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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
4
A scattered summary notes Latin American drift toward independence, calls for deporting anarchists, and hints at Dreyfus re-trial. It cites Congress sessions, Cuban reciprocity, and the Panama Canal treaty. Army lynching attempt at Fort Douglas alarms, while US ratifies Chinese trade terms. Roosevelt nomination tensions stir Democrats, Cornell's president defends Panama policy amid imperial debates.
An item extols climate influence on consumption and promotes Geenen Syrup as a daily aid for morning expectoration and to ease coughing. It claims warmth improves results and notes a Dr. Thor M. Sturn influence with a promotional tone.
A packed house in Shoshone last night enjoyed a Strife production by the local band at the opera house. Cast led by E. A. Wolters and Mary Herriv with Hannah Davies earned strong applause. Joe Montgomery designed new scenery and trained performers, the orchestra of Montgomery Andrews and La Mongon complemented the show, and proceeds were expected to lift the band out of debt.
Mrs J N Derry of Sublett died last Saturday while returning from Malta where she and her husband had traded. Don Horn, also bound for Malta, found Mr Derry intoxicated and drove on, later stopping to help. Mrs Derry lay beside the wagon wheel with her head under the wheel, the death thought to be caused by the wheel as a result of a fall during intoxication. Tecased was about sixty and had recently lived at Sublett where her husband owned a small farm.
Notice declares a January 18 1904 special election for Shoshone electors to decide issuance and sale of municipal bonds totaling up to 11000 dollars to fund waterworks. Bonds bear up to six percent interest, mature over twenty years, with sinking fund, plus a property tax to cover interest and principal. Registration occurs Saturdays at the probate office and the election site is the opera house.
Sealed bids for the purchase of 400 in bonds of School District No. 27 Lincoln county Idaho will be received until Jan 5 1904 at the office of the county superintendent. Bonds are forty dollars each bearing interest not more than six percent payable annually with the first bond due January 5 1905 and the remainder annually thereafter. The board may reject any or all bids. By order of the board of trustees Mary Syoperass Clerk Kanoka Idaho.
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