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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1904
Page
2
Fabian Crocker reports Idaho state news with items from Montpelier to Pocatello. Voters in Lewiston total 210 ballots. county and local events range from train accidents to railway plans, land sales, fairs and fruit exhibits, church organization, and a state engineer resignation.
Reports from Shanghai indicate a general assault on Port Arthur began October 16. Japanese infantry stormed trenches on Bungstiy and Riblung mountains at 4 pm, while Japanese marines shelled Russian areas and heavy fighting continued along the front with fierce hand to hand clashes leaving only a small number of Japanese casualties.
The siege of Larashe a fortified seaport town of 4 000 residents is reported as Sahel Kabyles attack. The Vowxiche Zeitung Berlin’s oldest newspaper marked its 200th anniversary on the 29th. Corinth Kentucky a 250 resident town suffered a near total fire destroying twenty one buildings. An Omaha packing house ordered 3 000 000 pounds of mess beef for Orient shipment. Frederick Schorn 78 and daughter Cecelia 20 found dead from gas in Chicago. John Freehouse fell to his death in the Afterthought mine at Redding California.
Reported Japanese occupation along the Sindiapu promontory and hills near Kouttatze, with strong fortifications and minefields. A cascade of other items: Alton, Ohio inmate executed. Latimer bank vice-president suicide. a deadly wedding fire in St Petersburg. Altman acquittal in Georgia train murder. a $3.82 million submarine defense funding estimate. vast fires near Windgap and Blue Ridge. Meade and Dodge City earthquakes. Kansas Supreme Court orders white schooling for Cartwright’s children. Roosevelt ousts Philadelphia clerk Bunn. Azziri shot in Siberia. Vilna riots denied. Russian loan of $270 million. Danes wary of mines. Italian politics and Panama official resignation. Mrs. Surratt’s daughter dies.
A World War II style report notes the 86 Cavalry leader killed and others killed by Japanese forces. Russians retreat after fierce fighting as Japanese troops use shell holes for footholds and storm a steep hill. Japanese machine guns repulse Russian counterattacks while a large bombardment looms.
The report notes that Russian observers tracked a Japanese eastward movement on the plain via telescopes. Dust suggested a heavy force, while the northern hill slopes held by General Zaroubaleff’s corps resembled cave dwellers’ homes. Caves line the slopes, warm and comfortable for soldiers at night. Oganoffski has for a Sexten been ving on the cleft of a rock.
Deep Valley Pennsylvanian item notes rising interest in taste, scent, and refined dining as civic and health impacts. It contrasts gustatory culture with stigma against female appetites, while praising trained palate and cautioning against uniform diets. A separate Cincinnati-style ad extols Dodd's Kidney Pills curing rheumatism by aiding kidney function.
A woman with nervous trouble reports benefits from a dry sea salt rub. She soaks a coarse cloth in a strong sea salt solution, dries it, then after her morning bath wipes and rubs her skin until glowing. She finds it more invigorating than a regular saltwater bath.
A fragment from a Yonkers Statesman piece features a comical pullet reacting as a commissary chief of an invading army seizes a chicken. The pullet laments the loss of family members and agrees with Gen. Sherman’s views on war.
A damaged OCR fragment appears to reference grocery items and a note about costs or payments. The readable text hints at a message about merchants and markets with unclear specifics.
There are five notable religious heads worldwide: the pope of the Latin church, the orthodox pope of the Greek church, the patriarch of Constantinople, the pope of Tibet with 600,000,000 subjects, and the schismatic pope of the Mohammedan world governing from Morocco.
The Martinsville News notes editors in Roanoke and a compositor ill forcing light coverage. Races in Roanoke attract bets as staff plans rushes for tomorrow. Also mentions Piso's Cure as cough remedy and traces early American carriage origins circa 1814 in Albany.
Farm laborers in Ireland demand three meals two pints of porter and 84 cents per day and have gone on strike in the midland counties to enforce the terms. The action reflects widespread discontent with wages and living conditions among rural workers.
A restaurant cook arrested for stealing provisions concealed on his person. The items included three apples a shoulder of mutton a pound of butter a pound of sausages half a pound of jam and a package of cocoa found in his clothing.
Excellent chance for travelers to prepare for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis Missouri opened by President Roosevelt on April 30, 1904. F H Worsley of Salt Lake City invites inquiries for prearranged meetings at the depot, lodging reservations, and free information on passenger rates stop overs ticket limits and hotel rates. Utah parties and small groups are urged to contact Worsley for travel with teachers and other parties.
A piece worth seventy five cents can be transformed into iron bars valued at 5 dollars or into horseshoes worth 10 dollars. Using the ore to make table knives yields 180 dollars, needles fetch 6800 dollars, and fancy buttons around 30000 dollars. Watch springs double the button value, and hair springs reach 400000 dollars.
A knowledge note from Company San Knowledge Conk discusses how the term fine varies in coffee contexts. A Sabiliing and Tact outline how roasters, baristas, and customers interpret quality differently across origins and preparation methods.
The emergency ration, stored in a two compartment tin cylinder, is carried in every British soldier's haversack. It should only be used in dire need, with one compartment containing four ounces of cocoa paste and the other four ounces of concentrated beef. When eaten in small quantities it sustains strength for long periods.
European inspectors take snapshots of men on public work. The photos prove more eloquent than reports, including a scene with thirty men on a road paying job. The images capture daily labor, revealing conditions and practices often unseen by officials.
An old testimonial claims Allen's Foot-Base cured burning itching feet. A Smyrna anecdote follows of British sailors spending lavishly during a day ashore, with one man ending the spree with $2.50 after hiring ten boatmen.
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