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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
4
Fragmentary text mentions a county seat and towns, a line or route, and a fund with a $2.00 advance payment. Names and places are garbled, with possible references to Thunder Mountain and Pen Yean. No clear event or outcome identified.
A local office notes three inquiries for rentals this week as all houses are spoken for or overpriced. The writer argues more rentable homes would lure country families to move into town so their children could attend the town's schools.
The State Land Board issues rulings affecting entrymen with wives on the tract. Proving up requires the wife on land, or a physician certified absence allows residence without her but completion requires her return. Starting October 6, those notified water is ready must reside, cultivate, and improve. married men must have their family on land. A physician’s certificate may excuse sickness, and leave of absence may be granted for good cause. For final proof missed on a fixed date, publication must be repeated.
We express heartfelt thanks to those who assisted during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Signed HH. A. Kesasros axp vantny.
Ida M. Kenaston of Shoshone died September 29 after a long marriage to IT. A. Kenaston. She left five children and several siblings. her parents died in Oakland in 1904. Also: Rogers and Chas. Austin convicted of coal theft, fined and jailed. others fined for receiving stolen coal. Community notes include a new church meeting at the Baptist church with program details and local officers listed.
The piece notes a Bohemian wedding rite where the bride crosses a silver bridge and the groom greets her, symbolizing wealth. It then shifts to a dated Mohawk and Hadeon railroad stock inventory from January 1, 163%, listing locomotives and railcars with capacities, followed by fragmented chatter on “Well Off by Comparison” and a Topeka State Journal closing line.
Wm Ousley of Hagerman Md Hogan L Ry detective in town today. Mrs W T Riley of Hailey Monday visit Boise. W J Tensdale in town Monday returning to Hailey from Boise. Temperance meeting at Baptist church next Tuesday at 7 30 pm all invited. Waiter 5 Carrico and Maud C Mason wed Tuesday afternoon by Justice Vredenburgh. Sam L Stites heads to Pocatello for lineman job. F 1 Diffendorfer and family return to Shoshone. Town proud as first in region. not beat Twin Falls. Ladies of Catholic church serve chicken dinner next Sunday 4 to 8 pm at Mrs P H Donovans. Adults 50 cents, children 25 cents. Mr and Mrs John W Saviers attended National Encampment in Denver and visited Colorado Springs and Twin Falls.
A superstition in Pennsylvania Dutch communities involves a powwow doctor, typically a woman, stripping a weak infant and measuring it with a string to determine undergrowth. The ritual, performed three times with certain words, is believed to promote recovery, and many children have been cited as proof of its efficacy. The accompanying verse laments the Wheel’s call and reflects folk sentiment of the region.
A garbled text fragment recounts a wartime moment with scattered phrases about a held coin toss and a reply. It mentions a unit, a decision, and an unclear sequence of actions. Names and places are unreadable, leaving only tenuous context.
A crowd in Sligo watched nearly 160 rats traverse a high wire from the town hall to a floor mill over 200 yards away. The rats walked on a balance pole as the alleged professional walker guided them, with all creatures maintaining balance without a misstep.
In a long standing tie on the Lom bardy Institute list, scientists remain in contention for a special prize offered by Commenc for the discovery of hydro phobia polvoa.
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