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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
3
Special precautions are taken at Buckingham Palace to protect three treasure vaults amid renovations. The largest stores furniture and paintings, while the jewel room holds priceless gold ornaments, with over 6,000 pieces weighing more than a ton. Most treasures came to Queen Victoria, catalogued and annually checked under the keeper of the privy purse.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger piece notes that in war effort, class lines blur as students and athletes alike rush to enlist. The essay cites college veterans and glee club members among early volunteers, illustrating that courage crosses birth and status. It also recalls historical figures from varied backgrounds sharing battlefield valor.
A gaunt man with a cold tells a doctor he has not been taking medicine, aside from a sequence of various patent tonics and remedies. He mentions Binkham's Bitters Quackem's Invigorator Cures Pills root bitters quinine and salts, plus porous plasters and a liver pad, though he claims he is not taking anything at all currently.
The text states every scrap of waste fabric rope or paper has value. White cotton rags are most valuable and all rag types, even old or soiled, can be used. Old black stockings can be recycled into rooting paper. Postwar demand for roofing paper will be tremendous due to widespread building destruction, with woolen rags also repurposed.
A poor man in Shropshire, long suspected of wealth, died last week. Relatives discovered £50,000 in bank notes sewn inside the lining of his worn garments. In Italy, a similar tale of a dead miser uncovered money hidden in bank bills within his shoes.
Notice states that on October 26 1917 shareholders were assessed 12.00 per share to pay creditors and 1.00 per share for running costs. It warns delinquent stock will be sold at public auction on December 1 1917 unless arrears are settled and includes various notices about rentals sales and ads for Payette Idaho.
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