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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1919
Page
8
Fragmented OCR text shows a dense legal notice with names, dates, and stock and security discussion. Contains references to trustees, stock, and fiduciary terms, plus scattered person names and a dated attestation. Overall reads as a sworn affidavit or corporate notice, with legal formalities and signatures.
An 1697 hailstorm described by Edmund Halley devastated Lancashire from Ormskirk to Blackburn. Two-hundred? pounds? hailstones battered windows and crops, struck workers, toppled hedges, and damaged bowling greens as witnesses recounted the storm’s two mile-wide cloud and stones weighing up to five ounces, with a hats blown off and injuries reported.
Sir James Frazer notes in The Killing of the Khazar Kings that several races practiced deposing or killing their rulers at term end or after calamities. The Khazars, a once powerful Caucasus sea people, reportedly governed with a legalized regicide for about nine centuries on Europe Asia’s borderlands.
The article discusses deadly nightshade Atropa belladonna, its supposed cultivation for the English market, and the fates linked to its name. It notes the plant’s potent effects on humans, its relative safety for animals, and the likelihood that remaining plants survive from monkish herb gardens near ruined abbeys and monasteries.
The article recalls the Kosrta incident as the first serious clash between the United States and Austria. Marti Romtta, an Hungarian patriot, fled to America after the 1848 uprising, sought citizenship, and in 1853, during a visit to Smyrna, was seized aboard an Austrian war vessel while carrying an American passport. Captain Ingraham demanded his release, but Romtta remained imprisoned until the St. Louis was cleared for action.
A Ware garage owner found a phoebe bird nest in the truck’s running gear and three eggs. He called a game warden who ruled the nest could be removed without incurring a $200 fine, allowing the owner to use his auto.
Frail text notes expected crowd surpassing 150000 from across the United States as Pocatello pushes to host Wild Company boxing content. Autorities cite Idaho passing a bill for boxing contests and an athletic commission, with broad support across women and church members. Other states consider similar actions.
The Pocatello Athletic organizes 2700 Pullmans and spo diners to feed a large crowd for the contest on July 1. Many visitors will arrive by car and parking arrangements accommodate thousands of automobiles during the start of the automotive tourist season.
Idaho anticipates a large turnout if the proposed boxing and wrestling contest is held in Pocatello. Eastern experts praise Idaho’s offer, predicting strong advertising, investment, and population growth from visitors. Officials pledge clean, nonbrutal competition and support for integrating boxing and wrestling into public schools for both boys and girls.
An editorial stresses citizens must fund the victory loan to bring troops home and sustain the war effort. It cites estimated transport costs from France to the United States and notes vast government spending on railways and mobilization camps as essential to securing victory and safeguarding American homes from invasion.
The Santa Fe system, led by a new railroad administrator after McAdoo, plans to replace wooden ties with hollow pressed steel ties weighing about 125 pounds each and priced around 3.16 dollars, in the main line roadbed. Wood ties cost 1.25 before treatment. Railroads have long tested steel ties without success, signaling a broader Western campaign to boost lumber industry through education. The report also notes uncertainty about Count von Bernstorff attending the peace conference for Germany.
Notice of intention to make final proof for land under Carey Act on land claimed by A J Lange of Dietrich Idaho and filed by Jobe J Cagnon of Shoshone Idaho. Proceedings before state land board representative in Shoshone Idaho on April 21 1919 and May 1 1919 with witnesses listed. Includes department notice from Hailey Idaho March 31 1919 and a casual editorial remark about alcohol and a boxing headline.
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