's honest toil with the perilous rewards of speculation. He argues that honest daily bread brings spiritual compensation, while fortune won by wits may hide dishonor, robbery, and ruin.
A local Eagles lodge donated a fine piano to Pocatello public schools in a quiet ceremony. The piece highlights the group’s habit of benevolent community work and improving happiness through service.
Editorial notes unusual weather in southern Idaho yet points to heavy hay and grain yields. Portneuf and Marsh creek valleys boast the finest Ban nock county crops with wheat at thirty to forty bushels per acre and oats near one hundred per acre in some fields. Threshing may be late due to machine shortages, but high prices on new crops promise a fair winter for ranchers.
Union barber shops will shut down on Gee Day, September 7, 1908, per secretary A. B. Harris.
Local 205 of the American Federation of Musicians will hold a special meeting at the Auditorium theatre Sunday evening September 6 to receive applications for membership and to arrange a scale for music at the races.
FS Olan ap SES ae seeks a building lot in the new town offering land parcels for sale. Prospective buyers should contact the office for available plots and pricing details.
Somerville Journal urges readers to stop dreaming and start working. A rallying call credits Mark Bozzaris and a Turk as contrasts, urging all to get up and hustle to hasten a better world.
A Baltimore Sun fragment urges finding value in simple tasks and patient toil, praising faith, time’s harvest, and sweet routine. The civic note invites readers to buy discounted ice cream bricks from Holmes' parlor to enjoy at Sunday dinner.
The seller recalls an 1905 patent and court water decree, a house and ditches built, water used and land cleared with fences. Now offering 80 acres just north of Pocatello at $25 per acre, contrasting with higher asks. See C. C. Chilson.
George A. Custer Post No. 14 members are asked to meet at city hall tonight to arrange the funeral service for W. L. Escher tomorrow morning.
Retail clerks are asked to meet at the W O W hall Sunday at 9 a m to attend the funeral of Brother W L Escher. Lee Harper Walker serves as president.
Downey Idaho announces a Great Carey Act land opening on September 7 with a special rate. Ticket agents provide details and booking options for prospective settlers seeking prairie parcels and government allotments.
Bevo a non-intoxicant sparkling drink marketed as healthful and invigorating. The ad claims it delights the palate and supports digestion, with lapuline in Saazer hops aiding restful sleep when taken at bedtime. Prepared by Anheuser-Busch, it’s pitched as pure, wholesome, and superior.
Frank Cutter of the San Francisco Weekly Examiner will be in Pocatello for one week staying at the Commercial Hotel.
The item offers typewriter papers and ribbons and car bon s at the Tribune office.
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