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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
7
A new Madrid water reservoir under construction collapsed drowning or injuring about four hundred people. Authorities blame weakening of supporting pillars while workers had warned of trouble weeks earlier. Public anger and fear of disorders rise as debris lies submerged and rescue continues.
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Johnson killed John H. Fox with a six shooter in the lobby of the post office. A 2000 strong mob formed seeking vengeance while Sheriff Dick Davis and a posse thwarted lynching plans, sending Johnson via special train to safety as the crowd roiled through the town.
The murder of Biaggio Vilario in San Francisco was traced to Pietro Torchirito known as Peter Torchi. His wife Rosa and others were arrested as witnesses, and detectives expect Torchirito in custody soon. A bloody cleaver was recovered beneath a sink and bones were found missing in a basement.
Stephen Rody was assaulted by two masked highwaymen who dragged him into an unused cellar in Butte Mont. They rifled his clothes and took $40, identifying themselves to Rody as the pair who held him up on Utah avenue.
Dispatches report George Wider, a 54 year old Denver pioneer and former wholesale grocer who disappeared from his home two weeks ago. He boarded the steamer Concha at Galveston last Wednesday and perished by his own act, leaping into the sea. He owned substantial Denver property and was noted as a vigorous, healthy man.
Hugo Ganz in Russia notes relations between Russians and Poles as distant and rigid. He describes Polish society as isolated within elite hotel dining rooms while Russian officers remain detached outsiders. Distinct groups, Baltic nobility, merchants, and officials, show firm separation and local rootedness.
The passage explains methods to securely seal letters using moist water and sealing wax to defeat attempts at opening. By dampening and piercing the letter with a needle before sealing, any later tampering is detectable, and the wax seal resists dry heat and moisture.
A small boy overhears a caller’s remark about having a girl and faces the moment with quick wit. He notes four brothers and challenges who “wouldn’t ’a ben’er,” underscoring a casual, masculine bias in the exchange.
Miss Margret Merkley of Milwaukee writes of avoiding surgery for ovarian and womb troubles by using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after doctors advised operations. She urges women to consider the remedy and seek free advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts before submitting to surgery.
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