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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
3
A fragmentary historical quote praising the United States and its citizens. Attributed sentiments reference Sworthy citizens C D Wares and ideas from Tuckerman and Harvard. The text exults national vigor and duty to welfare, with scattered remnants of prose and names.
The text recalls a private in the Army of the Potomac sentenced to be shot for sleeping at post. Lincoln wrote a reprieve and rode ten miles to ensure it reached the prisoner, a heroic gesture amid the era's brutal heat. The article also notes a Vermont unit’s brutal losses at Yorktown and a touching dying tribute to Lincoln by a wounded soldier.
A reflective meditation on living in the present by Ella Wheeler Wilcox contrasts with a long anecdote about Lafayette in early American history. The narrator recalls a railroad worker recounting a reception where Lafayette jokes about married status, highlighting humor in introductions and social exchange.
In Canyon County Idaho the Board of Directors of the Little Willow Irrigation District files a petition for examination approval and confirmation of bond proceedings for a 155000 dollar issue and a 30000 dollar issue with sales and apportionment of benefits. A hearing is set for May 25 1917 before Judge Ed Bryan at Caldwell Idaho. Interested parties may demur or answer by that date.
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