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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1910
Page
3
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century column pokes fun at marriage vows and family life. It recalls a quarrel over a wedding word, a stern editor’s reflection, a death notice joke about life insurance, the novelty gum board, and a satirical verse on spring house cleaning with a mother disciplining a child.
A riddle describes a Lincoln family with one grandfather two grandmothers one father in law two mothers two fathers two daughters one son one daughter in law and a grandson, yet totals only six persons. The puzzle hinges on blended roles and shared relations within a small household.
SPECIAL ORDINANCE No 161 declares Payette Idaho’s intention to form Local Sewerage Improvement District No 2 with a gravity sewer system. It outlines boundaries from Oregon Short Line rights of way to Payette River, costs at 25 000 dollars, and protests due by April 6, 1910.
The Department of the Interior reports Leon K. Merritt of Payette Idaho contests homestead entry 5843 made March 26 1909 by Hugh H. Orcutt for tract in Township 5 N Range 3 W Boise Meridian alleging abandonment and non residence. Hearings set April 26 1910 and May 8 1910 with publication needed for service. old contestant affidavit filed. WM Balderston Register Fred V Tinker Receiver. First publication March 24. notice to be published until April 21.
A contest affidavit by John F. Christiansen Idaho challenges John G. Van Rooy’s homestead entry No. 49 in Boise Meridian. Final hearing set May 1 1910. publication and service details noted. Also local sale notices for poultry horses and dairy equipment.
A historical bank ledger page records deposits and overdraft items from National Banks and Trust Companies. It lists figures like 108 43 and 20 7 for checks and cash, mentions reserve agents, and cites signatures of cashiers and notaries.
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