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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1927
Page
6
Public Relations Commission article warns readers about wild cat investments and promoters posing as guardians for savers. It explains “good fronts” used in scams, the lure of quick profits, and the ruin that follows when investors trust seductive schemes.
Henry Drummond author of The Greatest Thing in the World was lively and witty during a casual gathering at Dr Marcus Dods home. A supper mishap with a candle sparked jokes about a nearly wicked candle and a remark that the talk was waxing pandrous as the group teased the illume bearer.
Carrier pigeons served as the fastest message system before the electric telegraph. Their homeward accuracy and speed aided stockbrokers and armies, with reports sent across great distances in a single day. The rise of telegraph and wireless signals ended pigeon use.
The article traces birthstones as one of the oldest jewelry forms, linking the 12 stones to the twelve tribes in the High Priest’s breastplate described in Exodus. It notes earlier Egyptian high priests wore similar 12 stones, suggesting a historical connection between these sacred breastplates.
Miles Darden born in North Carolina in 1798 grew to 7 feet 6 inches and about 1000 pounds. He died in Harden County Tennessee on January 23 1857. His coffin required 24 yards of black velvet for lining and the casket was 8 feet long by 32 inches wide. He led a quiet life despite his world record size.
A strange bedfellow headline notes a boy found by bicycle. The item suggests a local mystery or side story connected to a household disturbance and mentions a St Bernard bike and Fresh pork sausages. The reference to Fannie Johnson shooting her husband with a Winchester rifle implies a violent incident connected to the period’s crime notes.
Notices warn former election officers to deliver any possession of ballot boxes to the City Clerk as the legal holding time has expired. The item references a Pocatello editorial tone and includes a poem fragment about financial hardship and family need.
Glen Higley, 38, a miner, was hurled from an aerial tramway bucket 200 feet onto a snowbank near the Utah Delaware mine. He suffered a dislocated back but is not feared to be seriously hurt, and is being treated at a hospital. The incident occurred as the buckets swayed on the way from the mine to the reducing plant.
A thief entered the room where a local newspaper man slept and took about sixteen dollars from his trouser pockets. The incident is noted as an unusually significant event in the town’s newspaper life.
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