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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
3
In Quito every morning aquadorea gather around fountains. Porters bear 40 liter earthen jars on their backs, tighten straps, and bow to a water jet before filling. They listen for the brim and leave precisely as the jar overflows, then bow again to the customer’s jar. Foreign visitors laugh at the aqitador’s ritual humbly bowing behind a waterfall.
A client asks for a case to be postponed until Friday claiming old Izaak Walton as the reason, with the judge remarking the client is detained on important business. Also a public notice from Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office seeks authority to hire deputies and clerical assistants, dated December 6, 1912, at Shoshone.
An advertisement touts SOLACE REMEDY as a German science backed treatment for uric acid troubles, claims full safety and tax free status, offers a free box and testimonials, and lists Battle Creek as the U. S. agent with prices up to $1 in the 50 60 cent range.
A Norwegian woman Fru Bna Anker leads feminism in Norway and proclaims divorce reform. The 1914 law links marriage as based on mutual love, sets separation before divorce, and uses administrative boards to reconcile or grant separation. Divorce splits property equally, supports are common, and wives gain rights to earnings. after death or divorce, the wife may claim half. Children are joint obligations with magistrate oversight.
A foreign nobleman proclaims ownership of a woman as a gold mine after a friend notes the apparent victory in an American fortress contention. The dialogue reveals a fervent assertion of possession and profit.
Stacey presses Miss Becker for marriage if he had a million dollars. She rebuffs mercenary motives, cites common sense, and questions the idea of wealth as a condition for love. He admits no million exists, jokes about unknown uncles, and pleads for genuine affection over money.
Twin cities Herculaneum and Pompeii were engulfed in August 77 AD. Herculaneum offers less excavation due to harder volcanic material. Pompeii yields more dust and findings. Humans seek answers, and science will continue digging to reveal secrets buried by lava and ash.
A comic exchange aboard a moving train through Pittsburg features Slathers asking why a smoke consumer isn’t ready. Bulking replies he knows no solution and jokes about a boy who eats cigarettes but won’t make him work yet.
A bookkeeper's long hidden diary, found by his brother Bill, upends family calm. The journal reveals a past love and foolish passion with Mildred, forcing dramatic shaming, threats of exposure, and plans for elopement as the keeper struggles to control the situation. A newsroom note follows on stone decay and a copper-sulfate treatment for fungus-like organisms in building stones.
Classified notice describes Idaho Irrigation Company seeking bee and teams at Magic Dam and delivery of a cattoad at Hichfield. Also advertising five and four room houses for rent, with a store contact for C. F. Borden. Notices mix in editorial quips and Salvation Army references amid damaged text and stray lines.
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