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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
4
The Paris Post denounces a long lived local pessimist who distrusts the town and avoids contributing to its future. The piece labels him miserlY and harmful for reaping benefits from others’ labor while offering no constructive action.
President Wilson left the capitol at 11 55 a m with Mrs Wilson and waved to cheering crowds on Pennsylvania Avenue. He greeted reporters at the White House and remained cheerful after the trip. Admiral Grayson addressed him as Mr President but Wilson replied Plain Woodrow Wilson now.
President Wilson, under pressure from family and doctors, accompanied President Elect Harding from the White House to the Capitol but did not attend the Senate chamber ceremony for Vice President elect Coolidge or the oath on the Capitol plaza. He signed several bills in the president's room and then returned to his motor car for the move to his new home on a street.
In Liberty the Derricott couple welcomed a baby boy on Wednesday night and a Der ricott boy on Saturday morning, while the Poulsen home received a girl on Thursday night. Spectators watched horse races and a pulling contest as teams must race again to decide the outcome. Springlike weather returns with melting snow signaling an early season.
Engineering estimates and can and reservoir designs described by firms in Montpelier Idaho. Forced concrete construction details are referenced alongside surveying and engineering services.
Hiders Swan Arnelly and Geo Thor nock visit ward residents for house to house canvass. J W Negus returns from Salt Lake with wife slow recovery after hospital operation. Lev C Pead back after winter with Montpelier friends. Mrs O H Dunham returns home after visiting Western Idaho. Samuel Henderson’s side wins rabbit hunt with about nine hundred total. calls to continue work and exterminate rabbits. Springlike weather turns cold again with Jack Frost visible.
The Feilding squad departs Monday afternoon under coach Dan Rich to play three games at Georgetown Soda Springs and Chesterfield.
Postmaster H. L. Spencer reports Washington and the post office department ordered Paris mail to be dispatched via train No. 5 at Montpelier. The change affects all western mail and takes effect immediately, promising improved service.
Immense services were held in the Paris Second ward chapel for Fred Law who died last Friday at age 61. Speakers included Robert Wallentine Jas Poulsen and H. S. Spencer who spoke on his life and offered comfort to the grieving family.
Mrs Victor Mattson and brother Carl arrived from Salt Lake for the summer while Mr Mattson works in Mexico. Fielding beat St Charles in a fast basketball game. Mrs Odell Wilhelmsen returns to Smithfield Utah for a sugar factory position. Mrs Andrew Jensen and Mrs Gene Roberts operated at Paris Emergency Hospital and are recovering. The Merkley baby died and was buried March 2. Michaelson Brothers run a Fish Haven saw mill. St Charles Roller Mills operate full time. Mrs Frank Floyd fell ill but is improving. Oscar Bergreen returns from Salt Lake City after automobile engineering studies. The Booth baby operated on for appendicitis and recovering. Pugmire travels to Ogden on business. Local boat races on the lake featured Montpelier and St Charles teams. Montpelier won first class and St Charles second class. Horse races followed with Montpelier and St Charles winning. The Hazel Kirke show by Paris talent played in St Charles Tuesday to a large audience.
A garbled OCR style list of sensational events ranges from deaths and fires to elopements births and arrests. It mentions sales of farm or cow, stolen animals, and odd phrases about falls and delays, ending with a prompt to report via phone or mail.
Dr f A L Chilton of the Pocatello Optical Co will be in Montpelier March 26 from 3 pm to 7 pm and again March 26 from 8 am to 8 pm. He will also be in Paris March 26 from 10 am to 2 pm.
A satirical and promotional survey extols American resilience after the war. It cites financiers and leaders like Schwab Taft Hoover Hughes and Colby praising a humming economy with rising factory output, lower living costs, and renewed faith in the nation. It includes an extended merchants tale about advertising power and a local estray notice for a black horse and a land proclamation under Idaho's land office.
A humorous verse describes an elderly man launching a venture with a dollar eighty, spending a dollar on stock and eighty cents on an ad, and earning three dollars in return. The piece highlights frugal beginnings and a modest success.
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