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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR yields a feeble sketch about an Iowan becoming Secretary of Agriculture and a formidable, tireless woman described in old style terms. It hints at labor, authority, and public duties but is garbled with many misreads.
US Army sergeant first division Ft. He fought Bob Martin to a ten round draw in Cleveland after service in France and Argonne. A sporting writer notes US decision in favor, while a widow marries under a sensational wire ad plot as authorities search for the husband in Canton Ohio.
The reasonable man adapts to the world while the unreasonable person tries to bend the world to fit. The piece argues progress rests on adapting to circumstances rather than forcing change.
Unclear text depicts a comic or casual exchange in a home setting. A boy is called uncle for the fourth time as a wise remark from a man about becoming a grandfather. The wording is garbled but suggests light family humor and generational joke.
The article notes top speeds for humans on land and skis, with a hundred yard sprint record around 32 feet per second and equal sprint records for skaters. It also covers rapid travel on skis exceeding 72 and Teaping over 100 feet per second, and outlines the first overhead trolley developments from 1884 in Kansas City to 1885 Baltimore with the Van de Poete system, plus earlier experimental lines in Chicago New York and Boston.
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