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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
4
The piece argues that Mr and Mrs headlines connect readers to hometown life and memory, urging taxpayers to favor a program reducing navy arms and suggesting a three month war notice proposal to curb wars and avoid endless battleships. It cites Paris and American taxpayers as context.
The world reacts to a plan to scrap billions of dollars in battleships and halt new construction for ten years, a bold strategic move provoking wide debate on naval power.
A fragmented production notes a weary editor running short of ideas for a daily feature. The snippet hints at editorial strain and creative drought within the newsroom.
In a portrait of small town life, Tilly and Sam are described as constant gossips. They spread rumors and stir misunderstandings among residents, thriving on chatter and false reports and never stopping their chatter. Their presence is a pest to civic harmony.
Idaho stockmen report favorable lamb market from Sawtooth forest area. Jupiter Pluvius and early lambing boosted prices with lambs averaging 76 pounds selling at about 10 cents per pound. Most lambing occurred in February and March, with animals shipped before grazing in the forest.
The Paris Post reports a complete stack of Christmas cards featuring many new designs and high quality holiday greetings. The collection highlights beauty and variety for festive correspondences this season.
The report says forage was best in ten years with heavy precipitation but sheep numbers on the forest fell 10 percent from last year and cattle grazing declined 22 percent in the same period.
Poem praises a village bootlegger as a popular local figure who sells liquor from a thriving setup. It describes his welcoming open door, steady daily sales, and the social and economic impact of prohibition on life and fortunes, ending with a reflective note on prohibition’s effects.
A quip from Trift Magazine notes that if all US daily papers were cut into strips the width of the paper they would stretch over 40 million miles, far beyond half the sun’s distance, and create a belt encircling the globe 16,000 times.
A reader notices an advertisement promising a watch and chain with the line pay 10 money down. The excerpt suggests a mail order offer with a down payment and a pictured item, typical of late 19th or early 20th century catalogs.
The Roberts family prepares to move to Kommerer but Frank Roberts remains at his County Clerk position. Diphtheria affects Alta Burton but she improves slowly. C F Campbell and Arch Allred drive nearly two hundred cattle to Ogden Utah. Mrs N A Allred suffers severe lumbago with a relapse. Henry Luthie returns from twenty eight months in the California Mission to Freedom. Sherman DeWayne Jones in Burley Idaho dies at eleven months. Mrs Jones, formerly Mattie Hill of Afton, notes this loss. M D Yeamans misses work with rheumatism affecting his heart but recovers.
A Laketown ward dance hall social for married residents featured program, refreshments, games, and dancing. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Moffat plan to live in Bear River this winter. Warren Taylor traveled to Diamondville on business. Laketown High School held a dance with refreshments sold and a girls volleyball team forming to play nearby towns. A remark from Rochester Sentinel notes a Pullman porter who helped subdue a bandit on a Kansas City train.
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