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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
3
The article notes a £300 salary for Members of Parliament and the discovery that expenses can be counted against income, potentially exempting poorer MPs from tax. It frames the change as a long-standing but previously unnoticed law, with political commentary on Parliament and ministers.
In a playful scene a man named Johnny spills a family secret during a Sunday rest. Callers arrive and the lady greets them warmly. Johnny quips that his father is not very glad, causing light embarrassment and blushes all around.
A mosaic of events from the past week includes a Berthoud farmer William Juliffe and companions fatally attacked by a bee swarm while hauling hay and a near-miss wreck near Baker Oregon where officers routed a stopped passenger train by signaling down the rails. Other items note rapid building in Nampa Idaho, a fatality in a forest fire near Butte, California dogs honored for bravery, Northwest beaver damage in Idaho forests, Salt Lake City tax notes sale, and wage cuts ending a Chicago transit strike.
Reports from Washington state that U S marines were deployed to assist Mutual Oil from the Teapot naval reserve in Wyoming. A final vote before September 7 was hoped for, with immigration quotas and federal controls discussed by Secretary of Labor Davis and a survey of fiscal year figures.
The Senate moved to dispose of amendments to key tariff bill sections before adjournment, aiming for a final vote by September 1. Debate focused on the sugar schedule with planned quick votes on related provisions. Senators limited to brief discussions, and a dispute over delaying the sugar schedule prompted calls for investigation into serious charges raised by Senator Harrison.
Senator Borah of Idaho is becoming the involuntary center of a third party movement. Letters pour into his office from diverse political opinions urging him to step out and lead a revolt, uniting the politically restless under a new organization banner.
A dead whale washed ashore at Cox Point Oregon bearing an eighteen foot harpoon of Eskimo craft attached to its carcass. The weapon, crudely fashioned on a sapling with a triangular tip, likely floated from Siberia or the Bering Sea. Lighthouse keeper at Hecta Head reported the sighting.
Fragmented text describes purivation aidost shipments of a large grain cargo from the Port of Montreal to Europe. Figures and details are garbled, but references 4000008 Isieubiels and significant export activity are present, noting volumes and destinations amid unclear context.
Unclear fragmentary OCR text references a person named Atlantie Gable and a sequence of garbled words. The readable parts indicate a possible note about individuals and a group or event, but concrete facts are not discernible. Summary limited to identifiable entities only.
Reports from towns across Idaho describe a string of events from suicides and fatal accidents to public works and agricultural updates. Notable items include a ranch death by cyanide, a concrete dam contract at Henrys Lake, a deadly well blasting incident near Coeur d Alene, a guard’s assault in a Twin Falls prison, and plans for a soldier memorial in Pocatello.
The fragmentary text references a figure named Leder and a series of unclear phrases about fees, bows, and an emer/le event. No coherent person, place, date, or organization can be identified to form a solid news item.
Mrs Afollie Abbey of Tennings Lodge Gre credits Tanlac with ending nine years of painful gas and fermentation. She says she could not eat fruit and cold water caused awful distress, but after using Tanlac she gained thirty nine pounds, regains energy, and can do housework easily. Tanlac sold by all druggists.
In a Nagykoros case near Budapest a doctor charged 50 crowns for a single visit. The lower court dismissed the suit for profiteering, but a higher court ruled that exorbitant professional fees count as profiteering. It held that mental workers, including doctors, fall under profiteering since their services amount to work.
Betty, a southern beauty, finds charm in all things and speaks little. Cold Chicago weather spurs a luncheon scene with her aunt and mother at a shop table. Mother complains of cold hands while Betty jokes hers remain warm except for a touch around the legs.
An advertisement claims Cuticura soap doubles razor efficiency and promotes skin purity comfort and health. It promises no mug or slimy soap no germs no waste and no rotation even with twice daily shaving. One soap for shaving bathing and shampooing.
A brief exchange notes fishing chatter as Old Man Johnson reportedly netted four dollars from a spot the day before yesterday. The pair remark on Johnson's luck and speculate whether others were already fished out.
A puzzling line asks who is the man, followed by a claim of being one of the town’s biggest merchants. The exchange hints at rivalries and pride among prominent local traders without clear context or outcome.
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