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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1923
Page
4
Astronomers report a stellar explosion near Beta Ceti, now visible here after eighty years. The event, likely the era’s greatest, occurred in 1843 and reached Earth as light traveling at 186,000 miles per second, implying current conditions remain unknown until 2003.
A western city meat market and a gent's furnishing store swapped display windows for a week creating convincing crossovers of meat and clothing items. Patrons improvised purchases thinking they bought what they saw, while critics called the stunt deceptive. A Los Angeles motor truck firm pursues action after an actress scrolls skirt crossing a muddy street caused a wreck.
Health column urges replacing solid sweets with sugar in water to protect teeth and stomach while maintaining energy. Cites examples from mountaineers and soldiers to argue sugar boosts energy but notes adults often abandon liquid sugar. Warns against childhood habit and emphasizes liquid sugar avoids chewing damage.
A historical note catalogs hazards linked to common consumables. It warns water for typhoid, milk for tuberculosis, whiskey for jimjams, white flour for appendix, oysters for toxemia, meats for indigestion, vegetables for weakness, and cigars or coffee for respiratory and nervous ailments.
Fragmentary quotations mix health myths and reflections on wellness and expense. The speaker mocks extreme diets wine and tobacco abstinence and a strange remark about sterilized air. A joking line about a wife and an elephant appears alongside notes on costs and upkeep.
William Painter of Diamondville Wyoming visited his parents the Painters. Will Bateman travels to Logan for his wife’s appendicitis operation. Merrill Thompson cares for children at home. Nirs Sessions of Ogden visits Hyrum Thompson’s home. Ada Briscoe attends Relief Society social in Liberty. The annual Relief Society event drew a large crowd despite stormy weather with games and refreshments. Town men lay new cement sidewalks and haul gravel.
Art Suennen, convicted in November 1222 in the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District Bear Lake County Idaho for kidnapping and sentenced to 1 to 25 years in the State Penitentiary Boise Idaho, will apply to the State Board of Pardons at its next regular meeting for an absolute pardon.
The Probate Court of Bear Lake County Idaho orders all interested parties to appear on April 7 1923 at 10 a m in Paris Idaho to show cause why Abraham Christensen administrator of the Peter Thompson estate should not be granted an order to sell necessary portions of the decedent real estate. A copy must be published for four consecutive weeks in the Paris Post. W Smith Hoge Judge.
Bear Lake County Board of Health orders strict exclusion from schools and public gatherings for residents with diseases such as smallpox measles diphtheria mumps scarlet fever or meningitis until the local health board permits attendance. Principals and superintendents must enforce until a written permit is granted. County Physician F Guyon signs the notice.
Assessor warns motor car owners to pay the annual license by January 1 and carry 1923 plates or proof of application. Full fees apply for most cars with a two thirds reduction only for certain five year old cars. rules and abuses noted. Licensing details include fees by vehicle weight and instructions for mail or in person applications.
James Dunh assessor or deputy is authorized as agent to sign the applicant’s name for a 1928 motor car license. The appointment allows acting as attorney in fact for the applicant.
A street sale advertises Army Munson shoes priced at 2 dollars. The 100 percent leather boots feature heavy double soles and waterproof uppers, available in sizes 6 through 11. Post payment on receipt or money order, shoes refundable if unsatisfactory.
Advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims a local ointment and a blood-acting tonic relieve chronic nasal catarrh and frequent colds. It asserts the product strengthens the system, reducing susceptibility, and notes long-standing endorsement by druggists for over 40 years from J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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