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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
2
An exchange declares the biggest Trust on earth is the country newspaper. It trusts everybody, is blamed for trusting, and if it fails for trusting it is cursed for busting. The remedy is simple pay your subscription.
The Provo Post echoes a warning against slander and bearing false witness. It urges readers to heed what they hear, refuse to listen to evil tongues, and refrain from repeating rumors to protect reputations and community peace.
Forum letters critique a previous editorial about the road poll tax implying only men should pay. Readers insist the statute targets every person over 21, male or female, with two dollars due to the county road fund. The exchange questions the impact of wording and tax collection fairness.
Reports from April 13 describe a violent wind and hail storm in St Louis causing over a million dollars in damage and three deaths. Simultaneous storms in Kansas and Oklahoma claim over 100 lives, while Montana endures a heavy blizzard. Utah frost damages fruit crops. Bear Lake Valley remains calm with no major loss.
I D Harrison presented a gold medal to John Lantry of Pocatello for bravery during a derailment on the Idaho Wyoming border. Lantry, the throttle man on the second engine pulling No 18, saved many lives by applying emergency measures after the head engine hit a broken rail, though he sustained serious injuries.
A speaker bids farewell to an worn old shoe that has served faithfully through toil and conflict. Though rough and cracked, the shoe protected and supported the wearer until it is no longer usable. The narrator imagines being discarded beside the road as life and time advance toward a higher, divine pursuit.
A railroad employee, after an injury, recovers in Salt Lake and returns to pulling passenger trains. A commemorative medal engraved by a jeweler marks the event. For sale two good Georgetown country plots offered by Bear River Land Company of Montpelier Idaho as a bargain.
Dr. Ezra C. Rich of Ogden arrived Monday to assist Dr. Geo F. Ashley in removing a cancerous breast growth from Mrs. Romaine Follick of Montpelier and an abscess from the appendix of Miss Ilva Law of Paris. Miss Law may require appendicitis surgery.
Motivational call to act now, embracing the duty nearest us and performing kindness without delay. Authors warn that tomorrow never comes and procrastination robs opportunities for good deeds and personal growth.
Advertisement claims deafness arises from inflamed mucous tube and rhinitis, promising a $100 reward for deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sells for 60c per bottle with circulars free. suggests Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Train schedule lists eastbound and westbound departures and a ping pong connection at McCammon. Montpelier and Paris stages run daily with arrivals and departures noted. Local routes include Garden City and Fich Haven with Paris Montpelier timings.
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