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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
2
The Paris Post notes a collage of jokes and quips about coal shortages, lobster prices, counterfeit bills, and quirky misdeeds. It cites a Brooklyn woman with eighteen rocking chairs, a German sausage miscue, and a New York dentist losing eighteen sets of teeth, all in a satirical humor column.
A fragmented poem extols the golden hues of autumn across maple trees and landscapes. The piece shifts to a stark hospital scene where a man overdosed on morphine remains awake as doctors and a neighbor intervene to keep him from sleeping, a baby offered for comfort.
A letter from a mechanic reports using Peruna in a family for years and notes the old Peruna had no laxative effect while the new version does. The reply describes old Peruna as Katarna and mentions combining Manalin with Peruna to provide laxative relief. Katarna is manufactured by the Peruna Company in Columbus Ohio with orders to contact Katarno Company for availability.
Sixteen year old George Smedley of North Bend Ohio wandered with two friends into the open tomb of William Henry Harrison at Cincinnati. They locked the door from inside bracing it with a stick, leaving George inside. A passerby Mrs. Gabriel heard cries for help and pried the door open, freeing the boy who was revived and taken home.
Nel son of Flat Creek Missouri returns to Petersburg Indiana after twelve years away. He left after separating from his wife who kept their two year old daughter. The daughter was raised by the orphans home matron and then with John Stradtner in Madison Township. Nelson sought custody claiming a fortune from Missouri zinc mining. Old friends convinced the girl the stranger was her father, and they traveled to Flat Creek to start anew.
Southern Pacific announces an immediate plan for dining cars issuing checks to patrons. Diners will be notified when their place is waiting in the car, eliminating the need to wait at a crowded end. Checks are issued in duplicate and served in order of their numbers.
In Topeka Kansas townsfolk hear no word of any circus coming this season. Roy Crawford, longtime theater manager, says he has no indication of an animal show or one ring act scheduled in the near future.
Edwin Hirsch, an Irvington merchant in Oakland, obtains a decree of divorce from Hazel Hirsch. He testifies he gave her every luxury, showed no restraint, and never indulged in liquor or late hours. The judge asks if she found fault. she says she could have loved him if he had beaten or scolded her.
Charleroi Pennsylvania reports farmer Harry Sample expelled a 14 ounce stone during a coughing fit. The object is described as one of the largest ever recorded in medical history.
Leonard Mink of Philadelphia, a Graters resorter, killed a large winter snake and tossed it onto the Perklomen railroad tracks ahead of a passenger train. The engineer mistook the snake for a bar of iron and stopped the train using emergency brakes. Special Policeman O'Donnell took Mink into custody for trespassing.
Fire in John Bartee's back kitchen in Massillon Ohio delayed the Pennsylvania flyer from New York to Chicago by eighty five minutes. Two stretched hose lines across the tracks reached the blaze and forced the company to grant passengers a rebate due to the delay.
New York committee on amusement resources of working girls at 311 Madison seeks license bureau support for a 70000 budget cut and an elastic inspectors list. The aim is to obtain evidence through inspectors not recognized by hall frequenters, covering Delmonico's and other venues.
A railway manager questions a shop boss about a car prepared for fall and winter service. The boss claims varnish inside makes windows stay shut and vents won t open while heating makes the car unbearably warm. The letter closes with a humorous aside about banning ragtime at park concerts races and election celebrations.
A visitor testifies to a judge about being questioned by a policeman. The exchange centers on a civil question and the provocation of a local officer. The dialogue implies a dispute over a future official murder event.
A playful exchange contrasts romance with daily chores as the poetic bridegroom gazes into his partner’s eyes while the practical bride notes an unpaid laundry bill. The dialogue blends romance with mundane domestic detail in a lighthearted moment.
A government traveler, Arthur Blanchard, sits behind a bride and groom in a Pullman. During a tunnel passage the bride struggles with hat and hairpins. Blanchard quips the tunnel cost 12 000 000 dollars, the bride replies it was worth it.
A reader asks whether two distinct articles belong under one headline. The reply states they are not on the same footing and should remain separate under separate captions.
A terse observation notes how men who die for women often fall to an injured husband. It suggests hay fever as a light cause for Jack’s hoarseness while hinting at broader themes of danger and desire.
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