Payette Valley Beets and Crops Profit Myths Revealed
A field reporter tours the Payette valley and finds land values from 1000 to 1500 dollars per acre, with 2000 dollar land not unusual. Beets yield about 150 dollars per acre on average, while some crops require little labor and reach around 100 dollars per acre. Banks cap loans at 100 dollars per acre. The piece shares anecdotes about real estate dealer B R Fitch, an old German raspberry plot, and a tangent on bull pips and housing for a bench family.
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Great
Payette Valley
William McOmte
Payette
D. C. Chase
Chase
McOmb
Bert Venable
B. R. Fitch
Fitch
McOmie
Rheinsberg
Germany
San Francisco
Sicily
Brown
Couganour
Do you eat enough of this oatmeal health staple
The passage extols Quaker Oats as the world’s best and most healthful cereal. It cites government food experts and Yale athletic trainers, claiming cereal eaters are strongest and healthiest. It promotes regular and family size packages for daily breakfast.
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Europe
Yale University
Payette Valley Growth Promotes Small Farms and Orchards
The Payette valley settlers favor ten to twenty acre tracts to maximize beet fruit and vegetable returns from 75 to 100 dollars per acre. The region boasts prosperous farms, many new homes, fine schools and churches, and growing population with new arrivals paying up to four thousand dollars per acre for improved orchard land.
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Payette
North Side Project Faces Government Hold, Private Capital Looms
Farmers on the north side demand action as delays in the government project fuel reliance on private capital. The Tribune notes Secretary Ballinger may withdraw and predicts funds are scarce, yet optimism remains that private finance can complete the work at government rates.
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the Tribune
Caldwell
Ballinger
Congress
Hallinger
Northside
Caldwell Settles Forty Thousand Dollar Promissory Share
The Caldwell community praises Col Place for keeping faith by returning forty thousand dollars in spot cash to subscribers. The piece recalls a prior panic when funds were unavailable to build the Golden Gate road, noting stock contributions were repaid when the Interests were settled. Col Place is described as remarkable for energy cheerfulness and faithfulness.
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Caldwell
the Tribune
Col. Place
Golden Gate Road
Snake River
Local option petitions push for countywide election
Committees circulate petitions to place local option on the ballot, aiming for a July board meeting. Law requires 20 percent of qualified electors to petition for a special election. Signatures are being gathered, with expected resistance to reach the required threshold. Supporters predict passage when the question is placed before voters.
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Tribune
Nile
Edward Everett Hale Dead at 87 in Boston
A long obituary lauds Edward Everett Hale as a versatile New England figure. Born in Boston and lifelong resident, he inspired through preaching writing and public service. His funeral drew vast crowds and many hailed his life as a model of patriotism and humanity.
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Edward Everett Hale
Boston
New England
Emerson
Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Willis
Lowell
Phillips
Dr. Hale
Julia Ward Howe
Hale
Nathan Hale
Washington
Lord Howe
Warren
Bunker Hill
Goodwin's Weekly
What France Lost and the Plains of Abraham
A reflective narrative imagines a French empire along the St Lawrence and Mississippi if Montcalm had triumphed, contrasting French and English futures. It notes Napoleon’s Louisiana sale as strategic, and recalls American riflemen halting a British force as history shifted.
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United States
Canada
Montcalm
Wolfe
Plains of Abraham
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mississippi
Great River
New World
Napoleon
Louisiana
England
Great Brittain
Napoleon and France in the North American Possession Dream
The author muses on Napoleonic era fate, praising the vast French empire from the St. Lawrence to the Gulf, its rivers and plains, and the untapped wealth of North America. He contrasts it with British colonial limits and contemplates a world ruled by Anglo-Saxon freedom and man’s rights.
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Packingham
Napoleon
America
France
St. Lawrence
Gulf of Mexico
Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
New World
Great Britain
Colonies
West Indies
Spain
Wanted Young Lady For Clerical Work At Court House
A Boise Idaho Title and Trust Co advertises for a young lady to perform clerical duties one to two hours daily at the Caldwell Idaho court house. No other conditions are specified in the small notice.
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Iowa
Idaho
Bell Telephone
Independent Telephone
Court House
Caldwell
Title & Trust Co
Boise
Boise and Interurban Railway Schedules
Boise and Interurban Railway Company timetable lists trains from Boise to Caldwell at 6.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 a m and 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 p m. Caldwell to Boise departures start 6.20 7.30 8.30 9.30 10.30 11.30 a m and 12.30 1.30 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.30 8.30 9.30 p m. Baggage and Express limited to Boise Caldwell. express from open stations. express to Eagle and intermediate points only.
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Boise & Interurban Railway Company. Limited
Boise
Caldwell
Eagle
Excursions East via Oregon Short Line to major cities
Advertisement lists June excursion dates through multiple routes to Denver Omaha Kansas City Chicago St Louis and other points with prompts to contact agents for rates and further particulars. Continuous service and later dates are noted for planning trips.
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Oregon
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
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David & Barnet
Great Payette Valley
Daho Stamp Works
Idafio Meat Market
Pealers
Sesson
C. J. Wescott
L. B. Manning
Togotte
Wibaottwe
Schooler
Hiro Floor Overland
Seller's of
Seller's
the China Shop
Main St
Boise, Idaho
Johnson’s
Boyes Hardware CO
Main Street
Caldwell, Idaho
Picard & Roberts
Caldwell Commercial Bank
PAL
Caldwell Banking & Trust Co
Superior Failurles
John C. Rice
J. H. Lowell
Elmer A Clark
E. H. Plowhead
A. Cash
The
Western National Bank
Idaneo
DOD
Campbell
T. Morrison
View Presidene
Dillel
JK Roddy
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