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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1899
Page
1
Shoshone and Hagerman area items report alfalfa thriving in hot weather and ongoing mining along Snake River. Residents travel for work and pleasure, with orchards, schooling plans, social dances, and horse trading noted. Names include A G Madalena Briggs Eveleth Haines Johns Hopkins and others.
Vader sells his Land Springs ranch to Hiram Barnes and plans to move to his village residence by October. He will pursue sheep farming. Exhibits space at the Boise fair are filling up as management expects full occupancy. Toledo Weekly Blade touts its large, nationwide circulation and varied features for readers.
The Modern Mexican notes formal parlor layouts with uniform chairs and doors that open inward, glass-panel exterior doors, and shutters for street openings. It highlights the Mexican cook who manages daily provisions for a dollar a day, providing a full table for a family of three or four and often bargaining more effectively with market sellers.
Mr. Herbert D. Ward contributes to the Century 4 paper in a piece titled He roes of the Deep. He laments past daring myths and Vikings exploits and contemplates whether heroic deeds of the deep remain a living record.
The passage argues Vikings were not mere pirates and extols the fearless jack the fisherman as a noble navigator. It contrasts legendary seafaring valor with ordinary sailors who risk life for survival and profit, praising the fisherman's skill and significance from Portland to New Orleans.
A Springfeld Red Men display at Piasa Bluffs reenacts the old Piasa bird legend with a life sized monster of wind and talons. The crowd watches as the large creature battles the Indians in the air and a sacrificial tale unfolds ending with the bird slain by arrows. Also notes that British merchant sailors include 9 000 Scandinavians 5 000 Germans and 2 000 Russians.
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