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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
7
An article cites claims from Durand and Blackstone women praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menopause symptoms. It warns middle aged women to heed warning signs and notes a fire hazard demonstration with oil soaked rags showing spontaneous combustion risk.
An advertisement touts fragrant super creamy emollients for skin scalp and hands, claiming freshness clarity and economy with a free mail sample from Cuticura Boston. The piece includes a cut from a baseball dialogue criticizing an umpire and railing at a pacifist spectator.
This season, star players across major leagues are more prone to injuries as clubs retrench after wartime contracts. Players signed long deals, now hustle hard to prove value, leading to faster games and more players sidelined. Notable injuries include Athletics Yankees Indians Giants Cubs and others with broken bones and fingers.
A Los Angeles correspondent notes Polly McLarry collects bats and has ordered many more after joining the Angels. He uses a different bat each inning and often cannot switch clubs at the plate. Harry Wolter, by contrast, grabs the nearest bat and still hits well, regardless of pitcher or base situation.
Diamond S Notes surveys current baseball: Ray Caldwell’s improved form, the Central League’s strong finances, Barnes’ speed rivaling Alexander and Walter Johnson, Joe Judge’s injury risk, Ray Schalk’s superiority among catchers, Luther Conk benched by Oakland, Ed Pfeffer in Robins’ plans, Del Howard eyeing Oakland with Orvie Overall, Walker and Gelding in Boston, Exrdie Murphy and Nemo Seibold trades, Rube Marquard’s pennant impact for Brooklyn, John McGraw’s harsh tactics, Herzog deal significance, and a hope that rough play eases with hot weather.
Alan Sullivan argues in Harper's Magazine that the fourth generation faces a fraught future as the third’s noble virtues fade. He contends inherited responsibilities slip away while the new aristocracy arises from materialism, ending with a prediction of a redesigned, finer “nyvle.”
A fragment describes a provincial charity concert push with merchants, committee efforts, and bold talk about advertising. A coal merchant, a promoter, and a boy discuss funding, a Home Fires Burning slogan, and free publicity as plans unfold amid lively banter.
Quotations define a statesman as one who is in politics but immune to money, while a politician is someone who has money because he is in politics. The witty exchange contrasts public virtue with financial entanglements in political life.
A young woman in a local shop was observed examining various skirt patterns while a clerk offered options. The dialogue shows the clerk nudging for a sale with a cautious, awkward tone, and the customer replying with a brief, uneasy response.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a distinction involving a viewer and a Hew alias. The garbled lines suggest a character exiting with someone again and a perception of cleverness. Context and key names are unclear due to damaged text.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Ma Gap Tahasen of Jumpus Ridge and Morpus, with wife cooking breakfast and alarm to rise. It also includes a partial quote about admiring a child developing early while cautioning not to overreact. Source text is unclear and largely unintelligible.
A quoted exchange weighs the value of classics education. Fox supports elite literary study as beneficial for civility, claiming it helps people argue without escalating conflict. He praises Trojan Dartles as a practical asset for thoughtful discourse.
Two men converse in rough dialect about a watch that stopped a month ago. One claims to hear twelve whistles signaling the time, while the other refuses to reveal details, leading to a terse exchange on timekeeping and trust.
A garbled, fragmentary police-style report recounts a lighter moment of a crime duo. One says lights failed at a department store and jokes about a supposed haul as the other laughs. The text is incomplete and lacks clear names, places, or outcomes.
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