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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1912
Page
2
Poystta Idaho advertises cleaning and pressing with dyeing when needed. Emphasizes careful work on fabrics without damage and high quality results. Location listed as Independent Telephone Building at 15 and N, Oh GT, phone 3.
Fragmentary OCR shows Payette Enterprise masthead with Wells and Brown owners editor and publisher, M Jennings president, Durroughs secretary, and notice dated Thursday January 11th 1912. Text is garbled but indicates a local publishing brief.
Dr W H Olin from the University of Idaho outlines crop rotation as essential for irrigation farms. He argues rotation preserves soil humus, supports legume nitrogen fixation, reduces weeds, and sustains profitability through balanced farming elements and sustained soil fertility.
A new Hilne Wilson apple variety, developed by 0 Batten of Charles City Iowa, uses Winesap stock and Winesap blossoms to produce seed from which the first trees were grown. After ten years of expert care the variety is ready, promising exceptional quality and texture. It resembles Wen Davis in form and Winecap in color, adapts to northern climates, and is praised for keeping quality and desirability by horticultural judges.
The 1911 lynching record indicates a small improvement over prior years with about sixty victims. Most victims were Black men, with one woman among the dead. The range of crimes included insults to murder, and all incidents occurred mainly in the South, with Pennsylvania providing the sole case outside that pattern.
A Washington Star verse-drawn note celebrates seasonable sports and winter leisure. It hints at skating, ice, water scenes, and the joy of activities matching frost and snow while inviting readers to join friends in seasonal pastimes.
For sale a 40 acre bench property with a four room house and 18 acres in balance hay. Asking price is $9,000. Bev Wells & Maule are listing agents.
The article explains how solar heat persists as the sun radiates energy. It notes gradual radius decrease, radium and helium presence, and the slow pace of measurable changes over millions of years. It cites Harpers Weekly and discusses future instrument sensitivity.
The article details sunflowers not only for edible oil and animal feed but also for naval armor, cigars, honey and dyes. It notes the plant’s pithy stalks absorb water, allowing blocks between steel plates to seal ship hulls after impact. It mentions seed yields, oil, cake, and poultry feed, plus fuel and potash from stalks, and correcting a myth about heliotropism in New England.
The London Globe reports on a series of misstatements and typographical slips in French and English writings. It notes Emilie Paquet’s erroneous attribution, Langlois’s mix ups with Palestro and Solferino, and references to the edict of Ngntes with medieval dates. The piece also mentions Mou juin and a misdated note about Columbus, all highlighting errors in attribution and chronology across historical texts.
A brief cartoonish exchange shows Mrs Newlywed puzzled by a market pun while her husband rambles about a “bane be market” in a light domestic moment captured by the Philadelphia Record.
The S-day Men and Region Forward Movement in Boise plans institutes next month focused on specialized subjects. An expert leads each session to present the latest methods and results from leaders worldwide, with registered delegates seated and participating, while others may attend.
In Parma last Thursday a notable Men and Religion Forward Movement dinner drew over 150 attendees from all local towns. Harry W. Arnold spoke, leaving a strong impression while a district group was formed to coordinate efforts for Boise's upcoming convention. Also listed: For Rent two large houses by S. E. Chapman.
For Sale White Wyandotte cockerels and White Orpingtons with pullets, all priced at $1 each. Hay for sale is well cut and dry, delivered in Payette. Additional items include an office chair, Underwood typewriter in good condition, and a large library of books. Also a six room house for rent. Contact Andrew Smith Frank Crowther Rev Goo H Turner L Hubert.
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