Wickard Sees Boost in Crop Outlook and Beet Planting Push
Secretary Wickard urged farmers to plant up to their goals and increase acreage, stressing government support for labor and equipment for war crops. He noted beet and dry bean plantings would fall short of quotas while general optimism grows for the year’s harvest. A stray editorial from the Portland Journal comments on wage issues and miner pay as part of broader economic debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickard
Columbia
Portland
Oregon
John L
Lewis
Journal
Mississippi candidate Bell considers run for Representative
Citizen Phil Bell a hill farmer and local storyteller weighs entering the August primary for the Mississippi legislature after learning about other candidates. He writes to the Webster Progress editor seeking favorable reception despite lacking political record or public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fupora
Phil Bell
Hill Farmer
Farmers and Workers Loyal in Democratic War Effort
The Minidoka News urges U S farmers and laborers to support the Allied victory by increasing food and munitions production. It argues democratic governance proves better than Axis rule and calls on the rank and file to back the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Minidoka News
Preston News Bits From April 11 1928
Edw H Strong of Salt Lake City visited Preston to handle business for O R Ointment Mfg Co in which many locals are stock holders. Lethro Holliday son of Mr and Mrs Geo Holliday is called to labor as a missionary in the Society Islands and will leave in May. A large crowd bid farewell to four Preston boys headed for Salt Lake City missions. Serge Warner Ernest Hymas depart April 22 for New Zealand Eddie Clayton Eugene Merrill head for Germany. Amos Belnap, formerly with Skaggs Safeway, bought the Boise city and Nampa right of the O P S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edw. H. Strong
Salt Lake City
Preston
O. R
Mfg. Co
Lethro Holliday
Geo. Holliday
Society Island
U.s.¢C
Missions
Serge Warner
Ernest Hymas
Salt Lake
New Zealand
Eddie Clayton
Eugene Merrill
Germany
Mrs Nash Family Expresses Gratitude for Support
Mrs. Andrew B Nash and family thank friends and community members for sympathy and kindness shown after the death of their husband and father, expressing sincere appreciation for the expressions of love during their sorrow.
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Andrew .B. Nash
Marriages of U S Residents in Various Cities
A list of marriage notices shows pairs including John J. Rogers age 44 of Ogden with Erma Rogers 36 of Paris Idaho. Harold A. Leeds 43 and Rose Scoville 34 from Burley. Alvin N. Anderson 29 of Marlon ND and Pearl A. Hickley 24 of Nortonville NC. Richard Stoneburg 19 of Ogden and Rosemary Jacobsen 20 of Hill Meld Leland. John Heir 27 of Waterloo IA and Mildred Irene Jeppeson 23 of Huron Lake MN. Arthur Wm. Ellason 31 and Frances Wicklund 27 both of Salt Lake City. Géo L. Montler 41 of Salt Lake City and Ruth W. Roach 21 of Layton. J Alan Winger 28 of Logan and Lou Farrell 23 of Smithfield. Frank K. Pierce 21 of Paducah KY and Mary Jane Lowry 18 of Anadarko OK.
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John J. Rogers
Ogden
Erma Rogers
Paris
Idaho
Harold A. Leeds
Rose Scoville
Burley
Alvin N. Anderson
Marlon
N.D
Pearl A. Hickley
Nortonville
N.C
Richard Stoneburg
Rosemary Jacobgen
Hill Meld
Leland
John Heir
Waterloo
Iowa
Mildred Irene Jeppeson
Huron Lake
Minn
Arthur Wm. Ellason
Frances Wicklund
Salt Lake City
Géo. L. Montler
Ruth W. Roach
Layton
J. Alan Winger
Logan
Lou Farrell
Smithfield
Utah
Irrank K. Pierce
Paducah
Mary Jane Lowry
Anadarko
Oklahoma
Humorous Snippets and Army Jokes From a Past Era
A collage of light verse and military humor. The text includes a boy’s smithy visit joke about a horse being nailed on, a caricature about Old Ten Per Cent, and a child’s pennies for a beggar. It closes with a colored First Sergeant’s demand for dust and statues after a whistle blast.
Quotable Bits From a Varied Local Page
A collage of campus, golfing, evangelistic, and crime anecdotes appears with jokes about Milton, marriage, and Paradise Lost. Vignettes include a teacher and pupil on Milton, golfers joking about weddings, a mayor’s son, a singing father, and a California evangelist. Local notices seek wares, a salesgirl, a violin for sale, and church attendance. Prisoners share witty reasons for their presence during recreation hour.
Optimistic Irishman Laughs Through Graveyard Prank
An Irishman fond of liquor returns home drunk and is carried to a graveyard by friends who bury him to sleep off his jag. He wakes, climbs out, surveys the cemetery, and says in surprise that he is the first one up.
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Gorra
Idaho Liquor Act Enforcement to Target Violators
Idaho officials announce an above board enforcement program under House Bill No. 174 directed by Dr. J. C Sorensen Camas with six officers. Suspected violators will receive warnings and be prosecuted by county, state, and federal agencies plus Red Cross support. The effort aims to curb alcohol sales by the drink and coordinate flood response using 1000 Idaho Volunteer Reserves. The governor also disputes a Jackson Hole National Monument decree affecting irrigation and agriculture in the Snake River region.
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J. C Sorensen
Sorensen
Congress
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
James Spofford
Idaho
Spofford
Jackson Lake
Jackson’ Lake
Snake River
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Cltisen
Cache ‘Valley Clarion
Halter
Asocate Baltor
William MacKnight Belva Hart
Leland Chatterton
Jack_L._Roe Shirley C Chatterton
Franklin
Old Peoples Pension
Salem
Promas
Mississippi
J. G. Nelson
Nelson
Hale
John C. Greaves
Wilford Hobbs
The
Academy Orchestra
Prof Engar
Richmond
Skaggs System
Dc. H. Rallison
Joshua Rallison
California
Ralph Millar
Spanish Fork
Frankln County Poultry Association
Amos Belnap
Hag
Boise City
Nampa
O. P
Utah Oil Refining Company
Ant Yeete
America
Accene
Howdy
Foles
Mamma
Victory Gardens
Mink Creek Maizie
Parachute Corps
Milton
Golden State
Cold Springs
Weiser
P.H
Trey
Nygh
Ssr
Rouisiac Service
Pontiac
Lundberg Buick
Preston, Idaho
American Red Cross
Idaho Volunteer Reserves
Lumber
Mountain States
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