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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1924
Page
1
Idaho dairy and poultry expansion drives prosperity as five thousand cows are imported. Eggs and butter shipments reach destinations like New York and Boston. Local school notes cover clubs, plays, and events while students plan dances, exhibits, and debates.
W P Biehl reports gross receipts of six thousand dollars to date from fifty acres planted to beets and potatoes. Potential bonus could add about two thousand more, matching last year’s level, yielding roughly one hundred sixty dollars per acre. Total crop expenses reached eighteen hundred dollars. Six acres yielded Netted Gem potatoes sold early at five cents per hundred, with remaining crop stored for future seed. Yield tied to fluctuations in price and harvest timing, while additional miscellaneous figures reflect ongoing farm operations and storage.
Farmers and others invited to a Friday afternoon open meeting at the K P hall to discuss reclamation from multiple angles. John Padhey and George M Curtis will debate the resolution that government reclamation expenditures are not justified by benefits received. Sewell Hy Chapman will discuss water conservation with a committee of local ladies organizing the event.
The Methodist Episcopal Church lists Sunday classes at 10 am led by Mr F Borden, worship at 11, and an evening service at 7 39 with Miss De Mary directing music. A new pastor A Clark Steby has been elected and is expected soon from Reno, while the recently formed Parent Teachers Association met at the high school, adopting a constitution and by laws. Hair care ads and turkey sales noted, with Journal subscription reminder.
In Moscow on Friday evening the University of Idaho teams shared the victory in the inter collegiate debate with Oregon and British Columbia. The affirmative squad led by Warren Montgomery and Edmund Beacher defeated Oregon’s negative, debating the resolution on recognizing the Soviet government.
The Baugh Theatre screens The Shock featuring Lon Chaney and Virginia Valli Friday and Saturday January 25 and 26, portraying life on the Barbary Coast and its purging fire. Sunday January 27 presents Shirley Mason in The Broadway Dancer, a drama of a girl’s rise to fame amid Broadway’s White Lights. Also featured is Big Dan with a speedometer as a fast action highlight running January 28 and 29.
Revival services start Sunday at the First Baptist church with Reverend W. H. Tolliver of Twin Falls leading the meetings. He is assisted by Mr. Scott who will handle singing and brings experience from the Spurgeon tabernacle in London. Rev. Tolliver aims for a lasting and successful campaign for all villagers.
Warren J Peck died at his daughter Mrs Fred Scotts home Wednesday morning at 9 45. He was born in Battle Creek Utah and lived in Camas Prairie for 35 years then Shoshone for 29 years. He leaves wife Mary seven children Effie Serpa Maymie Scott Louis Peck Tressa Jones Hattie Peck Luella Peck seven siblings. Funeral Saturday at 11 am from Baptist church Rev Withrow officiating. Interment in Shoshone cemetery with Wood River Grange rites.
Ambiguous notes describe an American Legion meeting with references to leaders and attendees. The fragment mentions a commander and proposed dates or actions, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR text. No verifiable outcomes or concrete locations are provided.
Art Lundblade and others in Riverside report good wheat quality with estimates around ten bushels per acre. The text lists several names and activities, noting threshing work and local farm outputs amid partial marks and unreadable fragments.
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