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Newspaper
Preston Booster
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
4
They recall Pompeii eighteen centuries ago when ashes fell yet life showed modern touches. Folding doors hot water urns tiled windows rookeries and garden shelters mirrored today. Toys birds and wall graffiti among many familiar scenes reveal lasting human habits.
William Dean Howells recounted an anecdote about arguing with his wife over word usage. He consulted a dictionary and found a quotation supporting his usage, only to have his wife declare that the author was not an authority.
The passage recalls how a chain of chance events shaped the author’s life. A meeting with a certain person led to leaving soldiering for ministry, a meeting with a lady connected two lives, and a dog’s bark that night altered a path that might have sent him back to the dragoons or to India.
Harper's Weekly recounts the camel as stubborn and dull, noting a rider's skill is in maintaining proper nose-string tension to keep a uniform pace. Recruits falter against the beast's routine, standing dumbfounded as a camel refuses to turn or move, prompting waiting and tying noses to the tail of the line.
A Boston Journal correspondent recalls a sudden moment on a Newton Brighton streetcar. The conductor called out streets and at one stop a young woman named Eleanor was addressed, prompting audience laughter as her reply sparked debate about the conductor’s joke.
The article explains three main earth wearers wind water and living forces. It details how wind shapes dunes and rocks while water dominates erosion through rain rivers and oceans and how oxidation and organic matter drive chemical weathering. It also briefly mentions Mughal architecture and a clever magpie building its nest with hidden exits.
The article describes Palestinian shepherds leading their flocks on mountain sides due to lack of roads and scant pasture. Shepherds walk ahead while sheep follow, often with one boy guiding the herd and finding suitable grazing. It notes scarcity of sheep dogs in eastern regions.
A reader describes concerns about a wife’s tendency to borrow trouble and fear for their newborn. He recalls stable days before the baby’s arrival and worries that upcoming marriage plans of others may affect their family.
Annie Jones nee Coburn of Dayton Idaho filed for final five proof to establish her homestead entry for sections 34 in township 16 south range 38 east, meridian. The hearing before George H Carver US commissioner at Preston Idaho is set for June 20 1912 with witnesses Joseph Coburn Fred Coburn David Lapray and John Coburn Weston Idaho.
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