North Idaho Chamber Showed Solidarity Across State
The North Idaho Chamber of Commerce met in Wallace and praised its growing influence with 100 plus leaders from northern counties. They backed the Smith McNary reclamation bill and urged southern Idaho cooperation to unite the state’s business, agricultural, and industrial interests for broad progress.
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Orth Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Thin City
Idiha
Salmon River
Idano
Wallace
Lewiston
Chamber of Commerce
Mondell
Idaho
Thomas Opposes North and South Idaho Split
Bankers leader John Thomas of Gooding and Republican state committee chairman visited Moscow and Hayden Lake. He praised the proposed north and south highway as unifying Idaho, enabling interregional travel and boosting the whole state while highlighting scenic regions and the need to end sectional division.
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John Thomas
Gooding
Republican State Committee
Moscow
Hayden Lake
Idaho
Thomas Sees Barrier as Link for Idaho Unity
A prominent figure, Thomas, praises transforming the barrier into a bridge linking northern and southern Idaho. He champions the university for educating youth and aiding agricultural and mineral resource development, forest conservation, and regional growth. He stresses the university's broad statewide impact and support.
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Idaho
Thomas
Monument to Judge J B Cowen to be unveiled at Pierce City
A July 4 dedication in Pierce City honors Judge J B Cowen who died recently. Friends in Lewiston and Clearwater County organize the monument, lauding his character and service to Idaho and Shoshone County. County people urged to participate.
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Pierce City
J. B. Cowen
Cowen
Lewiston
Clearwater County
Idaho
Shoshone County
Judge Cowen
Coeur d'Alene
Banker Hill
Jacyn Cowen
Ife
Thi
Idaho Needs Outside Money and More People
Opinion argues Idaho must attract outside investment and population to grow wealth and lower taxes. It compares land value and tax impact across households, contending capital investment creates payrolls, markets, and diversified farming, urging targeted funds and outreach to lure new residents and capital.
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Idaho
Ikerdato
Ford proposal on undeveloped water power sparks commodity dollar debate
The Engineering and Mining Journal discusses Henry Ford's plan to use undeveloped water power as a basis for a commodity dollar. The piece notes current debate over monetary standards tied to tangible resources and explores implications for gold and paper money as components of a new financial system.
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Engineering and Mining Journal Press
Henry Ford
Backing paper currency with tangible value urged
The piece argues for backing currency with real assets rather than fiat. It cites South American resources and gold as options, warns against airily backed issues, and condemns backing by intangible assets like undeveloped water power or atmospheric nitrogen. It asserts stability requires measurable value and cautions against speculative schemes.
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United States
Ford
Beveridge and Pinchot in Politics Clash
The New York Times notes strange readings of Pinchot and Beveridge victory in Pennsylvania and Indiana primaries. Beveridge banners moderate reform while opposing punitive taxes and defending state control. Pinchot emphasizes economy, honesty, and efficient government for Pennsylvania. If this is insurgency, it is largely restrained to rhetoric and state-focused aims.
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New York Times
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Beveridge
Inliana
Congress
Richard
Leaders Wanted in Idaho Speech on Leadership and Equality
Dean Edward Ellery in University of Idaho remarks declares leadership as vital for a world of masses. He opposes leveling forces in education and politics that hobble gifted minds. He argues that schools should separate students by ability to foster new visions and inventions.
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Roise
Lincoln
Edward Ellery
University of Idaho
Idaho
Dean Ellery
Preserving Difference Amid Socialism and Leadership
Dean Ellery argues that socialism and leveling forces threaten individual initiative in business, labor, and democracy. He warns that removing distinctions would doom progress and suggests cultivating great leaders from those with genius would maintain productive clashes and progress.
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Dean Ellery
Get Back to Work Commentary Warns of Idle Wealth Abuse
A Fort Wayne News Sentinel piece quotes a manufacturers' leader criticizing overindulgence in entertainment and luxury as America’s chief ailment. He argues many refuse to work hard enough, citing rising spending on hotels theaters ball parks and other amenities as a result of a supposedly idle population.
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Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Manufacturers’ Association
America
Pardon Denied for Brooklyn Murderer by New York Governor
Governor Miller refused to commute Angelo Tumbarello’s death sentence to life imprisonment despite claims he was underage at the time of the crime. He cited that a year difference in youth alters moral responsibility and stressed deterrence and respect for law as essential to societal security.
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Miller
New York
Angelo Tumbarello
Brooklyn
Tumbarello
Green Diamond Counterfeit Ring Report Unveiled
A report notes a new counterfeit scheme using radium to imitate the genuine green tint of large diamonds. The process leaves smaller gems unprofitable, limiting fraud to the wealthy buyers. The same period marks a population drop of about 1500 in a key Swiss watch town due to industry gloom.
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Switzerland
Italy Builds Europe’s Longest Electric Rail Line
Italy owns the longest stretch of electric railway in Europe at 270 miles where trains run in two and three quarter hours.
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Italy
Europe
Said the Little Red Roosters Moral Poem
A fable like poem where a young red rooster laments scarce worms while an old black hen digs for food. The hen explains worms are always there if you dig, delivering a moral: resilience and effort beat reliance on easy gains. The closing moral notes red roosters hold jobs but struggle in tough conditions, while seasoned hens prosper by hard work.
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Red Roosters
Resources of Shoshone County banquet address on mining and romance
Alfred J. Dunn discusses Shoshone County's mineral wealth centered on the Coeur d'Alene district. He credits mining for growth, notes the region's enduring romance and adventurist spirit, and highlights famous mines like Bunker Hill Sullivan, Hercules, Callahan, and Hecla. The address links past discoveries to present prosperity and future potential, ending with a note that the piece continues on Page 6.
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Alfred J. Dunn
North Idaho Chamber of Commerce
Walfare
Shoshone County
Coeur -Alene
Coeur d'Alene
Nature
Arctic
Tropic
The
Old West
Prichard Creek
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Sullivan
Coeurs Alenes
Burke
Jim Callahan
Sunset Peak
Callahan
Hecla
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Elks Temple
Bank Street
A. J. Dunn
Canada
Postal Union
North Idaho Chamber
North
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Coeur d’Alenes
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