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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1904
Page
6
Alfred Robinson of Annapolle County Nova Scotia shares a simple cornfield protection technique. He recommends placing black bottle tipped poles over the crop to deter crows, as the glittering bottles will frighten the birds into avoiding the field.
A report describes a Russian soldier's daily field ration of bread meat soup groats dried vegetables and seasonings. It also mentions Mother Gray's Sweet Vouchers for Children used by a nurse at Childina's Home in New York, listing cures for fever teething and intestinal worms and providing a sample address.
The item recalls Jackson, an eight or nine year old, whose father harshly critiques his schoolwork, threatening him should he not improve. The boy retorts that he is dumb, prompting a poignant exchange about parental expectations. The note ends with sugar production figures: beet sugar output down 14 percent, while cane sugar rises about 9 percent.
A man who believed his race was run credits Grape-Nuts with restoring his health after a year of near collapse from grip and stomach failure. He details rapid strength return within three months, moving from Albany to San Francisco, and now performs fifteen hours of work daily. The account praises the cereal and notes improved overall vigor and clarity of mind.
John F. Lynn, 61, of New York, killed by a freight train at Old Town Washington. J. & Child injured. one horse killed, two wagons damaged. Nelson Orion drowns in a Yellowstone River whirlpool near Miles City Montana. Tonopah Rhodes railroad work finished. Bonanza camp now connected. Gust Piehl of West Seattle commits suicide in debt. Charles Palmer found dead. Thomas B. Walker's body recovered near Mystic California after river expedition. Fire destroys five houses and two sheds in Corktown Butte. three houses damaged. total loss around 10,000. insurer under 7,800.
A digest of scattered reports from across cities recounts deaths from fire in San Francisco and Mabton Washington, drownings in Butte and Mont, a dynamite explosion injuring five in Houston, and a murder verdict in Hoxeman. Also noted are a cowhand strike in East St. Louis, homestead registrations on Rosebud up to 97 000, mine thefts at Butte and Butte rail and ore fires, legal moves in Texas and Colorado, plus political and demographic updates including Chicago's 1904 population estimate and pension totals at Topeka.
Minnie explains engagement fashion has moved beyond rings to a garter buckle, a heart pendant, and armlets with a key on a watch chain. She plans to pair the garter buckle with a matched piece, noting her fiancé Jim avoids the commonplace and favors unique tokens.
A Dublin style anecdote retold from New York Times recounts a coal heaver in Cork seeking a fowl. He enters a taxidermist and asks for a flat-faced hin in the windy, mistaking an owl for a hen. He以 insists he only wants it for soup, underscoring comic misperception.
A United States consul and his wife, homesick, plan an American style Fourth of July at home in Central America’s circle. The Homesick Consul ordered US flag napkins, red white and blue bonbon cases, fire crackers, candles, and fancy crackers, plus newer table favors to decorate in the current women’s trend.
Fragmented verse praising plain wives over beauty. It mocks praise of prettiness and extols homely features and wit, noting noses, squints, feet, and cooking as valued traits. The lines reference poets and aristocrats, including Omar and noble titles, in a satirical, antiquated voice.
Germany faces a tripling in cancer mortality since 1875, signaling a mounting public health challenge for a nation modernizing its industries and medical practices. Meanwhile, a sweeping assessment of Uncle Sam’s rolling stock claims a single train could span 600 miles in length.
In the morning sunlight tiny dust particles drift in air though unseen, carrying disease germs that may affect health. The text warns mothers to scrutinize bottles of CASTORIA and similar remedies for infants and children and to be cautious of unverified cures.
An army doctor observed that near music the flow of blood from wounds diminished. The vibrational air from music supposedly induced faintness, slowing heart action and reducing blood overflow, a phenomenon now believed to involve the body's response to sound.
The Reichsgericht is the German empire's top court, created by the 1877 law and housed in a grand Leipzig building completed around 1895. It serves as the federal supreme tribunal with courts, offices, and ample facilities for judges and staff.
Proved beyond a doubt here that Rheumatism can be cured, per Mrs. Betsey A. Clawson. She says five years as an invalid ended after using Dodd's Kidney Pills, which helped kidneys remove uric acid from the blood. She details relief after two boxes and resumed self sufficient tasks.
A Brooklyn Eagle item recounts a four story house ledge incident where a well taught Sunday school boy walked along a narrow ledge beneath a mansard roof. The mother cried out in fear while the boy reassured her with faith quoting that the Lord is looking after me.
Sir Richard Sankey estimates Ireland's bogs hold about 6 billion tons of coal in value and urges converting this fuel to electricity on site to drive diverse industries.
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