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Newspaper
Filer Record
Location
Filer, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1923
Page
8
Classified notices seek workers for orders and sales of guaranteed goods. Listings include positions for men and women, with pay rates and ad rates noted. Includes stray lines about household products and a local business ad promoting rat traps and a trap claim.
The text compares China to the United States and the Americas, claiming China has four times the U S population and a population or size multiple of continents. It mentions Tangier delta and an area measure tied to population figures, but the details are garbled and incomplete.
A brief note describes a novelty of 19th century life: spectacles for horses claimed to improve sight or appearance, illustrating the era’s fascination with inventive yet impractical dress for animals. The fragment hints at the purpose being to amuse onlookers.
A damaged, incoherent handwritten note discusses naming a child Walter and a father called Dewen, with garbled phrases about family, secrecy, and a wish that none of the children know certain details. The text is unclear and lacks verifiable facts or context.
A terse memoir describes a night shift watchman claiming to clear a mill of rats more than any man. The account mentions guarding a storage area and earning $1.25 for bait or rat poison.
Maroa notes from October 4 recount family visits and travel across nearby towns. Families like Biastock Dryden and Conover host relatives while others attend church events, a school program, and social gatherings. Local residents travel to Twin Falls and Kimberly, with several illnesses noted and a Presbyterian gospel group visiting.
Account explains that starboard or steerboard side originated from Angio Serons attempting to meet their hosts by placing an rear on the right side the stern. Larboard evolved into port side and was viewed as inferior to starboard due to historical corruption of the lower board.
A fragmented passage asserts the Moros are direct descendants of Malay pirates once prevalent in these seas. It claims the ancestral microbe is extant and labels the Moros as forceful and reckless, disciplined only by force, with scattered fugitives and a reference to an airpost without dignity.
For sale crates of Crimes Golden Relifiower and Winter Banana apples per bushel. Jonathans and De Neloashe priced per bushel. Good orchard ram grade. Kenton Green, one mile south, half a mile.
C B Denman and Mia Te L Peck were hosted at Kensington by the former Friday afternoon and again Saturday. The Filer Woman's club home economics department will meet at Rural High School Friday 6 to watch Milo Amy Kelly of the university extension department demonstrate. A note says last week'sWed announcements were incorrect. Mr and Mrs K A Boatman formerly here moved to Colton California report arriving safely after a trip via Nampa with a family dinner for about fifty relatives and friends. They are settled on a 41 acre tract and praise Idaho though not intending to move.
Four pupils are absent from sickness or quarantine by doctor. Filer Parent Teachers organization has had no meetings noted. A new football for the school is seen as best remedy for tardiness. Basketball enabled for both boys and girls this season. practice begun. Notable visitors include W. A. Shear, treasurer, marking first official board visit this year. American Legion contest draws ten pupils, with a silver cup prize for best essay on Immigration Restriction.
Farmer N Windsor explains his long battle with rats, noting a dangerous rat poison nearly harmed his watchdog. A neighbor recommended RAT cure from Modern Drug Shop, advertised by Saws Co. Ady.
A passage argues many who oppose capitalism are unknowingly capitalists through savings, deposits, stocks, and bonds. It contends capital, when put to work rather than hoarded, powers industry, creates jobs, and raises living standards, guiding toward an ideal collective good. It cites the idea that surplus must be gathered and invested for public benefit.
No Hunting signs at The Record office offered at 3 for 250 to comply with the fin. Ady.
A concise reflection warns that riches gained through evil deeds will spoil and corrupt, as the same base desires that drive sinful acquisition also drive wasteful, misused spending. The excerpt emphasizes moral constraints over material gain.
Mr. C Dunster recalls a morning in a Pennsylvania town where he hired a rig at a hotel stable and found a pile of dead rats killed with RAT-SNAP the previous night, describing the scene as looking like a battlefield in Europe. The ad notes three sizes of RAT-SNAP and pricing from Modern Drug Shop and Filer Hdwe Co.
A Boston Transcript note says Ngon, a West African fruit, could be imported into fils country. It states the fruit is pronounced pak stable in the exchange, highlighting language quirks in trade discussions.
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