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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1905
Page
4
A fragmented clipping from Shoshone Idaho mentions a strong effort linked to a transmitaor project and a figure named Thomah in the United States context. Further readable details are limited.
D W Rows, head of Idaho reclamation, refutes the claim that 1 3 million dollars from the Minidoka fund was diverted to the Boise Payette project. He says no diversion occurred and both projects were considered on their merits. The Minidoka pumping system was abandoned as part of a broader shift to gravity systems, freeing funds for other states. The plan advances two Idaho projects with bid ads to be issued by June and canals to be completed by July 1, 1906, enabling water access for most of 1906 across about 90 000 acres. Homesteaders express feeling they have been “jabbed” by rumors and announcements of open settlement and water availability.
A Minidoka mass meeting two weeks earlier urged a full Roosevelt administration investigation into alleged undue influence aimed at diverting officials from the Boise Payette project. The meeting defended its call as perfectly justified to scrutinize the matter.
Miss Fannie Hook, longtime Jacksonville resident, wields influence in Los Angeles street railway management. She owns stock, sits on the board, and her plans guide operations and expansion. Her wealth and control trigger public debate over franchise integrity while she maintains patron-friendly service and rapid transit growth amid local politics.
An enthusiastic motorcyclist fleeing Bombay heat rode seventy miles to Khandaila. He overtook a herd of water buffalo and, after a failed first shot, fired another from his shoulder. The animal charged down a steep cliff, skirted a drop of about 1,000 feet, and toppled into the valley below after tumbling onto tree tops.
A remarkable oak sapling decades ago split mint stone as it grew, becoming a wide spreading tree. Local elders recall the tree since childhood while forestry experts estimate it at about 200 years old. The massive rock bears the marks of the oak’s tremendous pressure.
Mr Port Ridge told an excellent baby story at the Indies summer dinner of the New Vagabonda club. A lady and her daughter walked Grosvenor square past a road strewn with straw. The child asked what it was for. the mother explained a baby girl had been sent to the house. The child then nods and says the straw is awfully well packed.
The article explains blackmail originated as black rent in border regions between Scotland and England. It describes rents paid in kind to powerful chiefs to protect property amid border disorder, later adopting the sense of payments extorted by threats.
The account recounts John Coleman recalling a moment from his youth when he suspected John Mathews. As Mathews helped his wife from a carriage at the Haymarket, Coleman touched him on the arm. Mathews swung around, asking in surprise who touched him.
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