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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1951
Page
12
In Lotus a tax on all earners funded local charity for the elderly. Neighbors resisted sharing the burden, but Uncle Sam offered aid drawing taxes from all communities. Welfare rolls grew as both local and federal gifts expanded, forcing higher rates to sustain funding.
The text notes the two most dangerous ages for accidents are 1 to 4 and over 65 with most mishaps at home. It advises seniors not to climb ladders and general precautions to prevent accidents. It lists common immunizations as typhoid fever typhus fever and smallpox. It states life expectancy differences for Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota, with women living 3 to 4 years longer than men in all three states.
Indiana faces a tax burden as federal welfare aid dries up. The state weighs local funding vs federal control, with $43 million annual welfare costs and $30 million in taxes to Washington. Lincoln County residents confront reduced aid and the choice between self-government and central oversight. Local marriages and a Preston high school football loss are noted in passing.
A department of agriculture report via the University of Idaho extension shows 8,190 of 40,284 farms electrified, 94.8 percent, the highest among western states except California. Washington at 98.7 percent tops the district. Oregon 91.8 and Utah 91.4 follow.
Ten years ago in Preston future farmers earned top awards at the Idaho spud show in Shelley with Letho Auger scoring 324.8, Ronald Geisler 316.6, and Warren McEntire 310.8 under instructor Wil William Craner. Miss Jane Keller prepares for an LDS mission, while the Preston girls glee club, led by Elda Carlson with Anna Moore on piano, stages the Evangeline cantata on October 24 in the Preston Fourth Ward Chapel with soloists Josephine Spilsbury Maurine Simmons and Lyle Shipley and a multi-voice chorus arrangement.
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