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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
2
The National Industrial Conference Board says brief mid morning rests refresh workers and sustain performance. Rest periods help both brain and physical labor, reducing strain without shortening the day and can even increase overall output.
Three buyers in New Jersey fell for a tale of Captain Kidd’s spirit claiming buried treasure on a farm. They purchased the property and dug up nothing. The suit pits them against the seller, with lawyers set to profit. The column urges caution against absurdly cheap investments and high promises, advocating stronger laws to curb fraud.
A woman living beside a busy highway recounts multiple incidents where motorists, aided with pliers gasoline and wood, took without paying or offering compensation. Each episode shows courteous locals being exploited by careless drivers seeking free assistance and supplies.
The narrative notes repairs completed and a party continuing their journey, with debris left near the roadway. It ponders a woman’s misfortunes and urges contemplation of true stories about human kindness, gratitude, and the ease of offering courtesy.
Colonel Arthur Woods reports 98.2 percent of farm youths discharged from service return to farming. Of the remaining 1.8 percent, over half are physically disabled. With farm labor short before the war and production needs rising, city-bred discharged soldiers are urged to try farm work for outdoor life and to help boost output.
The hospitals ward for alcohol policy was closed with no patients since mid July. County jails report a shortage of drunks to work fines through janitorial tasks, prompting officials to hire cleaners.
An Associated Press dispatch from Berlin cites a National Zeitung report from Budapest listing 21 people's commissioners 82 workmen's councillors and 186 terrorists accused of crimes to be tried soon. It notes 180000 crowns found in Bela Kun’s former home and plunder from Tibor Szamuely seized at a convent in Odenburg. The report claims 696 executed during Bolshevik terror and mentions a state court to punish communist crimes, blocked in the house by Rep Walsh Massachusetts.
The Prince of Wales arrived to enthusiastic crowds in St Johns on August 12. He was welcomed by officials as he toured the harbor and parliament, laid the cornerstone of a Methodist Episcopal college structure, and presented life saving medals to 35 heroes from the Florizel liner rescue. He inspected both houses and sat in the presiding officer's chair before golfing at the country club.
Associated Press report from Washington notes the House completed action on a resolution to require Secretary of Labor Wilson to provide more details about the state of the Labor Department’s activities in the Thomas J. Mooney case.
Notice of administrator sale issued by Twin Falls County Probate Court Idaho dated April 19 1919. Private sale to highest bidder on or after July 5 1919 subject to court confirmation, conveying a one third interest in lot 6 block 163 and all of block 163?
Legal notices from Twin Falls Idaho include the sale of real property in amending plat, bids to be received at First National Bank Building, official administrator Craven, asher Wilson attorney, plus a writ of attachment against Clyde C Anderson and Ola L Anderson for 1163.22 at 7 percent interest, and a bankruptcy discharge application for John Finke with appearance due by September 8, 1919.
The District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of Idaho in Twin Falls County stakes a foreclosure action by EK Swank against Thomas A Gibson and his wife for Lot 23 Block 89 Townsite of Twin Falls. The suit seeks $285.35 and requires appearance within 20 days in district terms or 40 days elsewhere. The Clerk certified the action July 30, 1919 with attorneys James R Bothwell and W Orr Chapman listed. Aug 1–St. 6.
The notice states that on July 11, 1919 a writ of attachment was issued in Twin Falls County Idaho in the case of J. S. Parker versus F. J. Keenan and E. F. Bissionette attaching the defendant in the sum of 1190 dollars. Clerk Co. C. Siggins dated July 16, 1919. Deputy C. S. Bowen. Attorney Asher B. Wilson, Twin Falls Idaho.
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