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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
5
Tom Genolin of the railway maf service recounts a dreamlike tale of stealing five bass from a posted stream and waking to find them gone. He later fished exactly as in his dream and caught five bass again, then returned home without placing them in grass.
The Minneapolis Journal argues Americans lack vocal enthusiasm at parades and outdoor events. It urges a national yell leader to coin a unifying cheer to boost patriotic displays and reverse apathy on public demonstrations.
An opinion piece urges supporting local merchants over mail order houses. It argues that local shops can match prices and offer accountability, faster service, and direct customer interaction, keeping profits and prosperity in town. It notes mail orders often avoid local customers and do not face buyers in person.
A new automatic stereopticon displays 46 to 200 slides on a screen, each image visible 12 seconds. It uses a 1000 candle power nitrogen-tungsten lamp, condensing and objective lenses, and a small motor. Packaged with screen and slides in a suitcase, it suits traveling salesmen, education, home entertainment and other uses.
A giant Kauri tree, known as 28 Bell's tree, was logged by the Queensland forest service. Timber sold for $1,000 with 17 000 superficial feet extracted in five finge fogs, logging costs $50, net stumpage 12 feet 6 inches per 100 superficial feet. A timber-getter could have paid $90 on the stump twelve years ago.
On Blaker's Day Charles finds bees near the kindergarten two weeks as children learn the song When the Sun Wakes Up at Break of Day. The late fellow liked it and tried to sing it at home. He claimed the correct line became When the Sun Wakes Up on Blaker's Day.
Jim Why appears glum as William Windjammer displays his alleged French. Family jokes about misinterpretations by the French maid who mistook it for Russian. Local gossip centers on odd speech and domestic mishaps in a lighthearted column.
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