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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
3
A Cincinnati authority claims corns and calluses lift out with Freezone applied in a few drops. The drug, sold at drug stores, dries instantly and harms surrounding skin, promising painless removal without infection. If unavailable locally, a pharmacist can order a bottle from a wholesaler. Our view on hypocrites notes admiration for mothers in law.
A frightened dentist in Mcinity endures nightly visits from a man who claims an aching tooth. The visitor jokes about needing relief and matching the dentist’s doorstep routine, while the tale turns on the odd claim of toothache ending when the visitor sits nearby. The piece ends with an abrupt promotional line for Mall Tarah Medicine.
A woman enters a store asking for slippers size 1 that squeak for her father. The clerk says none exist. She suggests making squeaky slippers so a frequent visitor will know when he is coming downstairs.
A brief domestic exchange centers on waste and chores with one party insisting everyone should mind their own business. The other retorts that household waste must be minimized, while joking about tossing tea leaves and egg shells.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a child’s moment going over a toy hill with Wes in mind and a nod from Ienore about his natural appearance. The unusual dialogue hints at memory, perception, and the voice of a caregiver.
Reported fierce German assaults on British lines near Ypres Moninrol and Botyton wood fail to break French and British defenses. Italians still advance. Austro Hungarian center counterattacks repulsed. Russians push German forces back in Riga area with explosives dropping on camps. British seize Bagdad position after Turks surrender Remadie stronghold.
A fragmented item collection examines social ideas on marriage and gender roles, satire of work and wages, and references to scientific phrasing. It includes quips about wage equity between husbands and wives, a remark on social respectability, and brief mentions of mechanization and invention within British contexts.
Washington D C September 30 1917 federal fuel administrator H A Garfield announces three steps to regulate coal Retail dealers margin limited to about 30 percent above 1915 level and not exceeding July margin The plan sets anthracite pea coal price at Pennsylvania seven dollars per ton and outlines new western field classifications with prices from one to four and a half dollars per ton
Washington. The new naval wireless station at Pearl Harbor Hawaii the most powerful in the world opened September 29 with a new world record for long distance transmission Messages between Secretary Daniels and the naval commander at Pearl Harbor were sent between Hawaii and Sayville long Island about 5000 miles in thirty three minutes.
Washington reports bitter public sentiment against Senator Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin crystallizing into five petitions calling for his expulsion from the Senate. Petitions hail from Minnesota Public Safety, Washington, New York, and La Follette’s home state, Obregon in San Francisco. General Alvaro Obregon visits San Francisco en route to Washington for pleasure and arm treatment. Rev. Lyn George J. Kelly faces a second trial after a hung jury in the Villiseaux murders case.
A Rome report says the Chigi family plans to repurchase and restore the Villa Farnesina near St. Peter’s after selling it to the Australian government. Prince Ludovic Chigi, now marshal of the Holy See, aims to reacquire the 1900 11 palace built by Agostino Chigi, famed for Raphael frescoes. The project follows an auction clearing out Naples king’s furniture. The move is seen as remarkable given Rome’s saying that once a home is left, it is lost.
Two hundred twenty alleged draft resisters and conspirators were indicted by the grand jury which adjourned Saturday night at McAlester. The report corrects earlier figures stating 120 indicted. General Gorko expelled from Russia via Archangel due to a letter to the Tsar.
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