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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1906
Page
7
The famous line The pen is mightier than the sword is linked to Cardinal Richelieu through Lord Lytton. It appeared as pens started to replace quills in the era when steel pens were first coming into broad use.
The Russ Company of South Bend reports Tree Culture in Paria Paris costs reach 100000 annually to maintain and plant trees. Every well sized street gains a row of trees on each side with wider avenues receiving double rows. Conference travelers urged to use the Salt Lake Route.
A curious old technique suggests that if the person under test remains perfectly still and offers a hand, even a savage dog may mouth the hand without biting it. The exchange stresses calm restraint and immobility as a test of nerve and trust.
A fragment claims the most venomous spider is a small New Zealand creature named Katipa by natives. Its bite allegedly causes chronic illness of the tooth, though the text is garbled and difficult to verify.
A Spring Suggestion recommends Garfield Tea taken in the morning to ensure pure blood and natural action of the liver kidneys and bowels. It promotes a neat effect on the entire system.
London Chronicle reports Mr. Plowden rules distilled water falls under the act banning sale of drugs in impure condition. The decision treats distilled water as a drug, making sale in impure form an offense to the buyer.
A 80000 pound meteor near Everett Wash sent to New York. A body found near Lander likely Geo M Scott. Olson block fire in Butte causes about 100000 damage. Wyoming winter worsens, cattle hay shortfall feared. Butte train fatality: Byron Barrett dies after interurban strike. Jailbreak in Seattle as chain of escapes. Lakin Tacoma treasurer takes conscience money. Cody blizzard rescues near Meeteetse. Kuhn charged with Plunkett murder in Montana. Nevada mining boom expands with Venture Corp. Spain peanuts cheaper for Colorado. Lost Peter Brotherton feared in Meeteetse storm. Spokane citywide tree planting drive draws 20000 people. Kunkel dies from Hartville bar fight. Dan Sullivan to Athens Olympiad funded by Greek residents. Butte mine cave kills one, injures others. Erickson in Butte chute fall survives with minor injuries.
An Abilene Chronicle note reflects on the myriad ways people greet with hands. It describes big versus small, firm versus delicate grips and the varied arm motions that accompany a handshake, noting how warmth and style differ between individuals. The piece then touches on Japan's monopoly on camphor production, with the camphor tree thriving only in Japan and Formosa, ahead of spring conferences.
Swiss foreign trade exceeds 400 million dollars annually despite a population of 8,215,343. The item notes Switzerland’s sizable trade activity relative to its population.
In arid Australian regions where yearly rainfall averages ten inches or less, a square mile sustains eight or nine sheep. In Argentina, South America, with rainfall around thirty four inches, the same area supports twenty five hundred sixty sheep.
Walter Scott, a Death Valley gold miner, rode a Santa Fe train from Los Angeles to Chicago in under 45 hours last summer. The trip cost over 6000 dollars and set the record for fastest long distance run over mountains and plains in American rail history, proving Santa Fe track and staff dependable.
A cigar salesman touts the Abajo region near Havana noting Vuelta Abajo’s premium tobacco, its limited annual yield of 35 000 cigars, and prices up to 150 dollars per hundred while warning of counterfeit imitations and the unique aroma. Also mentions low rates on a Lake Route conference trip to Utah.
The island of Capri features a unique cave where the sea glows like a twilight of blue fire. Waves grotto walls boats and people mingle in a surreal scene inside the cave.
A prominent testimonial from Irene Crosby of Savannah Ga praising Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound for relief from painful and irregular periods bloating and related symptoms. The letter urges others to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Massachusetts and notes decades of women aided by the remedy.
In Woonsocket Rhode Island a judge in the twelfth judicial court heard a case over a pig charged with theft. Descriptions varied so wildly the defense offered to produce the pig in court. Judge Feely whispered to the clerk I talk to smell that pig as a crowded courtroom waited for the reveal.
Modern beekeepers rear queens in controlled nurseries rather than letting natural swarming and queen death dictate succession. young queens emerge in cages to prevent battles, ensuring a steady supply of strong successors for the colony.
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