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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1932
Page
3
Best Fish Story Contest Opens With Five Dollar Prize
$5 will be paid on Feb 1, 1933 by C B Hays for the best fish story published in this paper. Stories must be under 300 words, three judges chosen, mailed to this office by Tuesday each week. The text includes an anecdotal tale of trout fishing, a game warden, and a comic misadventure with a pet trout named Mack, ending with a humorous reflection on drinking and domestic chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Hays
Joe
Mack
Mackeral
Ak Rayeel
Homie
H. Pearce
Gyp Comes to Light on Prohibition Beer Debate
Local Kemmerer men discuss the upcoming beer and light wines act. One claims 2.75 near beer cannot be distinguished from real beer, recalling historic shipments of near beer before Wyoming went dry in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Kemmerer
Kemerer Gazette
First Proclamation and a Fish Story Recall
The text mentions George Washington signing the first Thanksgiving day proclamation in 1780 and notes originals held by Rev W. Wellman, inherited from William Ripley of Cornish. It also includes a personal anecdote about a trout named Mack drowning in a pond after a heavy rain, with asides about belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
W. Wellman
S Willam Ripley
Cornish
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