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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
5
The diary item cites pleasant weather and a series of social visits in Gooding and nearby towns. It notes illnesses, such as Mrs. Geo A Thompson, and a sudden illness of Walter Gooding requiring Dr Kleinman. Several visits by Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. Emmons, and others are recorded along with a note on school closure for Lila Gooding due to illness.
Grandpa Byrnes and daughter Dora were Shoshone visitors Wednesday. Frank Roggles set a new fishing record by catching 104 fish in 19 minutes on Sunday. H. Davis visited Burns ranch early in the week en route to Blue Lakes. Pat Byrnes traveled to Murphy's ranch with beef cattle for Mr. Carter. Martin Shugart visited Murphy's ranch Monday and returned Tuesday with a hog load for Byrnes Brothers.
A New York Times reprint recalls General Howard hosting juvenile patriotic clubs. A veteran dinner party ends with a boy remarking he has twelve years of practice eating and has owned a man only six months, prompting a lesson on patriotism.
A historical advertisement touts Boschw's German Syrup as the universal remedy for consumption and long troubles since 1868. It argues ordinary cough cures fail for severe coughs, bronchitis, and croup, especially with night coughing, and notes a new 25 cent size and regular 75 cent bottle sold by Thos. M. Starrh.
Ranchers along the Big Wood river plan to seek a court decree to settle water rights. Plaintiffs include Frost Mullens Reservoir Fred Blies and others with 150 defendants likely. A water master would regulate usage after adjudication, aiding lower river landowners during low water periods.
The British Committee of Public Accounts exposed a wasteful episode. A war department store at Gibraltar built for naval ammunition cost £42,000 and was charged to navy gates. Damp conditions doomed ammunition, so it was repurposed as a cold meat storehouse for both services at a total of £89,000. The army and navy shared the same space, but the army paid £23,400.
The widow of a rich German estate owner, now married to a lesser count, sought separation after discovering her husband wore a wig and was bald. She sued after a three week marriage, winning on grounds that she would not have wed the count had she known of the bald head.
A famed physician, aligned with Col Ingersoll, operated after ether on a man who awoke dazed asking where he was. The doctor quipped that he was in heaven, prompting the patient to retort that if that was heaven, he wants to know what he is doing there.
A famed century old oak stands at Cheapside and Wood Street between the Bank of England and St. Pauls. Protected by property deeds, its branches forced odd architectural planning to avoid destruction. It sits on a busy street corner, the only city tree outside parks.
Public notice from the United States Land Office Hailey Idaho under the Timber Land Act of June 3 1878 details a sworn statement by Mary J Johnson of Hagerman Idaho for purchase of lots 4 and 12 in section 12 township 7 north range west and a proof period before U S Commissioner Joseph W Waldron at Shoshone Idaho on November 2 1908. It lists witnesses and notes sale of timber lands for timber value.
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