Terms of Court and District Officers Listed for 1908
The document lists officers and officials for the Sixth Judicial District including Neal J. Sharp W A Hodgman and others. It notes the terms of court for 1908 across counties such as Lemhi Fremont and Bingham with dates in September and October. James M Stevens serves as judge and Challis hosts regular Saturday night meetings for the local fraternal lodge with E W Elder as N G and J G Finisewl as secretary.
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Sixth Judicial District
Custer Sousitis
Bingham County
Fremont County
Etober
James M, Stevens
Custer Encampment No.10 Holds Regular Meetings
Es Custer Encampment No 10 1 C C F holds its regular meetings in the Odd Fellows hall in Challis on the first and third Wednesday nights of each month at 8 o'clock Visiting Patriarchs in good standing welcome Thomas Josh P J G Finnell Scribe
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Challis
William Elder
J. G. FiNseBw1
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No
Odd Fellows
Pearl McGowan
N. G
Mabel Jose
Custer
1.C.C.F
Istana
Thomas Josh
P. J. G. Finnell
Pickpockets Target Thin People Says Chicago Tribune
A Chicago Tribune report notes that seasoned pickpockets prefer nervous, slender individuals in crowds. The thief, once jailed as "Molly Matches," claims thinner targets are harder to detect and easier to lift from than heavier, passive targets.
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Chicago Tribune
Disappointed Dog Causes Shopping Scene at Dry Goods Store
A stylish pointer accompanies a young woman on a shopping trip through a large dry goods store. The cash ball travels along the rail, the dog chases it amid busy Christmas crowds, returns in disappointment, and causes amused shopgirls to sigh at the failed fetch.
Oysters and Disease and Other Notables
A compilation notes scientific work by Herdman and Boyce on green oysters and copper content, distinguishing green color due to a pigment in Marennes oysters from copper levels. It also recounts a rare rifle range incident in Victoria where a shot hit a magpie midflight for a bull's-eye, miner William Boone's Klondike report on frozen ground, and a note on Kalymna honey gathering among ancient Greek lore.
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Herdman
Boyce
Marennes
Yarran
Victoria
William Boone
Kansas City Journal
Dawson City
Klondike
la Plata
Power of Music Restored Lunatic in Poughkeepsie
A Chicago Tribune remark notes that a lunatic in Poughkeepsie regained sanity upon hearing an orchestra. It suggests another orchestra’s playing caused his prior insanity. The piece also mentions Malta and its highly perfected milch goat raising.
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Poughkeepsie
The
Chicago Tribune
Powerful Chinese Medicine Prompts New York Alarm
A New York exchange reports on potent Chinese medicines, describing enormous bitter pills packed in wax capsules and a strong medicinal oil for headaches. The piece notes a liquid made from boiled plant parts, served hot as a syrupy drink, as reportedly common in Orth odox Chinese practice.
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New York Exchange
New York
Dovers Street
Feats of Chicken Fanciers in Great American Barnyard
The American Standard of Perfection lists 116 fowl varieties, 115 developed by breeders. Leslie's Monthly notes intelligent breeding yielded birds from bantam to 60 pound turkeys and diverse color effects. Fanciers can lace, stripe, spangle, or bar feathers to suit taste, with only initials left to inscribe.
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American Poultry Association
Leslie’s Monthly
Polar bears and antiseptic shaving tales in old notice
A collage of historical curiosities: Peary praises polar bears as trophies, an up to date antiseptic shaving saloon described with sterilization detail, and a Kokomo sexton’s long cemetery record. It also notes a Croatian golden wedding celebration and a colossal steamship smokestack, with a Russia Jews land permission snippet.
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Sexton
Mark McTigue
Kokomo
Ind
Ireland
Billion cigars smoked in the United States in 1902
Government figures from the fiscal year 1902 report show about 6.905 billion cigars consumed in the United States, averaging 218 stubs discarded per second. Cigarettes reach roughly 2.64 billion, with tobacco and snuff totals around 325 million pounds.
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United States
Washington
Chicago Inter Ocean
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States Treasury Department
Forestry for Farmers and a Deadly Nevada Spring
The U S Bureau of Forestry assists farmers with timber lands, highlighting the value of petty woodlots and offering free expert visits. A bulletin on the Haray Catalpa aids prairie states in using catalpa for posts and timber. A deadly arsenic spring in Nevada was found by a prospecting party whose water caused violent cramps after drinking.
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Bureau of Forestry
Wallington
Bureau
Uem
Middle West
Prairie States
Satalpa
Bulletin
Nevada
Chicago
Inter Octan
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Directories
Congress
Burvayer
Supreme Court
James F. Airshie
J. N. Sullivan
Charles Stockslager
James M. Stevens
Las Office
Neal J. Sharp
W. A. Hodgman
Custer County
Charles F. Baker
John J. Fitzpatrick
Kinnell
William J. Bowen
Geo
KE. Keyes
Alice Felker
Martha Keenan
W. W. Adamson
Ces ‘Duncan Cameron Caeatagers
E. B. Curtis
George Hosford
Bran Vehren
Societie
Ouster Lodge
O. BF
Fred
Jon B. Heyburn
Sutton L. French
John T. Morrison
Gibson
Pheo
Turner John A
Eagle
Coozier
Henry N. Coffin
Bell
Mae
Scott
Egleson
Silver Leaf
Rebekah NO
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor
K. I. Perky
Wil
Robert W. Philps
Surcron
Omice
Odd Fellows Hall
Main Street
J.C. Rogers
Rogers & Adamson
R. A. Pierce
Attorney-At-Law
W. J. Lamme
IdaHo
Robinson Bar
Warm Spring Creek
Salmon River
Clayton
Superior
Medical Properties
K. D. Williams
Frank Nickerson
EIN
Crockery
Challis, Ida
Utah
Montanas
Oregon
D. BE. Burley
Salt Lake City
Ted
Kalymna
Malin
Malta
Robert E. Peary
Leslie's Monthly
Greenland
Novi Vinode
Croatia
Codie
Russia
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Forestry
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