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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1909
Page
8
Investors urged to buy Richfield real estate with promises of growth while you sleep. The ad touts multiple payments, a three-talen fry teen, and various plots for sale including acres and parcels in a fire district with prices like 147.00 and 9600 per acre.
The fragment recounts a Philadelphia Flier from 1737 with wild-seeming travel yarns and reports on early atmospheric experiments. It mentions John Emptor, a boat, a ferry, and unnamed observers describing dramatic feats at sea and in the air. The piece mingles sensational travel notes with scattered references to ships, torpedoes, and optical devices.
A nonsensical dialogue fragment mentions a wedding present problem and a warding te te add after the RV. It references Lips plot and Gorewend Rien Ltd, with scattered names and phrases implying a playful or puzzle-like text from a historical page.
Fragmentary OCR passage critiques a local figure and crowd reaction. It references a Nottingham context and accusations of deceit amid a tense gathering. Details are sparse, but the tone suggests a controversial public confrontation with allegations of lying and mob pressure.
An unclear early text recounts Mrs Naeger Mylheberd feeding a feast with coffee and a man who refuses marriage yet. Snippets hint at personal turmoil, with mentions of instructing or forcing someone to act and a debate over two paths of progress: industry growth and thrift in planning.
A collage of quotes and sketches on conversation as a refined art, contrasting Southern hospitality with Northern briskness. Includes Whistler price talk and a humorous farm tale about a sour milk cow, illustrating social manners and practical jokes in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper column.
Dr Woods Portebleson cites the American Magazine claim that the risk of burial alive is exceedingly slight and has never occurred authentically. He notes undertakers from the National Funeral Directory Association dismiss such reports as myths after examining numerous cases reported in newspapers over fifteen years.
An observing traveler notes in a visitors book lines about Alpine touring and the allure of the Alps. The writer reflects on tourists who “do” the Alps and the thrill of distant vistas, alongside musings on fragile health and the moral cautions of intention versus virtue.
Lucy recalls her mother Miss Hangwood's strength as a tale unfolds about a cake of soap mistaken for a gold brick. The narrative explores trust, deception, and small acts of mercy amid family memories and a neighborly old man seeking aid.
John Roberts of Watkins in Schuyler county found four thousand dollars in gold coins, mostly $20 pieces, while breaking up an old pump bought from Angelo Dupree. Coins date back to 1888. Rob erts deposited the sum at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Wallins and offers to surrender it to rightful owner, if claimed.
In numerous German cafes and beer halls a canister sits on each table where guests deposit the end of their cigars. The box, secured by a padlock, funnels the waste tobacco toward a charity. Proceeds buy clothing for poor children at Christmas. The charity is criticized as foul and fraudulent.
The author notes Tangier as a country of many Sabbaths with Mohammedan Jewish and Christian observances. Arriving Thursday night, the next day Friday marks the Muslim Sabbath, followed by the Jewish Sabbath and then Sunday for Christians. A black flag on minarets signals dawn, remaining until mid forenoon to indicate the day.
An off sea captain toured an exhibition and showed keen interest in the mechanical section. He asked how far a large steam whistle could be heard and was told sixteen miles, with the deputy clarifying eight miles in each direction as the true range.
The anecdote centers on E A Sothern in a David Garrick benefit performance. Sothern feigns drunkenness during a tea table scene causing vulgar farce as a teacup set is smashed after a stagehand brings back a priceless heirloom service. The offended owner doubted Sothern’s sobriety, claiming only a drunk could have shattered it.
An old new woman at tea proclaims that new women are not new, citing 13th century Bologna where Morella d Andrìa taught jurisprudence behind a curtain to prevent distraction by beauty. The university boasted famous female instructors Mad onna Manzolina anatomy Matilda Trombont languages and Marie Magnest mathematics with about 10 000 students.
Psychologists say nightly mental activity continues after retirement and dreams repeat the evening’s songs. Avoid retiring in anger or a sour mood. seek mental harmony and serenity. Lie down with a smile if possible, driving away vexed thoughts and preserving calm before sleep.
Chinese residents at Pacific coast ports subscribe to a Chinese national steamship company forming a trans Pacific carrying trade with routes to San Francisco and Seattle.
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