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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
3
Duchesne residents and visitors are listed in a long weekly digest include Arnold Reef and J H Hoyt at Roosevelt. Mabel Partridge and Edna Hart traveling to Salt Lake Price. weddings, visits, and illnesses noted. Governor Mabey to speak August 16 at Fort Duchesne. plans for a Duchesne mill and a park improvements mentioned alongside a serious truck accident.
A neighbor intervened as Dorothy, the larger, pummeled Jinior in a street fight. Jinior resisted, and Dorothy replied with shy humor that they were just fighting, prompting concern from a passerby.
The Literary Digest defines the phrase gentleman of the first water as flawless, using water as a standard for measuring quality in diamonds. It describes a perfectly flawless stone as of the first water and extends the metaphor to a person without flaw.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire an old mansion preserves a lightning rod once installed by Benjamin Franklin On the same street the historic St John s Church remains with the bell once rung by Paul Revere s bell workers The pieces connect local history to famed Revolutionary figures and era landmarks.
Archaeologists report ancient Carthaginian graves yield lead curses engraved for libations and aimed at the deceased. Frenzied rivals allegedly used the leads to cast elaborate curses on enemies, linking burial rituals to hostile rites.
The article records a fragmented courtroom scene with a boss chiding a bill collector and a new man apologizing. A lawyer speaks from experience about juries, while others question convictability on slight circumstantial evidence.
The buggy, a small one horse drawn vehicle without a top, originates from Hindu words, likely haghi. British occupation officers later altered the pronunciation to buggy for light traps.
In the Caucasus mountains several torrents carry tiny particles of gold. Local people place wool in the waters to intercept and retain the gold, creating what is described as the Golden Fleace.
An advance in woven linen shows 7000 year old fabrics similar to today’s west cambric handkerchiefs, according to Professor Flinders Petrie, a noted English Egyptologist.
Quote from George Sand on patience as key to artistic success. Also notes a method for transforming yellow diamonds by exposing a lead block hole to radium rays, altering the stone.
The article calculates about nine people per square mile if the world population were evenly spread over 197 million square miles. It notes a thought for the day on insurance against moral damage and mentions a new imitation fur process from Australia for fleeces not suitable for real fur.
A lighthearted note from the Buffalo Evening Times jokes about opportunity knocking at a woman’s door while she plays bridge elsewhere, turning into an amusing media quip about domestic routine and social life.
A quotation about using new materials to avoid living a stupid world, attributed to It. Lindeman, followed by a line about friendship improving prosperity and sharing hardships, attributed to Cicero.
The piece states that the elephant and hippopotamus are the largest land animals with five specimens weighing four to five tons each.
The article notes that billions of years ago coral reefs thrived where Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario now lie. It mentions musk ox remains in Kentucky and walrus remains in New Jersey, alongside brief comments on fuel economy experiments and a note on spider silk production requiring vast numbers of insects for a pound of thread.
A quoted reflection by Gnabrielle D Annunzio denounces fame, expressing regret and shame for loving it and noting its frequent misuse for purposes other than good.
A quip from Hare declares jealousy as the offspring of love and warns that unless the parent acts swiftly to end the danger the child will poison the parent first. The remark frames jealousy as a destructive force born from affection and urges decisive action.
In the Fourth Judicial District Duchesne County Utah Lucy M Thompson plaintiff vs David I L Brewer defendant a sheriff sale of Lots 9 10 11 12 Block 7 Blue Bench Addition Duchesne Townsite with improvements and water rights scheduled for August 7 1923 at 2 PM at the front door of the County Courthouse Duchesne Utah ARZY H Mitchell Sheriff Pope Porter attorneys for the plaintiff dated July 13 and August 3 1923
A reflective line notes people avoid confronting complex issues by not examining them, preventing responsibility through indifference and vague understanding.
Jesse Hadden of Duchesne Utah announces a Sorrel mare four years old in his care belonging to Moroni McAffee. After demand for 46 dollars 60 cents went unpaid the mare and her colt will be sold at public sale on August 16 1923 at the Hadden ranch in Utah to satisfy a ranchman lien.
A historic note explains an elephant senses odors not via the trunk but through olfactory nerves housed in a single nostril located on the roof of the mouth near the front.
A Richmond Times Dispatch quip notes that when guests shout Stop thief, the speaker looks in the loudest accuser's pocket and finds aprons. The witticism hinges on misdirection and domestic humor. The line plays on kitchen chaos and playful irony.
A fragmented collection quotes fear and hope from James Freeman Clarke and Adam Smith. The text links progress with belief in improvement and notes a unique animal behavior as a metaphor for change.
Fragmented notes describe plain vase arrangements and various vase sizes within reach of an even modest purse. The text muses on judging innocence and references iron production in early American colonies, alongside a quip about tact and frankness.
In the Fourth Judicial District of Duchesne County Utah creditor claims are due by October 1 1923 to Margaret Murdock executrix at J H McDonald Law Office Provo Utah. Also notice that George S Stott of Duchesne applied to divert 2.60 cubic feet per second from the Duchesne River for irrigation of 200 acres in Duchesne County with the State Engineer's Office noting file No 9246 and protest terms.
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