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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
2
A Chicago Evening Post note recalls wartime telegraphy errors as operators misread codes and disguises. It highlights a chaotic scene where native language operators and faulty transmissions distorted updates on American advances and German lines, illustrating the fog of war and journalistic challenges.
In The grand ballroom of the steam ship George Washington cabin passengers enjoy a masked ball with Regina Tatler and Capt Harold Dan Hogham. A jazz number from the ship orchestra unsettles thousands of canaries in the hold, whose bird song briefly eclipses the music.
In a humorous post meeting scene the president's cabinet members act like schoolboys. Attorney General Harry Daugherty pled Nick Longworth to match a dollar. Marty won and rejected a 90 cent cash proposal. Nick walked away with four quarters.
An ancient London bridge site yields plans for a modern welding tower to soar above city steeples, potentially becoming the tallest building in London. The proposal contrasts the allure of the famed bridge with questions about preserving the recently unearthed historic arch and the impact on city skyline.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald note discussion Mrs Gadder recalls casting her first vote. Mr Gadder notes the moment was proud yet tinged with disappointment as her candidate won but she learns no thanks are typically sent for each vote.
A school rivalry between Maurine and Hilly flares after Billy scores higher on an exam. He turns to the girl, who returns a nasty look and retorts that she can make an uglier face, challenging his brag.
A discussion on whether Hollywood favorites could or should become national leaders. The author cites movie fans and the appeal of screen stars with perceived honesty and attractiveness as potential political assets for a future president.
A correspondent notes a yellowish resin from Arabian and Abyssinian trees used as Balm of Gilead. It is collected by incising trunks, yields a perfumed gun, and is traditionally passed as a love gift. Soldiers returning from Mesopotamia helped spread its making.
Inland shipping experts at a Rotterdam congress stressed draining the Zuyder Zee and building new canals. Speakers urged villages and factories near polders with canals and dykes to aid shipping and prevent polder water pollution. They called for preserving key waterways while integrating polders with existing harbor networks.
A Boston golf scene notes a caddie’s tip and a young player’s reaction when finding a ball. The writer recalls a moment where a golfer, nearly discouraged, spots the ball and cries out in triumph. The piece uses playful language and a mock-archival tone from the Outlook transcript.
Beavers tunneled under a foundation wall at the Zoo logical park of New York and reached the Bronx river. One was captured beneath a wash boiler. Keepers pursued three others but the animals eventually returned to captivity and appeared glad to be home.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age Herald discusses a grieving woman and a man quoted as saying he was never at home. She laments loneliness and mentions finding two goldfish as she pondered companionship.
The piece calls for attention to harvest time and farm prices as a barometer of economic mood. It warns of unemployment risk if crop prices stay low and praises farmer contributions, noting potential shifts toward stability if prices rise above a critical level. August Sunset.
Payette resident H Edwards, a blacksmith on N Sixth St, touts Doan's Kidney Pills as the best remedy for overwork and colds affecting his kidneys. He reports back pain, disordered kidneys, dark secretions, and relief after using the product. Price 60 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
Notice announces a sheriff sale for foreclosing a mortgage on Payette County Idaho land owned by Fernando Coulter Rosa Anna Coulter and Tom E Dotson. The parcel includes sections 13 24 18 19 township 8 north range 3 2 west B M totaling 217.18 acres. Sale set for August 1922 at 2 PM in Payette Court House.
In Payette Idaho on August 11 1922 at 2 PM the constable Will Stearman will sell to the highest bidder for cash a described lot of one long two year old steer marked Red and White with ear and horn details and branding on the left ribs. Sale held on Moore Island eleven miles southeast of Payette. First published June 29 last August 10.
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