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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
2
Fragmented OCR reports a statewide financial and political scene with references to governors, state banking, and public notices. It notes market activity, legal actions, and regional concerns across Ada and Canyon counties, with mentions of state departments and election timing.
A New York journalist recalls a tour of a peaceful, well ordered Allied headquarters. Guards are unarmed, traffic is directed by military police, and officials work amid lamps and books. The visit includes tea, badminton, and talks with key generals, framed against a looming German attack that ultimately fails.
A narrator observes battlefront chaos as troops assault German trenches. Telegraph lines and rising gunfire frame a vivid scene from the front. Officers at headquarters receive praise while staffers crave direct action, pledging to persevere until victory is won.
The National party critics highlight Eleanor T. Weed granddaughter of the late Representative Edeterer J. Hi of Connecticut as a steadfast picketer. Weed, among 12 Vassar students who spent last summer on a farm, helped produce enough goods to feed 1,000 people for winter and maintain 20 head of five stock until next year. Now a sophomore at Vassar, she embodies the militant sister narrative in a patriotic context.
Major Runnatyne DSC makes a dramatic post crash escape after a burning aircraft plunges from over 1000 feet. He crawled along the fuselage to the wing before leaping clear, landing in a plowed field and suffering injuries but surviving the fall.
An early Boston tavern built around 1600 near the water, run by Huguenot Cogneau, drew crowds including young locals and notable families. One daughter married Col. William Palfrey, linking to writer John G. Palfrey. another wed printer Fleet. During the siege the British renamed it the King's Arms, later restoring the Sun tavern and its former popularity as an osh market.
American troops clashed with Sulu women fighters who fortified an extinct volcano bowl. The captors found the insurgents included women who dressed and acted as men, with long hair and trousers. The piece notes the soldiers’ surprise and cites Islamic beliefs about male martyrs and women’s souls.
A critique of common sense about making wills notes that many assume any signed document with witnesses suffices. It stresses proper care in drafting and the need for vigilant attorney oversight to ensure valid signing and witnessing.
A father's quick gate closing ends a scene as Neilie chooses to walk. Her horse bolts toward the stable but she slips off and remains unhurt, calmly smiling and declaring I fought I preferred to walk.
A massive wireless station built in Italy claims to reach both North and South America, asserting capability to communicate with comparable stations on this side of the Atlantic once completed. The boast highlights international telecommunication advancement and peak radio technology of the era.
A simple screen three feet high is fitted with pockets to hold newspapers books or sewing items. It folds compactly for storage and when covered in chintz suits most rooms. It can be bought cheaply at any furniture or department store and used decoratively.
Popular Science Monthly explains that sensitivity to cold often stems from overreactive skin circulation nerves. Gradual exposure to cool then cold baths builds resistance, photos and explanations emphasize safe acclimatization.
Turks and Caicos Islands form a dependency under the government of Jamaica though geographically part of the Bahamas chain. About 165 square miles with over 30 small islands and eight inhabited. population around 8,000, about 300 whites. Salt raking is the principal industry.
The text notes that North American Indians rolled tobacco leaves into primitive cigars, a practice that amazed early explorers, and mentions that Japanese records show tobacco used for pipe smoking long before Europeans encountered it.
A sketched exchange recalls a sailor’s tall tale about surviving a long rough sea moment with six mates and only a scrap of tobacco between them. The old lady in dialogue hints at harsh, humorous sea memories.
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