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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
2
Payette Enterprise dated Thursday March 16 1922 discusses how indirect taxes make up most costs of living and urges citizens to demand tax relief by cutting city county and state overheads. The notice cites growing per capita taxes from 5.42 to 116.94 between 1914 and 1920 and advertises honey for sale at 6th Street and 3rd Ave by Howard G. Griffin.
An ad promotes a rent to own plan claiming monthly payments cover interest and part of the principal, gradually reducing the debt until the home is owned. It frames the scheme as a solution to mortgage worries and mentions B. F. McCARROLL as a contact.
E C Johnson sale moved from March 7 to the 16th. W B Ontario date set for March 14. Location 226 West Payette. Sale times posted for all listings. Auctioneer W W Dunn coordinates court duty for the sales.
A former pastor recalls a cross country journey begun September 21 1883 from Kansas City to the Pacific Coast. He describes rail and stage travel through desolate towns to Boise City Welser and Pence School House, meeting Rev Grannis and settling in with the Pence family. He chronicles first sermons and the thrill of pioneering ministry across Idaho valleys, with horse riding and large ambitions shaping the early ministry life.
An old Payette ad extols Doan's Kidney Pills from FosterMilburn Co. Citing a local reader, 7 Geo R Fulton of 611 Sixth St, who suffered Sidney complaint and back pain, claims relief after a few weeks. The piece notes a public trust in insurance as certainty and promotes McCarroll for services.
Several hundred truck transfer and taxi workers will gather in Twin Falls on March 15 to form a state group for carrier protection and highway improvements. The drive, backed by bankers and merchants, aims to set uniform hauling rates, support good roads, and help carriers secure legitimate protections against hostile legislation.
Want ads feature a mix of notices and sales items including calls for practical nurses sought by Mrs. M. Berkam and Phos Loew, lost items such as two red liters and a coin purse, a stray or stolen dog, and rewards. Numerous for sale listings cover sewing machines, eggs, poultry stock, incubators, a baby buggy, rugs, a motor and pump, and a small house, with multiple sellers and contact phone numbers and places like New Plymouth Idaho, Pugh Par vt, and Smith Barber Shop. There are rental notices and farm equipment items, plus help-wanted and hosiery order takers, referencing International Stocking Mills and local businesses.
Seed potatoes from Council Idaho will be shipped in the last of the month. Orders for this seed book are being taken now with contact details for L. Thurston and B F McCarroll offering fire insurance as a necessity to protect credit.
A fully cultivated five acre edge of town parcel includes fruit trees watered acreage and a half acre of bearing strawberries rasberries and blackcaps. Last year produced 1390.99 dollars in produce. A five room house with basement pantry porches and outbuildings is included with cow two brood cows and farming implements. House furnished except bedding. Total price four thousand five hundred dollars with terms. Northwest General Brokerage Company Payette Idaho.
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