A brother's death and the Payne store at Arbon, 1907
A 1907 front-page report of an Idaho Falls druggist's death ended with news carried to his brother, who kept a general store at Arbon, the earliest printed mention of the Payne store yet found.
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A 1907 front-page report of an Idaho Falls druggist's death ended with news carried to his brother, who kept a general store at Arbon, the earliest printed mention of the Payne store yet found.