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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
5
Mark Moody and Carver Edwards arrive from Hagerman and Glenns Ferry while Miss Jessie Gwin visits relatives. Hon. F. R. Gooding returns to his Gooding ranch, ex-sheriff Jones visits Shoshone. Ice harvests resume, weather stays cold, and Mrs. Granville Brown improves after rheumatic illness. The Model Behind the Screen is featured. Public warrants and unsettled accounts amid year-end notices.
A large group of stockholders gathered in the city Saturday to discuss the Big Wood river canal project. Officials say work will proceed rapidly as all parties strive to complete the project soon.
Sir Benjamin Baker recalls a 8 year old interview with a rich native land owner who warned a Nile valley reservoir would be doomed. The landowner joked that such a project would have been completed 4,000 years ago if viable. The Azouan dam proves the ancients underestimated modern engineering.
A Philadelphia Record tobacconist recommends lemons as a superior moistener for tobacco. Slice a piece, place it in the tobacco jar to keep cigars and smoking mixtures moist for months, imparting fragrance and avoiding mildew unlike a sponge. Some customers also use oranges for similar effect.
A village report notes a wild critter roaming near Hudson's Lake and devouring feed from J T Hadsell's door, later identified as a stray calf. A dog owned by Orson Bennett was attacked. A young man observed the animal near the village and it emitted a fearsome yowl before vanishing.
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