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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1904
Page
4
The piece notes strong Republican performance in Tuesday elections, with Carl Jackson and the party gaining momentum in Idaho. It comments that Democratic candidates face tough odds in 1904, though a few precincts showed Democratic majorities. It also mentions appreciation for the county courthouse and local governance.
Rotten campaign methods drew attention in Lincoln county on Tuesday as editors urged both parties to vie in conducting a cleaner and more businesslike campaign.
Citizens seeking coal information are directed to the basement of the county courthouse then to the clerk's office to discuss the republican landslide by the fireplace.
Lincoln county is praised for giving the county commissioner hopeful from the first district a handshake over a Hansen majority. Morrison issues a proclamation to observe Thursday, November 24 as a day of thanksgiving. The piece notes disapproval of foul politics and calls for ethical campaigning in Lincoln County.
Enthusiastic Monday evening welcome for Frank R. Gooding suggests political winds in Shoshone. Tuesday night’s vote tally indicates a decisive result, signaling broad public support or momentum for the candidate.
The Idaho populace declare it no disgrace to be a sheep man. Hon. Jos. Darrah has ridden those much talked about sheep into office, signaling strong support for farmers and livestock interests in state leadership.
An American missionary arriving from Korea tells of language difficulties in Corean as words shift meaning with inflection. He describes two incidents in London: a preaching failure who warns of punishment met with bemused disbelief, and a lecture whose moral on a butterfly falters when the audience realizes the spider catches a donkey, a Corean synonym for butterfly.
A Boston piano tuner was sent to a suburb to tune a piano and found it in good condition. Days later the owner, a musically minded lady, claimed it was not properly in tune. After reprimand, the tuner revisited the piano and again found no fault, while the owner asserted it goes out of tune when played, and soon begins to sing.
A poetic prose piece from the Youth's Companion extols civic virtue and industrial might. It contrasts corrupt nobility with a city formed by labor and honesty, praising justice, virtue, and national strength as the true market and beacon.
A judge and prisoner clash in Breslau as the judge sentences three days for unbecoming behavior. The prisoner taunts the judge and the jury acquits after the exchange in the courtroom.
The note asserts Russia acquired new territory, noting implications for regional borders and state relations. It frames the change as a significant geopolitical shift affecting local and national power dynamics.
Buflover reports a simple act easing years of sleeplessness. By grabbing the back of the head and holding a brass bed post, he claims to drift to sleep within minutes and wake at dawn. He says repeated use consistently yields relief after two decades of trials.
A Vienna pamphlet recounts a dream of the Russian czar about three cows fat lean and blind. Metropolitan Palladius declines to interpret. Father John of Kronstadt offers the reply that the blind cow stands for the czar himself in a humorous fable about Witte and the Russian people.
A fragment urges immediate kindness to the needy and warns against delaying praise of the dead or helping a broken life. It emphasizes extending a hand to the downtrodden and not denying the poor at the favored door, reflecting a moral plea for timely mercy.
A long proposed railway to connect Ceylon with the Indian mainland via a route over a coral reef and the island of Ramestwaram nears completion. A railway commission in India urges a broad gauge line. Geological records indicate Ceylon and India were once joined by an isthmus breached by a 1480 cyclone.
The Duke of Wellington spotted a plucky commissariat sergeant in India who later became Sir Colin Campbell. The man, described as small and round, rushed a hill fort ladder, dodged a pike thrust, and after a tumble rose again to lead the assault, earning a commission from the amused duke.
A parishioner asks a clergyman about a boy's likeness, then reveals the boy is dead. The clergyman, pleased by the photo, realizes the question refers to the photographer rather than the boy. The exchange ends with the cleric blushing at the misunderstanding.
The article notes that language diversity varies by country with Bible society agents selling scriptures in fifty three languages in the Russian empire, twenty eight in Burwah, and thirty in South Malayala, highlighting extensive linguistic reach and regional differences in scripture distribution.
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