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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1917
Page
8
Community snippets note a mission bound for the eastern states, school meetings to be held Monday, and local residents visiting or returning home. Advertisements promote poultry for sale, ladies footwear, and new trims while local doctors and businesses report recent activities and services.
Advertisements announce low interest farm development loans and long or short terms. Notes hay shipments from Iowa to Gentile valley at 25 dollars per ton delivered. Mentions conference pamphlets for 1901 1903 and a real estate venture about land 60 miles south of the Oregon border.
A Fallbrook Enterprise student essay mocks editors as a “missing link” from the flood to modern times. It contrasts editors with doctors, jokes about language and charges, and ends with a local sales plug for dress silks from H. B. Whithman of Montpelier.
fragmentary OCR notes indicate preparations and prizes for a character contest or award event, urging participants to prepare suitable characters for an occasion in April. The text includes garbled phrases about sustained characters and prizes for best efforts, but lacks clear names or locations.
In Sharon April prompts talk of Christian spirit and local price offers for hay. Bert Orr seeks road overseer post while farmer concerns protest scarce forage and a lingering nap habit suggests milk duties. First ward social features debating prizes. Second ward I A close yields playful piano mischief and a light social with games and treats.
A reflective piece critiques educators and statisticians who reduce people to categories through data, noting a danger of losing personal humanity. It urges service driven by love and spirit rather than cold professionalism, citing Jesus’ example and rebuking undue formalism.
A playful dialogue notes a team nicknamed the Wasps and the umpire's sharp calls as players joke about team identity and on field frustrations.
A major linen importer reports flax scarcity and rising linen prices as stockpiles shrink before inventory, with goods often sold below replacement cost. He notes the trend will persist until the war ends, driven by current buying and selling practices.
Isabel and Arthur share an intimate exchange hinting at love and a bold ambition to make Arthur president of Mexico for Isabel. The dialogue frames personal devotion amid political aspiration.
A compact reflection on military setbacks noting that a major defeat is where the foe forces retreat, while a minor loss occurs when returning home feels perilous or unnecessary. The piece contrasts two forms of discouragement and fear in wartime travel.
A playful note from the Louisville Courier-Journal features a cheeky raffling kiss concept inviting public participation. The quirky prompt invites readers to take a chance while joking about germs.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at paradoxical ideas about roads and wealth. The piece weaves cryptic phrases and names, mentioning Marie and a character with a varying fortune in gold, suggesting a satirical or poetic mood without a clear narrative.
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