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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
3
Abe and Harry ride to Springdale and visit Kelso’s, where Annabel’s illness and Ann Rutledge’s sorrow unfold. Abraham Lincoln’s character grows through quiet scenes of farm life, courtship, and moral reflection as the town mourns.
The narrative follows young Abe Lincoln in New Islem as grief and isolation threaten his grip on sanity. Bowlin Green, known as Uncle Bowlin, helps Lincoln by sharing meals, stories, and steady companionship, while Lincoln contemplates life, work, and duty.
Maitland Missouri resident D Ward King describes a split log drag to maintain roads. He outlines constructing two halves of a split log ten to twelve inches thick seven to nine feet long, mounting them 30 inches apart with stakes and a driver hand hitch, plus reinforcing with a steel arc or wagon tire to level a front ditch slab.
In a San Francisco Argonaut item a preacher jokes with Brer Thomas after a sermon. Asked how old he is, Thomas replies sixty-four if he lives to see another day. The preacher notes the age as sixty years, quipping that all years are counted as lost if one cannot see clearly.
Tests in Cleveland Ohio show a five ton truck achieving 11.78 mpg on concrete and 1.173 mpg on earth road. Across seven road types the concrete path yields the best fuel efficiency, while earth and gravel roads waste fuel and wear. If 900 miles go on medium to poor roads, fuel costs rise 40 to 50 dollars annually.
The Bureau of Crop Estimates shows Illinois tops crop haulage with about 5 355 000 tons, one tenth of the U S total. Iowa follows with 500 000 tons and Kansas a bit more than half of Illinois. Nebraska Indiana Ohio and Texas trail with 4 050 000 tons in the leading states. Road conditions cause large cost differences in hauling this tonnage.
The fragment notes a last toll road in New Jersey with a cost of 70000 dollars. It mentions construction begun in 180 but is incomplete and unclear. The readable bits show a historical toll road topic with monetary and construction dating hints.
Inspectors in Pennsylvania weighed 4 078 motor trucks across various sections last year and found 1 156 over weight. The data highlights ongoing enforcement and the scope of overweight trucking issues in the state.
At 5 West Temple Street in Salt Lake City, a local publisher promotes leaf binders and quality service. The item references a moler barber college and a business offering positions and information, highlighting a focus on community needs and advertised courses.
Secretary of the Interim Fall and other dignitaries including 2 phen Mathen and E Q McCormics of Southern Pacific were expected to arrive in Medford on an inspection trip to Crawl Lake. The Medford chamber of commerce plans a banquet. Dennis Russell murder case moves toward Roseburg and Portland with Sheriff Starmer in attendance. Eastbound freight rates on California oil machinery to Wyoming reduced by about 50 cents per 10 pounds, announced by G W Loew to boost Wyoming trade. The Muse of Dancing is described as Terpsichore, patroness of dance in Syriele poetry.
A garbled dialogue fragment discusses male admiration for women's attributes and the logic of marriage. The speaker references submission, competition, and social expectations, but the text is incomplete and difficult to interpret clearly.
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