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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1931
Page
5
Harold Norman-Atridge, an orphan living with his great-aunt Matilda who reared him, finds himself penniless after her death. At war’s end he secures employment at a bank, rebuilding his finances and future.
Harold confronts Marjorie Clarence and her father in Hillbrow Crescent. The father, roused by a fake snail scare, suffers a severe delirium tremens episode, crashing furniture and lashing out until Marjorie calms him and get him to bed. Harold sustains minor injuries yet remains present.
A nostalgic survey highlights inventors who created simple innovations that transformed daily life. It notes how a Chicago meat packer ordered 10 million of a new tin, prompting rivals to race for supplies in a frenzy of profit and fame.
Daniel C. Dakeman the last Revolutionary War pensioner died April 5 1860 aged 109 years 8 months 8 days, eighty six years after the war ended. Fortiern Damon the last Revolutionary War widow pension recipient died November 11 1906 at Plymouth Vermont.
A note credits France with the origins of dominoes, describing the game as having French roots and a long tradition in European gaming culture.
United States Department of Agriculture scientists report that inbreeding and cross breeding guinea pigs affect growth rates. They found cross results vary by parent weight, with lightweight and heavyweight crosses boosting early growth, while two heavyweight crosses did not. Heavyweight lineage showed strongest growth early on.
Three cattle feeding problems are analyzed by the Minnesota agricultural experiment station. The bulletin covers grinding shelled corn and alfalfa hay, molasses in cattle rations, and peatland hay as roughage. It concludes no clear advantage to grinding feeds, molasses has little effect on daily gain and may raise costs, and peat soil hay palatability and value equal or better than upland hay. Copies available from the University Farm St Paul, requesting Bulletin 274.
Live stock notes emphasize pairing work animals for efficiency, boosting feed abundance for farming success, and management tips for pigs and sheep. It covers lamb castration risks, coarse forage limits, grain before lambing, early protein feeding for pigs, and pasture effects on sheep production and hog protein needs.
A psychological study argues moodiness in women is common and harmful. Psychologists recommend self administered mental treatments as most effective, while Anne Bryan McCall says daily self questions reveal how moody, savage, childish or undeveloped a person has been and should be addressed.
Nostalgic look at days of leather boots and homemade bootjacks. Most bootjacks were simple notched boards, with a bunker and a standing end. Fathers often used a son as a bootjack to remove tight wet boots, a practice still seen in New England fishing families where rubber boots remain common.
Roland Pertwee novelist dramatist reports Hollywood amuses him as he reads three of his stories to stars who interrupt with demands for terms. A colleague quips that big-office men were tailors years ago and will sew on buttons after ten minutes if you hang your coat up.
Lars Olofsson a farmer from Gankxsjoe near Oestersund celebrated his 105th birthday. In Gankxsjie parish there are two men aged 101 two centenarians and five residents aged ninety nine.
In a rustic exchange Farmer Countessel tries to quiet concerns about herd behavior. He notes the animals are willing to stay, just want to act like summer boarders and linger on the farm.
Elderly Lady Listener jokes about wireless pictures and framet dl. Pearson's marks the conversation. A quip about school punishments with a switch and a humorous reflection on whiskey and jail crowds.
In a witty exchange a hostess refers to a prominent politician as a Senator and pressures proof. The politician coolly replies you cannot prove it. The quip appears in a Cologne humor column reflecting clever social banter.
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