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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary note references obedience to an order or code involving Uncle Sam. It hints at civic duty and importance of compliance but lacks clear details or identifiable persons, dates, or places. Further readable text needed for specific facts.
A Utah newspaper column denounces a Salt Lake Tribune piece attacking Idaho Sugar Company officers over Japanese labor in beet fields. It argues white workers are scarce, beet farming relies on immigrant labor, and farmers would hire any available workers to harvest crops.
The Sidney Stevens Implement Company and Attorney A. C. Smith guided a deal to erect a two story brick and cement building on the vacant lot south of the old Crockett building. The project signals faith in Sidney’s future and deserves congratulations.
Chairman Brady issued a call for the State Central Committee to meet at the Idanha Boise hotel on February 10. One session will elect six delegates to the national Republican convention for president and VP nominations, while the second session will nominate candidates for state offices.
Several stores in the city plan to operate on a cash basis from now on. Merchants have sent circulars announcing the shift, hoping to stimulate growth and curb money panics by living within means. The move is seen as a prudent response to the recent financial tightening.
Under new postal rules publishers must charge one cent postage for each delinquent subscriber over a year. Many are in arrears, making it costly to extend credit. Newspapers warn they may drop accounts to avoid extra stamp costs and urge subscribers to maintain yearlong payments.
The text references white or Japanese labor in a problematic debate about love and future legislation. It suggests a controversial stance on whether a “brown man” should stay at his job, implying racial prejudice and exclusion.
The notice lists animals including a brindle cow branded HP and HT, a yearling bull and two year old cattle with various brands and ear marks, a sorrel mare with a white forehead, and other stock with weights and ages. If not claimed and charges paid within sixty days from Jan 17 08, they will be sold to the highest cash bidder at Thos Sant's place on Feb 25 08 in Oneida County Clifton.
An old advert warns that coughs and colds in children can lead to pleurisy or pneumonia and urges Ballard's Horebound Syrup as a quick cure to prevent complications. Sold to Pipeton Loop Drug Co.
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