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Newspaper
Preston Booster
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
4
Local rates listed for subscriptions and advertising in Preston Idaho with prices per line and per inch for legal notices. Mentions second class mail status and publication cadence.
Editorial argues for bondholders plan to take half the Oneida irrigation district land to cancel debt near 500000 dollars and free water rights. Opposes litigation scheme that would grant lawyers a quarter of land and risks continued trouble. praises freeing land to create homesteads and uplift local prosperity.
A fragment hints at phrases describing an agitator and knocker as a sore spot, but the text lacks full context or attribution to a person or event. The note appears to request clarification or completion of a phrase or caption within a column or feature.
A compact club plan notes that significant effort and about 50 pounds of elbow grease can improve progress. The remark emphasizes practical work over mere reasoning as the path to better results.
The writer notes that candidates are two months ahead, airing hopeful lines and courting voters with polished phrases like buttercups and daisies. The tone comments on politicians growing familiar, even as Uncle Theodore makes a playful aside about meeting after rain.
A colloquial lament questions county division while joking about consent and urban repair. The speaker jokes about donations of Portland cement to fix Main Street as rain and snow fall on both just and unjust, noting the indifferent mood of authorities. The tone is satirical and civic.
The exchange traces a lively matchup from Massa Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal and Woodrow Wilson to President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. Readers are invited to see the contest decided amicably, with interest mounting over the outcome.
For centuries the Mosque of St Sofia in Constantinople reportedly retains a musk scent because musk was mixed into the mortar during its construction. If a sample of that cement existed, experts could locate the source of the odor.
The Bureau of Forestry reports trees that thrive in sand hills without irrigation. Over fifty years forests are expected to reclaim the waste western region.
The text notes hemp and palm ropes with other materials used in ancient Egypt. Twisted leather thongs were discovered in the tomb of Thermes III. This dynasty flourished around 1600 B C.
Prevailing buying prices listed for Wheat Oats Barley Bran Flour Potatoes Hay Hogs Eggs Butter and related items with per cent values and multipliers. Figures show Wheat 1.25 per cwt Oats 1.40 Barley 1.60 Bran 1.20 Flour straight grade 2.00 Flour high grade 2.10 Potatoes 0.25 Hay 7.00 per ton Hogs 0.51 per lb Eggs 0.10 Butter 0.50 per lb.
Delinquent stock list under assessment dated September 2 1911 lists shareholders Jon Head D P Thomas Martin Olsen U Griffin Martha Clayton and others. Notices announce sale of parcels at auction in Idaho on the 16th to collect back taxes and penalties.
Lafayette after Cerbéwin returned to France and opposed the Jacobins in 1792. He and other officers fled to Liege and were imprisoned in Olmütz Moravia. They used a vocal code whistling aria quotes to share news and family updates without detection. The fortress commandant failed to decipher the signals and gave up.
The passage recalls Sir Joseph Hooker persuading Darwin to submit his 1844 sketch on evolution to the Linnean Society for joint consideration with Alfred Russel Wallace. It highlights the dramatic moment of two great minds converging on the same advancement and Darwin’s note about priority.
Fragmentary dialogue recalls a husband teasing a wife about age and a necklace gifted at marriage. The piece hints at social scrutiny and personal embarrassment within a troubled relationship.
A fragmented dialogue shows Choate teasing Mitchell about his profession and mistakes, with Mitchell replying in public as the conversation breaks into unclear phrases. The overheard banter hints at professional pride and public presence.
A young man sent a photograph to a woman who judged it good but not perfect. After a short romance he faced a setback in his plans and later wrote that he could not meet her hopes, describing his failed routes and feelings in a terse note.
All accounts owing to the Pres ton News must be paid in this office where receipt will be given. No one else has authority to make collections except Howard Maughan who will collect subscription only.
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