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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1918
Page
5
Residents and visitors exchange letters and reports on trips, visits, and illnesses in Fruitland and nearby towns. The column notes numerous family gatherings, travel to Boise and Caldwell, Red Cross activity, church events, and local business mentions alongside updates on soldiers and sailors from the area.
J A Corbin of Spearfish South Dakota bought a 15 acre ranch home formerly owned by J W Gilmore of El Paso Texas. Mr and Mrs Corbin plan to relocate and settle there. S M Thomas bought 30 acres from G H Hammond of Ovando Montana joining Mr Thomas Ranch south. Hammond and family toured from Ovando and will return this week.
The term manger appears in the New Testament only with Christ’s birth. In classical Greek it means a crib or feeding trough. Some commentators also say it denotes the open courtyard attached to an Ino.
Freshwater eels are described as clean feeders that nibble aquatic plants like watercress while swimming. They are noted as immense devourers of spawn of all kinds, including ash, as they move about in the water.
Worth Payette Mrs F Stamey hosted LSA meeting with patriotic Victrola songs. Fourth of July picnic at Craven farm drew about 115 attendees with ice cream and lemonade. Several local residents, visitors, and relatives were noted in Payette area, Caldwel, and Midvale while others planned travel and family visits.
Notice of a quiet title action filed in Payette County Idaho Seventh District Judicial District. Plaintiff alleges ownership of Lot 20 in Block 3 of the Payette City map and requires the named defendant to answer within twenty to forty days of service. judgment by default may follow. Dated July 9, 1918. Clerk W. A. Clow. First publication July 4, 1915.
London TH-Bits describes a peculiar Saginaw Bay area winter fishing settlement. Each hut houses three men who fish through harbor holes using live herring lures. Harpooners wait for parsers to haul fish up, while torches attract fish at night. The odd scene features moving huts and eerie shadows as crews reel in hundreds of fish daily.
A small town July Fourth celebration at Conte's Grove drew a crowd with talks by J H Norris R E Hayate Mr Orcot Bilmer Wiicklund and H Berrie of Linsen Creek. Ladies and children performed recitations and songs while dancing followed in the evening. Proceeds from a Coats ranch dance on July 13 benefit the Red Cross.
In a Midlands English anecdote a workingman’s wife narrates a quarrel between two women using their imperfect speech. Her closing remark humorously reflects how the exchange escalated with insults and threats.
Equipment furnished to each infantryman by the War Department includes 627 ounces of brass not counting Quartermaster uniform gear. Pack contents list includes LS of tras, 05 mance, 0.2 ounce, 47.4 owners, 10 ounces cartridge belt, 1 ounce gan sling, 15 ounces oiler and thong case, 09 fist aid pouch. Ordance Bureau supplies for 100000 infantrymen total nearly 100 tons of brass.
The London Observer notes Empress Marie of Russia owned a luxurious royal train used during visits to Britain. It waited at Boulogne at great cost and could be ready in hours to convey her across the continent after her England visit.
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