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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1899
Page
3
A fragmented piece notes a Perth Amboy cashier named Valentine and mentions mystical Dagmar and a belief in healing, then pivots to health remedies. It references Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and indigestion, alongside vague comments on mood and attire.
A collage of vintage ads and notices including Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward offer, Mrs Winslow’s teething syrup, Allen’s Foot Basis powder for shoe fit, and a Fourth of July casualty tally, reflecting era marketing and home health remedies. The text notes alleged cures, testimonials, and consumer tips amid dated brevity and promotional tone.
In the South Seas near Cosmol edos and Astove a lone cachalot is sighted and battles two boats. The whale harms crews with tail blows and a jaw deformity hinders him, until a bomb gun kills him. A German harpooner dies in the clash. the crew reels from the shock and completes the hunt.
The Baltimore and Ohio receivership spent about 35 million dollars over 1936 and 1937 on new equipment rails bridges and terminal upgrades. Purchases included 15230 box cars 6751 gondola cars 6000 steel cars 310 freight and dining cars and 2.5 million in locomotives rails and ballast. Steel rails rose in value and locomotives prices leapt. President Cowen says another 10 million will be invested in improvements in the coming years.
The United States will count and classify its 75 million people across three million square miles. Most work will occur in three months with nearly 50,000 enumerators involved. clerical staff will be needed for two years to compile and publish results.
Society leaders are described as refined and tasteful patrons who demand top service from the Union Pacific. A grumpy passenger challenges the journey with long stops, while the conductor insists trips are made on time and the best proofs of Life's superiority are shown by liberal patronage.
An illustrated excerpt describes gun use beyond killing. It recounts a ships signal gun marking arrivals, a water-harvesting technique with gun barrels in deserts, and clocks set by Greenwich minute guns. A tale of a slave ship’s crew spurring a sergeant to collect drinking water via boiling sea water in gun barrels.
A brief dialogue captures a playful moment as a woman asks what the man is thinking and he half jokes about turning into a man-eating bug for a few minutes, reflecting light, intimate tone in the Philadelphia North American.
The Rio Grande Western railway began operating all meals on through trains with dining cars. No. 2 from Ogden at 7:2 am and Salt Lake City at 9: am, No. 4 from Ogden at 6:03 pm and Salt Lake City at 7: tom. West bound trains will also carry timers. The cuisine is described as superb with coffee for breakfast or full treatment as the Market of Utah can supply. A maiden lady urged humane anesthetics for spanking them in discussions. The Overland Limited carries Eastern Mail, touted as quickest westward service. Ticket office at Main Street. Also a note on Commodore Dewey’s 1897 passage and a B&O ticket collector acquiring Dewey tickets and issuing facsimiles.
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