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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
4
The Shoshone Journal published every Friday in Shoshone Idaho under E L Platz editor and proprietor. Advertising rates available on request. Notices of church services society meetings and obituaries printed free unless an admission fee is charged or goods are sold.
Summary of an early 20th century discourse on electricity as a unifying force. Traces the Epoch of Mystery from B C 600 with Thales and early thinkers toward the idea that imperial power and wealth are reducible to electrical forces shaping modern knowledge.
A weekly sequence of dated devotional lines draws from Genesis, Matthew, Isaiah, Galatians, and Psalms. Each day offers a short verse or paraphrase: God’s guidance in adversity, divine protection, generosity to the hungry, and praise for mercy, ending with a note on observing God’s works. The text reflects a scripture memoriam style with fragmentary lines.
The text traces early understandings of amber's attraction to light objects in ancient Greece, naming elekton as the source of electricity. It notes Aristotle’s remark about magnetite being tied to the stone moving iron, and explains the roots of the terms magnet and magnetism. It mentions Egyptian and Roman contributions as limited and cites Gilbert's Elizabethan observation on magnetism and amber.
Probate Court of Ada County Idaho authorizes private sale of Lot 1 in Block 2 of Shoshone village Lincoln County. Administrator Domingo Aguirre will sell after July 16, 1924 to highest bidder for cash, under court confirmation. Bids in writing to D R PrincK building or Clerk of Probate Court. Dated June 27, 1923.
Advertisements offer signs reading No Hunting No Credit and similar phrases for sale at the Journal office. Also notice Wanted clean white rags offered at the Journal office priced per pound, outlining purchase details.
A sweeping summary traces electrical discovery from Franklin's kite to Volta, Davy, Faraday, and Edison. It notes the 19th century leap to practical lighting and central stations in London and New York, and cites U S capacity and investment as pivotal milestones in building modern industry.
A report highlights four hundred thousand dollars and one LLIN DPE as indicators of appreciation for the benefits derived from patient research.
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