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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1915
Page
5
Town notes reveal Rupert High plans a declamatory contest and a basketball challenge with Shoshone High School as center stage. Heyburn team activities on Feb 26. many events, including a March 6 church entertainment by Grace V. Bonner, fill the local calendar.
Charles J. Lisle returns to his Recorder editor role after railroad advertising. A. I. McMahon and family visited with the Thomas Mc Mahons. Mrs. V. V. Bower and daughter were in Richfield from Shoshone. Town plans include new business ventures and Melo dam development with lake improvements and 13 miles of lake for anglers. Joe Campbell moves from Gooding town ranch to Irvin Bower ranch on Wood River as his wife prepares to join him from Missouri.
The Morse Store presents new spring dress items including skirts waists and coats featuring fresh fabrics and classic silhouettes. Shoppers are invited to explore a range of styles and colors for the season.
Prof and Mrs Hartley advertised dancing lessons under Knights of Pythias auspices without Delos Lodge No 25 approval. Public notice signed by Walter Gwin K R&S Shoshone dated February 26 1915.
Frank T. Disney was raised to Rupert on professional business yesterday turning.
Readable items include marriages, real estate sales, new homes and moves, public office changes, church events, a study club report, auto water rate news, and nurse and clerk staffing upticks in Shoshone Idaho. Notable mentions: Mrs J F Melvin appointed Idaho delegate to International Purity Congress in San Francisco. Auto open Yellowstone park forecast. attorney and judge movements. births, dances, and a new cook book from the study club.
Cyrus Helden pleaded guilty to grand larceny and was sentenced by Judge Rothwell to one to 14 years in state prison for stealing horses. He confessed to the theft and was found in a Utah tunnel, traced there by Acting Deputy Sheriff Joe Wheeler. Two more drunkenness cases were brought for commitment to Blackfoot due to uncontrollable liquor cravings.
Administratrix Dora Johnson announces to all creditors and claimants of Victor C Johnson that they must file their claims with vouchers within ten months of first publication. Address for filing is Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho. Dated February 1915.
Railroads show renewed confidence with a rise in activity after rate uncertainties. Since January, $30,000,000 in orders for locomotives, cars, and equipment have been placed, signaling a healthier industry outlook despite debates before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Patent Office notes 47,000,000 patent copies stored around Washington, many on perilous wooden shelves and exposed to fire, a risk anticipated to be tackled after years of warning.
Washington D C Feb 20 A movement by pro life groups at the national capital to influence Mount Vernon policy is met with counter arguments. Mount Vernon Ladies Association led by Harriet Clayton Comegys defends preservation efforts and charges criticism as unfounded. Congress may investigate to clear up alleged misrepresentations about management and consent of visitors fees support preservation. Fresh cows for sale offered at Gem Meat Market.
The Lenten season is criticized as a modern social ritual of balls and theater yielding little real service. Some praise fasting for spiritual cleansing, while many hurried people see Lent as a reminder that life isn’t only money, chores, and entertainment. The piece contrasts high society indulgence with sincere religious sacrifice and urges concrete acts of service.
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