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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1905
Page
3
A hunter recalls shooting two crocodiles near a camp in India. He describes approaching an asleep crocodile, firing into its mouth and neck, and later killing another near the water. The pursuit continues as wounded reptiles retreat and are dispatched with multiple shots.
In South Bend Indiana on September 2, J O Landeman reports kidney disease for three years. After six doctors failed, two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his kidneys and improved general health. He endorses the remedy and notes others using it with good results. He claims Dodd's Kidney Pills can cure kidney trouble from backache to Bright's Disease, stating they are the only remedy that ever cured Bright's Disease.
Promotion in the Russian army moves slowly with sixteen to seventeen years required for a captain to reach lieutenant colonel and fourteen years for a lieutenant colonel to become a colonel.
The text ponders if good tea advances good things or suppresses bad things and lists the five tallest structures with misaligned locations and heights. It mentions the Eiffel Tower in Paris at 984 feet, the Washington Monument, a city building in Philadelphia, and the Strasbourg Cathedral at 466 feet.
A reflective note extols tea as the daintiest drink while contrasting pleasure and practical benefit. The piece cites a candid remark about holidays, saying many derive value from time off even if they do not enjoy holidays themselves. It links tea and rest to relief after long work or travel.
A surgeon has invented a loud whistle designed to help wounded soldiers attract attention with minimal breath. The device targets easing distress by enabling quick signal in battle or field conditions among Dutch and allied troops.
The dean of Canterbury cites a belief that Scottish practical wisdom stems from the Book of Proverbs hammered into children during the Reformation. He argues this explains distinctive Scots shrewdness and common sense felt in governance and daily life.
The Chinese government protested to Washington and Tokyo over two points in the Portsmouth peace treaty. It argues nine months suffices for Manchuria evacuation rather than twelve and opposes an armed guard for railroad lines in Manchuria potentially totaling 10,000 troops, calling the guard size a menace.
St Petersburg reports the armistice and demarcation line along the Siberian coast agreed by Japan and Russia on September 18. The line spans from Cape Rodionstedt to near Kamchatka and Commander Islands, with the Tartary Strait neutralized. Discussions on Korea armistice details continue as Korniloff bay hosts admirals Shimuamera and Jessen.
The congress of zemstvo and municipal representatives from interior Russia and Polish Lithuanian provinces convened in Moscow at Prince Tcherbatol home with Count Heydon presiding. A Moscow governor general envoy warned meetings must stay private, follow the programme, and prevent racial incitement while press access would be censored.
Vladivostok sees a rapid rebound in commerce and industry as exiles return, foreign steamers resume service, and ships with freight arrive. About forty five steamers are expected from Hongkong and Shanghai soon.
Consul General Rogers cables Washington that there is no longer evidence of boycott conditions in or about Shanghai. American trade is active, especially in northern China, with no stamping of goods observed and overall conditions deemed satisfactory.
Ida A Col l of 19 Winter Street New Burport Massachusetts describes a chronic erysipelas attack starting in 1908. She details severe swelling and agony and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring health after two weeks of treatment.
An Arctic Alaska explorer reports Eskimo rites with large grotesque masks used in a major Easter festival. Dressed with costumes they personate the sun moon and Arctic animals, while chanting and dancing. Some masks hang from ceilings and reveal human-face inner masks via hinged doors.
The Montreal Herald notes that two men wrote many famous hymns while Charlotte Elliott authored beloved pieces like My Goal Father While I Stray and Just as I Am Without One Plea. It suggests these if not all, save Load Kindly Light, are unrivaled as sympathetic hymns.
A Missouri woman describes severe stomach trouble and weight loss until using Grape-Nuts. She credits the cereal with easing digestion, reducing heartburn and gas, and enabling daily activities. The testimonial notes a ten day trial and references Postum Co Battle Creek. There’s a claimed benefit and a slogan There’s a reason.
A $1,000,000 blaze swept through Butte Montana Sunday morning, gutting the Symons dry goods store and Public Library building as wind fanned the flames. Eight people were injured, though none seriously, as Anaconda fire department and Silver Bow County units battled the fire across the entire business area between Shodal block and Renshaw alley.
Seattle reports the freighter Olympic arrived from Nome carrying details of a major fire that began at 3 am in the Alaska saloon building owned by Dean and O'Reilly. Forty three business buildings along Front Street were burned, with many rear cables and more than twenty structures destroyed. Prompt action by Schied & Co and volunteers with two engines helped check the blaze.
Christiania papers comment without bitterness on the conference outcome. The press tone suggests opposition may arise but will be accepted as the best possible conclusion. Verdensgang asserts delegates chose only what was necessary to maintain peace and avoid noisy demonstrations when terms are published.
Red Lodge Montana. C Russell supervisor Absarokee forest reserve arrived Saturday with a bullet in his right arm and bruises after a gun fight with Wid Bill Meyers rancher on Butcher creek. Meyers was shot twice in the stomach. Russell sent a physician to Meyers. Both men drew pistols and exchanged shots over a dispute.
In Tacoma Washington a freight wreck occurred Saturday morning when eight cars loaded with wheat left the track due to a broken rail inside the Cascade mountains tunnel. The cars were crushed, but no injuries reported. Helpers faced heavy smoke as they worked to pull the rear of the train free. A Spokane passenger narrowly escaped the tunnel moments before.
Rural lighting shifts from candles and kerosene to calcium carbide derived acetylene. The acetylene system, fed by a carbide generator, provides bright, safe, economical light that does not taint air or strain eyes. It promises simple installation in cellars or outbuildings and is praised by lighting experts as superior to other methods.
A reader recounts observing a shopkeeper handling pennies by weighed counting. He noticed the proprietor bent toward tallied receipts at noon, pouring pennies from a basket and tallying the day’s cash. The observer jokes about the method being unusual yet likely precise.
A barrel of salt is produced each year for every four inhabitants in the United States. New York leads in salt output, yielding one barrel per inhabitant.
A garbled OCR snippet mentions Sock A Salling & Company and a senator named Freceiens. The fragment lacks clear actions, dates, or places, making precise attribution difficult.
In the Philadelphia scene a reflective remark suggests that overthinking in the small hours yields weak satisfaction, a sentiment catching in the town’s mood as readers ponder inner doubt and resolve.
A fragmented note discusses spending on tea versus coffee and mentions Australian immigration rate policies. It references a European language requirement for landing and a promotional risk for noncompliant travelers. The text also includes a jumbled phrase about The Recs Cossary South Bend.
The hens in the United States produced about one and two thirds billion dozen eggs annually at average yearly prices. During their busy season they lay enough eggs in a single month to cover the annual interest on the national debt.
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