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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
2
A light verse sketch features Miss Quick and Mr Masy Meally as they fret about age and fashion. A playful dialogue promises a novel costume and a dress worn only for special occasions, imagining a nationwide desire to imitate. The humor centers on self confident invention and social prep for appearance.
A barroom exchange unfolds around a so called Free Library Cocktail. Deanne explains the drink costs nothing to obtain yet is ordered to maintain dignity, while a man questions the notion and mutters about the money hidden in his garments.
A garbled dialogue references painting the town red and brushes. The speaker and listener exchange misunderstandings about a brush and color, with unclear sequence and attribution.
A damaged OCR fragment shows unclear conversation about a trunk content and a plan to move on. The readable parts include phrases like I wana brewirg wigun and Shad my woul, indicating uncertain, informal speech without a clear event, names, or places.
Mayor Preston recalls a story linking Gen. Fitzhugh Lee with Maryland Virginia boundary disputes over oyster rights and hospitality, while Gov. Lee replies that no line separates Maryland. Dietrich bail club schedules first tryout, listing players and staff amid garbled text about tonic sales and digestion aids.
Dietrich residents report visitors and business at the Dietrich hotel as they discuss land deals irrigation prospects and local farming. J. H. Quillin of Everett visits with J. M. Chappell to inspect tracts, while farmers plan crops and threshing, mule team work, and shipment of supplies.
A humorous anecdote about a traveler asking the captain to show the equator then a camel appears through a telescope. The second fragment recalls a somber funeral sermon with emotional delivery and a line about a frostily transformed flower.
Oregon Short Line offers reduced fares at various times in summer to Portland Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles and other coast points. Consult any Oregon Short Line agent or write J E Burley General Passenger Agent Salt Lake City Utah.
Lucien Rand leaves Lafferton to pursue a legal career in the city after answering an advertisement. He works at the Navarre hotel, assisting Mrs Wyndham, and earns trust by handling meals, housekeeping, and chores while studying law. Judge Trent visits, congratulates him, and offers partnership and Betty’s hand, prompting Lucien to choose Betty over a partnership with Wyndham.
In a vivid exchange, Giles and Miles discuss letters from money and one. A bystander notes a tallow who stole from two letters and received twelve months in jail.
A reader recalls an excerpt from the Detroit Free Press about contesting a will left to a nephew. After legal costs, the claimant took home $2,600 amid the efforts to break the will and secure a larger share.
In a witty exchange, Carte and Tierce argue about what men and women do in their households. He jokes about forgetting women’s faults while she counters by listing men’s shortcomings, reflecting a lighthearted domestic banter in the Hoston Transcript.
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