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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
5
Editor John AW Wallis announces subscription pricing. One year within the United States costs $2.00, foreign destinations $2.60, with three months options and an office phone listed as 33. The paper claims to be read by ninety percent of valley residents.
Sugar beet growers expect a prosperous period as contracts stabilize prices, encouraging more acreage this season. Intensive beet cultivation and guaranteed prices promise profitable returns, reducing reliance on imported supplies and highlighting the crop’s importance to the local economy.
The piece reflects on the election campaign’s endgame and public mood. It notes a mix of excitement and weariness, with concerns about racial and religious tensions, while urging unity and respect for the winner. It argues home merchants deserve patronage to sustain local prosperity and emphasizes time as money in community commerce.
A poetic scene describes geese forming letters in the sky over a town. The birds move in V, Y, A, and Z shapes, then settle into patterns around a misty bay and lagoon, ending with a lone goose circling a ghostly moon.
In a railway smoker car a Conservative woman scolds a man lighting a pipe. He jokes back and the moment shifts to a joke about tombstones and wickedness. A separate restaurant scene features two men trying to outsmart a nurse, ordering milk toast and coffee with sly slang.
Washington reports 25 000 farmers in Texas Montana Idaho and Washington owe 3 500 000 on seed loan laws and face payment difficulties. Despite daily repayments of 25 000 to 30 000, grain elevator congestion car shortages and low prices slow loan redemptions. The beet potato crop helped but prices under twenty cents a bushel hinder profits.
Weekly devotional notes present a sequence of daily themes from Sunday through Saturday. Topics include The Christian's Mission healing and giving, Sin Separates law of love truth makes free power of thought and supply is sure, with quoted Bible verses accompanying each day.
Sealed proposals are due November 18 1922 in Bear Lake County Idaho for Federal Aid Project No 65 involving 10.25 miles of grading and gravel surfacing on the Idaho Pacific Highway between Georgetown and the Caribou County line. Plans may be obtained from D P Olson Boise and P B Wilson PecatoIdaho with a $10 deposit refundable if returned intact within fourteen days after bids open. Proposals require five percent guaranty. bid forms must be signed with address. right to reject all proposals reserved. Dated November 2 1922 Director of Highways D P Olson and Commissioner WM J Hall.
An advertisement claims Talizs Catarres Medicine treats catarrh with a local ointment and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. Distributed by EF J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
Relief from the season's first real snow storm was forecast across the Rocky Mountain states after 10 inches to 2 feet of snow fell in parts. Temperatures dropped to four degrees below zero at Billings and Lander while snow covered northeastern Arizona, southwestern Colorado and the eastern slope and plains. Plainview, Colorado, noted two isolated mountain passes on the Denver and Salt Lake railroad.
In Moscow authorities grant approval for Mormon missionaries to conduct their activities in Russia, allowing organized proselytizing and religious outreach within the country.
Dr. C. O. Moore was appointed City Physician at the city council session led by Mayor Edward Sutton. Officials ordered current bills paid and warrants drawn, and the dog tax for the year was set for collection with enforcement on owners harboring dogs who fail to pay.
From this date on I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my wife signed DELBERT HESS 41-11.
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