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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1906
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure female weakness, irregular periods, nervous symptoms, backache, and kidney complaints, promising reliable relief and confidential correspondence with Mrs Pinkham.
The article explains how stone or brick walls become damp when cold surfaces meet warm moist air. Heat transfer and sudden temperature changes cause moisture to condense on walls, appearing like dew and sometimes streaming. It recommends not plastering directly on the walls and using furring strips with laths to create an air gap. Excessive ventilation in warm weather can also make cellars damp.
Montreal Herald outlines five health basics good air good food suitable clothing cleanliness and exercise and rest. Fresh air improves blood purity and outdoor time is essential. Food should be affordable. Balance exercise and rest to avoid overdoing it especially for women who should rest briefly during the day to care for family health.
A Dresden garrison soldier named Mader was court-martialed for refusing to eat when called to meals. The court ruled that not eating amounted to disobedience and sentenced him to eight months in prison for insubordination.
The Pacific Coast Steamship steamer City of Puebla bearing 186 passengers and cargo was towed into port by the Chehalis and Norwood after a broken propeller shaft left it at sea near the Columbia River. About 200 aboard faced days of anxiety until weather eased and salvage was arranged. Estimated salvage claims run to about 40,000 dollars.
Edith Black and two of Leon Keith’s daughters from Johnson Wath are hospitalized in Moscow after a nighttime sleigh ride when farmer C Griffith says he fired on thieves. Black has an arm wound. a Keith daughter is wounded in the forehead and another in the eyes. Doctors offer no prognosis yet. The group’s sleigh broke near Griffiths’ barn and Griffith claims he was on watch.
Twenty one miners were killed in a Coaldale Shaft explosion in Bluefield West Virginia on Thursday. Three white men and eighteen colored men were entombed with no hope of escape. The blast shattered mining cars and destroyed much of the mine property triggering widespread alarm.
Salt Lake City report describes two 16 year old rabbit hunters Frank King and Will Smith discovering a half eaten body near Ensign peak on Thursday afternoon. The man, believed to be Greek or Austrian, had apparently killed himself in the secluded ravine known as Hell's Hollow, a site infamous for mysterious deaths.
Jacob H. Schiff of Kuhn Loeb & Co told New York Chamber of Commerce that without currency reform a panic will occur. He urged elastic currency as essential but declined Shaw’s emergency plan. He favored a system backed by commercial paper issued through clearing houses.
Reports from the Puerto Plata theater describe a decisive victory by forces loyal to temporary President Caceres over Morales. General Demetrio Rodríguez was killed, about 160 combatants were killed or wounded, Morales followers fled to Independencia and then Monte Cristi, as rival leaders Guellito Jimines and Jiminez prepare new bids for power amid Northern Santo Domingo support.
A government report cited by J. South of the Children's Aid Society describes slave trading among British Columbia Indians. It cites a Cape Mudge family where a powerful elder brother profited from selling girls, including white skinned children with braided hair, as the practice stretched over years.
Deputy District Attorney C A Gillette filed information in district court charging Harry Orchard with the murder of J W Hartsock, among fourteen killed in the Independence depot explosion on June 6 1904, based on Sheriff Edward Bell affidavit. Orchard is jailed in Caldwell Idaho on the Frank Steunenberg assassination charge. If released Idaho requisition papers would be sought to bring him here for first degree murder trial.
Senator Nathan Bay Scott of West Virginia now chairs the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds. He promotes a policy adding a public building for each qualifying town or city but wants a businesslike approach. The government pays 17 percent rent and could borrow at 2 percent to fund new buildings.
Pure Cream of Tartar Baking Powder proclaims it is west for every home and that using it in hot breads biscuits cakes and muffins brings sun shine health and satisfaction. Ask your grocer.
A mid age builder of a large commercial enterprise died in a shattered state. The Weekly Scoteman notes sermons blaming modern business while overlooking the influence of whisky cigars and poker on his wrecked nerves.
The term vaudeville derives from Vaux de Vine in Normandy and began as refrains for a talking story. Oliver Basselin, a puiler in Vire, first composed the steppings which gained wide popularity across France under the local name Les Vaux de Vine.
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