This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Melcher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3523 Message Board Post: New Plymouth Outlook New Plymouth, Idaho Friday, August 5, 1904 Pleasant View Gertie Melcher cut her hand badly with an axe, and has to go to Payette every other day to have it dressed. This operation is very painful, and the doctor complimented her for being able to stand such torture without taking any anesthetic.