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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
7
Community news details birthdays anniversaries and gatherings. Vivid notes include Miss Veda Poulson turning ten and birthday lunch, a PT A meeting planned for next Tuesday, and various visits and travels among residents.
Chambers of commerce across intermountain cities will urge action against adding the northern Jackson Hole country to Yellowstone Park. Wyoming residents with large cattle ranches oppose the move, arguing it would strip the district of tourist revenue from hunting and fishing and jeopardize camps and services tied to summer visitors.
A compact set of aphoristic musings on marriage, money, pride and social norms. The piece humorously probes gender roles and daily folly with pointed lines about pride, restraint, and the costs of folly. It reads as a quip laden collection of social commentary.
John Brown described his future wife Dianthe Lusk as plain yet neat industrious and economical. The couple married when Dianthe was nineteen and Brown was twenty, starting twelve years of contented marriage. Dianthe, a strong minded woman, reportedly could manage him to do as she wished and believed the blame lay with him all along. She died in 1832 shortly after the birth of their seventh child.
Michael H. Walsh, who originated the Rambler rose and shaped modern rose culture, died at his Woods Hole home at seventy five after influenza. His famed varieties include Lady Gay and Minnehaha, earning gold medals from the American Rose Society and the London Agricultural Society. he was preparing spring budding when illness struck.
Benham orders a new suit with extra large pockets. Mrs Benham notes the pockets are so you will have a place to park your hands.
Representative Frear of Wisconsin spoke at a Milwaukee dinner noting talks to the contrary yet asserting costs of all wearing apparel rise. A Milwaukee banker remarked to a Tuncheon guest about a second-hand clothes man at the back door and asked if he could obtain a pair of shoes at a reasonable price.
A humorous exchange traces how age stories grow via newspaper hype and political stunts. A Birmingham Age-Herald quip questions the authenticity of long-lived legends, while a converse tale shows a congressman’s influence being misused for a favor. A horse riding gag closes the vignette.
A dairy owner builds a rail road car resembling a giant vacuum bottle on wheels to transport milk and perishable goods without ice. The steel tank is glass lined and imitates a vacuum bottle, with plans for a vacuum truck to ferry milk to the railroad for siphoning into the car.
Tokio representative J Carter Johnstone says rickshas face decline similar to taxis in New York. Once earning about 3000 yen monthly per ricksha driver, today incomes have fallen to roughly 100 yen due to oversupply, causing the vehicles to vanish from the streets.
A fragmented clip from a weekly appears to show a cautionary exchange about behavior and consequences, mentioning a mother and a taunting threat as part of a garbled dialogue. The source resembles an old period piece or a printed item with misread text.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a Boy Scout on night guard duty giving a halt command to an officer of the day. The snippet includes dialogue about advancing and explaining what is being doled out at night, with unclear surrounding context and names.
The Black Sheep notes Mr Brown departs with nine offspring, eight of whom are esteemed citizens in Kansas. One child resides in Missouri, Boston Trevald.
Secretary Conrad Jenny of the Swiss embassy at a dinner quipped that many diplomats are as diplomatic as peas. The sketch centers on Mr Pea, a stuttering village character, and a local political meeting where Cue the famed orator meets the stammering elder in a humorous exchange about the other speakers.
General Herbert G Maxwell denounces peace talk. He recalls warnings that war would end war and mocks conferences while claiming nations arm more. A joke about a husband and dinner plates underscores the commentary on martial tempers.
The Sounding Soup notes Los Angeles lunch where fastidious George Loane Tucker dines. A neighboring movie king eats soup noisily and proclaims the dish Darm good, prompting Tucker to respond with I t sounds good.
A country clan wandering a cemetery encounters an inscription the sexton interprets as a pun about mortality. The sexton explains that it means earthly glory ends quickly, noting the deceased moved on "on a Monday morning" after a casual remark.
A humorous exchange as a wife recalls Joe’s boyhood and a schoolteacher’s daily pats on the back, joking that the pats were sometimes too low down for comfort, reflecting a light domestic chat captured by the Boston Transcript.
Notice is given that the partnership between E. H. Peterson and C. P. Burton of Duchesne Utah dissolved. Articles filed August 18 1922 with Duchesne County clerk. Peterson takes over the business and will pay all obligations and receive all claims. Witnessed and dated November 27 4 Je, E H Peterson, P Burton.
A Birmingham Age-Herald snippet features Mr Cobbles recalling a past investment in a gold brick and later regretting it. He contrasts his earlier regret with a newfound self-respect after reading about urban financiers seeking high prices for a barrel of water.
Ver non Frank Sporr of Fruitland Utah filed a notice of intention to make five year proof to establish claim to Homestead and Additional lands in Section 29 Township 9 South Range West Uintah Special Meridian. The hearing before Clerk Rulon J. Larsen in Duchesne Utah is set for January 6 1923. Witnesses named: Warren Sulser George Brooks Howard Airsmith Scott Murdock.
State Engineer E Caldwell publishes a notice that Midview Irrigation Company Utah seeks to change water use from Duchesne River Duchesne County to irrigate 470 acres in T 3 S R 2 W Uintah Meridian. Protest affidavits with $1 fee due within 30 days after publication. dates Nov 24 1922 to Dec 22 1922.
The regular school election in Duchesne County Utah will be held 7 am to 7 pm Wednesday December 6 1922 in Representative School Precincts 1 3 and 6 to elect three Board of Education members one from each precinct. Polling places include Hayden School House Neola Monarch Cedarview Bluebell Apaleo Mt Emmons Altonah Myton Harper Inka Antelope Midview Red Cap Mt Home Bonella Talmage Utahn Tablona Hanna and Stockmore school buildings. Candidates or five citizens may file with the Clerk not less than 15 days before the election. the clerk will provide candidate information upon request. D C LOCKHART President Duchesne School District L D Winslow Clerk.
Notice is hereby given that John W. Jones of Fruitland Utah has filed intent to prove final five year proof for homestead entry 06834 in Uintah district with witnesses Jonas Lindsay Wallace Jones and James Lindsay. Also guardian and probate notices regarding Giardino Natale estate announce creditors must file claims by December 20 1922 with Pope Porter Duchesne Utah.
An irate Birmingham father jokes that flappers ought to be spanked. The exchange questions if he has any flappers in his family, and the reply suggests none. The brief item captures a sharp social quip from the Age-Terald column.
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