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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1942
Page
2
A collage of Broadway chatter and city scenes contrasts a 49th Street gambling raid with quirky Midtown anecdotes. It recalls draft board moments, bustling Wall Street life, vaudeville flavor, and civic wartime pluses and tensions through brief, period-tinged captions.
The article traces Halloween to rural communities and harvest celebrations from Druids, Romans, and Native Americans. It explains All Saints Day and All Hallows Eve, the pumpkin symbol, and corn as key foods, noting cultural adaptations over time.
The writer muses on Halloween from a folk lore lens noting the owl’s nocturnal life and the historical witch trials of 1691 92 in New England. A contrast is drawn between past fears and current gratitude for harvests and freedom, against Europe’s cruel oppression.
In a southwestern Missouri town, merchants offered a monetary prize for the best artistic window drawings with soap on Halloween. The editor promoted the contest, drawing youth participation, generating publicity and reducing vandalism as outlets for pranks plummeted.
Ellen Drew muses on a Halloween moment while a man snaps her photo and she hopes for happy results for onlookers. She mentions waiting under warm lights and asks Janey to bring extra bobby pins after the shot.
The text notes a Halloween scene featuring Barbara Britton Katharine Booth Eva Gabor and Ella Neal acting as though scared. It mentions a warm studio environment where they avoid fur coats and jokes about a second girl resembling Eva Gabor.
Over 500 officials from about a dozen departments attend a program funded by the Rockefeller office at the Inter-American Training Center. Dr. Henry Grattan Doyle runs it with a Latin expert assigned to lunch conferences. Treasury draws 28 drawgers studying Latin America. the effort aims to deepen familiarity with Latin American affairs.
The December holiday faces a scarce toy market with rubber, wheel, and metal toys in short supply. Orders placed early last January will largely determine availability, with many items likely sold out by Thanksgiving and electric trains and skates heavily curtailed. Dolls remain the exception, though rubber dolls are affected. Military-themed toys appear as replacements.
A sketch depicts a smart living room corner where a handmade linen applique featuring poppies cornflowers and wheat influences the room’s color scheme. The article notes how the desk was transformed from an oak piece by adding a plain board and new bookcases while the applique design is replicated across the desk blotter and stool.
A reader quip compares salmon to cod blushing at the price. The line hints at market chatter and light humor about seafood costs.
A humorous exchange centers on a husband explaining supply and demand while his wife reframes it as supply and request highlighting modern shopping dynamics. The couple’s banter underscores economic terms in everyday talk.
A classroom exercise on Eskimos yields a playful report from a bright pupil who calls the Eskimos God’s frozen people. The scene reflects a light moment in a school setting and a playful student response.
A terse quote frames data as raw material for specialists. It contrasts the idea that figures do not lie with the view that truth emerges through expert interpretation.
A contractor questions the foreman about trench safety as workers race to dig out a man buried after a trench collapse. The rescued worker states they are digging him out to inform the foreman.
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