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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1923
Page
2
A bold raid on the First National Bank in Moab Utah yielded about 7.06 thousand dollars as three gunmen blasted the vault and escaped. A local resident was forced to kneel at the window while the robbers fled, later bound and roughed by the bandits.
Wondrous personal possessions of Sarah Bernhardt including costumed roles and famed stage pieces are slated for public sale for heirs. The set mounts a global bidding scene as her theater fortune is dispersed due to personal debt and heavy life on the stage.
At the Near East peace conference, France prepared to tell Turkish leader James Pasha that Turkish troop movements toward Syria amount to incitement to war. General Pelle was to convey Paris's warning that Angora elements may try to stir trouble near the border to sway the talks. France, with a Syria mandate, already patrols the border with Syrian forces.
Washington The Supreme Court on Monday struck down Attorney General Daugherty's ruling banning liquor on American ships worldwide but ruled foreign ships cannot bring liquor inside the United States three mile limit. The court held no eighteenth amendment bar to liquor on board American ships in foreign waters but did not apply to foreign ships entering U S territory. Foreign ships cannot bring liquor through sea ports, the court held.
Fire wrecked the Idawain county Nebraska courthouse at North Mutte early Monday. It was found the wife in the county treasurer’s office had been looted of 60000 dollars, including 1200 cash and the rest bonds and securities, per telephone advices received in Omaha.
The ship Alta, from San Pedro to Bellingham with a crew of 35 and one passenger, is abandoned off the coast after 69 days at sea. Captain’s wife Charles Sexon is among the reported aboard, with no contact since departure.
The national executive committee of the Socialist party announced Monday that it had adopted a resolution urging the resignation or impeachment of William Howard Taft, chief justice of the United States, because of his continued acceptance of a $10,000 annuity from the late Andrew Carnegie.
A garbled note indicates Daugherty has returned to Washington to resume his dual duties as Solicitor General and head of the Bureau of Investigation. The report mentions prior criticism of his winter performance and his reassignment under President Harding.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions various letters and names without clear events or entities. The text does not provide identifiable people organizations places dates or outcomes for a coherent summary.
A reader column from a Utah town sharing requests for song requests and poetry, with letters from Elizabeth Payette and others asking for song sources, authors, and meanings. The host answers queries on Pandora myth, Robin Adair, and hair styling, while inviting more letters and noting forthcoming songs.
A letter from Clear Lake, California requests the recipient’s name to save time in future queries. It riffs on romantic verse, promising a love poem and noting the sender’s desire to win the heart of a “Wild Irish Tons.” The fragmentary text blends lyric lines with a personal plea and a practical note about naming.
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