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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1904
Page
7
The historic elm in Wethersfield, linked to John Smith’s descendants, boasts a trunk girth of 22.5 feet and a surface root spread of 55.14 feet. Oliver Wendell Holmes would rate it high on size, with four main branches radiating from the massive trunk.
A curious note on unusual pets mentions lizards with teeth, rarely biting, while a boy is described as having nineteen such creatures featured on him in a decorative display by his mother.
A new railroad tie made from leather scraps from shoeshops has been tested in the West. The leather is refined and molded into a hard sleeper that can hold spikes, resist fishplate splintering, and resist rotting. It may also dampen train noise on elevated lines, and sample ties after 28 months show minimal wear.
Panama unveils its coat of arms featuring a shield with an eagle bearing the motto Paz Libertad Union Progreso. Above the shield are symbols of war and peaceful pursuits, while the central scene shows land and water, the canal site, harvest fruits, and a rushing train.
On a track fill up the point of the shield with banners on both sides and a row of stars crowned above the eagle. The design emphasizes symmetry with draped flags marking the sides and a starry crest over the eagle as a patriotic focal point.
George F. Natchwey of Seattle has devised a crowless rooster, showing two full grown silent samples. The birds, a cross of Black Spanish with Wrandottes, do not crow though otherwise normal. Whether deafness or other factors cause silence remains unknown.
The mayor of St Joseph Michigan Nelson Rice commends Peruna as a reliable medicine and tonic for catarrhal difficulties. He notes many grateful patients in the county who have been cured and praises Peruna above other medicines.
A fragmented ad notes equinox changes and spring illnesses from nerves to digestion. It touts Peruza as an ideal spring remedy that invigorates, balances circulation, and steadies the nervous system, urging readers to write Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio for advice.
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