Idahoans Headed to Chicago to Vote at Taft Convention
Idaho leaders led by State Chairman James H. Brady depart Pocatello in the Pullman car Shoshone to attend the Republican national convention in Chicago. Delegation plans include meetings with Senator Borah and Senator Heyburn, with credentials to be presented to the credentials committee and a headquarters presence at the Auditorium annex.
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Gem State
James H. Brady
Idaho
John W. Hart
Menan
Fremont County
Warren Truitt
Moscow
Barney F. O'Neill
Wallace
Charles C. Cavanah
Boise
Edgar M. Heigho
Weiser
Chicago
Pocatello
Auditorium Annex
Heyburn
Borah
Blackfoot
Bingham County
Southwest
Panhandle
Big Chicago
Brady
Dover
National Committee
Alaska
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
New Mexico
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
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Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
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Philippines
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Vermont
Virginia
Auditorium
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Grand Pacific
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Aliona
Florida
Georgia
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Wisconsin
Lexington
Kentucky
West Virginia
Victoria
Louisiana
Maryland
Palmer House
Nebraska
Portof Rico
South Dakota
Great Northern
Rhode Island
Washington
Stratford
Wyoming
Utah
Mississippi
Oregon
Maine
Senator Hart
Heighe
Pacific and Idaho Northern Railway
Cavanah
Ada County
Barney O'Neill
North End
Judge Truitt
Burley
Salt Lake
Terrific Rain Hits Kaw River Valley In Cloudburst
A record rainstorm swept the Kaw valley with heavy winds and lightning early today. Topeka reported two inches of rain and a drowning at the asylum grounds. Wamego and Holton logged three inches, Valley Falls near four, with many buildings unroofed and trees down as river levels stay high.
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Topeka
Kas
Kaw Valley
Wamega
Holton
Neary
Valley Falls
Wamego
The Oxford Rooms Open in Reuss Building
Miss Sarah Lauritzen takes the rooming house in the Reuss Co building formerly Y M C A quarters and will convert it into one of the citys up to date first class vest rooming apartments. Her Turf cafe background and reputation suggest strong prospects for success under new management. The place will be known as the Oxford rooms.
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Oxford Rooms
Sarah Lauritzen
Reuss & Co
Lauritzen
Turf Cafe
Taft Support and Federal Building Sites Spoke by Brady
Chairman Brady told a Tribune man that southern Illinois delegates will travel together to Chicago and back Taft on the first ballot. He urged selecting four or five fair price sites for a federal building where the government can choose the best location for the greatest good to most citizens.
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Chicago
Taft
Fire damages Morris & Company packing plant in Kansas City
Fire at Morris & Company packing plant in Kansas City Kansas, fed by floodwater and dynamite use, threatens total destruction. An explosion in the chemical department sparked the blaze with a later power gas blast killing two workers and wounding two others. The plant, capable of slaughtering 1500 cattle daily, 2000 sheep, 3000 hogs, suffered extensive losses and was surrounded by floodwaters.
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Kansas City
Morris & Company
Kansas
Chemical Department
Sausage Department
Morris
Oss
Utah Democrats Art for Bryan at State Convention
The Utah Democratic state convention in Salt Lake City on June 12 selected delegates for the national Denver convention. Delegates were expected to be instructed for Bryan. Frank B. Stephens urged a progressive policy while Judge O W Powers called for a short platform and Bryan instructions. The convention adjourned after committees were formed.
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Salt Lake City
Naional
Denver
Bryan
Frank B. Stephens
Salt Lake
O. W. Powers
On Trial for Murder in Rexburg Case Draws County Interest
The Idaho district court opened at St. Anthony with Eli A. Larkin facing murder charges in the killing of Rexburg saloonkeeper C. W. Edwards. About twenty witnesses are to appear. Douglas Hix prosecutes, James H. Wallis and Harry Holden defend. The case draws wide county attention.
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Rexburg
St. Anthony
Eli A. Larkin
C. W. Edwards
Douglas Hix
James H. Wallis
Harry Holden
Idaho Falls
New Librarian Arrives to Lead Carnegie Library
Miss June Linn of Denver Colorado has arrived to oversee the Carnegie library. She graduated from Drexel Institute Library school Philadelphia and Catello residents may welcome improved library service as the building and furnishings near completion with opening announced soon.
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June Linn
Denver
Colorado
Carnegie Library
Miss Linn
Drexel Institute Library School
Philadelphia
Pocatello
Taft Delegates Rally As Hughes Backers Note NYer Anti-Racing Bill
Despite the fact that Hughes backers push a New Yorker stance, Taft delegates stay busy. The piece highlights ongoing campaign activity and pride in the anti racing bill championed by Hughes.
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Hughes
Taft Secures Texas Win After Baum Faction Ruling
Chicago June 12 The national committee favored the Baum faction in all contested Texas districts heard today giving Taft a clean sweep of the state on temporary roll call.
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Chicago
National Committee
Baum
Texas
Taft
Taft favored delegates set as Hughes boosts anti-bet measures
Chicago observers report the Republican national convention fight continues with 539 Taft supporters seated by the national committee. Friends of Governor Hughes gain momentum after his anti-race track betting measures victory.
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Chicago
National Committee
Taft
Hughes
Respite Granted in Billek Murder Case
Chicago June 12 Herman Billek the Bohemian fortune teller condemned to death for five Varal family murders will not face the scaffold today Federal Judge Landis granted an appeal from a habeas corpus writ The case goes to the Supreme Court and Billek receives a respite until the tribunal ruling on the constitutional question involved
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Chicago
Herman Billek
Varal
Landis
Supreme Court
Billek
Lathrop Fined For Striking City Dogcatcher
Lathrop, partner in Black & Lathrop on North Arthur Avenue, was fined 20 by Police Judge Kane after pleading guilty to interfering with a city dog catcher while he attempted to impound an untagged dog in front of the Jack & Lathrop store. The dog was owned by a customer’s child. a scuffle nearly led to gunfire before a patrolman intervened.
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L. L. Lathrop
North Arthur Avenue
Black & Lathrop
Kane
Lathrop
John V. Rockefeller
Jack & Lathrop
James ‘Rum
Police Department
Runaway match ends with return of Mrs Cutler Butler
Salt Lake City reports Mrs Mabel Blanche Cutler Butler, daughter of Governor John C. Cutler, returned to her father's home after a romantic elopement. The fate of her husband James Edward Butler remains unknown as the governor’s family declines to comment.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mabel Blanche Cutler Butler
John C. Cutler
James Edward Butler
Hughes Means Business in Albany Letter to Sheriffs
Governor Hughes urges all New York sheriffs in a letter dated June 12 to enforce the state’s new anti race track gambling laws. The directive emphasizes strict action against illegal wagering operations statewide.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes Alls
Orpheum Shows Open Tonight and Saturday for All Ages
The Orpheum presents a family friendly program including Tobogganing at St Moritz and an assortment of extraordinary comic subjects for children and adults.
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The
Orpheum
St. Moritz
Washout Fix Ends North End Blockade on Short Line
Traffic on the north end resumed after a Feeley washout between Buxton and Silver Bow was repaired by 6 0 oclock last night. Division Superintendent W A Jones directed the effort. two NP passenger trains and two Short Line trains were released. Trains ran on time today though east of Butte line conditions remain soft and daytime operation only. The Yellowstone Limited was the first southbound train to pass through, carrying passengers to Gate City for eastern transfers.
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W. AL. Jones
Feeley
Buxton
Silver Bow
North End
Northern Pacific
Pcatello
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Gate City
Division
Butte
N. P
Jones
Wallace Wins the Next Convention in Twin Falls
City Councilman E G Houde and fellow Pocatello delegate William Kelly returned from the Knights of Pythias grand lodge session in Twin Falls. Wallace was chosen as the next meeting place for the grand lodge with the date set for the last Wednesday in June 1909. Mrs Houde accompanied her husband on the trip.
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E. G. Houde
Pocatello
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge
Twin Falls
Magic City
Shoshone Falls
Blue Akes
Wallace
Grand Lodge
Houde
Delegates Traveled by Special Pullman to National Convention
A. R. Crusen a Boise real estate man and A. J. Wylie chief engineer for the Twin Falls North Side project passed through Pocatello en route east. Crusen goes to Chicago on business and Wylie to Pittsburgh to confer with his principals the Kuhns. Both men had reservations changed to the Shoshone the special Pullman carrying Idaho delegates to the Republican national convention.
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A. R. Crusen
Boise
A. J. Wylie
Twin Falls North Side Project
Pocatello
East
Mr. Crusen
Chicago
Mr. Wylie
Pittsburg
Kuhns
Study League Gifts Books to Public Library
The Women's Study League has donated their long accumulated collection of historical books to the public library. The books, valued at about six hundred dollars, have been in process of compilation for years and now support the nucleus of a free public library.
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Women’s Study League
Study League
Perry woman buys three lots in Block 128 corner
Deal in Dirt reports Mrs. Slice Burnett of Perry Idaho pays 225 dollars to Hector McNeil via Fletcher R Burrus for lots 16 17 and 18 in block 128 at East Center Street and Tenth Avenue.
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Slice Burnett
Perry
Idaho
Hector McNeil
Fletcher R. Burrus
East Center Street
Tenth Avenue
Heavy train north requires extra locomotives and cars
The No 7 regular northbound Short Line train was so heavy last night that two engines were needed. In addition to an extra Pullman and chair car, the train carried four extra baggage and mail cars.
Wild Flowers Bloom Beside Town Benches
West of town blue bells and forget-me-nots flash in bloom after rain. Each evening townspeople gather in groups to pick and carry home large bunches of the flowering plants.
Boise Summer Visit With Mrs Hiler Family
Mrs J Hiler and her children left yesterday for Boise to spend most of the summer visiting her mother and sister there.
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Boise
Dr Castle Returns After Postgraduate Course in Salt Lake City
Dr. H A Castle returned this morning after completing a two weeks course in postgraduate work in Salt Lake City.
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Castle
H. A. Castle
Salt Lake City
Mrs M M O Malley Visits Cheyenne Family
Mrs M M O Malley of Cheyenne visits the city with her children and stays with her sister Mrs George Greene and the Green family.
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Green
M. M. O'Malley
Cheyenne
City
Mrs Armstrong opens shop with hats at 238 West Center
Mrs Chris Armstrong announces a new hat shop at 238 West Center, formerly the Turf cafe, inviting ladies to call and view a fine line of hats of all kinds.
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Chris Armstrong
West Center
Turf Cafe
Mulkey Delegates Repuplican Nominating Convention Trip
Former Oregon Senator Fred W. Mulkey traveled through Pocatello on No 2 bound for Chicago as a delegate to the Republican national convention. He was accompanied by George H. Williams of Portland noted as the grand old man of Oregon.
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Chicago
United States
Fred W. Mulkey
Oregon
Pocatello
George HH. Williams
Portland
Will Take Trip East to Chicago for Republican Convention
R. R. Wilson, cashier of Bannock Abstract, Deposit & Trust Co., plans a Sunday departure for Chicago and other eastern towns. He aims to catch some of the festivities at the Republican national convention in Chicago.
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R. R. Wilson
Bannock Abstract, Deposit & Trust Co
Chicago
Rev W C Merritt Trekks to National Sun Day Union Meet
Tacoma based international field worker for the Sunday School union passes through Poratello on his way to Louisville to attend the national convention opening June 19.
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W. C. Merritt
Tacoma
Sunday School Union
Poratello
Louisville
Birth of a son announced for Mr and Mrs Gallagher
Friends in Pocatello received word that Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Gallagher welcomed a fine boy in Portland. The Gallaghers formerly resided in Pocatello.
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Pocatello
Marvin Gallagher
Portland
Gallaghers
Mr. Gallagher
Masonic Lecturer William B. Goodheart in City Visit
William B. Goodheart grand lecturer for Idaho Masons visits the city today after a stop in Idaho Falls and plans to return home to Weiser tonight.
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William B. Goodheart
Masonic Order
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Weiser
Star Theatre To Show Battleship Fleet Films Tonight
Star theatre presents moving pictures of the battleship fleet for the first time tonight. Management promises the finest marine views ever shown.
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Star Theatre
Fleet
The Laughing Habit at the Orpheum Tonight
Comedy bill promises relief as the Orpheum presents The Laughing Habit to help audiences forget troubles. Local patrons are invited to enjoy an evening of light entertainment and laughs.
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Orpheum
Notice to Eagles Dues Payment Details
Notice to members of Pocatello Aerie No. 119 F O E that dues may be paid to W E Trapp or J Elrod, see secretary for details.
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Pocatello Aerie No. 119
W. E. Trapp
J. Elrod
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