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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
3
A quirky humor piece contrasts literal translations by a Frenchman and a German. A dinner guest compliments a neighbor’s wife as homely, while a hotel keeper posts a bilingual alert after a train trip, warning guests to collect their packages with a sign reading Have you anything tert.
A broad ad style item discusses catarrh cure claims for Hall's Catarrh Medicine with internal action through the blood. It mentions testimonial availability, the Toledo firm F J Cheney Co, and ends with a playful Burns dinner quip and Cuticura remedy ads.
A man entered an office and persuaded the owner to give a dollar claiming service on a British tank. The exchange reveals the claimant had only helped paint the tank before it left the factory, a truth kept for later revelation.
A worker asks if the new question department operates well and gets the reply that it will not answer. The exchange highlights troubles in the new desk and raises questions about its usefulness and reliability.
In time of peace the Transvaal mines are the largest consumers of explosives in the world.
The army and navy payrolls average about 950 thousand dollars daily, with December disbursements near 78.5 million and total monthly pay around 100 million. The expansion of forces has stretched the system, prompting use of cash and checks, foreign currency payments in France, and extensive allowances for housing, subsistence, and special ratings across enlisted ranks and officers.
The article lists officer pay by rank with increases for longevity, and notes brigadier to general grades. It details quarters allowances by rank and room counts, heat and light allowances, and specific increases for aviation and signal corps officers. Retirements and disability provisions follow, with subsistence rules for officers in hospital and for enlisted men on active duty.
Fragmentary text mentions a fettered home, tame composition, and difficult conditions, with unclear surrounding context. No clear event, date, or named entities can be confirmed from the readable lines.
Howard Clarke son of a prominent Chicago family returned after a decade of estrangement to visit relatives. He now holds the rank of Captain Boward Clarke and soon leaves for a Puerto port to rejoin his unit. His forthcoming deployment will send him to the battlefields of France.
Mrs Staiph Wildbaum of Kansas City Missouri recovered $142 found hidden in a rat hole through patrolman Arthur Leppert. She had hidden the Liberty bond money in a wall hole, coins and notes were recovered as the mooring removed the rat’s den.
A fragmentary essay riffs on Kaiser Wilhelm and a cannibal chief named Wawa in a moral satire. It cites a missionary clash over right and wrong and briefly sketches an early steam engine concept, noting ancient curiosity about steam power and its potential beyond warfare.
An English Irish and Scottish soldier group, tired from a march, accepted a lift from a courteous market farmer. They debated how to repay him with a banter heavy in slang and misprints, finally choosing a respectful handshake and good night rather than a formal reward.
A fragment advert and quips mimic a late era ad page. It mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for liver and bowels, plus a cartoonish exchange about restraint and romance, reflecting a period newspaper tone and humor in short item form.
An advertisement touts Boschee’s German Syrup as quieting coughs and sore throat inflammation, easing irritation in the respiratory tract, and aiding sleep and morning expectoration. It claims fifty two years in America, strengthens general health, and helps lung trouble, asthma, croup, and bronchitis. Advertises sale in all civilized countries.
A fragmentary quote reflects on the difficulty of changing one’s mind and faulting stubborn thinkers who struggle to embrace new tunes, suggesting skepticism toward rigid reasoning and open-minded wisdom.
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