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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1924
Page
3
A stream of garbled quips and snippets touched on economics taxes King Tut and fashion. It includes jokes about Greek culture interfraternity clashes and a mix of obsolete terms, with remarks on gas in wars and the King Tut burial debate. The passage reads as a collage of era chatter with no clear single event.
Lockhart, former Montana bank president, is arrested in Los Angeles amid a forgery case as a $15,000 bond remains unsettled. In California, the state central committee discusses resignation moves and temporary injunctions. Arizona news includes a court order halting work on the Diamond Creek project with a March 26 appearance date.
President Coolidge considers Michigan Governor Grosebeck for secretary of the navy to succeed Edwin Denby who plans retirement March 10. Wisconsin Senator LaFollette withdraws from the North Dakota primary, saying his duties lie in the Senate. The Senate confirms Charles B. Warren as ambassador to Mexico and William Phillips as ambassador to Belgium. Treasury official Moss orders border customs lines closed at 9 pm nightly to curb smuggling along the southern California border at Tijuana and Mexicali.
In Idaho Falls the Rigby sugar factory was sold to Utah-Idaho Sugar Co at a sale conducted by A. V. Scott as receiver for Beet Growers' Sugar Co. Bidding opened at 650000, then 700000, and reached 800000 before final terms.
The U S Supreme Court sustained Idaho and South Dakota liquor laws banning possession of intoxicants obtained before national prohibition and upheld a ruling denying preferential payments to U S government deposits in failed banks. It dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal over an injunction against unionization efforts at Pacific Electric Railway and declined to hear interstate cattle damage claims in federal courts.
A large blast by the Western Pacific railroad engineering department will demolish a 1000 by 150 foot hill at Timpie Utah. About 150000 cubic yards of rock will be shattered for use in a twelve mile breakwater along the Great Salt Lake to protect railroad tracks from rising waters.
Dines, an oilman from Denver, left a Los Angeles hospital after being shot by Horace A. Greer, chauffeur for Mabel Norman. His attorney says he is recuperating at a hot springs resort near Riverside and must appear in justice court on March 19 when the Greer hearing resumes.
United States treasury figures show a dramatic drop in the national debt from the August 31 1971 peak to the opening of Nitainesy Saturday. The debt has fallen by more than 34.8 billion dollars, lowering the total to about 21 781 089 52 or near 21.8 billion as of the latest report.
A garbled regional clipping references Texans urging honesty amid a trial. It mentions Mullins and Moline with unclear roles and a Monday date. The fragment hints at legal or political pressure and a call for transparency.
A garbled OCR note mentions ARM MN dining and a pub instance with quotation marks. The readable fragment names Smee and a person exclaiming. No clear events or outcomes are extractable from the damaged text.
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