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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
3
Fruitland items recount residents and visitors from Payette Caldwell Cambridge and Weiser. Families arrive for visits, new births noted, property transfers reported, and community events including church, school, and temperance activities plus local business moves and agricultural updates.
About 50 members attended the Mothers Circle meeting in the school srade room on Friday. Miss Lela Pisher performed a piano solo, Marian Robinson and Irene Cotton played a piano duet, and Harry Bowers gave a solo. Mrs H T Lewis spoke on proper food for young children and Miss Hall on domestic science in the home. A donation of three dozen ramekins was given to the cooking dept as Freshmen and Junior girls served a lunch.
The Riverside Corner young people surprised Claude Oliver at his north town home Saturday night as they gathered in a darkened room during his absence and revealed themselves when he entered. Refreshments of eider cake cookies and bananas were served. Emma Keester hosted her Ellie lass class with games and festive snacks Thursday evening. Ann Hasseltine Mission Circle met after Sunday School at Mrs Spainrower’s home to plan missionary outreach and adopt a missionary leader.
Board of directors on September 28 1914 levied an assessment of 25 cents per share on the capital stock to pay part of outstanding debt and interest. The amount is due to the secretary at the office on or before November 1. O Wainwright secretary, 1620 North Sixth Street Payette Idaho.
A historian of medicine notes that there may be no safe alcohol quantity for individuals and that habitual drinkers tend to exceed any claimed safe level. The piece lists health harms and urges personal restraint, citing official German temperance guidance advising no alcohol for children and detailing its adverse effects on development, behavior, and health.
Dr Norman Kerr argues total abstinence from intoxicating liquor preserves steadiness of hand grasp and clearness of mind. He states alcohol drains energy and weakens performance across occupations, sharing his own and others experiences from many countries.
A 1918 editorial segment argues against endorsing saloons as town builders. It contends talk is not proof and highlights advertising biases that mention cities’ advantages without saloons. It urges engaging local youth as future voters and lawmakers to prepare responsible leaders.
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