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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1904
Page
3
Dolores waits for her father as neighbors organize a court summons in a mountain town. A horseman relay and tavern talk push toward a perilous search up the dangerous opposite mountain for Johnson, feared to be hiding in the wilderness.
The deputies ride the uncertain mountain road slowly on the hunt. Horses toil as they cross unfamiliar ground and converse in hushed tones about the tavern guest who claimed knowledge. The moment hints at truth behind the tavern tale.
A local resident plans to entertain a visiting Major from South Carolina. He has added ten chairs and a sideboard in preparation for the guest’s weeklong stay. The major’s origin prompts a witty remark suggesting extra seating.
Dusty Dennis asks why Sandy Pikes is sad and Sandy explains a woman promised him shoes if he split wood. He confirms she gave him a pair of snow shoes last winter, ending the exchange on a practical note about the reward.
Mrs Joseph Callowitz of Centralia Pennsylvania woke to find herself on a box car atop her home near Lehigh Valley rails. The westbound freight derailed at Harlroad street Locust avenue, tearing through the barroom and destroying floors. She and her infant escaped with only a slight nose cut.
A new ordnance concept at Reading by J Hamilton Brown envisions a 59 mile range gun. The weapon would fire a 575 pound shot and could reach cities like Philadelphia from Atlantic City or bombard New York from Sandy Hook.
In Florence U S Consul F B Keene reports that many antiquities sent to the United States are clever imitations. Only government gallery officials can detect deception. they inspect and seal export cases. If precious pieces are found they are blocked, but thousands are classified as ancient art and shipped abroad.
A brief look at old candle making compares the shift from electric light bulbs to candle molds. It describes a careful housewife eight decades ago who faced heat and burns as she filled molds, held wicks centered, and poured melted tallow with a dipper, then removed the cooled candles by pulling on the wick ends.
A hungry crow entered Edward Haskins in East Wareham Massachusetts and stole six eggs from his hen house.
Prank Scott, weary of city life and Mammon’s worship, longs for country quietude as the train carries him toward Dancombe. He contemplates a simpler faith and briefly revisits childhood haunts before deciding, at last, to return to the metropolis.
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