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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
2
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals by full names and initials, likely part of a roster, roll call, or signatory page in an old newspaper, with varied spellings and punctuation. The dense sequence includes Charles W Anderson, Clarence M Atkingon, F M Wanner, George 4 Ballinger, Merrill Bate, and many others, suggesting a formal or community acknowledgment.
An agriculture official notes sugar cane and syrup crops are reliable in the region with 400 gallons per acre expected under ordinary conditions and upwards of 500 gallons in practice. Growing and syrup making cost about 20 to 25 cents per gallon on a 450 gallon basis, varying with containers. The piece mentions the Valparaiso Project and Prof Ward M Jones in connection with a broader life work and alumni ties.
Paris drawn blouses in white or colored net stun with embroidery and Valenciennes lace. Fur capes and coats featured luxury materials, shawl collars, sable bands, and Chantilly lace accents. Hats show chiffon velvet foundations, mushroom frames, and fluted ribbon brims.
A fragment notes that panel trains and elaborate evening frocks are not widely worn but still called for on occasion. It mentions trains seen separate from gowns, with panels and potential references to wearers, though readability is limited and obscure.
Report from Warsaw describes a pogrom in Broditiclhew, the Jewish capital of Ukraine, following an attempted disarmament of Jews who were organizing for protection. Hundreds killed and hundreds more wounded in a mob surge blamed on alleged Bolshevist ties and espionage roles among Jews. The Ukraine leader Petlura’s authority is questioned as the violence spreads amid rising anti Jewish sentiment and fear of Bolshevik influence.
On January 14 seven states completed ratification of the prohibition constitutional amendment, bringing totals to thirty. Alabama Arkansas California Illinois Indiana Kansas and North Carolina joined others in reaching the 30 state mark, with 36 needed for effect. The list grows as more states endorse the measure.
Alfred J. Smith testified before a Senate inquiry that the Pueblo Chieftain in Denver agreed with Count von Bernstorff in 1915 16 to publish favorable articles for a payment of 20 000. He said he formerly worked in advertising and circulation for the Pueblo Chieftain.
Chicago report says Socialists and members of the L W W failed to gain control of the National Labor congress summoned by the International Workers' Defense League to seek new trials for Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings, jailed for the San Francisco Preparedness Day parade bombing case. A second dispatch from Washington notes Col. George J. Stewart reports American troops in Archangel Sector are healthy and well equipped after a front tour. A third brief from Chatham Mississippi describes a balloon accident when a test balloon engine stalled and occupants leaped to safety near the beach.
The Presbyterian church in the United States plans a budget of a million dollars to raise salaries for underpaid pastors. George R. Sheldon, financier and former Republican national committee treasurer, died Tuesday in Carbondale, Illinois from injuries in a mine accident near that city. Chicago conservatives at a retailer conference announced no price rise for clothing in 1910.
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