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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
3
Notice for subscription term details and advance payment. Post office transit and mailing status indicate government service in Shoshone Idaho. Names Charles J. Lisle and Edward T. Barber tied to subscription or advertisement. Authorities reference second class mail matter and U.S. postal regulations.
Dorothy Sturgis a well known Shoshone resident married James H Otterson a local Cub prospect on Saturday night at the bride’s mother's home Mrs Sturgis Judge Puller officiated before a small group of guests The couple will honeymoon at Port and other coast points and plan to reside in Gooding.
A county commission meeting next week will consider improving the road to Jerome. The company cut sage brush on the main avenue north for several miles and graded a good road. It would be the main route out of town to the county seat and the railroad, serving many people as the population grows. It could be fixed up for a few hundred dollars.
A string of favorable Alberta land sales is reported as the Idaho Irrigation company prepares for a major draw on the Godding tract. With most land flooding easily accessible via the main railroad line, investors and homeseekers anticipate rapid value growth and strong profits for early buyers.
L Beckett visited Reise on business last night. Chas Everett of the Me M1 hotel, briefly ill with the grip, is back on duty. E Todd displays smoker's files attracting interest among users. Boone and W B Slick read from Salt Lake before last week’s trip. Boone to Iley branch and Slick to the Big Wood River dam camp. Jison T Smith of Twin Falls and Boise land registrar toured town en route from Pocatello with Heyburn aide in tow. Chemistry gains draw young men to pure food commissions. many druggists pursue extra chemistry courses hoping federal pure foods appointments. Public enthusiasm may raise competence in drug trade and food adulteration work.
The through freight train trudged for miles under the slow pace of the Hepburn law. A passenger asks why no freight can take a siding, while the conductor laments the law restricting passing.
Sunday visitors and weeklong moves fill Hagerman scenes with names like Croft Emery Barnum and LeMoyne. Doctors, surveys, and accidents dot the town as Hageman life blends illness, business and community events with mentions of Secor, Vader, Niles, and the forthcoming improvements to houses and streets.
A historic Jedburgh property linked to Queen Mary is up for auction. The house reputedly sheltered the queen during illness after a 50 mile ride to Hermitage Castle, with a tapestry woven by court ladies once adorning the wall and the bed now at Abbotsford House.
A fragile romance unfolds as Mabel loses a fortune in jewels on a train. The narrator assists her search, promises to report, and recalls the last tender moments before parting. A later note discusses white wallpaper and a lighthearted domestic anecdote about kissing etiquette.
Odd temperance meeting at a hall in an East End neighborhood stirs a lively debate over tea and wine. The tale follows a wary husband who teases apart elisions and a teapot scheme that tests his wife’s temperance stance while noting a miner’s wife’s leanings and a curious tea purchase. The narrative shifts to an unrelated report about shipping magnates and business ties, with a Cleveland source detailing a voyage and a company president.
T N Cook spends a few days in Pocatello. Miss E Jackson of Rupert visits friends in town. I H Lounsberry was in Pocatello on business last week. Miss Ida Larson of Acequia will teach this term at the local school.
A stranger questions the odd name Pullman Porter for cigarettes and the tobacconist explains they are silver tipped, sparking a brief exchange about branding and identity.
A caricatured survey of anecdotes about famous figures including Milton and John Adams. It notes Buckland and Mackenzie recalling disdain for boastful praise, the praise of wise men shaping fortune, and the idea that even America’s “father” faced ridicule, with voices recounting pride and eloquence in public life.
A garbled narrative describes a tense scene with a boy in a jacket and a woman asking a question to a dog while a group of people fade into fatigue. The text appears as partial dialogue and scattered actions, with distorted names and unclear setting.
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