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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1902
Page
6
A physician and Sister Carolina of St Andrew's Hospital endorse St Jacobs Oil as an effective external remedy for sprains bruises rheumatic pains and similar ailments. The physician notes its usefulness after years of experience and recommends household use.
Convicts in Capetown appeal to King Edward for clemency on coronation eve. A jumble of archaic, garbled phrases follows, mentioning perfumes, wines, and a damaged note about a man with thirteen wires. The passage ends with Nevada voting history showing a steady, high vote count across years 1878 to 1900.
Fragmented OCR describes nervous women imagining ghostly shapes and seeking relief. It touts Dr Pierce’s Prescription as tranquilizing nerves and curing debility, female complaints, and related ailments. The text references nervous breakdowns and mentions “Goblin Medical Discovery” in a sensational tone.
A fragmentary narrative recalls Peter Sunderland the last man to leave Fort Amanda during the Battle of Bunker Hill. He fought with makeshift weapons, rescued wounded comrades, and, after a brutal multi-gun duel, escaped to safety with a wounded man, woman, and child, later settling near Payton, Ohio.
Col Thomas G Lasler Rockfort ll recounts Gen Turchin's widow Mrs Turchin whose Senate pension of 80 dollars monthly was noted. She faced real want in Radom while GAR members aided her. Her husband McClellan once civil engineer for Illinois Central. she aided wounded, directed artillery, and helped protect federals amid bushwhackers.
An Army and Navy Journal anecdote describes a Bronx campaign unit where a colonel disciplines a faulting lieutenant colonel in front of officers and soldiers. After the display, the junior major confronts the colonel’s actions with a pointed quip about being sat upon. The tale illustrates leadership dynamics and accountability in a military setting.
Suynman, head of the Boer delegation in this country, recalls a wartime moment of fear during a South African war reunion. He says he was never scared except before the first fight when the volley went off, then recovered, noticing fellow veterans also turned white and ice-like in the moment.
The chief of ordnance proposes enlarging the Springfield Armory to 400 rifles daily and expanding the Frankfurt arsenal to supply 150000 rounds of small arms ammunition daily. General Crozier pushes all ordnance work, reports progress on new army rifles, and satisfactory field gun tests at Sandy Hook.
The final surviving pen sioner of the War of 1812, Hiram Cronk, passed away after a quiet life near Dunn Brook about fifteen miles north of Rome, NY, spending his last years at his daughter’s residence.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt traces responses to Sir Walter Besant and Fenimore Cooper. It notes Besant's February autobiography release arousing strong reader interest, while Cooper’s 1831 letter reveals European and American reception contrasts. Also mentioned is a “House Made of Buttons” architectural novelty featuring button ornamentation in France.
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