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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1922
Page
4
The piece urges residents to protest rising taxes and attend the next Tuesday election choosing two trustees to replace Fred J Price and Simpson Rich. It highlights democratic participation and urges a strong turnout to influence school policy.
Over the past three weeks the city carried out extensive work on Main Street blocks and North Main Street to correct long standing drainage and water stagnation issues. Sidewalk drains were added and filled low spots improving First South as well, with the overall result described as a 100 percent improvement under current administration.
The Post lauds Heber Humpherys for summer grading on a State highway north of the city. Employed by the state, he kept the road in good condition after rain storms, demonstrating skill and dedication for fellow workers to follow.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad Co declares it will favor employing young men from its homes to fill all railroad positions. It cites reducing floaters, creating mutual community understanding, and benefiting the public, workers, and company. The plan aims to cut labor disputes and oppose political meddling.
A man declaimed to friends urging to live within means and settle debts promptly. He boasted of never allowing a bill to remain unpaid, claiming it gives comfort to owe no one. He then spotted the editor nearby.
In Bear Lake County Idaho the Board of County Commissioners met in special session on August 29 1922 at Paris to consider bids for constructing a bridge over Thomas Fork Creek at Raymond. George T Davis bid 2600 and Pocatello Construction Company bid 2527.85 with Davis chosen as the accepted bidder pending contract and bonds. The board scheduled a further special meeting for September 6 1922 and ordered clerk Mercy Kelsey to notify proceedings.
The Post seeks cord wood or any kind on subscription terms. Apply early to ensure delivery.
Notice is given by the administratrix of the estate of Frederick Stauffer deceased to creditors and all persons harboring claims to exhibit them with vouchers within ten months after the first publication to the administratrix at her residence Noonan Bear Lake Idaho for the transaction of the estate business. Dated August 17 1922 Sarah Chugg Stauffer Administratrix Chas Hart Attorney for the Administratrix.
Public land notice for J Hubert Jacobsen in Idaho to prove a 1922 claim at Paris with witnesses listed. Includes Idaho school attendance rules punishing delinquency and outlining exemptions, enforcement, and probate court procedures for juvenile discipline and probation officers.
A clipped line from the Bristol Florida Free Press recalls a crowd’s fringe moment, noting grace in remembrance and a blush as part of a reflective vignette. The fragment hints at memory and emotion within a public notice or feature.
Historical notices cover land claim filings in Idaho and an annual school meeting in Fielding High School District No. 1 Bear Lake County Idaho. The land notice names L Prescott of Sharon Idaho with a 1918 Homestead claim and witnesses. the school notice sets September 6 1922 for electing two trustees to two years and two to one year, with election by secret ballot at Omerson Schoolhouse.
Several thousand baby chicks were brought into Bear Lake County as spring boosts poultry farming. Lyman Aymas, Ray Rich, John Rich, Jos Linford, Matthew Pugmire, and Chester Transtrum in St. Charles. Walter Hancock in Montpelier. and others in the district receive large shipments. Provisions create probation officers and school-plant truancy reporting duties, with duties vested in probation officers and sheriffs.
On August 22 the Re Hef Society hosted a social for retiring officers with a short program and a book of Edgar A Guest poems. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Orsen Hymas on August 26. Boyd Hansen will saw logs for Sharon Saw mill’s company after overhauling the mill. People collect huckleberries, some with up to two hundred quarts bottled. Ce Hymitas sold his Sharon ranch and moved back to Liberty. George Shepherd remained home with neuralgia for a week, county seat Tuesday.
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