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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
7
An early medicine claim describes Dr Miles Nervine as restoring nervous energy and strengthening organ action. The text suggests the first bottle benefits the user and hints at a pharmacist remedy if not.
Arthur Minson suffered an electrical shock Tuesday while reaching to light a lamp in the Idaho Cafe basement. The blast pulled him up to the lamp, breaking the drop, leaving him semi conscious until a cook found him 156 minutes later. He was treated for burns and survived.
Special correspondence notes Yates in town on business but hints at ego and influence over the Post. Reports a child scalding accident and a later death of Mrs. Tufts. Mentions residents moving, road work, waterworks plans, new bridges, and hopes for electric lights and modernization in the town.
An advertisement urges orders for butter wrappers with price details and promotes Walter Hoge & Son as agents for major insurance companies including the Northern of London Atlas of London Svea of Sweden and the Continental.
To fruit growers Prof E H Smart of Brigham Young University outlines smudging and frost protection for fruit trees. He stresses 10 methods to guard trees and preserve fruit. Send for the latest Agricultural Bulletin from Brigham Young University Provo Utah.
A collage of items from 1910 Idaho clipping includes seed advice from Burpee seeds sold by Shepherd Meek Co Paris Idaho and lumber listings, a note on Old Q tales from Mrs Jerrold, and a delinquent stock assessment notice from Idaho Gem Mining Co St Charles Idaho with auction details for May 1 1911 and per share amounts and names of shareholders.
The note mentions dry roads after snowmelt at Bennington and a brief warm spell. It reports Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn moving to a ranch near Georgetown for the summer, and remarks on their rest after hard seasons. The Bennington Dramatic Co presents Brookdale Farm and Montpelier High School performs a farce this week. Mr. W. B. Graham, a former resident, visits, contemplates selling property and moving to Salt Lake City.
Measles strike in Fish Haven forces twelve miles of quarantine and disrupts schools. Several residents become seriously ill while officials hope the outbreak declines soon. Mrs Rosetta Ro ric notified of her daughter Mrs Tufts hospital admission in Salt Lake. Mrs Roberts and her son George depart for treatment.
Department of the Interior notice from Blackfoot Idaho dated March 21 1911 states Nancy E Pugmire of St Charles Idaho filed intent to make final five year proof to establish her homestead claim on the SW 14 Section 27 Township 15 South Range 43 East Boise Meridian. proof to be presented before U S Commissioner Smith Hoge at Paris Idaho on June 2 1911. Witnesses named Lizzie M Aulguire Charles Brewer Charles Windley Nels Hairupall all of St Charles Idaho Henry W Krerer Register
A fragment from a colonial Connecticut text describes a boy described as rude and idol, smiling and taunting peers, passing belts, and disrupting public worship. It notes incidents during Sabbaths and notes the boy’s behavior as a social nuisance and example of misconduct, with literary asides about Charles Lamb.
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