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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1904
Page
6
A quoted piece discusses that all men cannot perform the same amount of work each day and compares effort, practice, and forced labor to improve results. It includes a reflection on personal work pace and a brief note on using electricity to force vegetables to twice their ordinary size.
August 15 report from Cleveland Arkansas presents testimonial of A B Carlile praising Dodd's Kidney Pills for 23 years of kidney trouble and claim they cured his condition. The item also notes a separate Havre dredging find of an ancient wooden warship with cannon recovered.
Fragmentary notice discusses mercury in catarrh ointments and a health advisory. It includes derailed phrases about Mercury, a Meant health product, and mentions a Birmingham insurance claim for meat burnt in an oven, plus a detailed, speculative note on torpedo range improvements and naval gunnery ranges.
The article explains that rubber is not produced like wheat from a single tree. It notes that about 1,000 species contain rubber, though only around forty have yielded commercial amounts. The piece clarifies common misconceptions about rubber sources and plant diversity.
Advices from Buenon Ayren report multiple Paraguayans killed or wounded in combat between a revolutionary vessel and a government steamer captured and now crewed by revolutionists. The acting war minister escaped by swimming ashore but was captured. Revolt spreads to Humalta Villa Del Pilar and Villa Franca as insurgents gain Argentine cross border support and prepare to threaten Asuncion. The insurgents expect success.
Butte woman Miss E R Stewart duped by a stranger posing as an attorney at a local firm for forty dollars and papers. She pursued him on a main street, threatened him with a revolver in front of bystanders, made him disgorge the money, then fainted at the central police station as the thief escaped. Stewart later told police she always carries a weapon and can defend herself.
A Cripple Creek Cripple Creek dispatch says local authorities led by Mayors French and Shockey vow enforcement and civil protection, signaling an end to whitecapping. Separately a Russian heir to the throne was born in a secluded Alexandria villa as imperial ceremonies unfolded. Maritime reports note the sinking of the Russian battleship Cerareviteh and the Japanese cruiser Ka boughtan during Port Arthur activity.
Berlin circles indicate Germany would counsel Turkey to meet the United States demand at once if Ankara asks for Germanys guidance regarding the American naval demonstration off Smyrna.
The ship Spartan arrived in San Francisco from Puget Sound reporting that master Captain K Fieren jumped overboard on August 5. He was rescued unconscious and died within an hour. Buried at sea the next day. His wife and two children were on deck at the time. Fjeren, 45, Norwegian. No motive known.
A New York writer Addison Steele praises the Louisiana Purchase Exposition as far beyond expectations. The article extols the grand fan shaped layout with Cascade Gardens and Festival Hall, describesPike concessions, diverse national cuisines, and the fair’s steady breezes and comfortable nights, noting strong international interest and high value for visitors and travelers.
Miss Dixie Lee Bryant becomes the first woman to receive a doctor of philosophy from a Bavarian university. She is a biology and geology professor at the state normal and industrial college in Greensboro, N C, on leave three years to study in Germany. Native of Kentucky, she earned a bachelor of science from MIT in 1891.
Mother Katherine Drexel head of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament offers 500000 of her private fortune to build a church and school for the Indians of the Winnebago Nob reservation. The condition is Indian consent, obtained by Father Schell of Homer Nob.
A Kansas City hotel waiter expected a generous tip from a guest after offering extra service. The guest revealed a prior patron at his table was his brother, implying the waiter had been overpaid by a misdirected tip and humorously suggesting the family would cover the bill.
Rumor stirs over Kaiser plan for Crown Prince to tour the United States this fall. Departure date unarranged. whispers place the first step of a world cruise aboard a warship at Newport with a September visit anticipated.
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