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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
2
Payette Enterprise edition contains government income tax guidance for 1917 18, Selective Service notice details and exam guidance for Payette County residents. The page also lists local legal announcements property listings and a cafe referral with brief community notices.
A mash of old humor notes Mary’s little lamb and a Pittsburgh anecdote about a factory worker skipping a shift to see the doctor. Also a legal notice from Payette County in January 1917 postpones trials as judges and lawyers assist with draft questionnaires.
The log of a western red cedar, fallen in a Northwest forest between the 5th and 18th centuries, carries a hollow trunk and a companion stump with 1,880 rings. Moss-turned growth shows sprouts on both sides, while forest fire preserved them in ancient times. The cedar supplies more shingles than any tree, a claim echoed by market knowledge. Then a comic vignette: a young Pennsylvania lawyer faces a bruised claim from a negro mule incident, leading to a potential suit but the mule owner is the man himself.
Registrants numbered 1 through 111 have been mailed notices requiring action within seven days excluding Sundays. Failure risks imprisonment and loss of rights including possible induction into military service and court martial. Local Board invites claims for deferred classification with affidavits within seven days of this date, dated December 20, 1917, J. H. Hanigan, Chairman.
Classified notice seeking insurance agents galitet tors foremen time-keepers machinists clerks and others seeking better prospects. Also piano for sale and property sale details. Redundant text mentions National Casualty Co Detroit and Denver Music Co Denver.
The Lower Payette Ditch Company in Payette Idaho levies a fifty cent per share assessment on all outstanding capital stock due at once to B C Brainard assistant secretary at office 127 North Eighth Street Payette Idaho or at the First National Bank Payette Idaho Unpaid shares after January 11 1918 become delinquent and will be sold at public auction on January 28 1918 to cover delinquency and costs Secretary Ben Strohbeln by E C S Brainard Asst Secretary Office 127 North Eighth Street Payette Idaho
A mother urges her four year old George to pray but the boy resists, declaring that prayers are for girls. The exchange captures a child’s blunt gendered logic in a domestic moment.
A newspaper appeals for subscription payments noting rising paper costs and offering a clubbing rate: pay all back dues plus one year in advance and receive three years of the Idaho Farmer for $1.50. The note also mentions Washoe Lodge No. 28 Masons meeting monthly and inviting members to attend.
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