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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR note lists Hinton and Walden, with unclear context. Reads as a brief local diary or inventory line from the Shoshone Journal. No clear event, date, or place fully captured for a definitive summary.
A fragmented editorial voice blends public health fears with a political polemic. References to a global flu scare, wartime relief, and a presidential candidate frame the era’s anxieties around governance, policy, and economic recovery as voters face pivotal decisions.
Fragmented text discusses advertising and the man of small capital, touching on economic themes, labor, technology, and rural work. Mentions plowing, machinery, and the old ways versus new methods, with references to agricultural life and changing livelihoods.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a boyish garden scene with energetic, indelicate verse. It hints at a boy skirting a garden fence, worms, and a motherly warning, expressing sentiment of spring life despite garbled wording.
Fragmentary text describes a boy seeking sustenance and a provider of food for a family. It notes a sad fall and contrasts quiet rural imagery with grim phrases about cooking lives and a bloody scene amid a sylvan landscape.
A fragmented 19th century notice argues that about a quarter of voters support spending thousands on special election costs for the right to vote. It warns of further trouble and urges the public to judge the Nightfield Keow case clearly and promptly.
Martin Albrethsen of Picabo Oregon shipped a carload of beef cattle to Portland. The one-year-old steer sold for 109.60 dollars as the first shipment from that region to fetch over a hundred dollars a head. Other steers were mainly three-year-olds and sold at lower rates.
Special correspondence from Woslinaton reports a broad set of bills proposed by Congressman French. The measures aim to extend homestead provisions, adjust required improvements, and support arid lands including Utah and Idaho. Proposals include water access, railway signaling, veteran benefits, forest cooperation, and establishment of land courts with various public works funding and administrative changes.
Two men from Idaho Falls B A Robinson and Ed F Win will join a ten member expedition exploring the lava plains along Snake River and Sawtooth peaks. They plan to meet in Pocatello on May 12 travel to American Falls by auto, secure mounts, and press into the lava country to locate a lost spring said to rise in a meadow and vanish into the ground.
Secretary McGlure warns the Underwood bill will make America a dumping ground for diseased meat unless the inspection law is strengthened. He notes imports from Mexico South America and Canada lack robust systems, while current federal and local costs rise to over seven million dollars. He calls for direct U S inspectors at foreign plants to safeguard public health. An unrelated note discusses new nickels and buffalo tails.
Notice announces that Ster sing PB of Newnan Shoshone has filed to make final proof to establish a desert land claim for the SE must Section 12 Township 7 South Range 47 East Boise Meridian. The hearing will be before Frank Disney commissioner at Shoshone on June 2. Claimant names Henry Dotson Frank Triphi and Elmer Todd all of Shoshone.
Notice of sale of astray horses taken by W. Bevoe at his Jerome farm Idaho. A gray gelding about 10 years old weighs 1200 pounds branded with crossed capital Ls on left shoulder and a day gelding about 10 years old weighs 1900 pounds branded with Capital WAW on left shoulder. Sale to satisfy costs of keeping advertising and sale. Date April 1915.
Notice is given that on Monday April 28 1913 the annual school meeting and election for Lincoln County Idaho will be held at the schoolhouse. At 1 pm a meeting to select a judge and clerk and to decide on a fee tax and tax rate not exceeding fifteen mills. Polls open at 1 30 pm. Three trustees to be selected for one two and three years. A M Gomes clerk.
Week promises to be busy for the Lincoln County Court with trials set including the State against Jerry Hall for burglary, Condie vs the Short Line railroad, Gayville vs the divorce Bank, Ransom vs the ON Shire Land and Water Co, and several jury cases transferred from Twin Falls County.
Lea Li Chapman of Mapleton Iowa writes of two years of rheumatism ending after using Chamberlain's Liniment for two months. She states she has not suffered since and notes the product is available at druggists.
Found report describes seventeen head of sheep at Khnama stock yards marked with bark and cropped ears. Right ear noted as twolit im Amterson. No further details on owner or disposition.
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