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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
3
The Fish Story Contest offers five dollars to the winner paid February first 1988 by C B Hays for the best fish tale published in this paper. Entries must be mailed to this office by Tuesday each week.
The Fielding athletic report recalls last season's football spirit with a 1 win 1 tie 3 loss record and a pledge to play clean. Coach Hunsaker expects a strong basketball squad from about forty boys and lists a December to March game schedule at Paris Grace Provo Soda Springs Thatcher Bancroft Montpelier Pocatello.
A humorous exchange about storks and shoes precedes a Christmas sock vignette with a dancing doll, a dog ruckus, and a tin soldier. The second piece recalls Bethlehem’s nativity, linking the Christ child with modern Yuletide joy and Santa, ending with Olga Hoge’s note.
The Jackson clan awaits their college son for Christmas two days away. Jim arrives with a companion, sparking awkward tension as the parents, anxious and hopeful, brace for a surprise reunion. The scene centers on family pride, doubt, and a dramatic homecoming.
Proceedings list audited claims and authorized warrants for county expenses including lumber labor constable and justice fees coal repairs utilities and indigent lodging. Entries name payees such as Joseph Beck Brae Findlay Arthur Eborn D T Orr Clem Poulsen and vendors like Frank Lewis Coal Co and Findlay Auto Co with amounts and purposes.
Fielding High glee clubs planned the comic opera The Ching Shop led by Professor Jensen and Miss Ostlund. Illness forced postponement, with a large chorus and cast including Sing Fong and Andrew Michaelson.
The text opens with a Myrthe Crawford poem about Christmas joy and family scenes. It then states Rural High School District No 1 Bear Lake County Idaho calls warrants for payment, Series 1982-33 numbers 1937 to 1989 and 1941 to 2014, with interest ceasing ten days after first publication. A. W. Shepherd is treasurer, Paris Idaho.
A historical ledger fragment shows Hotel Paris meals and prison expenses with entries for Asa Athay Sheriff Sam V. Tunks auditor and other officials. It records mileage, stamps, medicine, attorney help, and public works costs, followed by a road and bridge section with names and amounts. The notice ends with a cash sale inquiry for draft horses and mules from Fred Chandler in Chariton Iowa.
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