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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
5
The excerpt notes Ruskin's praise of a mother’s influence on character and cites Garfield’s report on the packing industry showing small profits. It discusses census data from 1960, margins for flour mills and slaughter in Illinois, and contrasts packers’ profits with millers, ending with the saying the pig is sheared but not much wool.
A Paterson man stabbed his friend for fifteen cents, an act labeled as an odd display of friendship by the Newark Advertiser which questions what he would do for a six dollar note. The remark reflects newspaper opinions on the incident and the era's tone.
About 26 000 Swiss workers are employed in watch factories plus several thousand in the house industry. There are 627 factories, 218 making complete watches, 209 making cases, others producing dials crystals hands springs jewels. A travel information offer promises low rates and train service for summer trips. The Santa Fe trademark is touted as a sign of safety speed and ease. A. Warren, general agent, A T and S F Ry Salt Lake City urges caution about legal debt and suggests giving two thirds of property to a lawyer rather than litigation.
In a London court a witness testified that chandeliers have come back into fashion. A chandelier once valued at 12.60 dollars recently appraised at 200 to 250 dollars, reflecting a substantial price increase.
A passage from May Everybody's magazine by Mr. Russell explains how refrigerated beef support grew. Cattle fed on corn in the great western corn belt were fattened on farms after loan-financed transport from ranges, enabling long shipments and bank-driven finance within the beef trade.
A substitute teacher sits beside a young sociology professor during a summer teachers’ program. He quotes a church wedding closing line and asks for an inference about the “gentleman in the case,” prompting her shy reply about being sold, in a playful casual scene.
A weaver woman laments tangled threads of life as colors fade into gloom. A patient partner finishes the web at last, revealing a life woven with both sorrow and hope.
In a London county council committee hearing a participant quoted Shakespeare against his opponent saying he roared as gently as a suckling dove. The clerk noted the remark in minutes as Mr Balfour Browne remarked that his learned friend had roared pig. This item appears in a dated 1900 Minneapolis foolscap notice listing remedies and names.
An item notes Swansea corporation builds a fire brigade station and discovers lack of space for horses, following a house builder who forgot to install stairs. The piece ends with brief jests about products and a statement on facial dimples by Prof Jenkins of New Orleans.
A grocer promises refunds if customers dislike Hchilling's Best tea. The item is presented as part of a pledge to improve tea standards in the country, with a note that strong resolutions prove more durable at inception than later.
A fragment discusses Schilling's Best and a grocer refund policy while contrasting accidental and deliberate quality. It mentions a wife’s realization of a reformer’s difficulties after marriage, reflecting social commentary on consumer goods and personal insight.
A Birmingham church warden reads a vestry list of subscriptions to parochial funds as recounted by the London News. The list begins with the vicar at one guinea Mrs unspecified at a half guinea an anonymous donor and the warden himself contributing twenty five shillings.
Russell Sage visits Boston and a Turkish bath. When asked for the price he is offered twelve bath tickets for ten dollars. Sage replies he cannot be sure he will live twelve years, prompting the proprietor to quip that the millionaire takes a bath once a year whether he needs it or not.
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