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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1905
Page
6
The Indianapolis News notes a split view on cleaning old or worn paper money by baling burning or sticking to the old practice of burning it regardless of the currency type. The piece reflects public habit and concerns about currency cleansing methods.
A grocer replies that tea is not uniform and tastes vary by blend and origin, suggesting careful selection to suit individual preferences. The exchange notes consumer interest in distinct profiles beyond common assumptions about tea.
An inventive lock description reveals a mechanism built into a door knob allowing a person inside to lock the door by turning the knob in one direction so it cannot be opened from the outside, and to lock it in the opposite direction while still permitting opening from the outside with a specially designed key.
An odd old clipping extols apples as the best pre bedtime snack. It claims apples have remarkable medicinal properties and urges readers to eat one before retiring, noting the fruit's value for aiding sleep.
A barber complains about customers dictating his work while a companion jokes about a man who seeks his wife’s guidance on haircuts. The banter touches on trust and taste in a local shop setting with humorous miscommunication.
A garbled OCR snippet links quirky phrases about travel, a furrier overheard exchange, a home magazine quote, and a Wisconsin beet company's promotions. It reads like a collage of ads and misheard dialogue with stray prices and product mentions, lacking coherent narrative.
A garbled report describes unusual market words and odd items like cabbages celery and butter, with references to what seems like a sale or trade discussion. The text mentions a power and a board adjournment after an incident at the grain and produce exchange.
Eight pigeons reportedly chewed their way from Kimberly to Cape Town, South Africa, a long distance measured in miles. The report notes extensive humbug in tea and references Frou dow ee tigeons Fly Fact and Far.
A fragment likely from a literary column presents a delicate, word painting of winter scenes. The piece evokes imagery and mood rather than a direct narrative, reflecting the era’s taste for lyric prose and seasonal reflection.
An ode to a wintry realm where frost builds a crystal fortress from snow and ice. The speaker describes wind and whitened landscapes shaping delicate, glittering arches and stairways, carved by light and frost creatures. The scene blends nature and fantasy, praising the frost as a master mason.
In a Kerry reminiscence Sam Hussey recalls early private carriages owned by Miss Mullins and a rainy night ride that led to a fatal pneumonia. He also recounts 1815 Napoleon escape rumors causing Kerry farmers to halt pig sales, cheering “Hurrah for Boney.”
An Irish woman storms into a lawyer's office in the Reaper block claiming Red Santa caused her child to suffer a fright by revealing a fake face with beard and whiskers. She demands damages while the lawyer jokes it is a case of damnum sbae injurin.
A Boston delegate at a Philadelphia educational conference shared a pupil from a Hub public school who answered a natural history professor. The pupil said a biped has two legs while a quadruped has four, so the difference between a biped and a quadruped is two legs.
A writer observes French army conscripts aged twenty to twenty one boarding trains with minimal luggage. Reluctant sarcasm from veterans greets them as they head to barracks. Four travel bags total, each boy’s life teased by tomorrow’s trials.
The British built turbine steam yacht and torpedo boat destroyer Caroline recently left England for Russia. This name recalls the 1837 Caroline incident near Niagara Falls when American sympathizers backed a Buffalo owner’s steamer carrying arms and cannons to Canadian rebels. Canadians seized and burned the vessel, raising fears of war between the United States and Britain.
Sir Charles Wyndham recalls meeting George Bernard Shaw and describes his appearance as a Vikinglike figure with tawny hair a red beard. Shaw explains he writes his plays in small pocket memorandum books while riding on top of a bus in London.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as uniquely endorsed for female ailments. It claims cures for ovarian issues, uterine troubles, backache, leucorrhea, and menstrual disorders, promising relief from nervous and digestive symptoms and asserting safety and universality of use. It urges purchase from druggists and rejects substitutes.
The item notes that Turks lack original war songs and only translate from other tongues. A fragment mentions a cold remedy advertisement and a stray line about a girl with golden hair and blue eyes, reflecting a 19th century American era newspaper snippet.
The oldest inhabited residence in the British kingdom is said to be Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, seat of the MacLeods. Parts of the castle date from the ninth century, predating the Norman conquest of England.
The text catalogs 1756 trades in London, cites Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children for fevers and worm diseases, notes high water intake by Japanese gymnasts, and mentions a Madrid restaurant keeper suing a woman for an all-night meal.
Port Durban’s rateable value now stands at 50 million dollars reflecting rapid growth from a sixty year past when the area was a sandy wilderness. A lone block house stood amid Boers and a commando during a historic siege.
A single remaining white pepper mill exists, the sole device capable of grinding Schilling’s Best pepper. Its uniqueness underlines a rare artifact in culinary tool history, valued by collectors for its singular role in producing the brand’s pepper dust.
A man detected at cards fears punishment and asks what to do. His friend offers brisk advice to endure by playing on the ground floor, delivering a witty punchline about avoiding the threat.
A fragmentary line describes a Russian state scepter made of saft gold three feet long with a rich array of ornaments, including 260 rubies and fifteen emeralds. The text hints at a transaction involving a grocer returning money owed to Mike Schillian.
A Paria couple reports £5000 worth of bearer bonds eaten by rats from an old bat box, prompting a grocer to return money and raising questions about the Bis Semiline’s Bow Rats Devour Bonds.
The message urges readers not to risk money on uncertain brews and promotes Schilling's Best as a reliable tea choice. It paints confidence in the tea's quality and suitability for daily use.
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