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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1917
Page
6
In a troubled backstage tale a staged production faces ruin from an actor’s drink. Richard Evans aids a colleague, Nina helps him recover after an accident, and a renewed romance blooms as Evans quits booze and lands a newspaper proofreading job.
A reflective piece extols the wisest man who tamed himself over conquering foes. It contrasts brave deeds with inner restraint, arguing lasting greatness comes from self control rather than triumphs or prowess. The passage weaves archaic tone, praising disciplined virtue and fearless honesty.
A four year old named Helen, daughter of an Indianapolis editor, praises her father as the best man while referencing Jesus and Santa Clara in a family scene. Her mother gently reminds her to remember Jesus as they sort through papers. The moment reflects parental pride and modest faith in a domestic setting.
In 1916 Harvard dominated baseball while Pittsburgh led football and Yale rose with Tad Jones as coach. Cornell claimed track, Syracuse rowing, Pennsylvania basketball, Princeton won four minor sport titles and Harvard swept tennis. Cross country saw Overton defend, and Navy, Yale, Columbia shared titles in chess and other events.
In Cuba baseball has fallen from a high peak to near silence as the winter league fades and the field at Almandares Park is repurposed. Industrial work and horseracing have drained interest, while major league games draw crowds. Captain Anson mocks glove rules, claiming no gloves improve speed and recounts he played 20 years at first without a glove.
Frank Kramer, past thirty six, vows another championship and aims to keep winning for years. He admits six day events are not his strongest but plans to dominate on the tracks come spring.
An old rural note argues that hogs feeding on chickens are a serious threat to hog health and farm profits. It suggests curing via tankage rather than carrion, warns of disease risk, and urges immediate action or disposal of such hogs to prevent wider outbreaks.
Instructions specify a farrowing pen fitted with fenders on at least three sides. Fenders should be 6 to 8 inches from the floor and wall, sturdy enough to support the weight of the animals, ensuring safe confinement during farrowing.
The article explains using fenders around the sow’s pen to shield newborn piglets from being laid on during the first days. It notes little piglets soon learn to creep under the fenders when the sow lies down, with an illustration showing the 2 by 4 scantling fenders around the pen walls.
A Missouri test shows lambs sired by a purebred mutton ram and Western ewes weighed two and a half pounds more at three months than lambs sired by a scrub ram from the same grade ewes. The wellbred lambs reached market earlier, consumed half the feed, and sold for three cents more per pound.
A short daily walk does not suffice for stallions. Regular moderate work year round produces a sellable horse and calmer behavior in stables, with less expense and effort.
A Missouri College of Agriculture notice by A. Trowbridge warns against keeping horses confined or exposed to extreme cold. They should have regular exercise in winter but be sheltered from severe weather to ensure satisfactory growth and well being.
Grantland Rice recalls vast growth of golf in the United States from 1890 to 1917 with 3200 courses and nearly a million players. Jack Clark, a Madison Country Club pro, recounts early days in Boston and West Medford, including mistaken names for the sport and scarce access to clubs and balls.
Medical Record notes ambidexterity aids disabled veterans. Using both hands reduces helplessness when a limb is lost, guiding vocational training toward teaching the left hand and preferring it over artificial limbs unless objections prove insurmountable.
A concise essay argues that old age stays in touch with youth, as elders relive their youth through memory while having lived enough to witness youth’s joys. The author, Robert M Gay, reflects on nature’s design that youth remains a bright reward rather than a burden of care.
A bell makes air waves when struck. Touching it stops the vibration, so no sound waves reach the ear and the sound ends.
Coastal watch notes many birds are drawn to lighthouse beams each spring on their northward journey from wintering in the South to summer nesting in the North, risking destruction along the perilous coast.
Luther Burbank predicts that stones pits and seeds in fruits will vanish in time. He says nature bred them for propagation but human methods like cuttings and grafting now render their necessity obsolete.
A brief exchange questions wives’ independence and whether they could receive weekly pay envelopes without showing deference to their husbands, reflecting tensions over gender roles.
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