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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
3
A Scientific American excerpt discusses how industrial output relies on merchant energy beyond human and animal labor. It claims national production would need 3,000,000,000 workers if done without machines, equating power to thirty servants per person.
In an Indianapolis News item a local policeman, recently promoted, records a speed enforcement incident. A driver left his car running while entering a store, found a note on the seat reading You are pinched for permitting the engine to run over 15 minutes. The driver paid at police headquarters after confirming the note was not from Zerbe, recalling a boy with a broad grin near the scene.
John T. Jefferis sheriff advertises sale under a court decree against H M Green versus Charles F Draper Eva A Draper Anna Zutz Parker and Anna Zutz Parker as administratrix of H L Zutz deceased. land description covers 53.5 acres in section 4 township 8N range 3W Boise Meridian plus 10 shares in Washoe Ditch. sale August 4 1920 at 2 PM in Payette Court House for cash to satisfy decree and costs.
A reader reports a sensational assertion by William Aled of Sompting England claiming that humans derive life from food and that a diet can cure disease. The tale references experiments and discussions with doctors about health effects and potential dangers.
A shore tale titled The Benttatwr s Verge draws townsfolk to witness a peculiar spectacle. Readers describe the event as eerie and perilous, with debate over its merit and unsettling outcomes amid local chatter and press commentary.
A garbled report describes hammer line activity and urging people to keep busy. It mentions penalties for those not complying and hints at a community effort to track or manage behavior, with unclear affiliations to groups and dates.
A historic note describes a snail based adhesive touted as the strongest repair rivet for porain zls ste, claiming it forms a tight, lasting bond at fracture sites. The text praises its rapid setting and resistance to separation, comparing it to ordinary glues and extolling its unique material properties.
The note praises Cooper's efforts while noting translation issues in a broad discussion of early American literature. It references James Fenimore Cooper and critique of rendering foreign phrases into English, highlighting that skilled translators can reduce many defects in translations.
A quirky 1950s exchange shows Ian the hair restorer debating a testimonial. The advertising manager questions the ram sayers claim while a rambling memory recalls a man who used two bottles of Nair restorer and saw only one spot vanish.
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