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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
7
A humorous dialogue about engagement plans failing over practical details. The couple believed they could live on love in a cottage but realize each plans to supply nothing but love, while a digression humorously questions a counter and arithmetic. The piece closes with a quip on a man being broke and lacking a home.
About 150 to 200 women are to drive military motor cars behind the French front. After long push by Club Feminin Automobile, hundreds of license holders in Paris have signed to enlist for three months and obey military rules. They will first replace water and ambulance drivers in foreign sanitary sections, then possibly men in other automobile units.
A colonial era exchange notes that before motion pictures people spent leisure time admiring neighbors and discussing private affairs. The speaker suggests people then knew more about others than those fueling gossip now in photoplay houses.
A witty exchange contrasts leading a man to drink with driving him to a sitar. Miss Sharpe and Young Sharper discuss influence, control, and the quirks of relationships in a playful dialogue.
A brief comic exchange shows a lieutenant testing a squad in clairvoyant power. He asks how many men are in a trench digging party. the reply claims thirty men and one officer. The lieutenant notes the officer by his distance, and the joke hinges on the idea of the officer not working at all.
Advertising copy promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap for facial skin care. It claims rapid cleansing of pores when used together with hot water and repeated bathing, offering a free sample by mail with a book. Address requests to Cullerin Dept. Boston. Sold nationwide.
A plebeian girl who rose to fame as a London actress pleads for help from her uncle a county sergeant due to rent woes. She asks for a letter to permit her move in but an upstairs confrontation reveals the uncle intends a strict domestic fate. The landlady recalls a policeman’s arrival with a shocking reveal and a demand she become useful by feeding the pig and cleaning the office.
Canadian major quotes Captain Harry Light on a new trench letter style. Soldiers now write with quiet humor and stark realism, sensing the situation and avoiding burdening those at home. A peer notes many can only muster weekly letters, fearing outsiders cannot grasp the hardships of pacifists and political grumblers.
In a recent runaway accident last week Mukai, one of Nampa's Japanese gardeners, sustained serious injuries. The report notes early apples being gathered, with Jonathan apples due in two to three weeks, and a wave of agricultural activity across the region including potato shipments and crop prospects. Also mentioned are legal actions, a federal grand jury true bills, and notable local incidents and deaths across Idaho.
Russian forces claim repelling German assaults in Champagne Verdun and near Riga while Italians advance on Monte San Gabriele. French report German Crown Prince attacks near Verdun and Loivre repulsed. British raiders bombed German positions near Cherisy. Berlin notes focal British success near Ypres.
San Jose Costa Rica reports diplomatic relations with Germany are severed after government actions on September 17. President Tinoco says German residents tied to ex-president Gonzalez followers conspired against the government. Prominent Germans Kumpel Altselm and Orlich arrested. all Germans at Costa Rican ports ordered interned.
Buenos Ayres reports that Dr Luis B Molina the Argentine minister in Berlin cabled the foreign office that Germany regrets the action of Count von Luxburg the German minister to Argentina Baron von Dem Busselle Haddeshausen told Molina that Germany disapproves entirely of expressions used by Luxburg in his dispatches
Washington report outlines volunteer strength of the Army and Navy as of 1881 totaling 1 074 100 men. The document, prepared at the request of the committee on public information, emphasizes that all are volunteers and highlights the broad national reach of military force. Advertising blitz by the Food Administration will replace city bulletin boards with illuminated posters reading Food will win the war and do not waste it.
William F. Stonehead a Republican politician well known nationally died in Baltimore on September 16 after a short illness. He served as Republican leader for many years and was a sergeant-at-arms of the Republican national convention. He held several important posts in United States service.
Washington Larry A Gurffeld an avant coal administrator announced on September 18 that the organization of sale agencies by mine owners and of the guise of robbing concerns would not be permitted.
Clues point to ten army officers involved in a wartime department inquiry at Dike University of Utah. A request reportedly gathers details on the officers as part of an internal review, with findings expected to be compiled and released.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a painless corn treatment. Apply the drug to tender corns for instant relief as the corn lifts from the skin with no irritation. A small bottle costs little and is available at drug stores.
A fragmentary scene describes Bernard at a flauner pear tea where guests hold children. A little girl asks to play with Bernard's toy, prompting his cautious reply that he must be a gentleman and perhaps a tad shy.
When a roller shade won t stay at a point insert a small wooden wedge like a match or toothpick between the unrolled curtain and the roller. This emergency device may insure the label if the issue recurs at the same point.
In Ridgway Penn a woman reports seven months of backache and side pain ending after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and returning to household work. In Tennille Ga a second woman credits the remedy with restoring health after years of fatigue and ulceration, enabling her to manage seven in the family and garden duties. A confidential note from Lynn Mass invites letters for special advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
A garbled OCR sample shows disjointed phrases and misspelled lines. It includes a gas bill joke, stray dialogue about bills, and brief fragments touching on practice, singing, digestion, and convalescent remarks, all jumbled without clear context.
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