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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
4
In Shoshone Idaho a local newspaper editor rails at liquor dealers over alcohol poisoning linked to whiskey. He denounces profiteers lacking principle while blaming both bootleggers and those who profit from the liquor trade for the holiday scare and related deaths.
In Lincoln county farmers seek higher prices for crops while labor unions push for better wages for workers. The nonpartisan league asks unions to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor as both sides weigh cooperation. Local school notes cover exams, spelling tests, and athletic events including Shoshone and Jerome matchups, with plans for a junior class play and upcoming basketball games.
An excerpt from Samuel W. Beach in Popular Mechanics explains wartime wireless operations aboard dreadnaughts. It details crew roles from the bridge to wireless rooms, remote control of main keys, and how flagship ships coordinate with fleet and shore stations to minimize interference during combat. Also noted are naval signal methods, aircraft couriers, and a brief, satirical aside on home front shortages and daily life as fuel and sugar conservation become civic duties.
The piece argues about Victor Berger’s eligibility and the Socialist charge that he was denied a seat. It notes Berger’s conviction and twenty year sentence, plus his bail status awaiting appeal to a higher court. It questions duties toward a figure who publicly pledges to destroy government and warns of the implications for voters and lawmakers.
A Boston Transcript item recalls a primary school exam where a student lists sneezing sobbing crying yawning and coughing as the five senses and defines a sixth sense as an extra one some people have, reflecting playful daily life.
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