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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
3
Weekly health talk urges returning to nature as cure all. It cites animals seeking vegetable growth and endorses Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and general health. Ends with notes on speech as a mighty engine of action.
An advertisement touts Diapepsin as instant relief for indigestion gas and heartburn. It claims one pleasant tablet ends stomach distress and notes druggist availability, finishing with a garbled question about deaf and dumb terms.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a remedy for disorders of the stomach and digestive issues such as headaches constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion and gas. The copy claims it gentle laxative action and support for stomach and intestinal digestion and bile purification. Also promotes Cuticura for sore hands with soap ointment and talcum as toilet aids.
An old advertisement extols Danderine as a means to stop dandruff, prevent itching, and grow new hair. It claims rapid results within minutes and weeks, promising soft, glossy, fluffy hair free of shedding, with testimonials and a humorous note about soft drinks in a Baltimore American aside.
The passage critiques how people express their thoughts and notes that some speakers say little when given opportunity. It humorously compares willingness to pay rent with granting someone, figuratively “Satanic majesty,” choice of apartments.
An advertorial style recipe for gray hair uses rum and soap as a scalp treatment. The piece shifts to a humorous exchange about a train porter recognizing Morton T. Hidden, asserting he is Republican and commenting on a Europe peace party remark in a light, local newspaper tone.
A French doctor at the S.O.S. office treated two French civilian employees. One patient had a severe leg abscess and was taken by army ambulance to the hospital. The next day he returned with the same name claiming she needed hospital care, but staff recalled she had already been taken there the previous evening because she forgot her bread ticket.
Idaho State and Caldwell items report meetings on agriculture and markets. Local groups adopt federal apple grading standards, pave streets plans, and consider irrigation schemes. Notable mentions include Prentiss and district officials, a 1918 war hero, a proposed mill project in Nampa, and a divorce case involving H H Friedheim of Twin Falls.
A collage of old notices and quips includes an endorsement of Dr Hartman Perma Tonic, a challenge to writers about filling space, a jab at the state senate interactions, a plug for Peruna Almanac, a light Base Ball talk asking if nations can join a league, and a quip about ancestors’ crimes, all catalogued in a late 19th or early 20th century county paper.
An odd fragment cites a claimed stomach relief product from B J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It mentions a medicine affecting the blood and mucous surfaces and includes unrelated lines about a grafter and a proverb on enemies.
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