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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
4
Local shopper offers sweet potatoes cranberries walnuts celery lettuce grapes and more at low cash prices. Special stock arrival from Tru-Blu-Hiscult Company features Patriot Boxes with fancy cakes and chocolates priced at 1.25 per box for soldier care shipments.
The steel steamer War Dog, 315 feet, first of its type built in British Columbia, was recently launched in Vancouver for a Japanese firm via an English broker and has since been sold to a British company.
Classifieds show several sale items including 250 feet of wood pipe and Jersey cattle for service with phone contacts, plus a dentist and attorney listings. A humorous caddy story interrupts with a joke about a V G card and a gentleman.
The State of Idaho sends greetings to defendants listed including Mrs Dane Bowers and family. A complaint has been filed in Canyon County Seventh Judicial District District Court to foreclose a tax lien on property in Payette City. Defendants must answer within twenty days if served in district, or forty days if served elsewhere, to recover judgment for taxes totaling 42.66 plus interest, 25.00 attorney fees, and costs. The suit seeks a decree foreclosing the tax lien on described blocks in Melchor's Addition to Payette City.
In this athletic essay H Sidebotham argues victory hinges not on valor alone but on political and technical factors. He cites new weapons, discipline, fitness, and innovative formations as keys, citing Boer mounted infantry tactics and American woodsmen as examples of war adapted to local genius.
The article details the evolution of the Lafayette Escadrille into the Franco American Flying Corps and finally the Lafayette Flying Corps to avoid neutrality issues as the United States initially stayed out of the war. It notes the shifts reflect American involvement and diplomatic sensitivities.
Los Angeles County, California reports a declining horse population from 47,000 in 1900 to 31,000 in 1910 and 20,000 by 1916, while automobiles and motor trucks surge from 6 to 79,146. The current auto valuation nears 10 million dollars, and roads are blamed for the drop in horses.
Suit seeks sale of described property to satisfy plaintiff’s debt plus costs and attorney fees. Defendants and those claiming through them may be barred from title and interest if they fail to appear and answer within the specified time. Judgment may be entered as prayed. District Court, Canyon County Idaho, November 9, 1917. Clerk L. C. Knowlton, Deputy Rose Edwards.
Fragmentary text notes excursions and an agent reference with minimal details. The readable items mention no specific events, people, places, dates, or organizations to anchor a fuller summary.
On a Long Island suburban train a blonde woman knits sky blue yarn while an elderly commuter suggests brown khaki. She explains she is learning and aims to knit first for herself, then, if feasible, khaki for soldiers.
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