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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text describes a garbled inquiry about a person and a plan to meet a boy. Names and places are unreadable, making identification uncertain. The readable bits suggest a casual conversational fragment without a clear news event or outcome.
Payette Enterprise publishes a fervent call to Americans to show unwavering patriotism and loyalty amid wartime uncertainty. The piece laments disloyalty, praises valorous troops, and urges unity against German aggression while highlighting rising casualties and the need to support allies. It notes government athletic equipment distribution to troops and outlines contents of distributed boxes.
The author urges all citizens to buy and hold government bonds, arguing against speculation by big money and stressing that taxation will repay bonds. Holding bonds backs the government, with payback coming via taxes, while those who do not buy will also bear the cost.
War Department alerts camps to a fraud where telegrams claim a furlough and request fines by wire. Parents and friends are warned of this scam and a second similar scheme asking for money via general delivery. A German air raid pipe found in a Resex town shows notched stems marking missions flown, implying a dry pipe used to avoid detection.
Statement from the Secretary of the Treasury says American soldiers and sailors in German prison camps before April 12, 1918, will retain rights to War Risk Insurance despite delays in filing. Applications may be made by prisoners or others within allowed beneficiary limits under the military and naval insurance law.
A Virginian City Enterprise tale recalls Mark Twain replying to a subscriber who found a spider in his paper. He said the spider was not luck nor misfortune, merely surveying merchants not advertising to weave a web across their door and ruin them.
A New York photographer in a Pittsburgh Dispatch report chases a seaman off his vessel for a portrait. The wary sailor delays, saying he will return later in the week once he can spit out a fresh chaw of tobacco, insisting he won’t pose with a chaw in his mouth.
In 1918 a weather service campaign promotes using timely frost warnings to prevent garden losses. Citizens urged to act on daily forecasts via telephone exchanges after 10 am to protect crops and aid wartime food production. Meteorologist Clinton B Norquhet credits warnings with saving gardens and supporting victory efforts.
Portable electric sawmills are rising in popularity among lumber men where water power is abundant and partly transformed into cheap electricity. A firm president says demand is rapidly increasing in the South and West, signaling a shift toward electric portable mill use.
A fragmentary historical notice mixes a doughnut ban attributed to a food administrator and a Pacific Coast baseball item. It describes Hoover opposition to doughnuts, plus Bill Rodgers promoting car travel for scouting Sacramento ball club prospects across California towns from Sacramento to Pittsburg and San Francisco.
Foreclosure notice in Payette County Idaho details a Sheriff sale under a 1918 court decree against G P Abernathy George P Abernathy Luella Abernathy Harold H Hall Union Loan Co and unknown heirs. Sale scheduled April 27 1918 in Payette Court House for NW 14 and NE 14 Section 25 Township 9 North Range 5 West Boise Meridian with all appurtenances and water rights. J H Hanigan Sheriff of Payette County.
Mary Roberts Rinehart writes in American Magazine praising unseen supporters behind achievement. She credits her husband with steady belief humor and support keeping her young while balancing private life with public work. The couple aims to do things together though work pulls them apart at times.
A boy with a big blackboard and crayons aims high after Christmas. He dreams of drawing a picture to surprise God, inspired by Sunday school Biblical images, as narrated in a Washington Star item about a young entrepreneur in imagination.
The speaker claims a 300 foot setback ordinance from churches for saloons and asserts the city will give four days for relocation. The mayor cites enforcement of the law amid a dispute over church proximity to a drinking establishment.
Fragmented text recounts harsh Continental Army conditions at Valley Forge with wounded soldiers and scant provisions. Includes remarks on cold, exposed feet and tattered clothing, illustrating the era's hardship during the revolutionary period.
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