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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1904
Page
3
A historical note describes spur money charged by choir boys in English churches and anecdotes of its remnants. It then markets Dodds Kidney Pills with letters from users in Cairo and Denmark praising the remedy and requesting further shipments.
An old English church official served as the dog whipper, removing dogs from churches and appearing in vestry accounts with payments such as ten shillings to Widow Sandys for dog whipping. The dog tongs used were often spiked, delivering a cruel grip, and some remain preserved in old churches.
Excellent opportunity to arrange a reception at St Louis during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mr F H Worsley of Salt Lake City can meet parties at the St Louis depot and guide lodgings, with free information on rates, stopovers, and hotel charges. Utah parties, or groups of four or five, are invited to correspond for details.
A fragment from the Boston Herald quotes Joshua Larrabee recalling an elderly neighbor who prayed aloud due to liver trouble. He notes her sudden ailment and the awkward moment when she toppled her prayer stool, highlighting humor and hardship in aging.
Important to Mothers note urges careful wine usage of Castoria bottles and remedies for infants and children. The fragment hints at cautionary advice about products labeled Castoria and suitable use for infants and kids.
Dolores Johnson endures a stormy morning as she tends Brindle and feeds the household, while Dr Dinwiddie and Uncle Green discuss her father's condition. Dolores, seeking truth, learns she will soon see her sleeping father but remains guarded as Dora and her uncle enter the scene, hinting at family tensions and hidden loyalties.
A Donegal Irish and Scottish Kintyre Cowal practice known as the settling fixes a marriage date after the engagement is made public. Guests drink whisky at the bride’s home and name dates. An average of the named dates becomes the wedding date, with no protest from the couple.
Ollcake is described as the most valuable form of food for stock. The text states that three pounds of oll cake equal ten pounds of bay or five pounds of cata, highlighting a perceived higher value of ollcake compared to the other feeds.
English jurist Lord Chief Justice Hankford, weary of life, devised a brutal ruse to avoid suicide and its legal penalties. He used park keepers to shoot any trespasser at night, then stepped into their path and was killed. The scene remains marked by Hankford’s oak.
Mount Pleasant Utah May 23 a farmer Mr C E B Peterson reports finding a universal remedy for diseased kidneys Dodd's Kidney Pills introduced seven months ago He says the medicine cured his kidney trouble and he recommends it to sufferers He notes other convincing reports and claims the remedy also conquers rheumatism with no reported failures to cure perfectly and permanently
A fragment of a porcelain saucer from 1783, once presented to Martha Washington, survives in the Smithsonian Institution. The central monogram M. W. marks Martha Washington, with the edge inscribed by every state then in the Union.
Readers warned against mercurial catarrh remedies that can derange the system. The note cites untrustworthy products pushed by unverified physicians and warns of unsafe effects. The other item notes Scala Opera House in Milan where women do not wear hats.
A vintage note extols picnics with Libby's canned meats. It praises easy opening cans and palatable contents, asserting no picnic is complete without Libby's Natural Flavor products for sandwiches.
A Korean sage insists on horoscopic rites before marriage. He adds the bride and groom ages, finds the ruling destiny star, and proclaims the wedding date on the star's sacred day. The practice underscores deep belief in celestial guidance for unions.
The workers' union denounces the British government's low wages at government workshops shipyards arsenals and gun factories. Despite denunciations and resolutions, no apparent effect follows.
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