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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
2
The Payette Enterprise urged Idaho readers to invest in War Savings Stamps as part of a nationwide drive led by Roosevelt and Uncle Sam. The piece touts thrift, national unity, and the soldier’s needs, detailing how stamps fund wallets and uniforms while urging workers, farmers, and families to participate.
Governor T. M. Alexander declares Friday May 28 1918 War Savings Day in Idaho urging all citizens to buy War Savings Stamps at designated times and places. State emphasizes national call and historic pride in meeting future demands through patriotic investment.
The New York Times editorial argues victory depends on means. It lists four elements: raw materials, processing into war sinews, labor to transform them, and manpower for transport and support. The piece calls for all to do their duty, urging unity and effort across society.
A fragmentary exchange shows Mia and a Country Gentleman discussing borrowing troubles in their neighborhood. The men claim neighbors rarely share items they want, highlighting chronic reluctance to lend.
New timetable affects O L Ity trains at Payette and nearby towns with east and west bound departures. Specifics include trains 18 is 2 27 a m 86 at 8 40 a m 15 at 11 10 a m 6 wait 6 oclock p m 17 at 3 33 a m 86 at 9 45 a m and 1 at 10 15 p m 6 at 10 20 p m. Also National War Savings Day 23 June aims to pledge 20 00 per person and 100 per family with stamps issued at 4 17 each growing quarterly. Bond bid notice for 61 000 municipal coupons by Payette set for July 15 1918 with terms six percent, payable semi annually, bids due 8 p m at city clerk office.
War limits imports from France and Europe while California sardines expand, with N B Sco field predicting 2 500 000 cases next year. Packers unite to standardize packs, improve handling, and cut prices to boost retail sales across sizes and cans.
A wartime recruitment appeal declares that twenty five thousand nurses are urgently needed before January 1, 1919 by the Army and Navy. It states at least one in every three graduate nurses must enlist to care for sick and wounded soldiers and sailors, urging immediate response.
Ralph McMurray, a colored waiter at the Hotel McCurdy, Evansville, received a lengthy questionnaire. He asked what it was and was told to answer the questions. He reacted with disbelief, noting the pages and wondering about enlistment.
A quip from Diggs and Biggs noting hypocrisy in church life. Biggs says he would join if not for hypocrites, Diggs replies there is always room for one more, reflecting a humorous exchange cited by The Country Gentleman.
A fragmentary wartime style lyric features a grandfather claiming to be too old for war while a grandson resists wheat shortages. References to Long Valley Idaho and Donolly Idaho appear alongside a chorus about cutting wheat meat sugar and candy for base rations.
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