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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
2
Payette report notes Will Wells as owner and manager in a Thursday entry. The document references Easter dealings and a post office matter under an Act of Congress, with dates and terms obscured in the OCR snippet.
A reminiscence about buying Liberty bonds recounts the moral lift of sacrifice and payment habits, followed by a report on a U S Labor Department study comparing price rises in 1918 19 with Allied nations. It notes per capita money in circulation and bank deposits, drawing Civil War parallels and warning against violent rhetoric in editorials.
Edgar Vestal describes the Pantheon de la Guerre painting near Paris. The vast 390 by 50 foot circular work spans European battlefields from Calais to Belfort, showing French leaders, Allied figures, and the triumphant army under a central Statue of Victory. He notes the immersive, semi darkened viewing hall and the array of heroes, generals, and foreign dignitaries surrounding the arch and central tableau.
The article records farmers and supporters denouncing editorials from the Non-partisan League as un American and inciting anarchy. They condemn attacks on courts and officials, saying judges and prosecutors have done their duty to the country and denouncing murder and sedition charges.
Edgar Vestal recounts a vast war memorial scene, detailing groups around a central Statue of Victory. Nations represented include Belgium Italy Serbia Roumania Russia with leaders King Albert Wilson Pershing and Taft among figures. Verdun inscription and a final tribute closing the panoramic tableau.
A polish for concrete floors uses 95 percent iron dust or iron flour mixed dry with cement at 16 to 26 pounds per 100 pounds. One part of the mixture is combined with two parts sand and laid as a top coat one half to one inch thick. The result is a hard durable waterproof non slippery floor and it aids bonding new concrete to old.
J B Thurston administrator announces private sale of Elmer B Hunter estate real property in Payette County Idaho. bids to be written to Payette residence or Clerk of Probate Court. sale after May 24 1919 with 10 percent cash and remaining on court confirmation.
Lucy announces to her mother she has invited Hobby to the Nile neighborhood party, sparking a moral rebuke as Lucy defends the choice. The piece follows a child’s social exchange and hints at broader aviation news in England about a very small winged airplane and its street landing claims.
Notice to stockholders of Orchard Irrigation Company of Payette County Idaho. Meeting at the office of B C Brainard 127 North 8th Street Payette on Tuesday the 43th day of May 1919 at 2:00 PM to elect three directors and transact other business. Dated Payette Idaho April 24 1919.
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