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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
4
A fragmented 19th century column extols Benjamin Franklin as a vegetarian who saved money to buy books by living frugally and temperately. The piece weaves Franklin’s self discipline with a brief Moscow travel sketch featuring St Basil’s Cathedral and Kremlin imagery, plus ads and notices from a local paper including piano for sale and an osteopath office.
The piece outlines lunar beliefs about unfavorable and favorable moon phases. It covers viewing the new moon through glass, left versus right shoulder luck, writing letters in the fall of the moon, and the idea that a full moon birth or marriage signals prosperity. It also notes hair growth, animal vitality, tree decay when cut in waning moon, and hog bacon waste in waning periods.
First British martyr St Alban sheltered a priest named Amphibalus and aided in his escape by swapping clothes. He was brought before the Roman governor, condemned, and beheaded as Diocletian’s persecution raged elsewhere in the empire.
A Kansas farmer, William Soda, described the tornado that wrecked his town in a single vivid line. Asked how long the storm lasted he replied it did not work more than two minutes yet it worked like the devil, a plain image without diagrams.
The passage argues aptitude is widespread and unique. most people have a single strongest suit, with very rare individuals becoming geniuses. A perfect education would nurture all talents and let special aptitudes freely develop, but American schooling fails to do this, according to Adams.
A brief dialogue shows confusion over distinguishing an officer from a private. A question asks if the message was delivered, with a reply indicating uncertainty about who received it while in a bath. The fragment hints at a military or disciplinary context and a miscommunication.
A chaotic mix of classifieds lists eight secondhand shake mowers for sale, livestock offerings, a bungalow sale with owner terms, and a lengthy payette county tax lien notice with specific parcels and delinquent amounts. Includes a lost keys notice and a garbled legal description of land parcels and tax sale details dated August 1917.
The Carib Indian, once widespread in the West Indies, is nearly extinct as a living race. Fewer than 100 pure-blood Caribs are said to remain, mostly on the British isle of Dowlinica at the Salybia reservation. Access to the reservation is perilous, with no harbor and transport by cautious steamer and canoe when weather permits.
In a skyscraper elevator a man counts syllables by floor numbers. The morose rider says three for thirteenth while others call out five seven and nineteen. The elevator boy jokes about not hearing a teen in long time as the ride ends.
The Orthodox Catholic faith is the established church of Russia with 66 percent of the population following it. The Russian church uses a Slavonic liturgy derived from Constantinople, and the 1915 census listed Russia’s population at 182,182,600.
Amiel notes readiness as a precious faculty of forethought grasp and decision. To attain it one must sever and simplify duties, business, and life by separating essential from minutiae.
Washoe Lodge No. 28 AF and A M meets in the Masonic hall in the Thurston Crichton building on the second Tuesday evening of each month. All traveling Master Masons are fraternally invited to attend.
A compact note warns of unusually low prices and suggests assistance with design, velvet materials, and sewing. The fragmentary message hints at a sales push without specifying products, brands, or dates.
Notice states under statutes that Gary will publish on the first Tuesday of September 1917 at two o clock p m at the Little Willow Irrigation District office near Garys residence. The notice itemizes delinquent taxes and required actions for property owners in the district.
Assessment of 1.00 per share levied at the July 23 1917 board meeting payable at First National Bank Payette Idaho by Sept 1 1917. Delinquent shares will be sold Oct 1 1917 at 2 PM in Payette to cover due amounts and costs. I R Woodward Secy. Church notices follow with service times and union meeting conditions.
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