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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes show campaign announces for sheriff and probate judge in Payette County Idaho amid weather issues and seeded fields. Local humor and magazine excerpts accompany community items and tribute to steady subscribers.
A patriotic plea urges faster production, reduced consumption, and financial support for the war effort. It stresses theater of war needs, civilian duties, and national unity, calling for increased munitions, food, and supplies to outpace Germany and bring troops home victorious through shared sacrifice. Also includes political candidate notices from Idaho Payette County listing John T. Jeffers, S. Felthouse, and R. B. Haynes seeking Republican nominations for sheriff, county commissioner, and prosecuting attorney respectively.
Multiple notices announce bids for county offices in Payette County. John H. Norris seeks Republican nomination for Prosecuting Attorney and Sheriff, with primaries slated for September 3 1918, urging voters to conduct fair investigations and support morality and integrity. B Stanton also declares Democratic Sheriff candidacy for Payette County, subject to primary results.
Third Regiment Postmaster General A M Dockery issues instructions to postmasters. Patrons sending money to prisoners of war in Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria or Ottoman territories must use the Red Cross prisoner relief bureau in Washington DC. Domestic money orders payable to American Red Cross will be forwarded. include payee full name and prison location. For prisoners of war overseas, issue on the international form without a fee and mark Payee a prisoner of war for forwarding to the New York exchange office.
A garbled note contends with offense and a tense exchange among men. The fragment hints at an attempt to calm a dispute, mentioning an officer and a decayed phrase about rench.
A bitter husband returns at 11 pm to cold supper and scorn, while his wife reads love letters from before their marriage. She weeps over promises of passion as he mocks the past and grumbles about Thad, the unfeeling husband chewing ham.
Newport R I reports Robertson McGregor a fireman third class at the naval training school received a secretary Daniels commendation after he swam in darkness to aid an unconscious apprentice seaman in the bay. He located the man, brought him to shore, and saved a life. The rescued sailor had enlisted the previous May in Albany. His mother, Mrs Margaret McGregor, lives on Maple Street in Lee Massachusetts.
Ordinance declares sale of fifty one thousand dollar municipal coupon bonds by Payette City to Keeler Brothers Denver Colorado. Bonds dated January 1 1918 mature 1983 at 6 percent interest payable semi annually. Proceeds used to fund debt and related warrants, with delivery and payment terms specified and official publication noted.
City council approved bonds and interest coupons and declared the contract binding between the city, bidders, and bondholders. Ordinance repeals conflicting acts and becomes effective after publication, remaining irrevocable until debt is paid. Mayor I R Woodward signed, city clerk Martin C Luther attested, notice published July 18, 1918, in Payette Enterprise. Then a cartoon caption quotes a deli cate man and a politician exchange about conscience and power.
A July 1918 notice warns that furnishing cigarettes or tobacco to minors in Idaho is a misdemeanor punishable by 25 to 100 dollars and that minors using tobacco also commit a misdemeanor. It states violators will be vigorously prosecuted upon corroborated evidence and affidavit, issued by Prosecuting Attorney P. Monroe Smock.
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