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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
3
A widow once barred from leaving her yard near an Indiana town revealed her motive for seclusion. She now travels to the main street to follow soldiers departing, then helps at Red Cross and Liberty Bond booths. She knits socks from yarn bought at the Red Cross and supports Thrift stamps.
Cant. Giuseppe Bevione in the United States writes Italy that America supports the war with unmatched resolve. He calls it an apostleship of faith and says Americans will achieve a full victory through immense resources and will, stressing the need for Italians to see and share this soil and its feverish air to believe in justice.
Six room bungalow with porches outbuildings garden yard and one and a half acres watered by drilled well farmed land priced at 3260 dollars. Seven room modern house with furnace bath barn and several outbuildings on two 50 by 150 foot lots with a cow pasture and sidewalk paid priced at 8250 dollars. For further information call at this office. Rubber in Fiji Islands study notes says rubber industry growing with plantations and potential profits once war conditions ease.
A fragment describes a room filled with champagne corks and a fan of whispered sayings. The vivid image centers on a playful, if ragged, scene of bottles and a lively, if muffled, exchange of clever phrases among guests.
Public notice details the Little Willow Creek irrigation project in Payette County Idaho. It lists permit holder Little Willow Creek Irrigation District and describes completion dates water rights 50 cubic feet per second across 4 000 acres in Townships 8 and 9 North Range 3 and 4 West Boise Meridian. Fred A Wilkie state engineer signs the notice.
A lone Yankee private in Thrnvcourt seized a German officer’s horse helmet and Iron Cross after a brief dash. His comrades initially mistook him for the Kaiser or crown prince as they moved to seize him. The misidentification ends when the Yank reveals himself as Private Jones of the infantry.
Thomas A. Edison arrived from his New Jersey Grange home to testify in a Brooklyn suit led by Archibald M. Ostrom against J. P. Morgan & Co. for British government contracts. He was paid $3 for mileage as he left court, joking that he would travel again for more funds.
A man living in a hotel discusses wealth with a companion. The dialogue notes wealth cannot buy simple pleasures such as an extra lump of sugar in coffee. The exchange highlights a contrast between material riches and small personal comforts.
A visiting boy, John, writes home asking his mother to send him the enforcement of clean clothes after his grandmother notes his dwindling supply. The letter’s error reveals a humorous misprint and childlike misunderstanding.
The text notes celibacy is rare among the Mordyins and usually vow induced. It cites examples where vows to a deity lead to marriage absence and even crop ruin from hail as penalties for not following vows.
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