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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1924
Page
2
From a Payette, Idaho newspaper urging re election of Gov. E. Moore. Praises his two year record of cutting state expenses and improving finances. Compares state government to a well run business and warns that changing leadership mid recovery could threaten stability.
Grange collaboration with state fairs shows strong support for agriculture and rural life. Grange exhibits floats and contests draw crowds, with notable events in New York and Ohio. The movement backs Farm Week activities and youth programs while partnering with extension services and home bureaus to boost farm leadership and community projects. Baptist Church highlights Bible school at 10 00, morning worship at 11 00, Lord's Supper, evening service, and midweek prayer meeting with choir after.
The Merimix church announces Sunday school at 10:00 a m and a special program at 11:00 a m with evening services recalled to Fruitland. Also a Portia club rummage sale is planned for November 6 7 and 8 at the Taner building with open evenings.
The Bennett and Conk evangelistic campaign begins Sunday morning at 7:30 with nightly services through the week. Bro. Cook leads a strong program with a noted song leader and chorus. Payette delays in welcoming visitors as the wave of evangelism draws crowds seeking spiritual renewal. Local folks report illness, visits, and community notices alongside the event.
The American Legion promotes The Whipping Boss a dramatized Tabert case story starring Barbara Bedford and Lloyd Hughes. Emma Theatre hosts November 10 and 11 under John Webster Rhoads Post sponsorship as the Legion seeks to spotlight prison abuse and convict leasing abolition.
The G W Lattigplade granary and machine shop in Payette was wiped out by a Tuesday morning fire. Much grain inside was lost. Local residents and visitors were noted in town scenes, with several families departing for Baker and Weiser. A Park Improvement club meeting featured a candidate study, while hunting trips and social visits filled the rest of the week.
The item lists numerous local movements and visits including Mr Lauer planning another deer hunting trip, Geo, Culp, and Ray Christensen aiding in a gravel contract east of Fruitland, Ernest Lauer and Cald well kin hunting Salmon river country, Beula Coles visiting Geo Sullens, Mrs W L Davis visiting Payette friends, a birthday gathering at C C Miller home, and several Sunday visitors and outings. It notes an automobile dispute between Harry Spicer and Kenneth Whitely, a Park schoolhouse talk by F A Clark on Coolidge, church services by Rev Monts, cattle moved to Berding Island, and reminders of upcoming elections at Bolton schoolhouse. Further items mention visitors at various homes, weekend visits, and local movements such as A L Roberts moving to Albert Coates ranch, Albert Coates hosting, and numerous family and neighbor gatherings.
Mr and Mrs Lee Boyd and seven children spent two weeks visiting in Shoshone last Tuesday. Mrs Boyd’s mother Frank Farrot and family visited the Symes Sunday. Ernest and Hare moved to Payette. Clarence Kirk looks after the Van Duesen ranch. Mr and Mrs B D McIntire visited neighbors on Sunday afternoon.
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