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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
5
Journal Special notes Perrine appointed postmaster. Entries from Milner and Shoshone recounts of travelers, contractors, and local business activity. Mentions of snow, dam completion, canal work, and Emerson quotation.
A ferryman at Salon Falls works on a new ferry best as a needed improvement. The 400 will hold a leap year party at Kanaka school house on the night of the 1th. The Smart Set will host one the same night at Will Syster's. An effort seeks to move the Austin post office from its current location down river five miles amid opposition and limited signed petitions.
G W Bellamy of Burlington Iowa recalls a near disaster when his body failed him on a locomotive. He credits Electra Jitters with restoring health, strength, and vigor after a bottle eased pain and fever. W H Baugh guarantees satisfaction at 50 cents.
A quirky discussion on the clam and its many roles in food and industry. It notes clams are eaten by humans and animals, used in stews and pies, canned for sale, and valued as bait. The piece muses on wisdom from a saying about clams and reflects on their economic and culinary reach.
Ancient lore claims a monstrous river serpent halted Roman forces at the Bagrados during war with Carthage. It reportedly swallowed seventy soldiers before being felled by a volley of one hundred stones from many catapults at once. Its skull and 120 foot dried skin were preserved in a temple per Pliny.
The English pheasant claims its pedigree from the Japanese pheasant. About fifty years ago a few live pheasants were imported from Japan and crossed with the native stock, producing a new, beautiful race that naturalists say became the English bird.
The family of Mrs M L Bobitt of Bargerton witnessed her death from consumption despite skilled physicians and remedies. In a terrible hour King’s New Discovery for Consumption brought relief and ultimately cured her. It is promoted as a sure remedy for lung troubles with guaranteed bottles at 50 cents and $1.00, trial bottles free at W. He Baugh's Prog Store in Tenn.
An account describes a Moroccan Arab tea party with sherrab de minat wine, a small pewter teapot, copper tray, and painted glasses. The sun burns down, musicians are summoned, women with green tabs and silver ornaments, and men in bright colors join. The tareegea glind and tabr produce strange yet fascinating music.
A minister used a comic parable during a church collection about a brother who forgot to lock his fowl house. He claimed the man, who supposedly lives in a distant house, does not exist and serves as a cautionary tale about finances and trust in the collection.
Yawning arises from a temporary breathing deficiency in the lungs during fatigue or mental strain. When respiratory activity stalls, natural reflexes trigger a deep mouth and chest muscle spasm, producing a pronounced inhalation called a yawn.
A 12th century grotesque lionlike knocker on Durham Cathedral’s sanctuary door is described with hollow eye openings that may have held crystal or enamel. Some speculate the eyes lit from within to aid night sanctuary seekers. Chambers' Journal notes.
An editor comments on Southern speech, noting that a northerner would say I said goodbye while a southerner retains Told him goodbye. The exchange highlights regional language differences cited by the New York Press.
In the Usheinston Star, Semater Sorghum questions the idea of fame by joking about tearing loafers from a scroll of fame and trying to cash them at a bunk. The exchange highlights fame’s elusive value and satire on social status.
A terse note from Puck mocks a public figure’s reticence, hinting at silence from Mr. Gotros in a juristic or public matter. The line plays on evasive commentary and the journalist’s skepticism about forthcoming statements.
Wonderful nerve pain relief for accidental cuts wounds bruises burns and sore feet. Bucklen's Arview Salve will kill the pain and cure the trouble. Also touted as best for piles. W H Baugh, Druggist.
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