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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1909
Page
4
The label shows the subscription date and states renewals occur at the start of the month if received before the tenth. It mentions the news stand sale and provides the address 3 E. Todd Shoahone Idaho.
A study of dry farming methods notes 20 000 acres near American Falls entering a drought adapted approach. It argues much of southeastern Idaho can be irrigated and urges irrigation farmers to adopt dry farming practices to conserve moisture and reduce water usage for better yields.
A garbled excerpt appears to discuss perceived quality and identity, referencing figures like Logie Stevenson and a “president” arguing about a treaty with China. The text blends political critique with disjointed images of agriculture and daily life, lacking coherent narrative or clear event.
A fragment from the Wash on Post recalls the Hole in the Wall, the first senate restaurant near the postal corridor. It notes limited fare like pork products and corned beef, and that when crowded, senators ate sandwiches outside in the post office.
Passengers puzzle over a grotesque wedding decoration described as a four foot roast centerpiece with odd spelling and green trim. An old gentleman finally jokes about the misread inscription, noting the bizarre gift likely meant for a wedding or a playful mock.
A rambling historical and scientific note discusses the aurora borealis and early electric experiments, then shifts to folklore around the fox as a symbol in sixteenth and seventeenth century English drama and a brief history of Julian del Rei’s Toledo sword-making fame.
Margaret Wilson of Westiminster a noted snuff taker directs a peculiar funeral to include snuff distributed along the procession. She names six bearers known as great snuff takers from St James Westminster and six maidens to carry boxes of Scotch snuff. Snuff is to be sprinkled on the threshold and ground every twenty yards. The clergy fee is to reflect the amount of snuff used.
A historical note describes Merovian beliefs of the afterlife. The disembodied soul chooses between two rocks based on earthly morality. Left rock grants oblivion, right rock leads to a slow purgatorial ordeal lasting over ten thousand years before rebirth.
London Scraps describes the secretary bird as a royal game in South Africa. It is about three feet high with drab plumage and black feathery legs. The bird hunts snakes by striking, trampling, and pinning them before dropping them to kill. It is said to destroy thousands of reptiles in the area.
In a clipped domestic scene Mite Minmi Brown questions a mule Kloks about theft while the text parodies modern life and economics. A Busy Woman voice notes monthly magazines carry long serials and cost of living touches on marriage and household routine through fragmented dialogue and local color.
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a kitchen mishap with toast and cheese melting under heat. The text shifts to garbled phrases about a strange “war of Spangely” and a tense exchange where Hicks admonishes someone not to visit, prompting a heated retort.
London Standard reports Australia's early theater history with the first May in Australie production The Recruiting Cheer in 1740 earning about £20 for a drowned man s family A January 170 rough playhouse opened charging a shilling per seat and payment in kind wheat flour or rat meat replacing money
Fortnightly Review laments vanishing home life for flat dwellers who cannot keep pets or gardens. It argues modern flats strip memories, babies, and a sense of place, making the idea of home harder to woo and win.
A perplexed man voices health fears about germs and the medical profession. The exchange recalls how germs effectively communicate and how this affects public health concerns.
A courtroom exchange centers on the accused stating the act was an attempt at making a hit, while the judge questions the charge. The prisoner insists the act was to harm the woman by striking her head against a surface. The record captures a tense confrontation over intent and legality.
A quirky exchange unfolds with a substitute complaining of forgotten singing instruments and a doctor reassured that tools left by a plumber working on a collar are acceptable. The dialogue hints at a broader scene of mislaid items and informal cooperation.
Fragmentary notes reflect a curious topic about a cat and a censers in a family news context. The text mentions a great evil, names unclear, and a garbled reference to a place or person. Overall, it reads like miscellaneous clipped items rather than a coherent report.
A London Chronicle note explains arms import limits into France mentioning the blunderbuss or trowblow. Described as an old guard weapon with a short barrel and muzzle trumpet, its sale and carriage are forbidden. importing one could incur a 200 franc fine. The article links this antique gun to Napoleonic era fears and cautionary moral about travelers.
A Wy battleship off a major city hosted a Wet T U delegation. A young officer joked the chit box for the wine mix was for foreign missions. The box contained 12.90 dollars. A check and explanation were sent to forward the funds to the intended charity.
A Philadelphia reader story recounts a man gifting a gold eagle with a mocking letter to his children and a humor vignette from Chicago about a man humbly hiding a bald spot with a toupee, exposing vanity and role reversals in domestic life.
The Romans, famed for agriculture, devised powered mills driven by asses, mules, and oxen to ease labor in conquered lands. No definite record exists naming the originator of this milling improvement.
A humorous snippet from London Punch portrays Mrs. Brady denying knowledge of her birth date saying dates did not exist when she was born and an officer pokes fun at memory. A second quip features Mrs. Borrow accusing neighbors of shiftlessness as they never have items to lend when she borrows.
A garbled Victorian style snippet offers satire on money, expenses, and virtue. It mentions a mousekeeper and Shy Jones, with a jab about bills never rising, and a London Illustrated Bits quip about failurelessness by inaction.
An odd clashing note mentions Europe and heaven with a difference that people who earn money in Ameren cat 89 go to heaven to spend it. Marie Gooding a hospital practitioner is noted in Wendell Idaho.
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