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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1915
Page
8
A chaotic local report outlines Hailey as chosen chairman amid city reform actions. Officials discuss agency roles, election procedures, and the secretary’s administrative duties while referencing rebuilding and oversight within the county machinery.
A fragmented report describes a groom receiving an official reception while details of a marriage and arrangements surface. Readable fragments mention a bride identified as Murcuerite and reference to a protest or inquiry, with police involvement and unclear dates or places.
A garbled report suggests Secretary Fala retains some action or position related to a committee inquiry. Mentions of Weir, Pilsen, Liby, and various unnamed officials appear amid disrupted text. The piece references hearings, maintenance actions, and possible political maneuvering with unclear dates or outcomes.
The document provides an ownership statement for a publication, listing the publisher and editors. It notes names in leadership roles and references circulation details and preparer by the responsible party.
In a long reminiscence, residents reflect on harsher famine years and the difficulty of surviving past two days of poor harvests. The report also notes Looming political shifts as a Republican president nears and mentions local industry, including the Harber Lumber Company employing 290 workers and prospects for additional hires. Nearby, Jerome notes provide farm and land improvement updates, with county projects and bids for the Shophone Male grade construction, to be done under county supervision, using prison labor to cut costs.
Robert Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, is set to testify before a federal commission about conditions of Black workers in the Pullman company. The commission aims to learn the treatment of African American porters and their relations to company policies and labor practices. Witnesses include company president Ludwig Hellmann and general manager J. S. Hongerford.
A garbled report mentions A J Stover and WAH engineer involved in a runaway incident near Berne while warning and a driver suffered injuries. The text references county politics and a contemplated hirement position with Wen, and mentions Bibles and counteracts.
At a Philadelphia Friends meeting speakers lament the rapid loss of the plain language style known as thee and thou and its link to Quaker dress. They note the calm, serene manner aided by speech and costume, while some urge modern dress respectability over old fashions. Indianapolis Star.
General Villa in Monterey publicly commended Monterey merchants for contributing 1,000,000 pesos to his cause and warned foreigners they may stay or leave but must obey Mexican law. He separated foreigners from Mexicans at a Chamber of Commerce gathering and threatened exile to Chihuahua if payment was not guaranteed. He later relented, allowing released Mexicans to depart after pledges were made.
At the interstate commerce commission hearing on the western railroads petition for higher rates, testimony asserted that the 41 western roads earned more revenue in five years than ever before, while Wayne Ellis of the Iowa railroad commission claimed railroads are prosperous according to his statistics.
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