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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1899
Page
5
SHOSHONE JOURNAL lists Wood River Branch combined freight and passenger departures at 7 30 and arrivals at 7 00 p m. Oregon Short Line WesTwanp fast mail arrives 7 15 p m Eastward Wo 2 fast mail arrives 10 45 p m.
Local visitors fill Shoshone streets with names such as W L Gwin Albert Dudley and J B Johnson. Stores like Sam Holt's and Geo D Saviers & Co advertise dry goods oysters millinery and groceries while shipments arrive from Chicago Omaha and Montana. Community updates cover stage lines residents moving additions to homes and preparations for winter with remarks on millinery fresh butter and fruit and a bevy of town notices and anecdotes.
Benjamin Charles Bray was bound over by United States Commissioner J S Waters after Sheriff Jones captured him in Nampa for the Bliss post office robbery on October 16 188? Tests showed Bray identified by P M Elisa storekeeper J L Fuller. Deputy Sheriff Murray and F G Bliss pursued other suspect toward King Hill while Bray’s capture hinged on a check.
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