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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1915
Page
8
An assortment of advertisements and notes from local merchants and residents. H. B. Whitman promotes bargains including ladies coats at 4.95 and wool sweaters at reduced prices. Other items note a Paris visit by Will H. Young, a tax figure for Bear Lake county, and generic notices about news tips and public interest.
A jumble of vendor ads and civic notices. John Norton promotes seed intake discounts during a Great Money Raising Sale. Nielsen Furniture Co. touts income and inheritance tax jokes. Hortense Cederlund returns from Logan. Bear Lake Farmers Society urges plow or drill purchases. County fair prize corrections and commissioners’ adjournment detail road levies and meetings. O L Shepherd sells Start-Up Candy Co. products in Paris store.
The piece mixes social events and local incidents. Sheriff Asa Athay returns from Opal Wyoming with information on horse thefts traced to Kemmerer. Hazel Tout aka Hazel Dawn appears at the Lyric in One of Our Girls. Clarence Tueller’s auto ride ends when a boy falls from the rear, injuring his head near Montpelier.
Geraint Humpherys writes from Augusta Maine in October describing sixteen months in the mission field. He notes friendlier attitudes toward Mormonism and broad outreach across the state from Kennebec River city Augusta to Bear Lake networks. He thanks the Post for kindness and prompts, praising local papers for keeping him informed about Paris and regional events.
The item lists November events with an opening hymn Love at Home and Battle Hymn of the Republic. It notes a Prayer by the Male Quartet and Junior Girls Chorus with ten minute talks on current events. Topics include developments in Mexico and Europe.
The piece honors Brother Winters a traveler who aided the distressed and cared for the poor including a Mortpelier elder Hustensen. It lauds his lifelong mission for the Church and dedication to others, urging to crown his grave with garlands rather than weep.
The article notes work on the highway is resuming as farmers finish summer tasks. It argues dry weather kept roads good all summer and now tax funds will return to taxpayers, with grading to be packed by spring for final surfacing and proper crown.
Local notes report James Olson and William L. Rich leaving to buy hay for cattle in winter. John T. Peterson traveled to Butte for business. A Montpelier dance by Sweet Candy Company yielded a prize waltz winner who brought home chocolate. Ex-bishop Lindsay honored next Friday with a meeting dinner and a program of games and dancing, followed by the relief society annual ball in the pavilion.
An old ad seeks farmers to bring wheat to St. Charles Roller Mills with a promise to pay the highest market price. It also notes a new consignments of bulbs from Holland including Hyacinths Tulips Narcissus and more offered by John Norton of Paris Idaho.
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