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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
7
The earning power of the Marcont stations at Wellafleet and Glace appears straightforward. Measured by current speeds, thirty words a minute is the practical maximum, with eight to ten words per minute as a safe basis for calculation. At ten cents a word, daily revenue per station surpasses $2,500 and yearly earnings reach $925,000.
Buffalo case upheld a permanent injunction against Paul B. Hudson and others of New York restraining sale of a poker labeled Foot-Ease. The court found infringement on the Foot-Ease mark owned by Allen A. Olmsted of Yale, declaring attempts to profit from advertising a broad market. Similar suits will target other infringers using the same name Foot-Ease.
A collection of brief humorous items and verses from the era. A parson pods sly jab about a rumn scandal turns into a quip about a June bug, followed by a one day cure advertisement. A boxing boast and a strange streetcar anecdote about a woman with white mice in a reticule conclude the snippet.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for cures that fail. It includes testimonials for F. J. Cheney & Co and notes endorsements by West & Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin. Also mentions price 75 cents per bottle and sales by druggists. A separate item reports Haspe Iron & Steel’s hoop iron plant in Leipzig signed May 20 1903 with capitalization of 4 265 000 marks and 74 percent dividends since 1894.
A dialog unfolds with a lover of animals asserting a horse is man's truest friend. Young Mrs. Torkins quips that Charley’s race track antics show a horse can be a friend who takes money and does not return it. The Washington Star sources the exchange.
The American Falls Canal & Power Company announces an irrigated land tract between Blackfoot and American Falls Idaho open to settlers and investors. Climate soil and abundant water praised with low price and easy terms. For details contact Evans Curtis Sweet Co Salt Lake City Utah. A humorous aside features a colored office boy and a postal mix up. Rates via Santa to major cities. for particulars address C F Warren general agent A T & S F Ry Salt Lake City Utah.
A physician's daughter narrates a tale of a country surgeon with three leg amputations in one week and a mystery photo from a trunk. An American in the Philippines writes of annexation impressions noting harsh climates, pests, disease, and high ink costs, concluding white men may not enjoy Manila.
The Russian government contracts 50,000 tons of Welsh coal annually to be delivered at Port Arthur before July 1.
A history of medical diet claims extolling predigested foods Grape Nuts and Postum as cures for stomach trouble and nervous weakness. The testimony describes long illness, remission after three months on the products, and a return to robust health plus endorsement by the Postum Company with a 7500 dollar contest offer.
Afloat for 350 years the Anita, built in Genoa in 1548, sold to be broken up after a life spanning from Columbus era voyages to routes from Naples to Teneriffe and the Baltimore to Rio de Janeiro run. Other famed wrecks include the Raven of Beaumaris at 114 years and a 70 gun frigate from 1690 near Dungeness awaiting salvage of brass guns.
English comic actor William Kemp famed for Dogberry danced from London to Norwich covering 114 miles with a small retinue. Crowds delayed the start on February 11, 1600 as he faced snow, wagers, and bold challenges, while his pamphlet The Nine Days Wonder records the feats and a theater pickpocket punishment tale.
A lament in archaic spelling of a lay brother apart from Ireland. He longs for Kerry’s green fields and cattle, hears no voices, and laments exile as his mates cheer. He prays to Iona for solace while imagining cattle, meadows, and seagulls roaming distant towers.
A stern father reminds an applicant for his daughter's hand that he spent 5000 on her schooling. The youth replies with a sharp quip that he won't need to send her to school again, signaling his intent to join the family.
A correction notes a caustic exchange where a parson mocks a poor man for frequent intoxication. The exchange uses slang and stutters as the speaker admits to being drunk half the time. The tone is sharp and satirical.
U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina endorses Peruna, citing relief from dyspepsia and stomach trouble in a Washington letter to The Peruna Medicine Co. The ad claim: Peruna cures catarrh, including in the head throat bronchial tubes and stomach, as a safer alternative to artificial digestion. Dr Hartman offers free advice for cases.
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