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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
4
A Friday publication from Melvin & Son, The Shoshone Journal discusses advertising ethics and consumer trust. It argues that quality goods backed by merchant faith prove satisfactory, contrasting skeptical public reception with modern advertising practices.
Fragmentary historical prose notes discuss Japan facing wartime strains and mortgage debt in agriculture. It mentions government guarantees, peacetime prosperity illusions, distressed farming areas, and widespread farm mortgage burdens despite years of income. It references broader effects on industry and taxation and cites a quote about military strategy.
A lengthy commentary discusses how to test newspaper integrity and avoid political bias, imagining a board of capable journalists overseeing standards while warning against partisanship. It contrasts professional diligence with everyday editorial habits and hints at the evolving role of journalism in public life.
Wanted stock and breeding stock including fore and two year olds, calves and alts, brood sows and young pigs at the re Stock Ranch six miles northeast of Shoshone. Write Robi. ae manager PO Box 157. ie
Maurice Gostello is featured in the Star tonight and tomorrow night. Apply at the Shoshone Steam Laundry for laundry help.
A fragment describes salad pyramids made from rounds of potato beef and cucumber topped with grated horseradish and dressed with salad dressing. It shifts to a lyric line about a girl and a limousine then a parliamentary letter debating the deceased wife’s sister act and whether a man must marry his sister-in-law if his wife dies.
Mayor Gaynor of New York recalled encountering a man who styled himself Judge Green. When asked if he was a United States judge or a circuit court judge, the man replied he was “Judge of horses” and neither federal nor circuit court judge.
A youthful autograph enthusiast wrote to a world renowned magnate seeking an autograph sentiment and included a two cent stamp for a reply. The response arrived on a postcard reading a penny saved is a penny earned with the signature.
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