JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0.1/jquery.mobile-1.0.1.min.css" />
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.4.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.0.1/jquery.mobile-1.0.1.min.js"></script>
<div data-role="page" id="first">
<div data-role="content">
<div id="an-id">FIRST PAGE</div>
</div>
</div>
<div data-role="page" id="second">
<div data-role="content">
<div id="an-id">SECOND PAGE</div>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
alert($('#second').find('#an-id').text());