24 Oct 1918
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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
1
The Red Cross sale attracted buyers from all areas, offering a vast range of farm goods and household items. Pigs, poultry, livestock, tools, furniture, and merchandise were auctioned, with proceeds near a thousand dollars and more sales planned for a future date.
The Payette Idaho area report notes Harold Golda and Lester Hooker facing induction into the U S Marine Corps with Orders expected soon after examinations. Donald D Sheldon's induction into the Tank Service is authorized with Camp Gettysburg Gettysburg Penn. The Local Draft Board continues busy with classification questionnaires and exams amid talk of mobilization. Community updates mention Miss Gaylord returning to work in the recorder’s office and local political notices including Robert O Jones seeking the Idaho Secretary of State post.
Announcement from a laundry service at 4243 seeking a wash man named Payette. Brief contact note indicating employment need.
War Department and Red Cross outline standards for sending Christmas parcels to servicemen abroad in 1918. Each man may receive one two pound eleven ounce carton, prepared at Christmas Parcel Stations and inspected by Red Cross representatives. Relatives obtain labels, and parcels are mailed via Parcel Post from Hoboken with a fixed rate. Local chapters and committees coordinate parcel intake and distribution in Payette Fruitland New Plymouth with designated hours and addresses.
Farm Bureau notes call for correct deferment classification by November 15 and outline upcoming gopher demonstrations and county agent led farm control method trips. Details list schedules, participants, and locations across Payette River, Bench and Whitkey Bottom, Send Hollow and Ly tle Willow, with timings from morning to evening. Also notes rabbit poison program for 100 ranchers, urging purchase through the Farm Bureau at 1.50 per ounce and nut shells and fruit pits collection for Red Cross wartime shipments.
A small fire at Heene Drier near the side engine was quickly controlled by 400 volunteers and the Payette Lumber Co hose with water from a private home. minor damage, suspected camping lantern cause. Also notices urge cash laundry and a carload of Howard heaters arriving this week. ready for delivery and guaranteed pricing.
Sheriff Hanigan traced a burglary on Oct 4 at the Mint of 4th Street to a suspect recently in Ontario. A trip to Ontario yielded no clues, but a Weiser search recovered stolen property and led to a juvenile burglar sent to the Industrial School at St. Anthony.
A fragmented wartime roll lists Army volunteers Navy personnel and aviation members totaling 261 with several officers and three listed as having made the supreme sacrifice. The text also records a dubious political nomination and a declaration by J M Davis to seek the office of County Commissioner of Payette County from the second district.
Payette community updates include visitors from Missouri and Wyoming, local marriage news, military moves, and shifts in residence. Residents C A Ingersoll, Lora Bumgardner, H G Rogers, Will Moss, and others are mentioned with travel, engagements, and postings. Local firms like Gorham Mennonite and Payette Cold Storage appear, plus Red Cross events and upcoming W C T A activities.
The advertised letters include Rower and Mrs Geo Linnardo among others for the week ending October 18 1918. Details list names awaiting pickup at the post office, with notes indicating return to sender where applicable.
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