Scholastic League Declamatory Contest At Auditorium Theatre
Representatives from nine southern Idaho schools compete in the Idaho Scholastic League declamatory contest at the Auditorium theatre this evening. Lots drew at 3 this afternoon for performance order and an elab banquet follows at Bannock hotel with Prof. Walter R. Siders as toastmaster.
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Scholastic League
Auditorium Theatre
Idaho
Bannock Hotel
Idaho Scholastic League
Ricks Academy
Rexburg
Alberta
College of Idaho
Caldwell
Clare Hailey High School
Mildred Barth
State Normal School
Albion
Mountainhome High School
Gladys la
Venessa
Boise High School
Payette High School
Floyd Katherine E
Lochinvar
Blackfoot High School
Walter R. Siders
Pocatello High School
Birl
Victor
Albion State Normal School
Gem of the Moon
Ains
Academy of Idaho
The
Academy
Toggery
Montana Train Robbers Foiled by Lack of Nerve
At Welch’s Spur two masked robbers failed to derail the west bound North Coast Limited as engineers and bystanders thwarted the plan. Rudolph Wenk Paul Filenius and Al Teasdel were arrested in Butte with a dynamite stick found nearby. The trio admitted aiding the flagging while claiming others dangled the dynamite as a ruse.
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Butte
North Coast
Northern Pacific
Welch
Crow
Rudolph Wenk
Paul Filenius
al. Teasdel
Teasdel
Wenk
Filenius
Express Train Derails Near Canisteo Injures Passengers
Rochester reports train No. 4 the Chicago Express jumped the track while passing Canisteo at 8 30 am traveling about sixty mph. A score of passengers were injured but there were no fatalities. Derailment blamed on a locomotive tire failure affecting the engine and one express car.
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Rochester
N. Y
Canisteo
Beveridge Touted as Temporary Chairman at Convention
Washington April 24. Senator Beveridge is spoken of as temporary chairman of the Republican national convention.
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Washington
Beveridge
Tilden Bridge Contracts Secured by Local Banks
Tilden Bridge interests O F Rice L B White and N Tan ner of Otis and Tilden were in Blackfoot Tuesday as the Blackfoot Optimist reports. They secured ratification of the bridge contracts by D W Standrod Co and the State bank, clearing barriers to construction.
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Tilden Bridge
O. F. Rice
L. B. White
N. Tanner, Jr
Otis and Tilden
Blackfoot
D. W. Standrod & Co
State Bank
Tornado Hits Walls Mississippi. Memphis Reports Deaths
A tornado swept Walls Mississippi early today and is reported to have destroyed the town. Three people are said to be killed with several injured as wires are down and relief trains depart Memphis for the scene.
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Memphis
Tenn
Walls
Miss
Baseball match planned between Ricks Academy and Academy of Idaho
The Ricks Academy faces the Academy of Idaho this afternoon at 4 15 at the East Side Ball Park in a Scho last ic league championship game. Ricks aims for revenge after a Rexbury defeat. Other league games are listed with dates and venues through May 30.
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Ricks Academy
Academy of Idaho
Ball Park
Ricks
Academy
Rexbury
Blackfoot High School
Albion i State Normal
Albion
Twin Falls High School
Pocatello High School
Twin Falls
Albion State Normal
Pocatello
Blackfoot School
Blackfoot
Idaho Academy board endorses expansion and eastern study
The Academy of Idaho board reengaged the faculty for a year and plans to add a secondary agricultural department. Principal Reed will visit eastern agricultural colleges to study operations for a future program. Enrollment stands at 206 with strong attendance as renovations begin.
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Miles F. Reed
The
Academy of Idaho
Reed
W. H. Cleare
James F. Kane
J. R. Shepherd
Paris
Bear Lake County
John W. Hart
Menan
Fremont County
Academy
the Tribune
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Nebraska
Mustache scares germs in kissing warning
Idaho Falls Post reports a Paris expert tested bearded and smooth faces for kissing hygiene. Beards carried tuberculosis, typhoid, and tetanus germs, while clean-shaven lips showed only minor contamination. The piece mocks popularity of whiskers and cites named men as examples.
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Idaho Falls Post
Paris
Clay
Briggs
Dineen
Payne
County Teachers Examinations Set for February Dates
County Superintendent Grace Loughran announces teachers certificates exams on February 27 28 and 29 for first second and third grade state certificates and life diplomas. Bergs Feed Store offers fresh ranch butter on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 25 cents per pound.
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Grace Loughran
County Superintendent of Public Instruction
Berg
Bingham County Backs Taft and Brady at Convention
Bingham county Republicans endorsed William H. Taft for president and James H. Brady for governor. The convention, noted as harmonious, instructed delegates to support Taft at the national convention and Brady for Idaho governor at Boise on September 1, 1908.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Tribune
Bingham County
William H. Taft
James H. Brady
United States
J. H. Brady
Boise
Desperate attempt to wreck Allis-Chalmers plant
Milwaukee April 24. The Sentinel reports a daring bid to destroy the Allis-Chalmers West Allis plant. An automatic sprinkler stopped a fire in the pattern shop before heavy damage. Wreckers carried a dozen one gallon gasoline cans in telescope cases and fled when a premature explosion occurred.
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Milwaukee
Wis
the Sentinel
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
Telescope
Brokerage Firm McIntyre & Co Suspended Across Exchanges
New York April 24 The suspension of T A McIntyre and Co brokers and members of the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Cotton and Produce Exchange was announced today. The firm conducted a large business with branches in Chicago Baltimore Boston Hot Springs Syracuse Rochester and other cities.
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New York
T. A. McIntyre & Co
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cotton and Produce Exchange
Chicago
Baltimore
Boston
Hot Strings
Syracuse
Rochester
Early Rose Seed Potatoes at Nielson & Sons
An advertisement notes Early Rose seed potatoes available from Nielson and Sons. A separate tag promotes Yellowstone as a drink, urging consumers to choose it if they drink.
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Nielson & Sons
Italian car wins Briar Cliff auto race
Louis Strang in a 50 horsepower Italian car won the 259 mile Briar Cliff course race. Cedrino finished second, Guy Vaughan third in a 30 horsepower American car, with Lytle and Sartori fourth and fifth. Eleven started. three more could have finished but the race was halted to protect spectators. Strang time five hours fourteen minutes thirteen and one fifth seconds. The course was noted as extremely dangerous for high power machines.
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Briar Cliff
N. H
Louis Strang
Cedrino
Guy Vaughan
Herbert Lytle
Paul Sartori
Lytle
Sartori
Dancing Lessons Offered at Eagle Hall Saturdays
Dancing Master Prof Kimes offers lessons every Saturday evening from 7 30 to 8 30 at Eagle Hall. Prices are reasonable and satisfaction is guaranteed.
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Eagle Hall
Kimes
Barn Dance at Eagle Hall Draws 500 Dancers and Spectators
Five hundred attended the Eagles Barn Dance at Eagle hall. Judges awarded best makeup to Jimmy Hopson a rustic rural look and to Miss Marie Dutro for best country girl makeup. Prizes included a meerschaum pipe and a green calico apron. A live poultry raffle featured a pig a chicken a goose and a turkey won by local residents. Jack Woods served cider from a sideboard while musicians performed near a haystack stage.
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Eagle Hall
Jimmy Hopson
Marie Dutro
Squire Scally
C. F. Proper
T. R. Howard
al. Manassa
Second Annual Charity Ball Benefits Pocatello General Hospital
The Pocatello young ladies raised 556 dollars at McNichols and Wright hall last Monday for the hospital. Expenses were 25.50 leaving 511.50 to transfer to the hospital trustees. The committee praised the organizing force of Maude Holzheimer Anna Coffey Lavonne Duddleson Frances Coons May Kittle and Maude Reeves for their efforts.
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McNichols & Wright Hall
Maude Holzheimer
Anna Coffey
Lavonne Duddleson
Frances Coons
May Kittle
Maude Reeves
First Farm Themed Social Delights City Audience
The event featured costumes and dances set to the aroma of new mown hay, marking the first of its kind in the city. Attendees report the season’s greatest success, with the committee praising the turnout and financial results. The Eagles express gratitude to all who supported the gathering.
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Eacles
Republican County Convention Set for Tomorrow in Pocatello
Bannock county Republicans plan a 10 a.m. convention in the Bannock county courthouse court room to elect 18 delegates to the Wallace state convention and 18 to Boise. Delegates aim for strong turnout from eastern and southern trains and to back James H. Brady for governor.
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Bannock County
Pocatello
Wallace
Boise
Gate City
James H. Brady
Bannock County Court House
Octogenarian James Harris Dies In Pocatello
James Harris aged 84 died yesterday at 7 am at his daughter Mrs A F Roulette’s home 322 West Wyeth Street of senile decays. Funeral 2:30 pm Sunday from the residence Interment by Undertaker Manassa He leaves three daughters Mrs A F Roulette Mrs Thomas Hargraves and Mrs William Chugg Bear Lake County and son W J Harris. He had many friends in Pocatello after 17 years in the Gate City.
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James Harris
Thomas Hargraves
William Chugg
Bear Lake County
W. J. Harris
Laborers Scarce for Canal Work in Bancroft Region
R B Gunnell of Bancroft Land and Irrigation Company sought a man with a team from Alexander last Monday to work on the canal. He reports it hard to hire teams now as farmers are busy with spring work. Water had been turned out of the canal to prepare for summer irrigation.
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R. B. Gunnell
Bancroft Land & Irrigation Company
Alexander
Soda Springs
Emma Smith Complaint Heard Against Townsend And Miller
The complaint by Emma Smith, a colored woman convicted yesterday, charging Townsend and Miller with vile indecent and menacing language was heard in Police Judge Kane's court this morning. Witnesses were the same as at the prior trial and the court took the matter under advisement.
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Emma Smith
J. H. Townsend
Maud Miller
Smith
Kane
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Hattie Gibson
M. Read
J. J. Jackson
Laura Pearl Adams
Reuben Cyril Thompson
John T. Sebree
Luther Syromquist
Joseph Empey
Flora M. Montgomery
L. Gibson
D. B. Warner
Harold Goff
Fayette Stephens
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Rose
Montana
Tennessee
McNichols & Wright Ball
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Taft and
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Princeton
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