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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
6
Copper in Africa may become the world’s greatest industry with Tanganyika properties of vast value. Development requires time and heavy share speculation may stall profits until dividends appear. Bengala and Rhodesia railways influence access, said Robert Williams, a pioneer organizer of the venture.
The widow of T De Witt Talmage, famed Brooklyn preacher, has become a prominent literary figure in Washington. Since her husband’s death she has spent time in the capital writing verses for magazines and newspapers, always under a pseudonym.
A brief summing up of Gen. N R Forrest portrays him as humble in birth and education, a slave and mule trader, grave and unobtrusive yet a master cavalry leader. He reportedly fought in 129 actions and had 27 horses shot under him, with a terse wartime maxim about gathering the most men.
General Kuroki uses his famed tact to avoid ceremonial fuss by sending back to Japan the full dress uniforms. He did so after no reception by President Roosevelt, sparing U S officers the need to wear similar attire and avoid unnecessary display.
In the Steunenberg murder trial the prosecution presents a continuous thread of evidence tying George Pettibone's Denver store to Harry Orchard in San Francisco. Original post office records show a registered letter from Pettibone’s Denver address to “J. Dempsey” at the Golden West hotel in San Francisco, with Orchard testifying he stayed there under an alias. The letter allegedly contained $100 for expenses while involved in the Bradley plot. Ogden police arrested Steve Adams and A. T. Williams in 1903 for trespass. later, Adams sent a telegram to Haywood in Denver. Adams appeared in court, challenging the defense with a defiant stare at the jury.
Boise Idaho Saturday saw the state present twelve witnesses supporting Orchard's tale in the Haywood murder case. Gov Peabody and daughter Mixes Gora Peabody testified briefly as prosecutors built lines linking Haywood to payments and the Cripple Creek era violence. The defense pressed legality and scope as it challenged rulings while aiming to limit cross examination on the Colorado father law.
In Moscow Idaho the jury returned guilty verdicts on counts three and four against G H Kester Willam Dwyer and W F Ketterbach and acquitted on counts one two and five. Count three known as the Worry indictment and count four the Guy L Wilson indictment involve Corey and Wilson taking quarter sections of Amberland in 1904 for about five dollars an acre. Prosecution sees this as a signal victory paving way for similar cases this fall. Kettenbach is president and Kester cashier of Lewiston National Bank. Dwyer is a timber cruiser living in Lewiston.
Judge Frank H. Dunne denied bail for Hu gene E. Schmitz the convict ed mayor of San Francisco in a bond request pending sentence to be pronounced January 27. The judge adopted the prosecution stance that the mayor shares the same felony label as any other convicted person.
A visitor from Mexico touts double ended matches as a clever product with the idea of saving records with the Recording Angel. He describes wax jucifers with a head on each end and says if one end fails the other remains useful. He argues revived old Ume matches appeal for novelty and baby pleasing sparks.
A woman from Selma Alabama recounts four years of severe facial and bodily itching and a diagnosed eczema. After two doctors failed, her husband bought Cuticura Remedies, used six months, and the skin cleared with no symptoms for three years. Also mentions wedding train conversation and humorous note about an accommodation train. Plus an advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease and a quip about love at first sight.
An elderly Chatsworth engineer writes of years of kidney disease relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills, reporting significant weight loss followed by recovery with a 50 cent box. A Sunday Magazine cartoon features a Quaker and a warm wardrobe joke, while a teething remedy ad touts soothing properties for infants.
A home bound narrative urges wives and mothers to manage chores while warning of female weakness. It touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for reproductive health, citing testimonials from Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. McKitrick and inviting women to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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