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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1917
Page
3
The Journal publishes a Roll of Honor listing Sho shone boys serving in multiple military branches. It asks readers to report errors and offers free copies to honored members whose correct addresses are provided. A Red Cross nurse Miss Sarah Purdum is noted as in charge of a fifty bed tent hospital somewhere in France.
Wilmot Lewis argues that Japan seeks American friendship to escape cruel isolation and gain support at the world council. He traces Japan’s wartime shifts, open-door policy tensions, and the need to prove good faith in Far Eastern policy to win US trust and friendship.
A report claims several diay montis were sold in Amsterdam London and New York, likely looted from Belgium and France. The London Horological Journal notes cuts showing former jewelry pieces and notes much is from German-occupied provinces. Some items may represent sacrifices from France and Belgium, with others traced to Russia Romania and eastern Europe.
The United States imported 61,497 ounces of platinum in 1915 valued at 2,330,476 dollars while 1910 imports were 53,484 ounces valued at 3,183 dollars. The figures come from a United States Geological Survey report cited by Engineering and Mining Journal. Platinum in New York averaged 40,683 dollars per ounce in 1915, with monthly prices ranging from 2.56 to 101.25 dollars.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip notes a family joke about sisters not traveling together due to wardrobe limits. They instead take vacations individually and share outfits, turning travel into a clever wardrobe pooling routine.
A ferocious looking Turk prisoner is seen weeping bitterly after being captured by a man described as wearing a wrist watch. The incident is reported in a terse field note style.
Idaho last week began an educational campaign for food conservation the first western state to join Hoover's nationwide drive. Articles note Liberty loan responses in St Anthony and Boise draft many volunteers and growers, with onion and tomato shipments, coal pricing actions, and farm labor, plus a fatal shooting at Priest River and medical concerns in Caldwell.
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