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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1899
Page
8
The item mixes rail advertising for the Union Pacific with public notices from Judge O. Brockalager calling for Water Masters in Idaho districts. It also includes a quip about retirement habits, a farmer named Chris Rasmussen receiving new furniture, and a note about dining and sleeping car options on the Union Pacific line.
The Journal promotes its wide reach with a circulation over 490 copies across Lincoln and Blaine counties, positioning itself as a strong advertising medium for readers and local businesses. The copy emphasizes broad distribution and audience presence.
The document outlines advertising charges including display ads one dollar per inch per month, locals one cent per line for the first insertion and six cents per line for each subsequent insertion, card of thanks priced per item, resolutions seventy cents per inch, and estrays two dollars each. Notices or entertainments with no price may be free, with regular dogal rates applied if admission is charged.
Passengers bound for Chicago and the east are advised to use the Short Line of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway via Omaha and Council Bluffs. Trains arrive in Chicago in time to connect with through eastern services. For timetables and maps, contact L. L. Downing, Commercial Agent, Salt Lake City Utah.
The great line links Rio Grande Western Rock Island Burlington Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific for eastbound travel. Direct access to Denver Colorado Springs Cripple Creek Leadville Aspen and Glenwood Springs. Free reclining chair cars and Pullman palace cars offered. Write for Rocky Mountain Scenery book from W F Bailey Denver and W H Donnell Salt Lake City.
New timetable reduces Chicago trip to under eight days with routes from Butte Boise Hailey Pocatello and Oregon Short Line connections via Ogden. Morning and night services offer fast connections to Denver and Chicago with Pullman sleeping and reclining cars. Contact agent F A Wanpteren for rates and details in Salt Lake City.
A recent schedule change for the Overland Limited on the Union Pacific and Northwestern line begins in Shoshone at 10 40 p m daily and reaches Omaha at 4 45 p m second day Chicago at 7 45 a m third day Boston 2 10 p m and Grand Central New York 10 35 a m fourth day With only one car change to New York and Boston it claims an unparalleled time record and refined equipment For details contact H M Cray Gen Agt Salt Lake City
An old health notice describes stomach inflammation with ropy mucus and poor digestion. It promotes the vegetable remedy Budyan as curative, available from druggists for 50 cents per package, urging readers to study a chart mapping symptoms to Budyan use.
An advertisement touts Hudyan as a cure for bilious headaches, red watery eyes, coated tongue with bad breath and taste, stomach pain from indigestion, and liver enlargement. It claims Hudyan cleanses and normalizes symptoms, urging readers to buy MEDYAN and consult HUDYAN doctors for guidance and treatment.
A line from a county proclamation extols vast acres of land suitable for multiple hay crops. It highlights the potential yield from the three cropping cycles per season, urging farmers to prepare fields, select seed, and optimize forage production for the coming year.
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