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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
2
Payette Enterprise recounts a lurid printed letter allegedly from Lucifer to Wilhelm II praising conquest and condemning England and Belgium, interwoven with hyperbolic prophecies and anti Allied rhetoric. The piece mocks German military campaigns and hints at propaganda circulated in 1917 while urging loyalty and food reporting for the county.
A Star article recalls Theodore Roosevelt and his four sons ready to fight if war came. It notes two sons in the Western front, one with British forces in Mesopotamia, and one wounded earning a French wartime decoration for gallantry.
An American citizen who restrains spending and lends $100 to the Government aids war efforts and reduces demand on goods and services. By forgoing purchase, he frees up materials and labor, helping production capacity and supply. The text argues this income sacrifice supports the war and keeps essential resources available.
A Scientific American writer summarizes a German experiment mixing benzol and alcohol as a gasoline substitute. Tests on a touring car show speeds from 36 to 44 mph and mileage from 3.60 to 4.47 miles per pint depending on fuel mix, with pure benzol and gasoline yielding similar results. Alcohol is plentiful. benzol is being produced from coal, suggesting the blend could be cheaper and nearly as effective as gasoline.
Dr. William J. Mayo of Rochester, now in the U S army, asserts that 30 percent of cancers in civilized men involve the stomach. He links this to ulceration, hot foods, and drinking practices, noting men eat hotter meals and women serve first. He urges safer temperatures to protect the stomach’s gateway.
A terse exchange reveals a character denying a compliment about appearance and admitting a prior borrowing. The dialogue references an unnamed speaker and an implied transfer of an item or color assessment.
A fragmentary historical note discusses the seed of bluegrass said to have been carried from Tippecanoe by Kentucky soldiers. It traces Kentucky’s shifting regional classification, from Southern to Central Western, and outlines early county formation and state identity amid slavery and evolving census groupings.
A man enters the ladies sitting room at a railway station and questions a wife about her missing husband. He insinuates the man drowned with a steel watch chain and gray boots, then reveals the husband is alive buying a coconut, noting coconuts are unhealthy this season.
The frame of new U S Emergency Corporation ships uses treenails from live oak or yellow locust instead of metal nails. Each hull needs about 300 000 treenails and 600 000 wedges, with pins swelling to fit after installation. Timber comes from sawmills in Ho foot stabs 14 inches through.
Sheriff J H Hanigan will sell at public auction on April 27 1918 in Payette Idaho the NW quarters of Sec 25 Twp 9 N Range 5 W to satisfy a mortgage decree in favor of Glara Shing against G P Abernathy Luella Abernathy Harold Hall and Union Loan Co The sale follows a March 20 1918 decree recorded in Judgment Book 1 page 70 and applies to the described property with water rights and appurtenances in Payette County Idaho.
District Court of Idaho announces in the matter of Henry D Battenhagen bankrupt. Creditors of Payette County Idaho are notified that on May 11 1918 at 2 00 p m at Oliver J Smiths office in Weiser Idaho creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business. Dated April 15 1918 Oliver J Smith Referee Weiser Idaho.
The article discusses bakers delaying bread delivery to twelve hours old to cut wheat use, noting home bakers adopting similar delays. It argues government regulated bread remains unpalatable, pushing housewives to mix standard flour with other meals to stretch rations while keeping cost low. It also notes flour shortages reduce pastries and elevate home baking.
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