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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
1
Mrs Beatrice Price summarizes Utah Association of Masters of Dancing views from Salt Lake City on standardizing dances across the church and replacing vulgar forms. She highlights uniformity in dance style and the shift to more refined entertainments amid ongoing changes in dancing.
A local editorial urges careful dance planning to restore dignity and order to gatherings. It praises the waltz and two step but promotes a modern program including new dances and strict hall conduct, with stake leaders guiding the effort and banning tobacco and liquor in halls.
Clayton Robison of Georgetown died early Monday at Montpelier hospital following an appendicitis operation. He spent Sunday with Franklin Weaver in Bendington and took a young lady to Dingie. He returned home as pain worsened and died under anesthesia. Born June 26, 1894 in Georgetown, son of Seth and Martha Robison, he was well liked and his funeral was held in Georgetown.
Sheriff reports burglars entered the C W and M Co store in Montpelier through a skylight and stole about 100 dollars in guns and cartridges. A suspect was arrested at Cache Junction with the property and confessed. The pair are linked to a robbery in Bancroft and an accomplice is in Salt Lake City.
The piece urges easy graceful movement with proper chaperones and no body contact. It emphasizes teaching ballroom etiquette to youths, shaping social tastes while avoiding harsh reformer rhetoric, and urges conservative guidance to keep young people on the right track.
A reader letter from Rome Miller of Omaha Neb urges young men to pursue hard work, saving, and focused effort over easy money. He emphasizes training, perseverance, and loyalty, praising marriage as a core success and warning that indulgent parenting harms boys.
Droest Jaussi came back Tuesday evening after a trip to Los Angeles to attend a special SGOURRe in automobile repairing at the National Engineering School. Thanksgiving was observed in Paris as many gathered at the First-ward meeting house for an interesting program.
A Mormon stake assembly in Bear Lake adopted rules for dances. The Fielding Academy will host a weeklong standard dances course with ward representatives. Dances should begin 8:30 pm and end 1:30 am with prayers at start and end. Music to be upgraded, and misconduct bans will bar individuals from ward halls.
Mrs Nancy Pugmire writes she enjoys reading the Post and Deseret News and includes a check for the paper. She reports warm California weather, notes meeting L D 8 Church members in Los Angeles, compares President Robinson to Joseph R Shepherd, and mentions her brother 8 J Rich improving health while hoping to return home to Blackfoot by spring. Bear Lake friends receive regards.
Utah Power & Light Co and Phoenix Construction Co donate 1500 toward a highway from St Charles to the Hot Springs. Attorney Fred Steigmeyer presented a 1000 check and deposited 500 to county to be paid when completed next May. The firm also lends plows scrapers and tools, with a survey of the road done and work underway. The project includes a temporary railroad to haul gravel and aims to drain flood-prone Bear Lake County lands now used by cat tails and rushes.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels lauded John J. Carty for expanding wireless telephone use at a Lotus Club banquet. He recalled wireless telephony from Washington to San Francisco and envisaged talks with friends from Greenland to India, noting Carty as the driving genius. Telephones connected to wireless stations at San Francisco and beyond were present at the table.
A bereaved husband reports the death of Mrs. William R. Hymas in Liberty on Tuesday of last week after a short illness. A baby girl had recently arrived, but complications followed and the mother died, leaving the infant and a heartbroken husband.
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