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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
5
Vernal residents host guests as Stephenson and Smith visit Neter City. Travel spans Salt Lake City and Green River area. Duchesne hosts Carman, Owen Green River trip, Price ties to local business, and a July 25 birth noted. Mrs Byron Spratt enjoyed weekend in Utaba. Retritt and Vernal relations mentioned.
Duchesne residents and visitors are noted in a roundup of movements. Richard Parr and family moved to a new home built by Jusan J. Larson on Main Street while Karl Wilkinson returned to Hieber City after visiting his mother Mrs. Jesse Johnston.
Local residents share visits and travels with neighbors from Duchesne to Roosevelt. A large turnout at the Wand Stall program featured speeches and music as Mrs. Woodruff hosts a birthday party, while many families report social visits, deliveries, and preparations for an upcoming Sunday School expansion.
Ten year old Dean Yoder touched a live 11 000 volt wire while playing near a barn. He was burned and hospitalized but crawled unaided to a neighbor’s house. Doctors say a barn fall acted as a counter shock and saved his life.
In Trento northern Italy Cello Pave a noted outlaw fled into mountains and caves after killing his father and attempting to kill his sister. Surrounded by carabineers and militiamen he died by his own hand in a cave high on a mountain, foregoing capture.
Winnipeg firefighters recall a heroic mother cat at the Thorkellson box factory blaze. The tabby risked heat and smoke four times, each time returning with a kitten in her mouth, to save her offspring as rescuers searched the burning lumber pile. Her fate and the kittens’ status remain uncertain.
Doris and Monroe Reece of Caroline County lose both parents in consecutive tragedies. C. Reece, a saw mill operator, died after a belt struck him near Wrights Fork, while Mrs. Reece perished in a house fire about a year earlier as she saved the children.
A juvenile trio attempted a penny grab in Memphis Tennessee. They found a stash of 7440 battered pennies in mud and began hand dredging operations before hiding the coins, believed dumped by machine operators to avoid reuse.
Altonah ward M I A conference held August 10 with President Owen Bennion J A Fartle Mrs Edith Case and Miss Verna Bennion among attendees. Reports mention rainfall and community events including U B I G at Fort Duchesne and a late week burglary at J A Fowler’s store. Local residents Celetlin Thompson and Mabel Maxfield affected by mumps. Bluebell business and forest grazing fence work noted.
The article weighs whether to sell or feed wheat amid fluctuating prices. It summarizes trials comparing wheat with corn, barley, and bran for sheep, cows, horses, pigs, and steers, noting rolled or ground wheat improves digestibility and gains, with variations by species and grain quality.
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