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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
1
News from Dietrich includes families celebrating a new arrival and updates on local agriculture. The Gooding Elevator Company installs a portable grain elevator for farmers, while residents travel to and from Seattle and the coast. Red Cross activities praise Lincoln County Chapter history and solicit contributions.
Financial statement shows receipts of 401.20 and expenditures of 287.41 for a homecoming celebration to honor returned soldiers. Subscriptions from Patriotic Mothers Womens Com Nath Det Young Mens Dancing Club Patriotic Fund and individuals contributed 175.60 50.00 43.00 50.00. Food from the supper was given to the Red Cross Cantine. Remaining funds will be banked for future patriotic demonstrations. Missing dishes can be found in the County Superintendent of Schools office at the Court House.
Edward Miller, among several inmates who fled the County Jail on March 27, was arrested in Sacramento California Deputy Sheriff Wheeler traveled to recover the prisoner for Lincoln County and return today Miller had previously escaped the local jail on November 5 Charlie Chaplin stars in Shoulder Arms at the Ranche on Monday
A rambling editorial notes oil as essential to daily life and industry, warning that a cut in supply would halt progress from electricity generation to farming and transportation. It urges stronger oil prospecting, development, and government support, then shifts to local weather and a dry Idaho report with record heat and drought impacts.
A playful admonition urges saving money during prosperity and warns that wealth vanishes like dew. It mocks reckless spending and urges buying war bonds rather than wasteful purchases, stressing prudence before hard times.
Tickets go on sale at the Shoshone Journal Office for the Chautauqua assembly starting Wednesday July 10. About six thousand Ameri communities have prepared for the event with grand opera tours and Allied Trends content cited as part of the program. The local committee emphasizes tickets support the town’s efforts to bring a high class institution and education to the area. Tickets priced at 2.75 available now.
The Shoshone Highway District votes four to one in favor of a bond of 120000 for new road construction. An early sale is expected as commissioners contact bond houses, with work to begin when funds are available. The piece notes farmers and city leaders' interest in irrigation and power cooperation during a drought period.
The McGowan Jazz Orchestra, entirely made up of University of Idaho students, will stop in Shoshone Saturday evening at the K of P Hall on their tour to Yellowstone Park. The group has engagements at Yellowstone Park resorts for the rest of the season.
Forest Service orders strict enforcement of state and federal fire laws in National Forests amid widespread carelessness. District Forester notes years of publicity from newspapers and posters, urging public caution on open lands to prevent dozens of fires started by human negligence.
Secretary of State Jones visits Shoshone with Dents State G and Warder WS en route to Halley. He cites that water and counties are the main $100,000 liability in automobile license business and urges strict local checks as owners misuse plates.
Eye and nerve specialist Doctor Steetle will be in Shoshone on Friday July 18 for consultations. Free consultation offered by Dr Evans of Osthelan, while hay fever sufferers are advised to seek examination and proper treatment.
Testing seed potatoes prompts interest in the Shoshone tract and adjacent Gum properties. The notice notes new plantings and potential cooperation with neighboring communities to evaluate potato varieties.
Mrs Edw T Barber and her daughter Mrs Z C Revhel depart Sunday for a camping trip in the mountains near Ketchum to seek relief from a lingering May fever and illness as they pursue a best effort at recovery.
Me Hurl Stewart of Champaign visiting Miss Dorothy Flanner. Flanner recently returned from Jackson Hole Wyoming where they bought school test winter.
Fragmentary local notices list Chester Johnson and Fred Peak joining Mr Miller in Jerome during a thin summer period. Also mention Attorney and Mrs Haddock resigning from a motor trip through Yellowstone. E Zelter at Jerome on Sunday, Prod Walker returning to its post, and the Golden Tule Store referenced in unclear context.
Dorothy Creely, a new stenographer in Washington, faces the challenge of Major Watson's rapid dictation and the cryptic notes she must transcribe. As hours pass she struggles to decipher the feverish scrawls, pale with fear yet determined to persevere.
Dorothy struggles with unreadable notes from Major Walton as Miss Wheeler guides her to read aloud to the lieutenant. The lieutenant, familiar with dictation, offers a workaround. Dorothy’s embarrassment fades as she follows the plan and learns the system through the aide’s help.
Whistler praised calm anger and urged timely restraint. The author argues Mad should arise only on state occasions when injustice provokes strong protest, warning against wasting energy on trivial matters and urging controlled, decisive anger for the weak and the strong.
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