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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
2
Payette Enterprise notes confusion over a March time change and urges Idaho farmers to plant wheat for war effort. Writer questions daylight savings impact, cites wartime wages, and appeals to patriotism and local agriculture.
Idaho moves to back the Third Liberty Loan with state headquarters in Boise and a planned April 6 opening. D. W. Davis named state chairman with a vigorous statewide effort to reach the loan over the next three to four weeks as Secretary McAdoo urges nationwide demonstrations and patriotic pledge drives.
The Phil Sheridan Post of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boise calls for a military tribunal to try traitors rather than civil courts. It adopts a resolution condemning lenient civil court handling and pledges wartime offenses be tried by a military court to protect soldiers at the front and prevent Bolshevik influence at home.
A public address warns that the wheat supply is lower than ever, stressing wheat as a wartime food and noting the risk farmers may switch to other crops due to current prices. The speech emphasizes the critical role of wheat in the modern soldier’s diet and the impact of war on production and pricing.
Office directive from March 8 1918 urges postmasters to require full given names and military ranks on mail to soldiers and marines abroad. It notes a War Department card index for undeliverable letters, but inaccessible without complete names, to improve delivery to the American Expeditionary Forces.
A physical instructor urges deep breathing to maintain health and proper blood oxygenation. He instructs dropping shoulders forward to attempt a full breath, noting the shoulders forward stance hinders full inflation and leaves lungs with stale air.
The city of Los Angeles has expanded to 887 square miles, surpassing New York 814 and Chicago 198, making it the largest U.S. city by area though population lags behind. Also a brief note on Everbearing Strawberry plants offered by Nephi Purcell.
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