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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
3
A writer describes lightning striking trees with a preference for hemlocks pines and maples while oak ash and beech are less affected. A sugar maple was destroyed in one instance leaving fragments scattered within 50 feet, with the blast resulting from sap vaporization and explosive force.
Charles P. Steinmetz recalls a Turkish proverb that the world belongs to the discontented. The key difference among people is not ability but force and ambition. A person rises when he gains a vision, develops desire, and sees a goal, then travels at a pace set by determination.
Folklore from Jap islands describes Yezo as formed by two creator deputies a male and female who divided duties the female carved the west coast rushing ahead when she met her sister Olonino causing hurried sloppy work that left Yezo’s west coast rough and dangerous.
The piece defines cowardice as a moral destitution of courage arising from surrendering to initial fear. It explains how panic follows and individuals flee often from imagined dangers. The fear becomes contagious like a flock of sheep, where others bolt without understanding the cause.
A fragmented description portrays humanity in a struggle against insect pests that threaten pastures meadows grains and gardens. Ground crawlers airborne burners moths and caterpillars swarm trees and crops, eating foliage and spreading future damage.
The Irrigation Congress aims to guide the management of water assets in Southern Idaho, focusing on climate, evil, and the global role of irrigation. The program covers the full range of water use strategies and their impact on regional agriculture and resources.
A Popular Science Monthly note challenges bee damage to fruit, stating bees cannot pierce fruit skin and damage stems from hail wind hornets or wasps. It posits bees aid cross pollination and benefit orchard health.
The article notes the banjo in primitive form used by savage tribes in equatorial Africa. It describes a calebash or half calabash with strings and says it is perhaps the most important instrument at cannibal feasts and other social occasions.
Dr Francis E. Clark laments modern sights of insanity in Damascus. He recalls chained patients, sun and dew exposure, and beggars’ pity as part of a grim travel note. He also notes Paul’s basket escape from a Damascus window and the ancient wall.
Popular Science Monthly says railroad ties last about eight years. treated ties kiln dried and immersed in hot creosote until saturated last twice as long, are waterproof and rot resistant. Tillie Clinger notes she must quit her boarding house because dining chairs are so low she must bow her head when blessings are said.
In the state of Carabobo, population 198,396, malaria caused 1,484 deaths last year, making it the greatest scourge for the rural districts.
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