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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1924
Page
4
Subscription price is 2 dollars per year registered at the Postoffice in Shoshone Idaho. Second class mail. Advertising rates available on application. Notices of church services society meetings and printed items are free. Cards of thanks obituary poetry notices of church and safety events with admission or sale require paid rates.
A citizen pleads with residents to create a public swimming pool to keep youths engaged and out of mischief. He argues the town lacks safe entertainment, cites curfews and juvenile records, and asserts a pool plus a recreation hall would boost families, businesses, and overall community welfare without bonding. He urges diverse local support and action now.
The Baugh theater showcases Harold Lloyd in the seven reel Safety Last on Friday and Saturday February 22 and 23, with Mildred Davis as the Girl. The plot centers on deceit that leads to the hero’s salvation amid hair raising incidents, ending in a dramatic climax. Shirley Mason appears February 24 in Love Letters, followed by Drivin Fool with Wally Van February 25–26, and Drifting with Priscilla Dean February 27–28. Local notices mention W. W. Custer in Pocatello and community events at the Methodist church, plus a nitrate explosives plant Near Tyelo, Italy and other brief items.
In a brief notice from a Shoshone Hardware Company and Sinclair's Pharmacy, items are advertised as sold and guaranteed. The fragment indicates retail offerings and a guaranteed purchase backed by the two local merchants.
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