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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1918
Page
4
The company outlines escalating costs for poles, copper, labor, and equipment while noting unchanged rates. Despite strict economies, a growing deficit of 1,334,062.02 accrues over fourteen months. The remedy cited is rate adjustments to restore revenue above expenses and maintain service quality.
The Idaho State Council of Defense approves a wage scale for agricultural labor. Harvest hands receive 3.00 per day of ten hours with board, 45 cents per hour overtime, or 60.00 monthly with board, and 80.00 for married men who board themselves with housing. Expert irrigators earn 75.00 monthly with board. Farmers are urged to follow the scale to prevent bidding and ensure workers are paid and protected.
Five acres on Vayette Heights one mile from the Post Office for sale. Address W. T. Kirk Box 422 Salem Oregon. The notice lists the property and contact for interested buyers.
Urgent call for 25,000 nurses by January 1, 1919 to serve in the Army and Navy. One in three graduate nurses must enlist to care for sick and wounded soldiers and sailors, ensuring the nation’s medical support during wartime.
Detroit Free Press recounts Col Harta Beetem’s claim of a trained worm named Slivers. He describes the worm’s clever fishing tricks including wrapping the hook and rolling free from bites, alerting with bubbles, and a final demise from brain fever. The tale ends with a tombstone reference near Goodale.
Dr Meyer Solomon explains in the New York Medical Journal that irritability and restlessness are a treatable condition. Simple remedies include physical activity such as gymnasium, golf, tennis, baseball, and even prizefights, or mental pursuits like reading, scientific articles, or hobbies to restore calm.
A list of beliefs links a newborn’s life to the day of the lunar month. First day birth promises happiness and wealth while second day birth brings rapid growth. Third and sixth days foretell a short life, fifth day deceit and pride, seventh day longevity but many troubles. Ninth day riches and honors. Tenth day long life and travel. Eleventh day health and beauty, wisdom if female. Twelfth day: loved but bad temper.
The passage argues a laugh seals a person’s nature, contrasting genuine expression with masks. It claims a laugh reveals harsh traits, branding someone who never smiles as dangerous and untrustworthy, likening it to a mask or ventriloquist’s puppet.
Payette Valley Real Estate Agency relocates from 1st National Bank building to J. M. Bennett building former dentist J. B. Burns suite and promotes literature on southern Idaho and eastern Oregon resources. Also seeks seed growers for contracts of 5 to 10 acres with listed prices, via L. O. Luce, Weber, Idaho. Western Seed and Irrigation Co.
The fragment discusses the term unspeakable Turk used in 1876 Bulgarian agitation and Carlyle's letters, noting prior uses by Carlyle and references in sources such as The Westminster Review. It also mentions unrelated business listings for Armature and Motor Repairing and electrical work at 00 North 9th Street in Idaho.
Time table shows east bound trains Nos 18 86 4 6 and west bound Nos 17 85 19 and 6 with varied departure times from Payette Idaho. MO
The passage extols universal reach through friendship and charity, asserting that a kind heart includes all people in a varied world. It highlights play, recreation, joy, and laughter as attainable by everyone, even those starting with little.
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