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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
3
A Ohio congregation rebuilt a church without insurance after two lightning fires. Wealthy member Mr Sipes funded both structures and predicted rebuilding. He later sunk a shaft on the site and found iron ore, selling the property for many times the land value. He proclaimed the Lord a better business manager.
A quarrelsome man muses on learning the minutiae of daily living. He proposes a school teaching how to button coats correctly and brush hats, noting common errors affect garment shape and appearance. He also shares paste care tips to revive stiff glue, urging focus on practical know how over pretension.
A Pennsylvania farm woman drew all family water from a nearly 30 foot well for 15 years and hauled it in a bucket. Winter hauls were nearly impossible and summer carries required hours of prior planning. The drumbeat of labor echoes in mentions of ironbound and moss-covered buckets as she fulfilled essential chores.
University of Maryland Law School veteran John P. Poe recalls a bygone era when aspiring lawyers read law in a mentor’s office and faced a simple examiner’s challenge. He contrasts that with today’s multi year law school route and formal bar exams.
A father tells his little daughter she cannot buy gum due to money tightness. Later he seeks consolation in a drink, giving the barkeeper a dollar while the till shows 65 cents. The account reflects thrift and hardship in a small family.
A 19th or early 20th century section quotes Exchange advocating against morbid thoughts in women. It urges cheerful companionship, laughter, exercise, work, and avoiding fixation on self to expel discontent and regain happiness and health.
The popular novelist Rider Haggard rapidly completes works, as shown by She written in six weeks after research. He stays months in the setting to gather material then writes chapters in sequence, letting the plot unfold organically.
A physician warned that telephone ordering breeds sickness and headaches as women stay indoors. He urged stepping out for morning walks to revive spirits, noting lively passersby and busy shoppers bring inspiration.
The Hartford audience heard an amusing tale by Henry C. Robinson about meeting Charles Dickens in Hartford. Robinson recalls pressing to glimpse the great author through a hotel parlor window and Dickens allegedly telling him to go away.
Prince Haseba voices concern over Japan prioritizing profit as a dangerous passion. He compares maternal instinct to a force that can render people uncaring toward others. A Spokane anecdote recalls a mother misdirecting blame for a crying infant to a misleading cure.
The passage recalls brutal contests where physical skill endurance and prowess earned respect. Victors mocked defeated foes and displayed wins with taunts about dissecting eyes, describing ear biting and nose injuries as common, while “eye-string” taunts signified ultimate advantage in Simon Kenton’s era.
A German professor lectures on a patient with delirium tremens in the asylum. He notes the disease stems from alcohol dependence and asks what instrument is blown. The answer cited is the violoncello as a joke about thirst and music.
An account from Youths Companion describes a colonial troop encounter near Orakan where a young Maori man sacrificed his life. He deflected fire to cover two old men fleeing into the forest, his gun empty and unshot, ensuring their escape while he died.
Col John N Taylor, longtime McKinley friend, visited the White House with his granddaughter Pauline. The child opened the president's watch, saying her papa keeps her mamma in it. McKinley replied I carry my wife's picture in my heart, brightening Mrs McKinley.
The Persian gulf date market to America shifts to six Maskat firms increasing competition and prices. Caravans ship dates from interior regions, with contracts for future delivery and cash advances. Labor is done by women, wage rises from scarce hands, and next season may import Jaber from India or Batbehisten for August to January turbine season.
The Landen Globe reports Prince Ernest of Saxe Meiningen, son of the reigning duke, described as a painter of fine talent, is engaged on large canvases for Jens University. The subject is the Prince Elector Jobs the Magnanimious, founder of the university, with the painting destined to cover an entire wall in the new university building.
The fragment presents a dialogue where an ardent lover praises modest beauty and the contained response from a modest girl. Although garbled, the lines reveal a courtly exchange on attraction and restraint, with archaic spellings echoing historical diction.
Cleveland Pluto Dealer warns that tact is crucial for sales staff. A store once shamed a plain man by praising an imagined college image, while another salesman offended a frail customer by mentioning health, nearly ruining a sale. The piece underlines need for better customer sensitivity.
A Curio in nature notes that large green caterpillars display their heart along the entire length of the body from tail to head beneath thin skin. Similar back heart placements occur in earthworms and many crawling creatures, while crustaceans like lobsters and crabs hold hearts just under the shell in the small of the back.
The Reader argues for appointing a salaried social secretary to manage the domestic side of factory life. This contact between firm and workers ensures fair pay, guards against low productivity, and adjusts salaries by capacity. The role is not a spy but ensures fair play for both sides from the employees’ viewpoint.
A Concordia clergyman touring Egypt writes home that nine pyramids and 23 geres fail to yield crops on the land, yet the journey remains impressive. He notes crowds surrounding him for money and attempts to enter the temple as locals rush forward, making the visit chaotic and costly. He mentions fear and confusion as a boat of Herbuins approaches, with no clear view of the scene.
A college girl defends wearing simple style sandals in warm weather as a daily airing for her feet. She argues barefoot comfort at home and private spaces, insisting on a natural spread of toes without hosiery and bows to tired feet relief.
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