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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1913
Page
5
James R. Bothwell reports that the Bliss townsite dispute favors Morris Roberts. The lower court judgment is affirmed, placing Morris Roberts in possession and use of about $16,000 worth of Bliss property including hotel, store, and dwelling. The decision concludes a long series of sales and transfers in the case.
Idaho reports abundant crops and growing prosperity while drought and poor harvests in the Midwest push displaced farmers westward. The note hopes arrivals will boost Idaho’s economy, calling readers to Prosperity’s Roof. An ad line promotes Easem foot relief and a painting service via Shoshone post office.
Local notes include sales of Dietrich potatoes and furniture, a cameo pin lost at First National Bank, and cheap cooking apples offered by Mrs Mary Styan Riverside Orchard. Shoshone visitors include D J Gladdard from near Dietrich and several Gooding residents, with train No 3 wreck delays and a sheriff delivering a gallon at a station. Mrs S J Richmond and Hazel Green return from California, health improved. Henry F Hornbeck and Frank Hornbeck of King Hill visit Shoshone for business. Frank owns a well improved ranch near the King HUM project.
Residents and visitors reported in Sho shone includes Paul Kurtzke from Jerome in town with Emmett Young and Joh Conrad, Mrs Gilbert J White heading to Denver, Mrs Charles Waikera visiting relatives, D Sidney Smith back from Chicago, and many others from Rupert Halley Kuna Gooding and Dietrich tied to local events. Officials and clergy attend meetings in Boise Denver and Gooding as defined.
Sheriff department efforts allegedly frightened black hand operatives, prompting their departure from Shoshone. Officials believe the undesirables were only temporary residents and their presence was flagged when suspected. A prominent Shoshone businessman reportedly received a black hand letter demanding a large sum or death, two to three weeks earlier.
Reports claim a peaceful valley faces threatened warfare amid revolutionary talk and social friction over all female gatherings. Prominent Dietrich residents attended a Halloween event at Ballinger residence with decorations mocking absent husbands, prompting renewed calls for diplomacy to avert conflict.
Ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid five minute remedy for indigestion sour stomach gas and heartburn. Claims it regains regulation of upset stomachs and makes meals enjoyable with a safe science based formula sold in fifty cent cases at drug stores.
Local notes detail visits and events including Charles Amos from Isa, Dr Prommer of Halley in town, and various social gatherings. It mentions political ask at Margo Store, a piano contest ad, and multiple homestead, church, and club activities with names such as Elizabeth White, Rev Tennings, Mrs. Landsborough, Mrs. Victor Jubager, and Floyd J. Stuart. News covers travel, sales ads, farm listings, and community meetings with charitable and educational notes among residents.
Emily Huntington Miller, aged 80, died Sunday in St Paul Minnesota. The Los Angeles author of Hane up the Baby's Stocklas and other poems founded The Little Corporal, first children’s serial magazine in America, later merged with St Nicholas. She also contributed to leading magazines and served ten years as dean of women at Northwestern University.
Denmark uses 21 rural electrical cooperatives supplying farms and villages with light and power. Shares are issued per electric light and per horse power in motors, with central rates set and cooperative plants earning over per cent on invested capital. The Morse Store contest offers a piano priced at $225, a grade typical of $300 to $100 elsewhere.
An old ad promotes Newlsa Nyalsen feet care with sprinkles for morning use to ease swollen tender feet. It urges readers to send the Journal to friends in the East and highlights the store as a source for foot comfort products.
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