Lance bombs and gunnery training aboard British ships
A Collier Weekly excerpt explains lance bombs as 14 pound contact munitions on six foot spears used for close range attacks with dangerous potential in amateur hands. It notes Whale Island Portsmouth training and dummy battleship guns, with officers drilled in range finding loading aiming and firing under realistic siege conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Euch
William Washburn Nutting
Collier”. Weekly
England
Whale Island
Portsmouth
Golf Editor Absence Triggers Quirky Response
A playful exchange in a newspaper's golf section mocks reader questions about the sport. The golf editor is away, and the racing editor answers in a humorous tone, suggesting whimsical terms and a niblick to resolve a putt dilemma.
Wedding cake and rings from ancient origins
The wedding cake began as a small barley cake shared by bride and groom to symbolize lifetime union. The wedding ring traces to pagan tradition, and the 40 ring gift dates back to Roman times when a lover sent an iron ring as a pledge before a stone was used.
An Optimist Reflects on Smitherton’s Fortunes
A judge quotes an optimist who believes Smitherton makes the best of hard times. The tale notes his wife left for a week, his ankle injury, and his sense that life remains fair despite misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Smitherton
Elia
Foreclosure Sale Notice in Payette County 1917
Sheriff's sale notice announces foreclosure of mortgage on lands described as NE quarter and NW quarter in Township Nine, Range Five, with school house site excluded, in Payette Idaho. The sale, conducted by Sheriff J. H. Hanigan, occurs November 2, 1917, in front of the Payette County Courthouse at 2 p.m., to satisfy the plaintiff's decree with interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gee
Hon
Ranee
Bole
Cormer
Lowe Er Payette Ditch Co
Payette
United, of America
J. H. Hanigan
Willam Maule
JL. Grimes
Mary Tekardson Grimes
United States National Bank of
Yale
Oregon
District Court of
Seventh Judicial Dis
Kaho
J. W. Wilkie
Grrangson
Sarah Jane Wilkinson
Idaho
William Maule
Mont i
Gries
Mary Richardson Grinea
States National Bank of Yale
A. D. Pli
Sawell Aos
Anid Court
Pay-1
Tunnel
Otte
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Idaho Power Co
Remington
Pacific Coast
Poedin Salta Labocant
Bat Poston Theroming
Crs Arms Union Metal Cartaden CO 4
Waaiwurtts
Church OF God Mint
Christian Endeavor
Migwenk
Wednis
Church OF Christ
Britain
Jal
Tam
Payette Enterprise
The
Idaho Farmer
Jw, Wilkinson
Welypaluthenia Railroad Co
United Ands
United States
Powerine
Seeley, Rox Spray Co
the Bigges
Woodward Hall
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