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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1915
Page
1
Report describes a tour of a mental hospital highlighting clean wards and orderly meals for 350 residents. It notes staff diligence and a touching moment as Mrs. Margaret J. O'Brien Young recites a nostalgic poem by the fireside.
Report outlines Bear Lake County residents plans to hold a county fair open to outsiders. Proceeds from gate receipts would fund premiums for entrants while Cokeville stock exhibitors hope to boost livestock trading with Paris and Montpelier. Several Montpelier citizens, including P W Olson, visited Paris to study the fair and gauge Idaho exhibits. A related note mentions personal reminiscences and asylum inmates continuing on the next page.
The Paris fair schedules include a carnival company from Ontario Oregon with 50 performers, a Farris wheel and other rides. Harness horses and running horses travel to Paris for the event, with electric lights installed on the grounds and evening dances and concerts lined up through Thursday. The article urges readers within a hundred miles to attend and subscribe to The Post.
Fielding Academy faculty are arranging schedules for a new term with all departments set for opening Monday morning. Ezra Price oversees Science and Agriculture. Irwin Jensen Music. Myrtle Rich piano and organ. Ray Gardner Manual Training. Eddie Spencer History and Economics. Effie Webb Domestic Science. Mazie Campbell Domestic Arts. Beatrice Camp Price Librarian and Elocution teacher. The building has been overhauled with updated heating and water systems for comfort. Pres. Shepherd reports two framed pictures enhancing hall appearance.
The Bear Lake Stake conference notes 100 percent turnout for MI A officers and ward boards with full attendance at nearly every ward. Elder Heber J. Grant lauds home music and tobacco warnings, while President Shepherd cites perfect ward teaching. Miss May Broomhead reports Bear Lakes recovering patients in Berkeley hospitals.
Anald Tueller of Montpelier and Master Archie Tueller of Paris with Lydia Nielsen piano performed a refined evening in the First ward ball. Abe Tueller sang O Promise Me while Arnold Tueller and Archie impressed with violin numbers. The program drew only a small audience but high praise for the young talents. Archie Tueller, aged, shows rising promise after Salt Lake City study. The Lyceum course returns Thursday Sept 30 in Second Ward Hall with the Orpheum Quartet, urging season ticket purchases.
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