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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
2
A contrived classroom exchange shows children claiming high arithmetic prowess and even naming a lawyer as a result of a math problem. The piece also notes new economical refrigerators using circulating cold water for cooling without chemicals and references Shakespearean influence on American thought and global hospitality.
A garbled reminiscence recalls Gaseaway Davis once an emperor and ex vice presidential candidate. He reportedly slept in a Genste chamber and dreamed of guiding an unruly freight car through Virginia while a nearby collage figure Thurman boosted the scene with imagined blasts. Davis misread the freight whistle and jerked the brake, nearly uprooting the car from its moorings.
A satirical snippet notes a fatker who stops testing boys and asks them to name an animal pleased with its nourishment. The pupil answers confidently that it eats nothing but grain, reflecting a monde greenish quip from Youth's Companion about appetite and science.
In a conversational exchange, a pastor asks Jodie about today’s sermon. Jodie responds that the sermon was grand and highlights the preacher’s repeated insistence on perseverance as the most impactful part.
A compact quotation note reflects on perception and self understanding with a stylized Aristotelian tone. The line evokes self doubt and social reflection attributed to Machiavelli, framed as a brief newspaper thought item.
Eleven and twelve year old brothers confess to the killing of Professor Hamill in Idaho after traveling 120 miles with stolen guns and supplies. They abducted the professor, forced him to share bread, then shot him as he tried to help, killing him instantly. The youths fled toward Lebanon, Oregon, with an alleged stay in Colorado prior.
A Monday Senate revolt by Democrats shifts focus to the Immigration Will, enabling caucus efforts to displace the revenue bill. Unfinished business leaves Congress with potential delays and no immediate action.
Marvin Jones of Amarillo Texas defeated CongressmanJohn H Stephens in the Democratic primaries and will represent the large key legislative district in the country. It comprises 48 counties and is as large as New England combined. The Democratic nomination there is effectively the election.
Eight workmen died and sixteen injured when boilers exploded at the Harlan Morris State Manufacturing Company plant, wrecking the building and scattering debris across the site in Jackson Tron. Authorities investigated the cause and began securing the area as rescuers aided survivors.
In Oreece the royalist party increas es protective patrols around King Constantine as he plans to visit the capital amid heightened tensions. Observers note the regime intends to show strength ahead of the upcoming section.
Washington notes the army appropriation bill was vetoed by President Wilson on August 18 over revisions to the articles of war. Chairman Day reintroduced the bill with the disputed section removed, while Senate leaders plan to reinstate the president and war department version. The clash pits Senate and House against Hay over the issue, with debates on ongoing continental army and universal training plans and National Guard reorganization. The controversial provision shielded retired officers from certain courts and placed them under civil jurisdiction, a move tied to a powerful former officer and a debated book project.
Maxicans entering Juarez from the United States are reported wearing deerskin robes with woolen shawls, while men women and children are described in scant garments. The article notes depleted clothing stocks in the state and scarce merchant replenishment, driving people to rely on makeshift wear.
Five Black individuals were fatally harmed by a mob in Gainesville and related areas in Florida, including men sent to jail in Newberry and a deputy sheriff injuring another Black person near Jonesville. The events are linked to broader public safety tensions and figures named in local records.
A heavy electrical storm and rainfall hit El Paso on Friday causing widespread discomfort. One soldier was killed by lightning and thousands endured encampments and gear damage amid the severe weather in Texas.
Washington’s child labor bill passed in the house on Friday without debate or record vote. Senate amendments were accepted without changes and the measure advances.
Corpus Christi and 10 nearby counties reel from a tropical storm that killed 13 people including nine crew members from the freighter Pilot Boy. Damage totals reach about 2 million dollars with Corpus Christi hardest hit and widespread destruction across lower coastal towns and cotton fields.
A brief portrait of Claude Kitchin as the majority leader in the U S House of Representatives during a period of hot weather. The item notes his prominent role and status within congressional leadership.
Fourteen year old John Kerns hid in a thousand bushel corn bin at the John Sheaffer mill area in Greason Carlisle and suffocated to death. The record mentions over 5,000,000 prisoners in European war camps as a separate note.
Fierce fighting continues on the eastern front with Russian actions threatening Kovel and Pinsk while Serbian attacks reach Monastir and gain Br’carian first line trenches. In the west, Allied forces press the great attack with no decisive gains and Germans fail to retake Pleury. A British French commission heads to Lisbon amid Portugal’s growing battlefield role. British in German East Africa push toward Kilossa after crossing the Wami River.
Washington declares the national guard will remain on the Mexican border until withdrawal can be safe without endangering lives or property. Secretary Baker replies to letters defending continued border service. Villa death report circulated from El Paso via Mexican counsel Andres Garcia, claiming Villa died of blood poisoning after wounds near Parral on July 9 and burial nearby.
Los Angeles reports Raphel Lopez, a Mexican bandit alleged to have killed six men, evaded officers tracking him in southern California and then escaped pursuit after taking refuge in a poisonous gas filled mine shaft at Bingham Utah.
Chinese and Japanese troops clashed at Cheng Chintung last week with heavy losses on both sides and have since withdrawn significantly while diplomatic efforts to resolve the rift proceed. Washington confirms a $30 600 appropriation for lth sons training camps at Fort Douglas as Smoot pushes the measure through the Senate. A private in Company II, Second Massachusetts Infantry, was shot in the left leg on picket duty near Columbus New Mexico six miles north of town. Interior Somalia food shortages alarm Americans arriving from Mexico as reports describe the straits facing many inland residents.
Medical notice claims both men and women suffer from kidney and bladder trouble and promotes Dr Killer's Swamp-Root as a remedy. The ad offers a sample bottle and a pamphlet for ten cents, with address details and pricing for $1.00 sizes. It urges readers to send ten cents and the paper for information.
A captain on active service painted a history filled canvas begun as a sunset over a plowed field. He finished it during a five month leave and added six fallen soldiers around a cannon with one survivor placing the last shell. The work is praised as fine, not a pot-boiler, and reflects the artist architect of his fortune.
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