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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
5
An anecdotal sketch recalls Townsend Percy the speculator and promoter noted for high living and flashy ventures. His mother’s quips highlight his shifts between prosperity and lean years, from driving one horse four years to realising eight dollars amid financial stress.
Items gathered by the Journal's representative describe Nempa Lumber expanding yards and planning a permanent office, 100 feet more sheds, and a 100 foot wareroom. D L Pruitt & sons added a walk and repainted storefronts. a brick kiln may rise from brick clay nearby. plaster sand from Walter Gooding's farm proves good. Furcht house work praised. Furcht moves to new home. Dwyer to operate meat market. Jessie Egelus home from Shoshone hospital. Paul S A Bickel visited Gooding. Camas Prairie freight will route via Gooding reducing haul.
A Washington Herald quip notes the farm boy wins due to a better curriculum at the little red schoolhouse compared with the little red theater comique. The remark contrasts rural schooling favorably against urban entertainment in a concise joke.
Prescott humorously recalls a Sunday stroll with a foreign visitor in Boston Common to see the frog pond fountain. Water was shut off and he quips that he knew boys were barred on the Sabbath but did not know fountains were prohibited from playing as well.
A dated comic script features Noah and Mrs Noah debating a missed gesture while aboard the ark. Noah laments failing to include souvenir postals among the provisions as the flood ends. The exchange plays on humor about overlooked keepsakes and ark life.
The sultan of Morocco guards jewels valued at 5 million dollars in a London bank vault near Spring Cross under tight security. The vault also holds several million pounds of unclaimed jewelry from the French revolution era. Bank officials cannot locate original owners or heirs. An offer of 1.25 million pounds was made as a loan, but the sultan seeks a higher sum.
A mole, famed as one of the greediest animals, would die from starvation if deprived of food for 24 hours. The note highlights the creature’s extreme need and hunger when deprived of sustenance.
A. W. Birdsell of Los Angeles returns after 18 years in northeastern Labrador. He argues gold-bearing rocks and vast timber could attract settlement, noting Labrador's harsh climate tests explorers but hints at Klondike-like possibilities in the region.
The text reflects on charity as love for enemies while bearing neighborly failings with cheer. It urges placing oneself in another's shoes in both buying and selling to ensure fair dealing, then shifts to a dialogue about resisting a law to cut fares, criticizing those who push for maximum rate hikes.
A brief exchange proposes elastic currency as the greatest need in finance. N O Little suggests ruber could be used to build the new system, while Stockson Konds imagines practical mechanics for such money.
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