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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1921
Page
6
A writer from Successful Farming shares experience growing strawberries from two plants. He describes starting in a coffee pot, transplanting later, and watching the patch expand to 25 plants. Berry yield rose, with large baskets of fruit and strong customer demand. Emphasizes careful planting, early grounding, proper care, and labeling fruit with origin to boost sales.
A general view favors planting peach pears plums and cherries on land with north or northeast exposure. The idea is that fruit bud will not start early in spring and dodge late frost after weather turns warmer. The writing notes risk of early awakening and frost damage affects yield.
Cultivation of blackberries not widespread for fruit beyond America. The text notes this cultivation of a “henry bean” about sixty years ago, reflecting early agricultural practices and regional emphasis on blackberry growing rather than commercial fruit production.
A dramatic scene unfolds in a village as Easter preparations mix with a wartime message. Tom Graben faces his son’s fate and a letter from the front, while Hiram and Linae grapple with the looming Easter service and the community’s quiet fear. The paper’s tone pensione and hints at reunions, memory, and faith amid wartime tension.
In a fairy tale tone a Harbor Seal mother speaks to her son Harry about family life. She urges gentleness and courage, explains harbor living, schooling by natural talent, and the need to guard against hunters. She expresses deep maternal love and hope for a safe life, imagining summer jobs as ice delivery.
A fragmented dialogue shows Uncle George scolding Willie for making noise while his father sleeps. Willie retorts with a cryptic jab about a dog named Wille. The exchange hints at family tension and a humorous miscommunication.
The National Council of the Boy Scouts of Philadelphia plans a Golden Book recording 19 World War I fallen scouts and six living heroes who earned bronze or silver medals for lifesaving. Notable names include Lex Newman Fred Lange William J. Cassels Thomas Murray Walter Frick Albert Grow. An investiture ceremony accompanied the book dedication with bugle blasts and archway exits.
A.C. Wessel writes that scouts are “livers of the out of doors” and urges planting and conserving trees. The piece emphasizes trees provide fruit, fuel, shelter, and a perpetual resource, linking forestry to patriotic duty and outdoor service.
An article reports a novel salvage technique using a hypodermic insertion of compressed air to buoyantly lift sunken wrecks. In vessels loaded with grain and malt the air is retained to shift cargo without quality loss, enabling recovery of wrecks from great depths.
A vintage advertisement promotes S S S as a blood enriching remedy. It claims the herb compound cleanses poisons and builds nourishing blood supply. The ad invites readers to obtain S S S from a druggist and write for free expert medical advice to a Chief Medical Advisor in Atlanta Georgia.
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