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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1903
Page
4
A fragmented notice from Shoshone urges community focus on town cleanliness and sidewalk repairs. It notes Governor Morrison’s warm reception in Washington and Carrie Nation’s contrasted reception, while stressing prompt paving before winter and avoiding a negative town image abroad.
A healthful growth trend continues in Shoshone as over twenty five new buildings rise, with better materials and finishes marking progress. Public offices improve, a new courthouse is under construction, and plans for electric lights and water works promise even greater expansion. Sidewalk enforcement aims to finish streetscapes, while rents rise yet remain reasonable and living costs stay comparable to other towns.
A non commissioned officer in Frankfort Germany received a one year sentence for mishandling recruits and testing the patience of the German recruit. The adjutant general reports regular army totals 55500 with 3081 officers while state militias total 116552. Philippines garrison stands at 14687. A New York paper notes the democracy may win next year if the right candidate platform and votes align.
Local Overflow notes Dr W H Baugh returning from Omaha and Harry Kimball visiting Boise for business. It mentions Pearson's Magazine December with a portrait of Congressman Burton L French and a career sketch. Also a tale of Secretary Shaw near a treasury office and a staged robbery scare. A railroad official reports on animal death incidents and a widow’s milking cow. A York dinner scene recalls a rich man’s memory of table tricks and his wife’s jewels.
A couple debates accepting the Pinktons dinner invitation. They fear social tension if they attend, and worry about what others would think if they decline. The dilemma centers on appearances and relationships within the group.
A Frisco System migration bureau notice offers a November December land tour to Greer County Oklahoma and other Southwest lands. It promises rich fertile farms at one quarter to one tenth the East and North land cost. Apply to R S Levon Secretary Frisco System Immigration Bureau St Louis MO 4806 for full details and rates.
A perplexing exchange about what E R and Edward Rex stand for prompts reflections on royal titles Victoria Regina and Edward VII. The Duke of Argyll recounts Winston Churchill’s early talkativeness and a Harrow cricket field anecdote about silencing a gossiping boy with a run.
A dated November 24 1908 document shows Tuos H Goovixa M Beavoxns and Fugo W Gooorno listed as directors. Notary public B Novixaxa attests the statement with financial figures 2.68 5 201.20 12.50 112400.70.
Notice for publication from the Department of the Interior Hailey Land Office details a homestead claim by James E McKay application No 1645 for the NE block section 4 township 1 south range 18. It lists witnesses Fred Conklin Nolen Dudley Edward Sherman Myron Durtes all of Hagerman Idaho and others to prove residence and cultivation before N J Suan Register.
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