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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1912
Page
2
Boise activists campaign against offensive billboards as state tennis tourney set for June 24 marking Boise first hosting. Idaho pharmaceutical group meeting in Boise praised as its grandest convention yet amid multiple local incidents and judicial actions across the state.
Judge Hanford cancels Leonard Oleson citizenship on fraud claim. Died Seattle judge Warren aged 71. Longshoremen barred by I L A from union land. Wyoming Taft delegations to Chicago from primaries. American Falls Idaho to build a 36000 horsepower power plant. Denver & Rio Grande approves 25 million bonds. New Orleans floods break records. Foulke Brandt back in Tombs. Missouri Kansas storm damages 75000. Two strikers shot in Scranton clash. Baker teaches after big Kennedy bequest. Soap Lockett saves baby on moving train. Fresno fire kills Mrs Shoeb and son. Kansas City brewery strike settled. Unknown woman found dead in Los Angeles. Boston to build hospital for blues. Freel sacks Chicago stereotypes. Martin jumps to his death in New Mexico. Body washed ashore Santa Monica. First watermelons reach Los Angeles at six dollars. Toledo Congregational plan to raise 1 million. State legislative budget includes Salt Lake assay offices. Civil and Mexican war pensions up to one dollar a day. Phosphate lands open to agricultural entries. Major Butt’s will seeks Arlington burial. German army bill advances. Paraguayan civil conflict reverses rebels. Titanic witnesses questioned. Chinese and Thibet riot reports. British Home Rule bill passes second reading. Rebels vs federals clash near Torreon. Italian squadron off Th ies island. France to reinforce Morocco with seven battalions. Paris woman claims Titanic walls as children. Aviator Bachmayer dies in Berlin. Indore stranded. relief sent. Chinese finance official discusses spending plans.
A Scottish tale recalls how King Bruce learned from a spider to persist after defeat. The spider’s repeated attempts inspired a final rally that led to victory, giving rise to the adage if at first you don’t succeed try again. Also a clumsy exchange about widowhood ponders time and social attention.
A humorous chat about hair loss products opens with barbers and a sharp punchline. The exchange hints at a miracle treatment and a humorous judge’s reaction, capturing light local chatter and stage wit.
An observer notes that occasionally they meet a man who would rather work for a living than enter politics. The remark underscores a view that public service should be earned through labor rather than political ambition.
A physician recounts personal experience with coffee causing daily heart palpitations. He switched to Postum and reports no palpitations after giving up tea and coffee, noting flavor adjustments and recommending others quit coffee. The ad cites Postum Co. of Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Wellville booklet.
Jellico Kentucky reports a 15 minute battle after Marshal Bowlin attempts to arrest a shooter, sparking bedlam. Mrs Bowlin is killed as Bowlin and Wiley Parton exchange fire, Parton dies, Wesley Parton injured, Al Butcher wounded, and Al Bowlin clubbed. About 25 people involved with over 150 shots fired.
Boston officials report the board of insanity experts appointed by Governor Fous subjected Clarence V Richeson to exhaustive mental evaluations after his confession to the murder of Avis Linnell. The prisoner, sentenced to death for the crime tied to his pursuit of Violet Edmands, faces execution the week starting May 19 unless a governor’s intervention changes the outcome.
The US transport Buford carried 71 adults and 20 children from Topolobampo Altata and Culican after rebel raids. Refugees report homes destroyed and possessions stolen, with most children born in Mexico. Transfer at Altata used the steamer Luella as Buford anchored two miles off Mazatlan, amid mass witness by locals.
In Clovis New Mexico fifty mounted men claiming Texico citizenship surrounded the negro quarters and warned inhabitants to depart within three days alleging harboring questionable characters. The group dispersed as a sheriff neared. In Florida Marshall Slaughter and Deputy White were lured to a remote spot and killed. Deputy Manning was wounded but feigned death, shot a killer and captured him and his three sons. At the White House the president denied Archibald Butt was sent to Rome by him.
London reports unrest as the new minimum wage for miners collapses amid a looming coal crisis. Indications point to a split or fracture within the miners federation, signaling potential upheaval in the industry.
Mrs. Mary Hansen of Vernal, age 76, is in critical condition at her daughter’s home after being butt by a goat while crossing a field. In Denver, jewelry store robbers stole ten thousand dollars in diamonds and watches after breaking in through the rear. In Kentucky, feudist Edward Callahan was fatally shot on May 4, with pneumonia developing in his left lung.
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