01 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1904
Page
1
A mammoth all day performance spans morning to night at Shoshone for Lincoln County’s Fourth of July event. Also at the Opera House Monday evening a show titled A Cheerful Liar promises the most riveting performance witnessed in Shoshone this season.
Describes dedication of the Handsome New Court House in Shoshone and a busy Fourth of July program. Officials highlight races, a tennis tournament, a grand free dance, and a fireworks display. A cheerful stage comedy titled A Cheerful Liar featuring E A Walters is promoted with expectations of a large audience and well ventilated opera house.
Work booms for the Sho shone Light & Water Co as a lava rock power house near Millsaps ranch braces for full operation. Heavy copper main line wire and poles arriving to start erection and stringing. Arch lights shipped for street lighting promise a transformed Shoshone once current is turned on.
The largest nugget ever found weighed 210 pounds and was valued at $45,000. It was discovered in the Donolly Distaid region of Australia in 1565.
Kim Taggart was injured when a dump wagon with unsecured boards tipped him from the wagon while hauling dirt north of town. The team frightened, ran through town, and collided with W. Starr’s outfit near the Stockgrowers’ store. He sustained a deep cut behind the knee and multiple bruises, then received medical care and remains under nursing care at home.
To all whom it may concern. My wife Gurtie Lovelace having left my bed and board without sufficient cause, parties are hereby notified that I will in no wise be responsible for debts contracted by her. Cutsaies Lovelace.
C B Hurtt and E L Musqueray with Mark Bennitt of St Louis and Governor Morri son arrived Sunday to inspect Blue Lakes Twin Falls irrigation works. Hurtt, president of Twin Falls Investment Company, plans to develop town sites, settle settlers, and push Twin Falls as the railroad terminus. They toured Blue Lakes, Twin Falls City and Shoshone Falls, then Milner and Kimama before returning to Boise. Construction materials arrive and plans for a large red stone hotel are discussed as the irrigation project progresses.
Working night and day, these pills promise to transform weakness into strength and mental fatigue into energy. Sold for 25 cents per box by W H Baugh in Shoshone and W V Torns in Hagerman.
The 1902 lumber cut in the Sault Ste Marie district reached about 160 million feet and the 1903 total exceeds 200 million feet. At least 75 percent of the output comes from American owned mills. Two large saw mills were built this year and a new veneering mill operated profitably through the season.
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