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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
7
War conditions limit digitalis supplies prompting use of foxglove tinctures as substitutes. Cuticura products promise dandruff relief and samples are offered by mail. Spring fatigue urged as nerves and blood improve with Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Anuric tablets.
President Wilson declared force as the only answer to German aims, urging a righteous, all‑out effort to defeat Germany and defend world law. He praised citizen soldiers just mobilized into a second great army and framed a peace by strength, while warning a German victory would ruin American ideals. Roughly 15,000 packed the hall with thousands more outside.
Major Joe Gaines announced that ground glass was found in nine different articles of food shipped to the Nineteenth division commissary at Camp Travis. Fifty officers and enlisted men were reported ill as a result, treated by medical staff.
State officials under the attorney general will likely assume the investigation into the lynching of Robert P. Praeger in Collinsville Illinois. Praeger, labeled an enemy alien, was hanged here for disloyal remarks.
James M. Beck, former assistant attorney general, told an address in New York that he was not breaking any pledge by asserting that British casualties in the past year were about half a million. The remark referenced ongoing war losses and political debate.
A historical note lists ten animals deemed worthy of admission to heaven in Islamic tradition. Included are the dog Kratin of the Seven Sleepers, Balaam's ass, Solomon's ant, Jonah's whale, the ram of Israel, Saleh's camel, Belkis's cuckoo, Moses's ox, Al Barak the miraculous steed, and the donkey ridden into Jerusalem.
Green's August Flower advertised as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and alimentary canal, and stimulates bile production to remove impurities. Claims to treat sick headaches constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion and stomach gas. Sold in all civilized countries and urged for pessimists. Also notes an old Grouch birthday quip and wishing unhappy returns.
Fragmentary chatter notes a rumor about Josephine Lind and a quiet wedding. It mentions Dr. Pierce's Pellets claimed to aid liver bowels and stomach with laxative and cathartic effects. The text hints at a salacious tone and nervous fretfulness.
A physician lacking a real chart drew lines on paper to represent a chart while the man’s wife nursed him. The next day the doctor examined the sheet and found many remarks, most irrelevant, and learned from the wife that the patient used many swear words about him during the consultation. The wife apologized for her husband’s coarse language, explaining the absence of a full note.
In a wary exchange, Senator Sorghum rejects retirement, framing the choice as a matter of fear the duty prompts rather than personal longing. He calls retirement a proposition about fear, not temptation, underscoring a resolve to stay in office.
A fragmentary tale notes how belief in a superior gwisden ruins Lim as an eld ani Reser is buried with the bravestone, signaling a fateful, symbolic end.
A fragmentary verse quip from Eastis Transerige presents a playful exchange about a daughter and a perilous needle. The archaic wording suggests a satirical or puzzle lines from a regional or dialect piece.
Japah entered the whale and we noted another way of saving light, a remark reflecting on unconventional methods or clever improvisation in a murky context. The fragment hints at dialogue about innovation or escape from danger linking to nautical or mysterious themes.
A garbled mix of dialogue reveals a man speaking on wakefulness and opportunity, a head of a large concern discussing responsibilities, and a ribbon counter worker noting a customer seeking one item. The passage hints at personal duty, marital strain, and moral judgment in a local setting.
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