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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
4
The community prepares for the Fair October 9 to 11 as War notices appear on large bills. Paris hosts a conference drawing many residents away for a time while Mrs. Charles Cooper travels from Ogden to visit sisters. Local people report road conditions and travel to Paris-Franklin.
A fragment warns against nostrums for catarrh and Mercury containing products from Cheney Co. It notes dangers to smell and the system and advises using prescriptions from reputable doctors. The piece mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure made in Toledo Ohio and priced at 75 cents with druggist testimonials.
District Court proceedings in Paris include cases on licensing and fines for hunting without license. Public notices advertise farm real estate for sale, a two room house for sale, and a veterinary specialist visiting during the fair. Local letters, school trips, and employment ads appear amid editor humor and classifieds.
Bro Swan Arnell of St Charles will depart tomorrow to serve a mission to the Central States. A farewell party was held at the meeting house with nearly all in Loxyn attending. A short procession and dance followed a neat purse fundraiser. Last week Arnell received multiple gifts totaling about $25 from family and Sunday School officers. Matthew Bugmire has been invited to take a missionary course at the Melding Academy. Gandon Pugmire plans a cottage between the Pugmire hotel and 1st South on State with a brewery listed there.
Sealed advertisement notes 75 tons of good upland hay in stock within three miles of town. Inquiries to E EH Rich in Paris.
Charles Reynolds proprietor of a Portland bath house was acquitted of murdering a musician who accused him of despoiling Reynolds. The defense claimed justification for the act, jury took 20 minutes to reach a verdict amid sensational trial reactions. Reynolds later reportedly married Lulu Garretson in Salt Lake.
The Forest Service announces a timber sale on about 250 acres along the south fork of St. Charles Canyon in Bear River National Forest Idaho. Bids due by Oct 20 1907 transact live timber marked by Forest officers with values set per species and a $250 deposit to be sent with each bid. Rights to reject bids reserved.
Special return rate 813.65 with tickets on sale Oct 19 to 25. Continuous passage each direction. Final return init Oct 18 1907. A L B Mattson, Agent, Montpelier.
The article recalls an exchange between John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay in the Senate. Clay accuses Calhoun of apostasy for backing Van Buren, while Calhoun fires back that Clay also shifted sides and did not wait for time to reveal motive. The scene captures the era's fiercest rhetoric.
During the Harrison era campaign Alexander H Stephens and Julius Alford debated in the South. Alford, a Georgia lawyer and congressional aspirant, praised his candidate but mocked Stephens, who responded with a sharp retort about Alford’s brains.
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