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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
8
Our note informs readers of a bank report dated November 5th to mark one year since opening. It highlights a deposit of 222000 and total resources of 244000, suggesting community prosperity and customer confidence in the bank’s service.
Taxes are due at my office and will become delinquent on the first Monday in June 1910. A 10 percent penalty will be added. Town lots are assessed by lot and block regardless of owner. M. M. Macky serves as Assessor and Tax Collector for Lincoln Co.
In a Washington restaurant, a chained sequence of events leads a wary narrator to engage in an espionage scheme. He is recruited by two covert agents to seduce Miss Granard as part of a ruse to recover Crown Prince Lothair’s ring by posing as a countryman. After a tense setup, the plan falters as Miss Granard recognizes the narrator, revealing the prince’s true identity and turning the mission into an unexpected turn of loyalty and revelation.
A ship on fire prompts its captain to light a cigar with burning rope before guiding crew and passengers into a lifeboat. He reasons the act steadies minds and prevents panic. The scene recalls fire safety humor and notes on smoking during crisis. The article also mentions golf players swallowing lit cigarettes and claims spruce pulp as superior for paper.
An ordinance amending a 1908 peace offense act in Shoshone prescribes fines from five to one hundred dollars for noisy or offensive acts in village limits. It details intoxication, vulgar language, street fights, and disorderly houses with specified penalties. Passed December 7 1909 by Chairman Frep W. Goonma. Clerk Hanky W. Anderson.
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