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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
7
An elderly woman confronts a car salesman as he demonstrates a vehicle to her. She sternly warns him to be careful on the road and questions the driving ability, suggesting rain may be imminent and implying a need for caution in sales pitches.
The Los Angeles boxing event drew comments from Harry Pollard the comedian and a midget performer, as fans debated a long nickname for a child amid a noisy crowd. The piece also quotes Brander Matthews on American short stories favoring beauty over cash and notes Spain’s low daily newspaper count.
A humorous exchange from Pearson's Weekly features a lawyerly quip about swearing to being sixteen when really forty. The dialogue touches on age, truth, and a mock trial as they joke about preserving youth and potential perjury. The piece also mentions Mrs Newrieh and a travel scene with references to gambling prevention discussions.
A humorous collage of character sketches and wry remarks from a late era page. It features lines about a well dressed youth admired by girls, a plain man with a baby, and snippets about spending, love, and social manners. The dialogue evokes social types, comic misunderstandings, and everyday foibles.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger item recalls a commuter scene of two handed pinochle at 25 cents a hand as a favorite diversion between city and outports. A banker reads a telegram claiming a struck 8,000 barrel gusher, reacting to a misspelled game name and risking his fortune.
An advertisement urges checking for the Bayer name on aspirin packs or tablets to ensure genuineness. It touts aspirin for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache and pain and mentions a handy box of twelve tablets and a larger package for druggists.
The Bitter Truth author Joseph Hergesheimer, famed in England, dined with a friend in a New York restaurant. He condemned the commercial spirit in literature, saying in art money should never be an object. A waiter presented his bill and Hergesheimer quipped that money may be no object, yet affection is lacking in these times.
A stray line from a local tale recounts little Joan asking if her canary goes to heaven after burial in a cigar box. Her father replies with a blunt joke about St Peter opening the box and finding nothing clear.
A garbled OCR style note cites Lowe and Rowe debating marriage and suicide as preventive actions. The fragment references statistics and a rule about self harm in relation to marriage, with cartoon commentary.
A detective reflects on slow progress exposing a major fraud as two train passengers talk. One reveals his sleuth status, boasting on past cases and a shocking claim about a young woman with a tempestuous temper. The exchange hints at personal misjudgments and humor amid crime discussion.
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