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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1922
Page
4
The Shoshone Journal, published weekly in Shoshone Idaho, reports community notices and editorials. It notes subscription pricing, postal handling changes, and candid opinions on local matters including a county nurse issue and public conduct.
The federal farm loan bonds totaling 75 million dollars are reported to be rapidly absorbed and oversubscribed, with investors attracted by tax exemptions and yields around 4.30 percent. The piece argues such tax relief should be extended to all states and the national government to ensure equitable taxation on income from these securities.
The fragment shows a county vote tally on a nurse issue. It lists support for Nurse at twenty and against Nurse at five with percentages and notes unclear through OCR errors. The piece ends amid a beadwork themed table reference.
Local residents report visits and travel across towns including Dietrith Hupert Pocatello Rupert and Rupert weekend gatherings. Families and guests, including Mr and Mrs Cash and children, Mrs Hite and her mother from Washington, shared shopping trips and visits with relatives, while theatre plans and weekly routines filled the local scene.
The newspaper reports a week of heavy advertising jams hindering page layout and editorial work. Couriers note country correspondence and many sews a matter delayed due to the flood of ads.
At the Baugh the coming week offers strong cinema with nightly features. Friday shows The Greatest Truth from Paramount, Saturday brings Tom Mix in Chasing the Moon, followed by Wife Against Wife and Borderland across midweek. Gertrude Atherton's Dont Neglect Your Wife is teased for the next attraction.
Shoshone High School faced Gooding Friday October 20 in a 24 to 0 defeat as home team players were sidelined by injuries. The story also notes a geometry class disruption and a teacher quiz about metrical romance followed by a brief update on Asian Trugell and McFall mach with four freshmen highlighted.
A fragmentary verse of debate over a local irrigation scheme urges farmers to support the project. Arguments claim water rights are secure, crops will be profitable, and land prices could rise with farm cooperation and strong local backing. Enthusiasm centers on boosting the pro ject and attracting buyers to the region.
The few printed campaign cards feature Thomas Pay, a Democratic candidate for state senator, passed around in ornate gold lettering. The text notes their quality as fine work and the unusual shapes of the cards, indicating a limited, early printing amid the campaign.
Classified fragment shows rental offer for a cottage near Jiu with 900m2 area and 720 acres ranch for cultivation, plus room to divide into two units. Inquire Drake Ballard Co Minneapolis for specifics. Also ads for Poland China pigs and a local news item by F. J. Mathis Dietrich.
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