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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
8
A mixed column reports memorial planning progress, court updates, and community notes from Shoshone. It covers visits by state officials, medical cases, excursions, railway ads, and local happenings including births, illnesses, and social events with multiple named residents and businesses.
Homeseekers rates and travel details mix with church notices and county affairs. Hailey and Shoshone residents discuss land office changes, school district appeals, and irrigation projects as local scenes shift with weather, trials, and fishing reports.
Property owner prohibits any hunting trespass or entry on two miles of land along the Little Wool River near Shoshone. The notice references a family property and warns against intrusion or damage to the forty acre parcel held by the Whetler family.
For sale a tract described as fine land near Carey and two million from Gooding claimed. The notice names De Wy Sullivan and Kaukinina Wisennain in Wisconsin as parties or signatories.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions items including eggs and a price point of 1.00 and names Frank E Girpise and Shushone Tabu. The readable content is fragmented and lacks a coherent narrative or event.
Travel agency advertises a summer excursion to the Pacific Coast running daily from June 1 to September 15. Agents provide details on itineraries rates and booking.
The City Schools of Shoshone will close Friday May 22 as an eleventh grade is added for next year, delaying graduation and commencement exercises this year. Examinations have shown the year’s work progressive and satisfactory, with praise for the school board and community for planned expansion to include twelfth grade next year. The board members listed include B. inger as president and J. L. Puller as clerk.
Knights of Pythias Delon Lodge No 28 held memorial services at the Baptist church Sunday evening with Rev T M Patterson delivering the sermon. The Knights marched to the cemetery Sunday afternoon to decorate graves and commemorated fallen comrades. The service featured two special songs and a baritone solo by Bert Bowler, and reflected on brotherly love as shown by David and Jonathan and Damon and Pythias.
The text notes that knowledge of Spanish offers little advantage in Brazil, where people take pride in Portuguese customs and language and may view foreigners who ignore the distinction between Brazilian and Spanish speaking nations unfavorably.
A garbled OCR produced an array of classified items including sale ads for a Necome loom and various goods, rental offers in Shoshone, and numerous public notices and proclamations. The text references J W Roberson Gooding Idaho, Sam White and White Leghorn Roosters, rent notices for a four room house, and a long batch of publication notices tied to Shoshone and state offices, with dates around 1908 and multiple names including Williams and Reynolds.
A historical notice confirms Snosnowe appointed to the roles of Deputy Mineral Surveyor County Surveyor and Irrigation Engineer, detailing the official capacities and jurisdiction within the county.
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