State Highway Drive Seeks $1 Million for Roads in Idaho
State officials report State Highway Engineer E M Booth is touring Idaho to press for a 1 million dollar appropriation for highway construction in the coming session. County commissioners largely vow strong support for liberal road funds, with federal post roads and forest programs adding about 396000 in 1917 1918 and potential increases. State must match to draw maximum federal aid, as road supporters urge legislative action.
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E. M. Booth
Idaho
Cough Medicine Endorsed By Mrs. Hugh Cook
Mrs Hugh Cook of Scottaville New York testifies that five years ago in Garbutt New York she used Chamberlains Cough Remedy on two sick children. The medicine stopped coughing promptly and cured colds faster than any prior remedy available.
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Hugh Cook
Scottaville
N. Y
Garbutt
Chamberlain
Pointed Paragraphs on Christmas Bills and Tea Prices
A wry meditation on money and shopping urges early Christmas buying while noting rising bills. It contrasts soft talk with hard cash, jokes about honesty and speech, and ends with a quip about tea costs in China versus distance to China.
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China
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement by James Peacock
Blackfoot resident James Peacock testifies that after years of kidney trouble backache and lameness he used Doan's Kidney Pills and soon felt relief and regulated kidney action. Price 50 cents at dealers. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo New York advertises the remedy alongside a note on sausage meat prices and horse cars.
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Blackfoot
James Peacock
Doan
Seeds of Kindness and Hope in a Sacred Harvest
Poem by John Bond Sr urges sowing seeds of kindness to sustain humanity. Reflects on nature’s law of sowing and reaping, endurance, patience, and universal sympathy. Calls for charitable acts and hopeful unity under liberty’s emblem.
Increase in Sugar Production in the United States
A U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows sugar production this campaign at about 918000 short tons, up 44000 tons from 1915. Harvested area 680000 acres with beet output 6671000 short tons, the largest ever. Seventy four factories operate nationwide, up from sixty seven a year ago.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Parents Should Use the Opportunity
The piece urges parents to strengthen home life in winter by pairing with children, offering wholesome amusements and cheerful reading, and inviting well‑minded youths to evenings. It warns against neglecting home ties by staying out late, noting the shelter of home is vital in cold months.
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Chesterfield
Toledo
Nano F & G
Bills Automobile Co
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo, Ohio
U.S.A
John Bond, Sr
F. Howard Biethan Undertaker
N. Taylor
Pacific
Amy
House
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
H. W. Gaumer
Eeavens
Anderson
D. A. Jenkens
Blacksoot
W. A. Seakley
Markus Blenkle
Blacefoot
Blackfoot Harness Shop
Ane
West Bridge Street
Rock Springs
Jimmy
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