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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
6
An old passage reflects on Americans abroad, noting a restless urge to travel Europe each year. The fragment hints at cross cultural perceptions, curiosity about American wanderlust, and a wistful longing for home amid travels.
A New York correspondent reports Bowery panhandlers and street crime shifting from pickpockets to con men and drifters. A loud cry of Stop thief drew a crowd. a lean youth vanished under elevated pillars as police searched with little success amid wary bystanders.
A biographer notes canaries are adaptable and tolerate milder cold with acclimation. In England they live outdoors year round, and under favorable conditions can revert to a wild state. A 1909 release on Midway Island grew to about 1,000 by 1914.
The text outlines Rev Sylvester Graham who died in Northampton Massachusetts sixty six years ago and introduced Graham bread in 1839. It notes his advocacy of a vegetarian diet and his promotion through books pamphlets and lectures. It describes how Graham flour gradually gained acceptance as a commercial product despite initial resistance.
The passage extols personality as the greatest thing, not physical or mental power, highlighting heart over brain. It contrasts cleverness with rare heartfelt virtue, citing Lincoln’s heart as the true winner of broad admiration across the nation.
The term sandwich man applied to street advertisers arose in the nineteenth century. Dickens coined the humorous label in Sketches by Boz, giving a name to men who parade with boards bearing advertisements between them.
Eastern farmer Sayles Turner lost a vest with $20 in a hay field. A few days later in a woodshed five miles away they found Turner's vest wedged in a hemlock limb with nineteen dollars still inside. Turner suspects crows carried the vest to the tree top.
The text advocates facing changing fortunes with equanimity learning to smile at pretentiousness and cultivate poise amid losses. It speaks of adjusting values to avoid missing non essentials and finding inner repose through the practice of doing without.
A description of black bass behavior when hooked, noting its upward leaps and occasional graceful flight if the fly is missed, then returns headfirst to the water. The write up compares bass to trout and underscores a fierce, accurate strike at the fly before retreating to its lair.
In Gossiptown locals chaffer about J. H. Buck and a rumored impropriety, though no solid facts surface. The speaker prefers a blunt statement such as a wooden leg to vague insinuations about his character.
A quoted moral urging immediate confrontation against weakness. It stresses choosing to fight now rather than retreat, framing the stance as essential for survival and honor. The author invokes risk and duty to compel decisive action in the face of adversity.
A new book carrier made of flexible material features inner side pockets to insert book covers and includes extension handles for easier carrying.
Sue reports Bess and T pretend to care for a baby while a puppyish mix up unfolds as the boys claim a bulldog instead. The light scene captures neighborhood child play and a comic misunderstanding. The brief vignette centers on children's roles and domestic imagination.
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