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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
7
A fragment describes women asking if Pinkham letters are genuine and truthfully published with consent. It asserts no fictitious letters are printed, crediting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments. It notes letters come from grateful women nationwide and end with unrelated humor snippets.
Greek troops engage Bulgarians in a bloody clash in Greek Macedonia as Roumania mobilizes 800000 and Russia sends troops to Saloniki to aid allied forces. The crisis deepens with Greek actions potentially drawing Greece into broader war while new army funding passes Congress amid veto threats. Hogs hit historic high at Chicago unions stockyards as market eyes $12 per hundredweight.
A prize court awarded £12,100 to officers and crew of Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Studee’s squadron for destroying the German Pacific squadron in the December 1914 battle off the Falkland Islands. Favors Compensation Law. Charles E Hughes urged a federal compensation law in Sacramento urging protection for hazardous interstate workers.
The American embassy in Constantinople was told by the state department on Tuesday to press representatives for Armenians threatened by the Turkish advance into Persia. A prolonged struggle was predicted, with former premier Viviani foreseeing a lengthy war. A British report claimed a Nassau-class German battleship may have been sunk by a British submarine.
Chicago reports a freight car shortage amid a dearth of ice supply, with larger dealers warning the deficit will grow more severe and impact deliveries in the coming period.
Two thousand barbers in 800 shops walked out on Tuesday with a forecast that most of the 20,000 barbers in greater New York will join. They seek a one dollar per week raise in pay. Separately, three children of rancher Lalo Blea drowned after Bilga’s wagon overturned while fording Penusta creek thirty miles south of Clayton New Mexico.
Two former managers of the New York Americans, Harry Wolverton and Frank Chance, duel for league leadership on the Pacific coast. Wolverton runs the San Francisco club while Chance leads the Los Angeles team. Both are aggressive, promising lively times if their clubs clash in a close finish.
Former White Sox aide Gleason lampooned Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings with sharp references to two grave accidents in Mughie Gleason’s past. The exchange occurred as the Chicago pitcher faced provocation during a practice, with Gleason retorting “frecklefaced ape” and recalling Jennings’ own dangerous mishaps.
The notes touch on players like Jimmy Murray, Derrit Pratt, and Fred Toney with mentions of teams including the Reds, Giants, Browns, Athletics, and Phillies. It notes league shifts, umpiring woes, and managerial sentiments, plus a tease on a London eight-team league and various internal injuries and trials affecting ballplayers. The tone is a jumbled, era-typical collage of baseball gossip and stray facts.
George Whitted delivers standout play for the Phillies this season. He covers more ground than last year as Moran shifts him less and Loe Derus' injury limited his role. Whitted's versatility, inside work, and crucial moments, including stolen base, squeeze, and a late home run, power three victories for Alexander.
The article notes a trend at Harvard toward omitting middle names after examining names. the Porcelain club finds many names lean toward brevity, citing figures and examples like presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as without middle names, and Theodore Roosevelt as a notable exception.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products for scalp health and hair loss with a free sample offer by mail. Separately, a Rockefeller Institute report details infantile paralysis germ found in monkey brain and spinal cord, its transmission potential, and challenges for early diagnosis. Monkeys inoculated with the microbe developed paralysis in humans. the virus persisted for months and resisted drying and fixing.
Electric wheel chairs similar to those used at the Panama Pacific Exposition aid wounded soldiers in Europe. Convalescents prefer to steer themselves. Swiss chair with a half horse power motor sits between steerage and rear wheel. Battery packs under the seat supply 50 ampere hours for 30 to 40 miles. Five forward and reverse speeds. Simple steering and control system.
Louis Lewis, a keen start boy, lands a job at a focal bank. A wealthy uncle asks if he will soon be bank president. Louis replies he is already a draft clerk who opens and shuts the windows or doors as ordered.
A short anxious boy Louis lands a bank job and dreams of leadership. An uncle jokes about his future as president while the lad notes he is already a draft clerk. The tale riffs on logic versus tears and the quirks of charity and willpower.
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