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Newspaper
Cottonwood Chronicle
Location
Cottonwood, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
3
The article details federal insurance for soldiers in active service, automatic coverage until February 12, 1918, and optional $10,000 government insurance. It outlines death and disability compensation for widows, children, and dependent mothers, burial costs, medical services, and payment terms, plus the program's aim to replace pension abuse with secure coverage.
Women aged 16 to 60 in Idaho began a voluntary registration on December 4 to compile a vocational census for national defense work. Participants may state occupations they could perform for Red Cross, government departments, or war-related duties without pay or with compensation if needed. Prairie points have been organized in several communities under local chairmen to collect information and coordinate enlistment for potential service.
A dense mixed page shows local ads for physicians dentists lawyers tailors and auctioneers, plus real estate and milling notices. It lists Dr Wesley F Orr and Dr J E Reilly in Cottonwood and Nezperce, attorney Fulton in Grangeville, notary H Nuxoll, and auctioneer Harry Cranke in Nezperce. Also included are market reports, flour brands Tip Top and Idaho Gold, weather notes, livestock and real estate listings, and an alias summons for a Utah Idaho court suit involving Cottonwood Packing Milling Co and others.
Notice is hereby given that Captain Tuascents Pavdon of Boles Idaho and others seek to establish five year claims to public land described as BWI 8K BALL SW Sure 85 and related tracts. Loyal Adkinson U S Commissioner will conduct hearings at Boise Meridian on a date to be fixed, with names of claimants and witnesses listed.
The Globe correspondent reports on Mak Farmiga and Charles E. Holt noting cattle men honors and yields of corn and cereal crops. It mentions bottom land stalks, ears eleven inches long, ground corn, and the need for improved potato practices as discussed by J. G. College of Agriculture and local farmers.
The note discusses plowing versus not plowing for spring wheat crops, noting effects on tillering and stand survival. It weighs whether to sow in a locale with spring wheat, advising on seed variety timing and conditions to achieve a profitable yield, especially in Pennsylvania.
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