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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1906
Page
3
Miss Lucy V BeBivans of Brooklyn writes of months of severe headaches and side back pains that prevented work. She reports improvement and gratitude for Peruna, noting many similar letters in files.
A downtown dry goods store receives a call from a tip anxious woman complaining the bones sent for her dog Flossie are too large. The bookkeeper corrects her, noting the mix up and clarifying this is not a market and bones refer to corsets.
A Boston Herald quote recalls a burlesque hotel manager in Vermont joking about a guest while another resident deflates the boast by pointing to his own years of stay. A London Telegraph excerpt describes a dying farm hand in a theater scene begging his sweetheart for one last kiss as a cruel spectator cheekily asks for his own bus.
The hills around Bethlehem host natural and artificial caves with historic ties. The Milk Grotto supposedly marks where Mary nursed Jesus, its chalk whiteness linked to a drop of the Virgin's milk. A western bore marks Jerome’s hermitage, amid terraces and sacred grottos once used for Hebrew sacrifices.
A school girl candidly declares affection for a fellow pupil amid jealousy and misspoken words in class. Sir John Sinclair, a Scottish baronet, has donated graphophones and records to 300 asylums and institutions for daily half hour plays for inmates.
Adam Badeau recounts in the Chicago Tribune the lifelong friendship between Hancock and Grant from West Point to the Civil War. Grant praised Hancock as a glorious soldier, noting Hancock’s bold actions at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and the James campaigns while constantly leading from the front.
A census enumerator at Judge Rockwood Hoar’s Worcester home asked about family religious affiliation. The nine year old eldest daughter Ruth replied uniquely that “Papa is a Unitarian, mamma is an Episcopalian, To an Episcopalian, but Ruth is wavering.”
A century old note explains aerial photography as a war tool using balloons and kites to capture enemy troops fortifications and country views from ten to twelve miles. It describes camera use to measure projectile velocity and torpedo paths as an early method of recording military data.
A prolix preacher, citing Revelation to discuss the seven churches of Asia, exhausted the crowd with half an hour on three. An eye rolling youth whispered to his mother, in a stage whisper, that four more were left, provoking a quiet, amused reaction.
New Zealand seeks 1000 English laborers for a northern railway project. Government requests help from its high commission in London. Three years of work guaranteed with incentives to settle permanently.
A reminiscence notes Gen G O Howard as the only living American soldier who commanded 150000. After the Battle of Palo Alto he is seen with his right arm missing while Gen Kearney, who lost his left arm, jokes that they will buy gloves at the same shop.
A Jamaican periodical notes a claimed delicacy, a large white worm found in cabbage palm heart, said to taste like almonds when cooked. The piece also records a decade timeline claim about Belgium’s long period without war, spanning roughly seventy five years.
Death Valley miner Wat ter Scott rode from Los Angeles to Chicago on a special Santa Fe train in under five hours. The run set the fastest long distance mountain and plains crossing on any American railway, costing over 36000 and proving Santa Fe’s track, equipment, and staff reliable. The ad touts three daily trains from Utah and Colorado to the East and Southwest with rates and literature available from CF Pane, G. A. T & 8. PF. Ry. in Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Kn Flippe argues against women's suffrage, saying she cannot see the benefit and doubts it would justify new gowns for each outing to the volte. The remark reflects humorous, period-appropriate attitudes toward voting and fashion among women.
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