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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
7
Washington beats St Louis 6 to 1 as Johnson allows four scattered hits and the home club bunched safeties off Weisman in the opening game of the series. Batteries Weisman Wright Leliefield Billings Mayer Johnson Agnew.
The Associated Press reports Jess Willard, in Toledo June 5, intensified conditioning for the upcoming bout with Jack Dempsey. He logged six rounds, five miles of road work, weights, shadow boxing, and wrestling. A capacity crowd of 200 women watched as Willard trained, though windiness limited his power, his camp notes.
Mr and Mrs F H Johnson visited Twin Palis yesterday while out of town shoppers included Mrs D Miller of Murtaugh. Edith Graham and her brother Henry journeyed with Pierre Van Dyke to Kimberly for the day. F D Fashbaugh and two daughters motored to Twin Falls for a brief business trip. J Y Brandt and family from Gooding were here, as were Mrs S H Cromle of Falls who had been in Twin Falls and returned home. B B Casey of Lewis Falls visiting a few days. Harvey of Beset also noted.
Detroit Trust company audit for the Michigan legislature uncovers a potential $300,000 shortage in Jackson state prison accounts with juggled records and missing property. KinderTwine Industry led the shortages, with sisal sales to firms in several cities lacking clear payment records. The report calls for further investigation and possible grand jury action.
Ottawa June 5 Canada s debt when expenditures authorized for the current year are made will aggregate 1 950 000 000 or 220 per capita Sir Thomas White minister of finance announced in the house of commons today The interest would be 115 000 000 a year this expenditure being exclusive of pensions amounting to 336 000 000 to 45 000 000 annually A large increase in the income tax will be authorized as one of the measures to meet obligations Features of the new tariff proposals include free importations of wheat wheat flour and potatoes from countries extending a like courtesy to Canada and a substantial reduction on the duties on agricultural implements.
A fragmentary report recalls Marco Polo’s rumor of golden houses and notes a 1871 journey to Japan’s Otoko Yama to test the tale. The text is damaged, with scattered phrases about ears, silver, and a distant time reference, offering a glimpse of travel writing era curiosity.
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