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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
6
A wartime welcome message to visitors arriving for Preston’s annual Night Rodeo invites enjoyment of local hospitality despite limited wartime facilities. It emphasizes good spirits and strong rodeo enthusiasm with a spirited rallying call to cowboys to let her buck.
The Boise Statesman editorial argues for consolidation of small one room schools to ease the teacher shortage during wartime. It critiques John I Hillman for alarm and calls for accepting reduced services and closing underexpanded schools while noting student shortages and broader wartime sacrifices.
A collection of cautions about common sales and business tactics. It lists schemes to squeeze extra profit, delays, bad meals, tax pressures, false prosperity, poaching work, big risks, and restrictive barriers to salespeople.
In a legislative session early this year Idaho editors opposed changes to direct primary laws and rejected government advertising. The Idaho State Editorial Association declared its stand against public government advertising, arguing newspapers should prioritize honor and trust over revenue and remain independent from state subsidies.
The Preston chamber of commerce merchants committee will provide free rodeo stencil designs to every member firm this coming week. Designs include a cowboy, wild steer, Brahma bull, cowgirl and other rodeo figures to be painted on store windows at no charge.
A humorous dialogue features a swelled head remark about growth without nourishment. A tramp asks for old pants from a doctor who reveals she is the doctor. An Indian girl wins a beauty contest named Pretty Bear. A recruit tries on a new uniform and a sergeant jokes about deformity.
A young student learns sextant use from an instructor in flight. The instructor pilots high above the city as the student works the instrument. The student then tells the pilot to remove his hat, claiming they are now inside St Pauls Cathedral based on his calculations.
A collage of scattered items, jokes, advertisements, and social notes from a 1914 era page. Mentions social service tone, retail sign jokes, restaurant policies, and local events plus river bathing complaints and parade snippets. Includes names like Jenny Weems and time-stamped July 1914 reflections.
A 1928 report notes August travel by Emil Petterberg and companions through Wyoming into Yellowstone Park with returns home by Sunday. It also records a family reunion for the David Jensen family and a funeral service for Le Nea Hansen Taylor after an operation in Montpelier.
The report notes the deceased made the trip in less than a day aboard a 1928 model Chevrolet, detailing the vehicle used and the quick travel time.
Mrs Alf Barris and son Jimmie and daughter Sandra of Phoenix visit the Ericksons. Ed Backman hosts his Ogden brother for a few days. Mr and Mrs Rawson Taylor move to Preston. Mrs Taylor to teach there. Mr Taylor was a guard. Dean and Mrs Dutton visit American Fork and Provo. Lt Rupert D Young sails to San Diego base. Robert Young visiting Oneida. Carl Byington of Magna is visiting grandparents Willard Kofoed.
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