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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
3
In wartime Alexandria households struggle to find laundry help as many workers shift to easier jobs. The piece recalls Aunt Lucy saying the Civil War freed slaves and World War II makes them independent, highlighting a shift in domestic labor.
A Christy Monitor excerpt recalls Unckatiah Bailey bringing the first elephant to the United States nearly a century ago. The animal toured barns before tents existed, traveling by night to avoid crowds and using clever decoys when locals lit bonfires to deter the show.
Donald J. MacMillan argues that airplanes are impractical for a polar dash and would be prohibitively costly. He favors relying on dogs for future exploration, citing no easy landing fields in the frozen north and estimating a complete expedition could cost about 1.9 million dollars.
An orchard wedding in apple blossom time was interrupted when a bull charged from a neighboring field. A guest wearing a red shirtwaist climbed a tree as others, including the bride, fled. The shirtwaist was tossed over a fence, the bull subdued, and the ceremony continued after a replacement garment.
Before the war England and Scotland boasted hunting grounds and ornamental forests. War demands forced clearings to supply munition factories and armies abroad. Now plans aim to replant forests, prioritizing usefulness along with ornament, restoring timber resources and beauty.
A wounded memory unfolds with a former prisoner recalling German camp life and Sunday suppers of cold ham and grits. The speaker's recollections mix with confusion as a fellow prisoner’s name and place drift in and out.
In the Seventh Judicial District of Idaho Payette County a complaint to quiet title has been filed by Wm. W. Mandeville and others against Continental Trust Company The Payette Valley Irrigation and Water Power Company Equitable Securities Company The Securities Company Trustee New Plymouth Land and Colonization Company Farmer's Cooperative Irrigation and H M Greene. The lands described include the East Half of the NW quarter of the SE quarter Section 3 Township 7 North Range 5 West and a 15 foot strip along the North side of NE4 of SE4 of Section 3 plus the East half of the West half of the NW quarter of the SE quarter Section 8 Township 7 North Range 5 West containing about 20 acres plus 10 acres more or less. Defendants must answer within 20 days if served in district or 40 elsewhere. otherwise judgment by default. The case appears in August 1919 with first publication Aug 14 and last Sept 18 1919.
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