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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
2
Weeks of road work near Kemmerer and Wye to Cumberland fade as grading struggles fail. Engineers report the Owyhee reclamation project infeasible. Utah County exhibits draw crowds in Ogden. Aged Lake City man Naval case notes and a jail pursuit unfold in a jumble of local rumors and misprints.
The article reports U S discussions on whether America will send an observer or full participant to an upcoming economic conference. It notes naval and wartime policy topics, including an escort mission for a battleship and ongoing budget and farm policy talks, with political calculations ahead of fall elections.
At the Kansas City American Legion convention scouts from two Kansas cities and Independence Missouri served as police, ushers, aides, and traffic and information helpers. Fifty scouts escorted distinguished visitors, with seventy daily as aides, ushers, and runners and fifty on traffic duties. Eagle Scout James N Dickering mapped the city for visitors, printed in a hundred thousand maps. Scouts praised for efficient service and leadership.
Stew Judkins, a first class scout from Topeka Kansas, explains why he loves scouting. He says a scout learns, has fun doing it, and follows the rules while enjoying hikes swims and outdoor games. He adds many local scouts share his view and would defend the program.
Albany council reports public health and firemanship are top merit badges for scouts. Since October 1, 1920, nearly fifty boys earned public health and forty in firemanship, with intelligent interest improving city life. Congested areas show greater home and neighborhood sanitation efforts and parental awareness.
A fragmentary report notes Scout Etwant Giles of Troop Ne A has moved to Scout Kain Feldman at Troy 14. Details are unclear due to garbled text, but the transfer appears recent and involves local scouting units and activities.
Idaho News Review reports on Herbert Chandler of Baker attending a stock show in Ogden where Bonnie Prince won grand championship. It notes a bond election for a $225,000 school building and various regional efforts in Twin Falls, Payette, Caldwell, and Gem Districts including lettuce production, wool shipments to Portland, grading rules for fruit growers, a military funeral for Romulus McGoldrick, and community initiatives such as a co operative creamery plan, a Shoshone business club appeal, and the Gem Irrigation District’s farmer participation.
William Wollerton Riter, 83, longtime Utah financier, founder of Riter Brothers Drug Co and a director in several banks and companies, died at Salt Lake Citys L D S hospital after a long illness. A pioneer and builder in railroads, streetcars, and the University of Utah board of regents, he held prominent civic and church roles and left a large family. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1868 and came to Utah with the second pioneer caravan in 1847.
An advertisement promotes Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for cramps and pains, claiming it helps restore balance in women and relieves distressing symptoms. It asserts long standing use and a gentle, efficient effect, noting improvements after continued use.
In Chiggersville the Rev Hi Ronrer conducted another revival where Zeke Dawdle’s religious fervor is debated. Squire Witherbee recalls the display on the sawdust trail and his sisters’ tears, while Mrs. Dawdle believes Zeke has chased religion for twenty years without real change to support his family.
A vintage ad urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to ease constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness, notes the syrup’s fruity taste, and warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
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