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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1904
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text mentions payments and dates with unclear names and numbers. The readable items include a Friday schedule and a term payable in advance, plus scattered monetary figures. Content insufficient for clear entities or events.
A St Louis Globe Democrat piece notes a shift in social gatherings from large unstructured rooms to small selective parties. Hostesses favor hosting at hotels or salons where guests find their own companions, reducing hostess workload and preserving social status. The article discusses invitations listing both host and hostess, the decline of crushes, and the rise of hotel centered entertainments for efficiency.
A Texas inventor patents an umbrella with a small motor fan and revolving blades to blow a cooling breeze downward for the wearer. The device folds with the parasol and is operated via a rod and gear mechanism, delivering light effort for a refreshing result. Also a note on testing genuine mahogany by polished reflection and varnish clarity.
The daughter of an English earl deserts a loveless life to support herself in London. She learns lace making, rides, and even breaks wild horses in Scotland. After years of study she earns a medical degree, masters French, trains in nursing, and becomes a court physician in Korea, receiving support from her father as she finally finds world work.
The Galveston News reports rumors of treasure buried along Pond Creek and the Brazos River near Martin. Mexicans with tools claim maps show $100,000 in Mexican doubloons, promising landowners a share for digging near the Bull Tank. Many excavations have occurred despite no verified finds.
Fragmentary lines about love. The text mixes distorted phrases and names, suggesting a poem or lyric snippet with references to love, dawn, surprise, and paraphrased imagery. No clear full events, dates, or identifiable persons emerge from the legible portions.
A vivid note describes frequent accidents like running horses and rivet mishaps. It extols Arnica Salve as a reliable remedy for burns cuts sores and piles and advertises it for sale at W H Baugh Ship Street and W V Leon’s Hager town location.
A Maine coast report notes strong compass deviations in the eastern state waters. Captains report readings shifting one to two points, especially near Deer Island Passage and Dry Halibut Rock. Deviation peaks around high water near Marshall Island, complicating navigation in thick weather.
Beeming good luck tale recounts a Confederate era incident where a young lieutenant, hailed for luck, slipped from a ladder during a celebratory ascent in a Richmond street scene. Senator Vist relates how a lost month’s pay and rapid misfortune culminated in the officer’s fatal fall, underscoring luck and hardship themes.
Fragmented historical note discusses Mindanao scholars relying on Western Hemisphere maps lacking state lines and U.S. cities. It cites Boston New York Washington Charleston New Orleans Jackson Montgomery Chicago Philadelphia Baltimore and others, with Florida Michigan the only complete states. It ends with a Kentucky colonel joke about medicine and a brief social aside on cheerfulness and echoes.
Department of the Interior General Land Office announces that surveyed public lands in Idaho within specified townships may be opened to entry under the 1902 act for the Maiduka Reclamation Project. Charges are set at 21 cents per acre with annual installments, water delivery not expected before 1907, and applications to be received later. Entries made during withdrawal period are subject to terms shown on maps on file at Harley Idaho, with conformity required to farm unit limits and plats.
A fragmented verse recounts a speaker meeting Bo and Chin Ce Lo during a tense moment in a trial. The speaker muses on fortune and a knave’s plunder while a regal figure unexpectedly reveals truth and guides the quest. The piece blends personal intrigue with a moral, courtly tone.
The Korean farmer poetically describes rice as changing colors and forms from seed to harvest. He calls it The Golden Sand, The Bright Green Field, The Blue Green Plain, The Mot tled Jade Wave, The Yellow Gold Wave, The Yellow Ice, and finally The Home of the Goldes.
Jennie M Kaiser of Gooding Idaho filed notice of intent to make proof on desert land claim number 15 for the S % MEX in Section 8 Township E Range in Halley Idaho before A S McMahon district court clerk at Bhuwhene Idaho on Friday January 0 1905. Witnesses: Austin B Slater Ward Campbell Charles Michaels Charles Gutehis all from Idaho.
A land office notice from Hailey Idaho announces filing for purchase of lands under the Desert Land Act. It lists claimant names including Linon Taoano and witnesses Whit, Stone, Oliver Duns, Edith And, and others. The register invites any adverse claimants to file within a specified period at Shoshone office, Idaho.
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