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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1922
Page
7
The golden eagle, once common in England and Wales, has become rare due to predator control but is now increasing again in Scottish mountains. A nesting pair raises two to three bluish eggs on narrow cliff ledges. The mature eagle hunts hare, grouse and occasionally young lambs or fawns.
A fragment of mammoth bone from Co romblece in Ain yields a drawing dated to Auriznucian 20 000 years ago. Dr Lucien Mayer of Lyons University identifies two figures a hairy man and a kneeling woman with a high type of form and Greek art echoes.
The Hugoton Hermes describes a small yet remarkable colored settlement in Stevens County founded in the early 1930s. Nearly every family owns a homestead with maize broom corn and watermelons in bountiful supply. About sixty families live there and roughly twenty preachers serve the community, reflecting independence and religious activity.
Budapest banker Hela Vezeny, famed as the world’s greatest eater, died after a life of excess. He was wealthy since the war, weighed over four hundred pounds, and was famed for feasting to an extraordinary degree. Each day he reportedly ate vast quantities of food, including sausage, pate, bread, and ham, befitting his notorious appetite.
An Irishman visiting London eyes Big Ben, adjusts his watch by the clock, then finds it five minutes fast the next day. He scoffs at the tower, muttering that a great clock lets a small watch beat it in pride and folly.
Toledo Ohio boasts a historic goldfish hatchery. The firm controlling the Giver shipped twenty five carloads of gold fish and twenty carloads of dab globes this year.
The piece traces the Saracens from a wandering Arab tribe in the Syro Arabian desert to an empire spanning from Asia to Africa. It cites Draper on Mohammedan rapid conquests after Mahomet and quotes Gibbon on a line of conquest from Gibraltar to the Loire. Charles Martel’s victory near Tours halted the advance, preserving Europe.
Professor Ellsworth Huntington of Tate University mapped favorable climate zones and compared them with civilization maps. He argued climate greatly influences health and civilization more than agriculture or direct effects. He cited Pittsburgh pieceworkers and West Point students showing work and death rates vary with weather, implying no high civilization in tropical or harsh climates.
A wife testifies in a county court hearing about alleged brutal treatment by her husband. Her rapid vocal testimony is interrupted by the judge who directs her to speak clearly for the record and to address him rather than her spouse.
Bobble and his mother encounter a wax Indy figure on a department store second floor. Bobble touches the face and neck and calls out in horror asking if the figure could be real while his mother questions the illusion and smiles. The moment captures a child’s belief and a shopper’s humor.
Sam Cherowiski, a Russian farmer living a mile below Packer Connecticut, reports flying rats raid his henhouse harming eggs and young chicks. He insists they are not bats or flying squirrels but winged dig rats. Holes were plugged yet losses continued as he watched through a broken window.
In a brief exchange, a police interest is noted in a young woman’s reading. The girl keeps the book’s title hidden, described as possibly Dickens or similar, while others tease that even a fripper dislikes ridicule from peers of the day.
Editor Howe praises the San Diego Short Line from Yuma to the coast as the thrill road of the continent. The 220 mile route includes 13 miles of thrill territory through Carrise gorge with 17 tunnels cost at nearly two million dollars. The line, opened 1919, cost over eighteen million and is owned by J D Spreckels A B Spreckels and Southern Pacific. The train traverses near the Mexican border with limited stops and no passport checks. Passengers are told the scenery in Carrise gorge is unmatched.
In a Portuguese Basque seaport crowd scene a king and queen arrive and shouts of Viva el Rey and Viva Espana rise. A sardine seller cries Sardinas vivas sardines and the crowd bursts into Viva! Vivas! in echoing chorus. The anecdote captures festive zeal and playful crowd energy.
The tale describes a seventy-something man increasingly forgetful and his progressive daughter who wants him out of the house. She confronts the issue as he unexpectedly enters her office and frets over recognition of a handsome young bachelor, prompting a tense moment as she considers keeping him at home.
Two rival figures addressed a women voters gathering. One sought top place, the other seemed favored and spoke calmly while the rival simmered with indignation. When his turn came, he delivered a pointed retort about choosing a text for speaking and warned that the opponent used a pretext.
A terse Southern Indiana vignette describes a suave drug clerk addressing a country lassie as she mentions her feller waiting in the wagon. The brief exchange hints at a rustic social moment with period speech and a hint of humor.
Fruitland residents spent weekends visiting family and friends across Kansas Idaho and Oregon. Guests included the Worsfolds Speinhowers McKeowns Bayers and many others with gatherings at lakes and homes. Local events featured church meetings picnics and a large Iowa picnic in Weiser with about 60 attendees and a 125-person church meeting at the M E church.
The Missionary society of the Methodist church plans an afternoon gathering at Wincon in Hawaii on Thursday August 21. Hawaiian refreshments will be served. Bring friends and come for fellowship.
The Epworth League of the M E Church announces two baked food sales next Saturday afternoon at the City Meat Market. Members and friends should bring offerings by 1 26 PM if possible and may also shop for Sunday purchases, with proceeds aiding the league. The date is Saturday August 26 at the City Meat Market.
Church notes a Mass schedule with varying Sundays and a fifth Sunday option. Local social updates follow, listing neighbors and family visits, greetings, a hospital operation for Miss Katherine Stirm, and various casual calls and gatherings around Ontario.
Payette Oregon slope notes recount visits and social gatherings. Mr and Mrs Tom Shellhouse and others entertained, with numerous mentions of kin and friends from Boise Weiser Welser Nampa and Ontario. Local travel includes Homer Lauer visiting parents then heading to Portland and several outings in the hills.
Mrs John Malicote welcomed a new son born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Wallace Jones in Welser. The 842 pound baby arrived August 15 and mother and child are reported doing nicely. Nearby visitors and neighbors joined in a farewell surprise for Mr and Mrs Currin while Blanche Bigelow spent days with the Newberrys.
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