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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
2
In a family tale set around Christmas, Myrtle schemes a way to celebrate with no money. The mother plans a modest feast, while Myrtle crafts colorful jelly gifts to mimic gifts, hoping to comfort and unite the household amid scarce funds.
A nostalgic artifact, a crafted Christmas box from Myrtle’s family dramatizes lifesaving history and a sailor legend. Uncle John receives the box on Christmas Eve, sees photos of Grandma and Myrtle, and decides to return home for New Year, moved to give Myrtle a chance.
Dr James Naismith, Kansas educator and inventor of basketball, urges mothers to mail candy lemon treats and light music records to boys at camp, plus musical instruments and sporting gear. He cautions against care letters and nightgowns. Regular home letters and newspapers are vital for morale.
Abettation of militia planned in Idaho. Twin Falls grocers adopt cash and carry. Radio school at Boise High draws twenty eight attendees. Red Cross Christmas drive active statewide. Middleton cattle sale averages 426.16 per head. State traveling library offers war related books. Road bonds authorized for sale. Bryan arrested in Sacramento for car theft. Coal shortage, potential suffering and deaths feared. An earthquake felt in Pocatello. Defense council seeks alien enemy census. Lewiston normal school replaces fire-destroyed building. Middleton girl Cresarina Lawrence wins $100 prize. Caldwell shooting injures man, amputation needed. German Lutheran school closed at Minidoka. Military training class planned at Pocatello. Idaho Cattle & Horse Growers to meet at Tahoe Falls. Coal for Idaho to be procured. investigation ordered. Water loss high in South Side irrigation canals. Canyon county sheep cooperatives sought. Weeks commits suicide near Shlaevile. Wong Guey Lee and Wong Yin let to Seattle bound for China. Sixty four Idaho physicians named to district advisory boards. Western freight protest against ICC forwarded. Idaho Falls earthquake noted. Woolgrowers debate Workmen’s Compensation applicability. Pocatello forgery jury deadlocked. Andrus accused of forging $300 note. Cash and carry resolutions gain momentum in Pocatello retail hearings.
A Sho shone journal publishes a Roll of Honor listing boys serving in many military branches. It invites corrections for errors or omissions and offers a free copy to each listed member whose address is known.
Red Cross nurse Sarah Purdum leads a fifty bed hospital tent in France. The article lists twelve men drafted from Shoshone and others who attended a farewell reception and banquet for the exemption board, honoring their defense of the flag.
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