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Newspaper
Cottonwood Chronicle
Location
Cottonwood, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
3
The business explains it operates on a cash basis to offer lower prices and has opened three more stores to gain buying power. It emphasizes prompt bill payments, strong buying opportunities, and aggressive June price cuts to turn stock quickly while the season is at its height.
Several hundred pairs of shoes from the bankrupt C C stock in Lewiston have been landed, with a deep sacrifice price. All items on sale at ten percent off and many items priced extremely low. women’s, children’s, men’s shoes and pumps, plus silks and novelties, ready for rapid sale this June.
A local store advertises 25 percent off women’s underwear and first class men’s sample vests, plus a 220 weight overall. It also touts novelty silks, coffee blends Highland and Homestead, Calumet baking powder, bulk honey, Karo syrups, peaches, crackers, rice, potatoes, and other staples. The note warns sugar may rise and urges stocking up to avoid future shortages.
Leggett Merc Co issues sheriff sale notice in Idaho District Court under a 1923 foreclosure decree against John P Brooke Elizabeth Brooke Homer Jordan and Antha Jordan. Lands described include parts of the northeast quarter and northwest quarter of section in Idaho County, Idaho. Sale proceeds to be applied per decree with 7 percent interest from judgment date.
A sheriff notices a sale of real estate to satisfy a judgment with costs at the described premises on the date specified. The notice also announces the Farmers Union Warehouse Company annual stockholders meeting on June 9 1928 in Cottonwood Idaho to elect directors for three years and address other business.
The article traces canal ideas from 1522 through 1872, noting explorers and nations proposing routes across Central America and the Isthmus. It cites Gonsales Diyala, Antonio Galvao, Don Manuel Galisteo, John Batley, and President Grant, plus the US-driven Panama Canal project that followed French efforts and disease battles in Panama. It ends with a quirky aside on art and a boyhood shaving tale showing secret rites and rough imagery.
Sir Basil Thomson reports in the Saturday Evening Post on a Vienna police official photographer’s camera. The device superimposes a centimeter scale on each photo showing exact distances between objects, removing the need for a separate scale plan.
A Boston Evening Transcript note reveals John Milton sparring wit in an old letter. The exchange recalls a sharp remark about Milton’s eyesight and a counter about eye loss and head loss, illustrating the poet’s bravado in heated exchange.
A fragmented account recounts colonial actions around Machias in August 1776. It notes St Johns fort attacked by a small force after capturing a brig, the event influencing British coastal patrols in the Bay of Fundy, and subsequent Indian threats and loyalties shifting toward King George by 1780.
Diamond dealers use multiple tests to detect fakes. Water immersion and sparkle checks reveal flaws, pencil point dot blur on paper shows inauthenticity, and hardness tests differentiate real stones from imitation.
A garbled summary notes disputes over access and rival researchers at the Bloomsbury museum. It describes a large dome claim and various monetary offers for biographies, translations, and copying work, with figures in pounds and guineas. The fragment references a retired clergyman translating Italian tales and a search for a life of a pope.
Fragmentary verse hints at a boy named Sree Gift Bew and a mentor Chepid Sapies teaching music. Surviving lines suggest a poetic rite about sparing not wealth, with themes of generosity and art, but the full context is unclear.
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