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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1921
Page
8
A school notes fragment explains how the Constitution drew from many sources, praising the Mayflower Compact as a model of self government. It contrasts ancient systems with the then new democratic idea, noting that the Constitution followed the Compact to empower the people and establish voting rights. Contributed by Sophomore.
Fragmentary OCR note discusses a medicine and its claimed effects with garbled wording and misspellings, mentioning tablets and digestion concepts without coherent context or verifiable details.
See list of names and topics across counties boundaries education finance highways and ferries immigration labor irrigation and water rights journalism public lands health and state affairs. The fragment lists officials and committees including McKinney Hunter Van Hoesen Harding Whitten Seaver Sonne Baker Houghton Christenson and many others.
Detailed list of committees with members including Agriculture and Horticulture, Appropriations, Banks and Banking, County Lines and Boundaries, Charitable and Penal Institutions, Education, Public Health, Revenue, Judiciary, Wildlife and Fishing, Immigration, Irrigation, and more. Names span numerous towns and individuals such as Lau, Waters, May, Boomer, Sanborn, Campbell, Garn, Weeks, Stanger, Anderson, Jarnagin, Hall, Irwin, Storey, Reynolds, Van de Steeg, Gill, and many others.
One of the pressing questions before the present Congress is the passage of the McFadden Gold Bill. The measure concerns the prosperity of twelve western states and frames the fiscal and monetary outlook discussed in early session reporting.
The measure would tax manufactured gold by $10 an ounce and fund payments of $10 per ounce produced, restoring price production balance. It argues current costs of $30 to $27 per ounce exceed the Mint price of $20.67, threatening the industry. Dated January 4, 1929.
The piece faulting North Dakota for embracing the Non-Partisan League notes the stateowned bank as a proof of its risky experiments. It laments depositors rushing to withdraw funds while state banks struggle to attract new money, and urges observers in the other forty-seven states to draw conclusions from the harsh lesson.
Idaho mines adopt a sliding scale for wages set in 1916 by the mining company command. Pay rose to a maximum of 5 75 per day with a 2 25 daily bonus during wartime, then Senate actions reduced top benefits. Employers voluntary price of tend rose but cost of living fell, leading to a new 7 percent wage cut and acceptance by workers.
The piece discusses the expansion of the insurance sector in the nation, the value of capital and business written, and the role of fire life and casualty insurers in credit and economic life. It notes the shift of marine insurance toward domestic companies and cautions lawmakers to avoid plans that impede industry. It also includes a sheriff sale notice for estray cattle taken by J.D. Fortune near Kimama, with branding HL on a one ear notch and a 191 date reference.
The State of Idaho serves a summons in a divorce action filed by the plaintiff against Howard Cook. The case seeks dissolution of marriage and custody of three minor children. Defendants are required to appear within twenty to forty days of service. failure to answer may lead to judgment. Clerk Seay and Deputy Guymon issue the notice.
U S Land Office at Halley Idaho announces a public sale under the 1906 act. Robert Matheson of Naf Idaho holds Serial 025978 and bids start at 5.00 per acre for Lot 1 Section 4 Township 168 Range 27 West B M. Sale at 12 30 PM January 27 1921 with filings due by sale time.
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