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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
6
The Journal publishes a Roll of Honor listing Sho shone boys serving in various military branches. The paper aims to keep the list complete and asks readers to point out errors or omissions. A free copy of the Journal will be mailed to each member whose correct address is provided.
An officer touring towns asked a Heath couple if they possessed weapons of war. The husband, Sandy, paused with his wife and replied with a coarse quip about not revealing such items, reflecting old customs of local weapons checks.
A puzzled office boy swaps two six cent nut chocolate bars for two twelve cent sugar coated peanut bars, claiming a twelve cent bar would suffice. The older man mutters, but the boy insists one twelve cent bar equals two six cent bars, revealing a humorous misunderstanding in a Wantingon Star passage.
In Chapter XII the group digs into an attic floor to free the missing Tootles after Lucile fears the dog is trapped. Monty uses a improvised lever to pry boards while Lucile and crew urge perseverance, hoping the dog will respond to whistling and reveal her location.
A fragment records a tense scene with Lucile performing gymnastics and a supervisor debating her stamina. Jim earnestly offers help while noting Lucile’s exhausted appearance. A faint hiss from her puckered lips follows, misread as a summons to bed in the confusing moment.
A damaged room reveals a perilous fall as Lucile and companions search for Tootles' missing companion. Captain Perkins and Jim the dog imitate a dog to comfort Lucile, while Kent and Bopp observe and discuss detective work. The telephone call ends with gentle reassurance and a question about a possible moonlit figure.
An advertisement extols Freezone as a painless inexpensive cure for hard corns soft corns and corns between the toes with a tiny bottle sold by druggists. It claims instant ache relief allowing the corn to be lifted out with the Ongers and credits a Cincinnati genius for the discovery.
A Philadelphia resident describes thirty years of nervous prostration and backache. She credits Pikhan’s Vegetable Compound and Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring health. Letter endorses their use and invites others to write for guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
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