Payvice Enterprise and legal notes stretch over Payette county
Payette Enterprise editor Will Wells reports Thursday notices about auctions and license compliance. The piece cites Idaho statutes on auctioneers licenses, tax collector duties, and penalties for operating without a license, with a court reference to Bingham County. It includes guidance on proper business conduct and worker relations.
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Fruitland
Jersey
Payette
Sherift Jefferis
Miller
Canyon County
Jicenke
Jefferis
Buainosa
Cattle Association
Idaho
Bingham County & Fidelity Etc. Co
Devon
Waho
Payetts County
Wage Controversy Between Employers and Workers
The piece discusses wage levels for the labor class, short hours, and production, noting claims that higher wages reduce output and raise prices. It questions whether there are two sides to the issue and suggests employees’ behavior depends on treatment received.
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Ion
Marylee
Idaho Proclaims American Legion Week May 17 to 22 1920
Governor D W Davis declares American Legion Week in Idaho from May 17 through May 22 1920. He calls on all Idaho citizens to support American Legion posts and uphold democratic ideals and free institutions. The proclamation is attested by Secretary of State Robert C Jones and bears the state seal.
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United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
American Legion
United States
D. W. Davis
Idaho
State of
How to Live Mental Habits in Daily Life
Discussion on cultivating constructive thoughts to endure trouble. Warns that worry harms health and mind, and that thoughts govern destiny. Cautions against overfocus on digestion and artificial aids, stressing natural processes and daily discipline.
Learn How to Live in Cheerful Health
A physician counsels chronic invalids to avoid discussing ailments openly. He argues that dwelling on pain reinforces it and fetters recovery. Cultivate cheerful talk, hope, and reverse habits of expression to pursue better living and reflection on causes over effects.
Educating the Public through the Press
A piece argues that Congress should fund government bulletins by placing them in public newspapers at fair rates. It claims newspapers reach most citizens in this newspaper age and that government information should be disseminated via the press to educate and extend knowledge instead of new bulletins. The author stresses the press as the loudest voice to reach the public.
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Congress
Washington
Taxi fare limits cause driver to joke with passenger
Fred C. Kelley sits in a car by the New Willard Hotel when a traveling man mistakes the scene for Union Station. Kelley explains the law caps taxi fees at ten cents, provoking the traveler to threaten violence and the moment is recorded as a humorous note in The Nation's Business.
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Fred C. Kelley
New Willard Hotel
Mr. Kelly
Union Station
Kelly
Staon
Riddling verse playfully catalogs body parts in verse
A whimsical poem asks where to buy caps for knees and locks of hair and riffs on anatomy as if schooling readers in curious body parts. The voice mocks academies and uses playful questions about joints, teeth, ears, and limbs.
Loafing vs Labor: Call for Honest Sweat to Cut Costs
In the Yakima Valley Optimist editorial, readers are urged to end loafing and increase work to curb living costs. The piece argues production, not idleness, lowers prices, noting high wages and reduced effort raise prices. It calls for universal work ethic to restore affordability nationwide.
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Selatr
Yakima Valley
Advertising and the business man’s paradox
A Belgarde Montana Journal snippet ponders the irony of a person who relies on advertised goods from morning shave to breakfast, then rejects advertising as a pay tool. It highlights consumer and advertiser tensions in a single satirical line.
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Belgarde (Mont
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