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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1919
Page
6
The Twin Falls post plans a Thursday evening meeting at Par’ hath to organize under the Charter. Returned service men are urged to attend as officers will be elected and a constitution and by laws adopted. The aim is to build the largest post membership.
City Treasurer Wheeler announced at quarter end that Twin Falls held a treasury balance of 44 828 88 dollars after receipts of 52 428 47 and expenditures of 68 782 47. Funds are split across banks including Twin Falls Bank and Trust Company and Idaho State Bank with general and water works improvement allocations.
The city water works announces the link pipe between the filtration plant and feed canal will be installed and connected on August 24 or 25. Superintendent John J. Pilgerrim says water meter installation will begin Monday with 35 meters currently in use in the business district to be moved from fronts to rear as the new plant mains go into alleys.
An emergency crossing over Réel Creek has been completed to supply water for domestic purposes. The line includes a 10 inch wooden pipe and may have a break in the siphon. Local authorities note the upgrade will improve water access.
A notice announces new classes for purebred pigs at the exhibit with eligibility rules and a fat association stance. Premiums from two to nine dollars will be awarded for top pigs, while some club members face eligibility barriers.
Washington reports no French law prohibiting removal of American soldiers' bodies from French soil for three years from January 1, 1919. The House Foreign Affairs Committee was told by Secretary Lansing that a bill on this line was introduced in the French Chamber but not acted upon. The committee has a resolution urging immediate return of American war dead.
Alonzo Taylor, professor of chemistry and ARA survey chairman, returned to New York after eight months in Germany Austria Hungary Romania and Serbia. He cites millions in Syria with no food and says growers abroad face curtailment while governments won’t fund billions for farm implements destined for land that may soon pass to a neighboring nation.
Letters from Corporal Lester F. Scott of the Thirty fifth US Marines describe Cha-Chas on Charlotte Amalie, hard drinking but industrious Leeward Islanders, and pirate legends in Virgin Islands forts. He cruises Rhine towns, notes German baths, Brohl’s grape terraces, and a voyage with Captain Stone, detailing jungles, reefs, and local sights.
A letter from Corporal Fred G. Taylor aboard the island possession cites life on duty in Guam. He recalls a tedious official baggage check for homeward bounders and waiting hours for the ship’s captain quartermaster to return after a shore side social event to sign the manifest.
A curious feature near Vindosta in Georgia disappears every three to four years then returns. The take spans three miles long and about three quarters of a mile wide with roughly 12 feet of water depth. Natural subterranean passages drain the water, a mammoth basin leaves a sandy beach, and after a month the water comes back to restore the same vast stretch.
A quirky 1920s note celebrates a non exploding full dress shield design attempting to calm fears after failed illusions of ocean hops. It hints at optimism in technological progress and magazine commentary on safety innovations amid hype.
Eighteen killed and a score injured in an afternoon blast at the Woland canal grain elevators. Four bodies recovered, losses estimated at 1.8 million dollars. Spontaneous combustion suspected. Elevator superintendent D. Harvey among the injured. Paige Quebec was damaged and towed clear after breaking. Elevators held over 2,400 bushels capacity with grain bins about one third full.
Omaha dispatch reports seven cent street car fares set to take effect at 1 a m Sunday after city commissioners dropped objections to a state railway order. The move follows the street railway company’s pledge to increase motormen and conductors pay by ten cents per hour.
Notice states a regular meeting in the superintendent's office at the high school building next Monday evening May 11 to elect drivers for the 1919 1919 1919 school year. Salaries depend on wagon route length from sixty to one hundred dollars per month. Applications to the superintendent or wagon committee members David G Clark William Parish and George W Rice. HAL G BLUE superintendent of Schools. A portable concrete fence invention is noted with grooved slabs and interlocking posts.
Fragmented text discusses waking with a hot drink to purify the body. It claims skin pores release waste into the blood and bowels, alleging fast absorption of toxins through the digestive tract. The passage emphasizes a strong drink as essential to sustain the body.
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