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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1931
Page
4
Classified note invites workers to contact A R Horne in Los Angeles for full details. Rental ad seeks furnished four room apartment. Local items report visits and travels of residents, with public notices of employment and personal activities among Bear Lake county residents.
Grace high school basketball lost 27 to 25 at home to Paris after leading 16 to 11 at halftime. Paris surged in the final period to secure the 2 point victory. Grace previously defeated Paris 27 to 18 at Paris last Saturday.
In Fargo North Dakota on January 16 local readers enjoyed a spring song by a regional poet. The piece contrasts warm January sun with tales of cold weather down east and celebrates North Dakota’s tall grains.
Frost gives way to thaw across North Dakota towns with bare streets and wet pavement. Residents note warm spells in January while wildlife like squirrels and robins appear as lilac buds begin to bloom in Wahpeton and nearby towns.
A client reports buying two dozen glass decanters advertised f. o. b. at sixteen dollars per dozen, but received empties. Goss speculates the containers would contain booze, joking that f. o. b. stands for that.
In Elk River country Mrs. D. F. Jeffries chased a four foot bobcat from her chicken coop with a rake. The incident left a four foot bobcat skin and a wary household. Oscar Nord noticed odd activity as 75 inmates reacted to a call, prompting Mrs. Jeffries to check the coop's interior.
Two travelers along railroad tracks find a bottle of white mule. After drinking they fantasize about buying the railroad system and all transport. One declares plans for conquest, the other scorns the idea, noting he won t sell.
James A. Olsen of Ovid visited Bern last Tuesday. Local visitors include L P Jensen Alf Jensen and Ted Jensen from Ovid at the Kunz home Friday. Mrs Hyrum Poulsen of Paris visited her daughter Mrs Reed Kunz this past week. Louis King of Maytag Co visited Bern Thursday. A big dance at the local gym Friday night featured music by the Black Cats with many nearby guests. John Kunz Jr drove to Soda Springs and back. Sheep moved from Budge island to Noonan last Saturday. Montpelier Seminary students gave a fine program at sacraments Sunday evening with Pres S L Wright and Bishop Jared Parker of Bennington. Born to Mr and Mrs Oneal Kunz a baby girl Sunday. All doing nicely.
Jerome county auditor and farmer Ben Diefendorf was appointed by O. Ben Ross as commissioner of finance to replace E. W. Porter. The report notes Diefendorf has a decade of Kansas City banking experience and will serve in Boise.
Julius H. Jacobson, federal agricultural statistician, reported that Boise Idago farmers planted a nearly equal amount of winter wheat as last year. The total area was 542,000 acres with favorable conditions and good rains improving the stand. December condition reached 94 percent of normal versus 77 percent the previous year.
Seminary students showcased a church history program at the stake tabernacle on Sunday evening January 18. Parts were reduced due to illness but highlights included an organ prelude, congregational singing, several addresses on topics from the Book of Mormon to early leaders, and musical numbers by Lauriel Brewer, Dora Alfred, Horace Hulme, and others.
A collection of curious statements on body changes fruits and vegetables beliefs and exotic notes. The piece cites the claim that oleomargarine colored with palm oil should be taxed at a lower rate, citing protest from farm and dairy groups and dairy state congressmen to internal revenue commissioner David Burnet.
Carlos O'Brien a South Carolina printer plans a trip abroad with his half million inheritance after being located in Columbia. He expresses desire to flee to a country with no eighteenth amendment and jokes about needing more interviews, while reporters and lawyers gather at the newspaper office.
MGM brings the Broadway hit New Moon to the Novelty Theatre for two days starting Sunday starring Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore. The stage drama by Hammerstein I with music by Romberg features Evelyn Herbert and Gus Shy in key roles. Adolphe Menjou and Roland Young co star, with Emily Fitzroy and a large extra cast.
An exchange jokes about misspoken words due to a stuck key. A sales dialogue highlights a blunt response to a woman's door visit. The humor centers on misprints and quick repartee in a house-to-house sales context.
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