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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
1
The Journal calls on all candidates to gather votes and subscriptions ahead of next week’s big distribution. It urges entrants to show energy and crowd the hat with supporters, clip the nomination form, and visit the office open every evening until 9 for details.
First list of candidates is published but more hustlers are expected to join the Journal campaign for prizes including a Studebaker touring car valued at 2155.00 and cash awards. Nominations are requested, with daily office visits and calls encouraged to boost early votes, and entrants can earn 20 percent cash of every subscription they accrue.
Ex President Taft will arrive in Shoshone for a brief visit and be met by a Twin Pally delegation. He will travel to Twin Falls for a speech at the Lavering Theatre on the topic Capital Labor and the Soviet. The date and tran plans will be announced later. National Republican Convention nears in Illinois to nominate a candidate for President.
The Star Legion charity calls girls ages ten to fourteen to wear white and meet at Court Howe at 10 00 AM for Memorial Day events. Mothers wives and sisters are asked to wear a black armband four inches wide with a white star center and attendees with powers are urged to bring them for the graves of soldiers.
The Journal announces an automobile and prize campaign asking readers to join by entering themselves. It promises cash payment to all active contestants who do not win big prizes and lists candidates alphabetically, including Gordon Anderson Richfield and Stella Cook City among others.
Dietrich precinct notes report local movements including visits to Twin Falls and Olympia, shifts of residents to Fairfield and nearby farms, hospital stays, farm work and grazing changes, and road work adjustments. The community votes and Fourth of July plans are noted, with preparations for a celebration and fireworks budget.
Directors and county agents from Minidoka Jerome and Lincoln Counties met at McFall on May 2 to plan wool marketing for farm flocks. Wool to be weighed by C Gleason and loaded the same day. receiving dates are June 3 in Richfield and June 5 in Shoshone.
Nominated candidates are urged to boost subscriptions and renewals in the next two weeks to gain votes for the Journal election. Campaigners are reminded that votes accumulate quickly as the schedule peaks and that many subscribers pay up at the Journal office, not via candidate effort.
A Memorial Day program on Sunday May 30 honors veterans at Toltewiia Cemetery. It notes General Order Day activities with parade flags and a service at the church. Attendees urged to bring automobiles and see a flower decor at the graves. speaker plans and choir renderings described.
Farmers progress despite frost and ditch work as crops look well. Railroad promotions see F A Phoney named General Roadmaster and P Brennin taking Phoney’s post. Miss Zell Durfee dies at home in Paul Idaho. Mrs Maggie Gehrig and Mrs Frank Bayliss depart for Paul. News of hay market inquiries and local sales at 40 dollars per ton.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy after Mrs Fields father Lavare death. Coming to Baugh Theatre lists Tom Mix Days of Daring and other films from June 2 to July 3 with multiple showings and titles like The Confession Hellion Copper Head and Down on the Farm.
A note of school and health matters from Darrah highlights measles outbreaks, alfalfa damage, and subscription efforts for the Shoshone Journal. The article records a stalled cattle tuberculosis test due to a veterinary call and reports on a nurse training session discussing communicable diseases and patient isolation. The school faced attendance issues with contagious illness and a teacher received health department guidance. The nursing class met to review incubation periods and exclusion policies, with plans to reconvene on June 8 and decide on meeting costs.
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