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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1909
Page
4
The fragment notes journal information and subscription timing for Shoshone and surrounding Idaho towns. It lists agents in Hi Idaho areas such as Hagerman Richfield Heyburn and Hebern with references to dates around the first of the month and receiving current month issues.
The Journal argues that voters in Oregon and Kentucky approved Chamberlain and Bradley, despite party lines, showing that people prefer control of legislation over strict partisanship. It warns direct primaries return power to the people, reducing centralized party influence.
An Idaho Statewide inquiry frenzy roars in Boise touching the state capitol, board, and treasurer while critics warn of overreach and personal vendettas. The Journal urges measured scrutiny and cautions against blanket repentance as public trust hinges on fair, comprehensive inquiry.
The article contrasts the U S battle fleet with the Santiago squadron led by the Oregon and Connecticut. It notes Oregon’s 13 inch guns and 1,000 ton displacement, while Connecticut outguns and outsizes the Oregon and the entire Suntingy fleet, arguing battlefield reach and ship power exceed earlier eras.
The article argues modern battleships outrange armor and guns, with higher freeboards and faster fire, making older ships obsolete in a decade. Congress plans include two 26,000 ton battleships and two 20,000 ton units, suggesting a policy of deterrence through overwhelming naval power to avoid war. It cautions against complacency, urging continued investment in formidable fleets as protection and insurance for peace.
The article describes the Deer Flat Reservoir and its twin embankments the Hubbard and Curtson dams, with the Payette diversion and Snake River utilization. It highlights construction feats, planned power generation, and expected regional growth including new settlements, crops, and industrial expansion across southern Idaho.
The Lombardi Grand Opera Company of Milan will perform at Boise Monday and Tuesday nights. The 40-member company includes several top Italian singers. the 40-piece orchestra is among the West’s finest. The opera will be largely Italian with cosmopolitan music. the Pinney Theatre should be packed for this major musical event of the year. Press notices from Portland and San Francisco praise performances. locals from Shoshone may travel to hear it.
A Pioneer Press piece recounts how thousands of misaddressed and postage lacking letters reach Washington and how many engagements and friendships are saved or broken by letters that never arrive. A young woman learns her fiancé Jack persisted after a wronged engagement, illustrating the office’s quiet human impact.
A medieval style anatomy of gender traces how man’s view of woman reflects fear of unrest and awareness of discontent, as noted in the Contemporary Review.
A Kansas City Star note recounts freak paintings on unlikely canvases from corn surfaces to prison walls. It cites small works like a corn grain painting of a motor scene and a large Mississippian panorama by Banvard, plus Salvator Rosa’s wager that a harpischord would become valuable.
A famed surgeon Velpeau refused free care and charged 10,000 francs for a public charity patient. A marquis sought relief but left after a 4000 franc demand. Weeks later, a footman to a nobleman reappears, and Velpeau pressures the patient to sign the check. The marquis allegedly obtained free treatment by disguising as a pauper, with the charity’s funds at stake.
The term Gewitternose names a high pressure wave before storms, causing a sudden barometer rise then gradual fall. It is linked to sea level shifts, with observations near Denmark showing changes sometimes under three feet, as noted by Youth's Companion.
The London Standard notes the Yorkshire bell Black Tom of Soothill, given to a Dews bury church to atone for a murder. It tolls every Christmas Eve, its midnight strike ringing as the devil’s knell and tied to the belief that the devil died at Christ’s birth.
A fragmentary musing in a dialogic style references a baldheaded gentleman receiving boot polishing in a hotel and a hurried response about time. It pivots to questions of finding the truly sublime and a quoted Napoleon asking to repent the Lord's Prayer. The text captures a brisk, witty exchange with literary allusions.
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