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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1919
Page
5
Fruitland voters backed a measure to change the road district to a highway district by a landslide 170 to 11. The page reports community events including socials, school Arbor Day planning, a drainage meeting, church activities, and several local visits and movements among residents and families.
Charline Adams aged 14 months and 10 days, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Adams of the Emmett slope, died Wednesday afternoon of bronchial pneumonia at Mrs L Zs home. Funeral held in Payette Christian church Thursday, burial in Riverside cemetery. Survived by parents, sister Olive, and many friends.
In Italy, discarded newspapers are collected by youths and converted by machinery into compact fuel rolls about an inch in diameter and two inches long. The rolls are packed in bags and sent to the army for warming a mug of soup or coffee.
A tutor laments poor arithmetic among workshop students in England noting a pupil mistaking hundredths for units and claiming millions of thousandths. A vicar questions a Baptist farmer about faith as the old man describes three village roads and asks what his wheat is like on arrival.
North Payette notes show Mrs. R. H. Woods hosting the L. S. A. with many residents reporting farm, school, and family events. Arbor Day observations, orchard work, cattle buying, and potato seed sales by A. E. Wood are mentioned along with several moves and visits among Crystal, Weiser, Fruitland, and Payette residents.
The article discusses biblical claims that Jericho fell from the Israelites’ shouting and horn sounds. It cites modern research suggesting sound and vibration phenomena may align with natural laws, including anecdotes about a singer’s extreme vocal effects and a NIAGARA bridge anecdote showing vibration impact.
500 pounds of Golden Jewels seed corn advertised as prolific and hardy with contact to Drs. Harry Z. Lewis in Fruitland for ordering or inquiry.
Hardy Manufacturing Co promotes the Hardy spray gun and full line of machines, repairs, and accessories. A repair shop is located across the street north of Payette cold storage. Call to see what you need amid dated time stamps from the era.
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