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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
3
Fruitland notes recount visits and travels of residents from Payette Emmett Ontario Boise and Caldwell. The week includes barn work in Payette County visits to Seattle and Emmett beach, births at home, moves to Wallace, family gatherings, teaching in Spokane, and church events with Rev C E Deal and Rev Olver Hower attending district and city conventions.
Delegates at the Brethren conference in Seattle report a fine time with about six thousand in attendance. Sunday invited pulpit occupancy, a Queens of the Kingdom play at M B church drew a large crowd, silver offerings totaled 11 dollars, and a White Ribbon mothers event at Fisher Place was well received. A grandstand at the high school grounds was built, funds directed by contractor G C McGee. The K C held a Washee Grove picnic, and Mrs Lora S La spoke at the Congregational church. A mammoth July 4 picnic is planned with W C T U cooperation, featuring Robinsons orchestra, Rem, readings, a college song, and a Rev Oliver Hower address.
Mrs John Alistrand hosted about 45 neighbors at her new home for a house warming with her son Fred Abistrand and wife. Delights included grape fruited cake and warm hospitality. Miss Maggie Beschley organized a large birthday surprise for Mrs J Hostettler with 52 guests enjoying games music and gifts. Mrs B Whealdon hosted dinner for nieces and nephews for Afton Chamberlain’s 11th birthday. Regular Brethren services noted with sermons. Whitley Bottom news covers rye farming, local visits, and posts to Ohio. A detailed note on hog cholera urges reporting suspected cases and organizing a vigilant community quarantine to keep Canyon County disease-free.
Queen Esther Circle will entertain W H M 8 at Miss Beulah Moyer home Thursday afternoon. Rev J J Tickner of the Baptist church will address Sunday morning on Our National Heliday and evening on Maniiness. Next Sabbath morning Rev C B Deal will teach Our Care bearer and a platform service in the Mena Bible class. All cordially invited.
Payette Y M C A reports last year about 200 youths and men applied for work, 100 were placed. Current calls come from both job seekers and those needing workers. Leave word at the Y M C A office or call 189 W for work or assistance with no charge. Also offering 140 shares of water stock in Farmers Cooperative Ditch at $1 per share for the season at Payette Valley Railroad Co office.
A New York apiarist, Riley Darling, claimed to cross lightning bugs with verse to create a night and day honey gathering insect. He allegedly produced a bee like creature that harvested nectar from clover, buckwheat, and basswood. His ambition to cross the sap-sucker for maple syrup failed and Darling died, leaving his swarms behind.
A Chicago banquet by the Brewers association featured speakers including Yr Vopica and a brewery official recounting industry size. They highlighted 1,400 plants with 67,000 workers and a $670 million invested capital, while a counter view warned of inefficiency, deaths, and social costs linked to alcohol and urged policy changes. The piece cites Prof. Nichols on grain use and notes a Tribune critique tying alcohol to family breakdown.
Asbury Park, with a 25,000 resident population and over a million visitors each summer, was founded with deeds restricting liquor. Despite early doubters from Croakers and timids, the town has grown into the social and commercial center of the north New Jersey coast, where the National W C T U held its fortieth annual convention in November.
Dr D H Kress cautions that daily small intakes of alcohol cause more lasting damage than occasional excess. He argues continuous mild irritation injures blood vessels and organs, while periodic indulgence allows recovery, with support from the W T U.
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