Price Increases in 1913 to 1919 Highlighted in Labor Bureau Study
Payette Enterprise reports on a U S Bureau of Labor Statistics study showing price rises from 1913 to 1919 across farm products 133 percent house furnishings 131 percent clothing 115 percent food 107 percent lumber 61 percent fuel 73 percent and rail rates 30 percent while utilities rise 15 to 25 percent. It notes most increases occurred by 1919 with food and clothing peaking in 1918 and discusses state efforts in Idaho to recover bad farm loans.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
French Women Meet in Alsace Addresses Health and Labor
A conference of 300 French women in Alsace discusses health and industrial issues. They address suffrage legislation for working women, child welfare, adoption of visiting nurse systems, and social, physical care for families.
French women hold first Alsace council meeting in Strasbourg
About 300 French women gathered in Strasbourg on October 1 8 9 for the annual National Council of French Women convention. Mme Miller and Mme Jules Siegfried presided with Mme Avril de Sainte Croix as secretary. Delegates included Mary Dingman and Kathryn Clark from the YWCA. The gathering discussed projects for women and girls in cooperation with the WWCA and potential transfer of the Strasbourg YWCA Foyer to the YWCA for operation of a hostel.
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United States
United War Work Campaign
Mary Dingman
Y. W
France
Kaith Clark
Strasbourg
Previowa
Payette County Board approves deputy for Pressurer office
Payette County Idaho November 17 1919 Board meetings adopted a resolution granting Mrs L R Hollenbeck authority to select a deputy at a salary not to exceed 90 per month with board confirmation in December. Also approved transfer of funds to Highway District No 2 and acceptance of adjustment vouchers for road work and federal aid requests. The proceedings closed with a recess.
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Board Ory County Commissioners
Payette County
Idaho
Payette
Strong
L. R. Hollenbeck
Board of Commissioners of
Davis
White
Idaho Pacific Highway
Pay_ette County
Golden Rule in Modern Life
Advice on appreciating a wife and the value of compliments in marriage. Encourages husbands to express praise, noting its greater impact after vow and the sacrifices wives make. Warns against neglect and urges consistent, genuine appreciation.
Executive Order on Competitive Examinations for Postmaster Roles
March 24 1917 Wilson order directs Civil Service Commission to run open competitive exams to fill first to third class postmaster vacancies caused by death resignation or removal The Postmaster General to submit the highest qualified eligible for appointment Age sixty five exclusion noted G Davis returns from military service opens Boise Idaho law offices offering free advice to veterans or their families
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Wilson
Civil Service Commission
Postmaster General
Né'perann
G. Davis
Yates Building
Boise
Idaho
Col. Davis
Judge Advocate General's Department
Washington
Tribute to the Lilac in Mortuary Annals
A Baltimore American meditation on the lilac as a timeless flower for home and heart. It praises the lilac beyond graveyard use, linking its scent to memory, life, and the ideals of living across the years.
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Baltimore American
Aerial Motorcycle and Artificial Mother of Pearl Discovery
A Swiss engineer develops an aerial motorcycle with an 80 horsepower engine and a 56 mph air speed, which automatically switches to 40 mph on ground travel after landing. The device folds wings for road use. Separately, W. Dew, fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, discovers a German-free method to manufacture artificial mother-of-pearl for buttons and dress trimmings through wartime reconstruction efforts.
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W. Fh. Dew
Royal Society of Arts
Doctor Dew
Germany
Evangelist Tries Reading Trick at Night Service
A Boston Transcript note recalls an evangelist asking attendees to read Mark Chapter 17 for a sermon on Liars. The crowd raised a hundred hands, then he revealed there is no seventeenth chapter of Mark. An unrelated classified line offers 30 tons of Hezel tine Island on sale for $16 per ton by A. James of Fruitland.
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Mark
Boston Transcript
Hezeltine Island
A. James
Fruitland
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