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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
3
The scene at Mercedes Podrida's Actors Boarding House unfolds with stagehands, a landlady and residents debating a glamorous guest Miss Nack incognito. Reporters crowd the hall as tensions rise over a guest who pays high rates and stirs gossip, while hotel staff fear disruption.
A reflective poem fragment recalls a man who dreamed to build a grand house to welcome all. He spoke of doors wide and rooms ample, hoping his family and visitors would find peace, joy, and shelter even as he faced aging and death. In the end his words live on as others gather in memory of his unseen, hoped-for home.
A magazine story hero rises from bench to game winning glory through love and grit, while a second hero endures punishment in practice, receives game bulletins from a hospital car, and vanishes from reports. The contrast highlights romance and sacrifice in football lore.
A fair young woman asserts she kept a diary every day this year, while another notes the diary remains in good condition aside from about six pages with some writing. The exchange centers on the diary's preservation and daily entries.
A garbled wartime fragment references timing, bells, and alarms with unclear context and scattered phrases. It mentions belts, rocks, and a penny like a stray fragment from a larger report. No clear events or people can be identified from the readable text.
In a brief street vignette two men argue over eating oysters and wearing straw hats out of season. Braid the hat man refuses to eat oysters today while Shells the oyster man insists hats can be worn mid month. The exchange hints at a playful local incident in a small community.
A sprawling, garbled report argues for establishing meal malls in Idaho, urging development of a meat and dairy industry near Salt Lake City style markets. It claims a capital stake around 2500008 and calls for supervisory authorization, with hope for regional industrial growth and later enhanced supply.
A disjointed set of vintage vignettes recount a fire at a livery stable where an athletic stranger saves five horses, a peach thief confesses after mistaking a corduroy pocket for a peach, and Professor Pumperdinck riffs on a garden raid, tying shared themes of honesty and misrecognition.
The piece details reduced freight rates under interstate commerce rules, noting changes from New York to San Francisco and other routes. It cites fixed per point charges, tiered rates, and timetable effects, with railroads required to honor new tariffs through January 2, 4900 and to persist for at least two years.
In a Bavarian town a schoolteacher was arrested after tying the arms of a 14 year old boy and a 12 year old girl together for whispering during class hours. The students fainted from bashfulness. their parents pressed cruelty charges. Trial pending, outcome uncertain.
A thrifty mother guides her son through gendered fashion expectations as he recalls his mother's influence and a strange family secret. The youth jokes about becoming a husband as he reflects on his evolving body and the pressures of dress and appearance.
A romantic essay extols women as acute observers who notice dress, manners, and health details. It praises female intuition, kindness, and vigilance in home life, claiming women synthesize impressions and guard those they love with gentle, truthful eyes.
A travel sketch describes approaching walled towns like Cascina and Pontedera in Tuscany. The author notes the dramatic brick and stone walls, the thrill of nearing a fortress, and the single decisive moment of passing through gates with fellow travelers, as opposed to suburban spread. The piece evokes road travel and the stark, immediate identity of a walled town.
A Popular Mechanics excerpt notes strychnine as a supposed antidote to rattlesnake venom, citing injections to counteract bites or stings. It warns danger from too little dose and claims few physicians understand proper administration.
Justin McCarthy recalls Broughams public career and oratory. He notes despite natural hindrances Brougham was a great orator with forceful intellect and vivid if varied speech. The passage reflects on his gesticulation and torrent of words and the impact on listeners.
An elderly businessman in Atchison reflects on how punishment shifts with age. He notes daily penalties in home, street, and work, suggesting endurance fades as one grows older and experience reveals repeated hardship in making a living.
The widow Barnes house in Beloit Wisconsin caught fire near the chimney. Her son Johnnie cried fire to wake neighbors, his yells stopping the blaze. He yelled for seven days and nights before calm returned, diagnosed as a nervous attack from sudden fright. He will likely have a lasting frog in his throat.
Fourteen years ago a boy Thomas Cooper began walking from Lexington Michigan to the post office each day asking for the letter he never received. Now twenty one, he has missed only one weekday in all those years and continues his daily four mile trek hoping a letter will arrive.
A Pittsburg Post column quotes a reader noting the rising trend of divorces and a companion remark about societal acceptance. The exchange highlights changing norms and personal choices amid widespread separations.
An investigator and sprigs of catnip sparked amusement at Cincinnati Zoo as lions and leopards showed varied reactions. The lion, leopard, and other big cats displayed playful roguish behavior, sniffing, rolling, and climbing in their exuberant display. The observer concluded catnip affects big cats beyond domestic varieties.
When feverish, half a lime in eroded wear with charged waters sipped slowly aids relief. Hot water by teaspoonfuls works faster. Add a few drops of orange or lime juice or a half spoon of baking soda. Do not gulp large amounts of liquid nor drink overly sweet or plain water, which doctors warn may worsen thirst.
A lawyer questions suing for divorce on desertion when the husband remains at home, while a furious plaintiff argues that a man may desert by taking a taxi to the club and denying kinship as his wife is arrested on the dock for smuggling.
A coal heaver sits in the corner of a crosstown car, dirty and salt-streaked by rain. He rises to offer his seat to an older lady, while another coal heaver admires Mme Reenmier and compliments her with a bold line about lighting his pipe at her eyes.
Coroner's Detective Frank Paul receives a brisk, nonchalant call about a murder in progress. He asks for an address but the caller refuses to say where. The exchange leaves him unsure whether it is a joke or a real crime unfolding.
In a clipped club exchange, Towser taunts about a back trip while Chappy Badshot laments fatigue. The dialogue hints at a hunting plan gone awry and references a wary Beppe with cautious words. The mood remains weary yet defiant as the group navigates the tally of mishaps.
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