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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
6
Excerpt discusses travel in China noting primitive methods of transport such as wheelbarrows and sedan chairs on the Chengtu plain, with advice to travelers to adapt to local conditions. It contrasts modern Western travel with Chinese practices while referencing figures like Robert Henri and statements about collecting old masters and wealth.
A Terre Haute physician told a friend on Main Street he skipped time from his busy practice to attend a ball game. He boasted earning 25 dollars from a player who broke his leg and had to be set, according to the Indianapolis News.
An OCR fragment discusses regional growth including agriculture, oil, and industry, mentioning Western expansion and a Detroit reference. The text is garbled with missing letters and unclear dates, but hints at a magazine note on infrastructure and development planning.
The Duluth Herald imagines a Victorian gentleman awakening to a world altered by modern warfare. He would witness bravado of Yankee airmen, shattered Russia, a humbled Germany, a dominant United States, and weapons like poison gas aircraft and submarines, all reshaping global power in shock.
A dialog between two suffragists contrasts marriage timing with wit. The older speaker argues women should not marry before thirty, while the younger, sharper retort claims it is impossible to marry after thirty-five.
A preliminary report from the Bureau of the Census shows that United States street and interurban railways transported over 11 billion fare paying passengers in 1917. The figure implies an average of just over 100 rides per person in the nation.
A wartime airfield tale recalls a captain’s near crash after a flawless display. After a risky landing, a gushingly adoring spectator praised the landing as superb and “like a dear little bird-hop,” prompting laughter among fellow pilots.
The piece argues that Serbia treats the child as the state’s property and heir to family wealth, with the home centered on the woman and child. It stresses the child’s central role, the harsh wartime hardships, and the emphasis on child education and welfare.
Denny Coe of Richmond recounts a Chicago barber joke about an Indiana haircut. He notes he prefers Richmond barbers after a trip to Chicago where a barber suggested his prior shave and haircut looked Indiana drawn. The tale reflects local pride and humor from Indiana.
A seventy three year old Indianapolis woman prizes being not childish. She describes busy life knitting for soldiers and embroidering a dress for a former maid’s baby. She explains selflessness keeps her from childish pity and urges thinking of others.
American agronomists complete a soil and farming survey of Greece and Crete. Major C. G. Hopkins of Illinois and Liont. G. J. Bou Youcos lead the Red Cross agricultural mission to educate Greek farmers in up to date machinery and methods to raise crop yields.
The report shows a high of 95 on dates 29 and 20 with a low of 45 on date 29. Mean temperature 70 with trace precipitation and a greatest 24 hour precipitation of trace. Six clear days and no partly cloudy or cloudy days. Wind from the SE.
Austen Chamberlain as chancellor presented a budget to British Parliament with a vast 1.412 billion pound figure and noted the floating debt demands grave attention. The piece mocks the dry finance talk and questions how the sinking fund is being handled.
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