This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
5
In Fruitland, residents attend church events, visit relatives, and plan winter stays. The community shares holiday gatherings, school performances, and local greetings as families travel between Nampa Payette Caldwell and Ontario. Several births engagements and travel plans mark the season amid flu illness and charitable drives.
Public sale notice lists a public auction for a ranch north of Frylland school with household goods including a Majestic Range, electric washer, a Ford car, and other items. Also utilities for a 20 acre property near Fruitland with orchard and hay, plus a used Henney vehicle and sleigh gear offered at bargain prices. Auctioneers Col Barnard & Son and clerk P M Gardner coordinate the sale dated Dec 15 25.
A largely female audience in Philadelphia hears speakers mock wages for wives and questions whether husbands should pay. A speaker warns of romance and etiquette under wage labor, imagining a wife labeled a $15 a week worker and a marriage ceremony recast to a hiring contract.
Augustus Tolliver the soap king storms from a blimp stateroom after a delayed London directors meeting. The frantic scene shows him checking his watch and arguing with a porter as the craft flies over St. Louis toward New York awaiting a 12:30 soap powder meeting before a 1:36 blimp to London.
A suggestion proposes turning rat skins into leather to curb a rat problem. An estimate claims 10,000,000 rats in the country would supply a tannery with 5,000 skins daily. The dilemma is catching rats and delivering skins, as leather demand is high and fish skins are also usable.
Mrs Evelyn 8 Trenbath wife of the Rev Robert W Trenbath rector of St James Episcopal Montclair NJ offers a simple cure for poison ivy using green catnip leaves rubbed on the skin until juice runs. She claims it never fails and is especially handy for children. The plant grows behind old barns and may repel ivy when planted nearby. Also notes US honey crop at 92.1 percent of normal on July 1 with surplus per colony about 25.8 pounds and half the annual product per colony realized by mid year.
There were 715 electrical undertakings in Japan including 625 power plants 42 electric railways and 48 companies operating both power plants and tramways An increase of 4 companies over last year Total invested capital in these enterprises is about 388000000 with 13000000 for power plants 22000000 for railways and 173000000 for combined service an increase of about 8000 over last year
The War Work Council of the Young Women’s Christian Association reports 850000 women and girls in Japan’s industry including 30000 under fifteen working twelve hours for meager wages. Tokyo employs about 100000 women in 62 industries. dormitories are unsanitary and health suffers. The YWCA plans factory-town dormitories and recreation to improve conditions, with Mrs. Suzuki leading a push to recruit and train women for office and factory work.
After the war, France explores motor trucks to speed freight as rail and water routes remain slow. Havre to Paris by boat can take three months, with four weeks at best, while delays from Havre and Bordeaux to Paris stretch to one to three months. French businessmen note rail transport lags and Marseilles holds goods, pushing interest in long hauls by road on existing good roads.
Elisabeth Fraser, a traveler and writer, recalls dining in Vienna and a Canadian trip where salmon appeared at every meal. She recalls hashing turnips as the main dish in Vienna and stories of boiling, broiling, and salting salmon. The Paris reception frames her remarks about hunger and culinary repetition.
Japanese embassy representatives in Washington assert national friendship hinges on relations between women. They cite the YWCA as a vital medium to foster cross national understanding through recreation and study. With more Japanese women entering business, the program allocates three million dollars to aid women and girls across multiple regions including the United States and China.
Young women from forty four states and nine countries enroll in the National Training School of the YWCA in New York. They study methods of YWCA work to prepare for positions within the United States or other countries where the YWCA operates, aiming to open and expand its programs internationally.
Lieut. Col. J. A Beazeley reports to the Geographical Journal how airship photography over Mesopotamian territory shows a large ancient city along the Tigris near Samarra. The 20 mile long, two mile wide ruin appears to have fortifications canals and streets though little remains above ground.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.