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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
3
A fragmented scene recalls rifle noise at maneuvers and a blushing girl stepping into a young man’s path in a Conservatory. Dialogue touches on jealousy over a rich bachelor and a college professor’s claim about hypnotizing men, with hints of social intrigues and witty rebuttals.
A vintage ad promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills for female troubles with three testimonial cases from Harrisburg Albert Lea and Pittsburgh. It invites women to write for confidential advice. Also includes a brief comic dialogue and a note on a new pine oil disinfectant by government health service.
Druggists Frank Jenkins of Pilgrim and N E McCune of Bridgeport Texas praise Kilmer Swamp Root for back pain gall stones bladder inflammation and rheumatism citing long service and satisfied customers. They urge sending ten cents for a sample and a booklet on kidneys and bladder with the regular bottles sold in drug stores.
The Boston National League club likely has the largest payroll in baseball. President Percy T. Haughton leads the ownership group, manager George T. Stallings signs a five year deal at $18,000 annually, Johnny Evers earns $10,000 plus bonuses, and Konetchy receives about $9,000. The total payroll nears $150,000 for the season, around $12,500 every two weeks during the six month championship run.
National League umpire Byron, famed for speed with words, faced a fan after a Dodgers versus Cardinals game. The fan argued a Daubert call in the second inning, and Byron quipped that he makes about 500,000 decisions in 54 games and one miss does not define him.
Report from the local base ball scene suggests Frank Isbell former White Sox player now head of Des Moines in the Western league is being considered for the Western league presidency. Rumor says several league club owners already favor him due to his long baseball experience and popularity.
A collage of baseball chatter praises Bob Groom and the Dodgers, hints at Leo Witter, and jokes about Frank Gilhooley, Honus Wagner, and Hans Wagner. It mentions McGraw, the Giants, Miller Huggins with the Cardinals, and general umpire and management remarks from New York papers.
A Milwaukee Sentinel note argues that Washington, one of the oldest baseball towns, deserves a pennant after years of loyalty and support, but pennants must be earned on the field.
Jeff Tesreau recounts his early pitching against the Browns in Fredericksburg Missouri in 1907 when an amateur team defeated them 26 to 6. He recalls Joe Yeager identifying him later in the International League and explains the Browns used sign stealing through an exposed catcher.
Walter Johnson is refining a spitball per catcher Eddie Ainsmith. American League batters fear the moist delivery could spread if Johnson gains command, warning of a troubled season for hitters unless control improves.
A fragmentary dialogue portrays a young astronomer hesitating to conform and wishing to be linked with a star. The dresser child suggests Saturn as the preferred association. The exchange hints at curiosity about names and cosmic objects, with a note of a purchase following the conversation.
Tender skinned babies with rashes find soothing relief from Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad promotes free samples by mail with a postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston and notes the product sold widely, appealing to parents seeking gentle cleansing and healing for irritated skin.
A fragmentary exchange shows a young lawyer questioning a more senior one about attaching life preserver life gear. The discussion centers on water protection and the intent to attach electric lights to life preservers for eight units.
A wife explains her husband’s distraction at a restaurant as caused by an attractive widow at a nearby table. The exchange reveals the temptation and the couple’s tension amid a social setting.
A damaged page shows an official notice ordering peasants to remove something from a scarecrow field. The text references prisoners of war exchange with scarecrows and mentions a wartime context tied to the area. Details are fragmentary but indicate a government directive and wartime exchanges.
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