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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
5
Hagerman notes list Fred Bliss visiting on the 29th, Bert Butler from Camas Prairie last Friday, Mrs. Henry Smalley from Kanaka, and other residents visiting or departing. Reports mention Mrs. Suhin Condit seriously ill, Joe Costin planning travel to Oregon and possibly Alaska, and local social events including a Rebekah dance and a primary election.
The Washington Times reports a missionary on Apemana island performed a mass wedding in 1882 uniting thirty one couples at once. The event followed haste due to an approaching storm and a waiting missionary ship. All participants were converts, with ten years passed and none divorced.
Santiago F. Taylor from La Brecha Sinaloa reports a Mexican cure for rattlesnake bites using equal parts sulfur and beef suet made into an ointment. The mixture is applied thickly and heated to melt the tallow and sulfur, with hot stones or heated crockery used to apply heat. Local Maya Indians and Mexicans claim it is a sure cure when applied promptly.
During army maneuvers in England two officers argued over a tree type. A private inspected the trunk with a bayonet, bark, splinter, and careful digging, then declared the tree neither birch nor ash. It is simply an ordinary wooden ’un.
A plant in Chill and a similar one in Japan known as the flower of the air appears to have no root and is not fixed to the earth. It winds around dry trees or rocks, with each shoot bearing two or three white flowers, odoriferous. It can be transported 600 or 700 miles and vegetates while suspended on a twig.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as the greatest liver medicine, claiming it cures dyspepsia and digestion issues, improves vitality, and ensures a steady supply of good spirits. The pitch targets adults seeking relief from liver ailments and low energy, noting size options and price.
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