Duchesne Local Happenings and Community Notes
Seed committee of the Dawes Commercial reports strong support for a seed plant in Duchesne with 8000 of 12000 acres secured and storage and milling preparations underway. Weather swings from subzero to milder, sidewalks on Eighth street are graded, and a three act play by Duchesne Junior High is planned. Community events include a bazaar, card party, dinners, and birthdays, with local church and school notices, road and utility improvements, and several residents visiting or returning home.
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Dawes Commercial
Dicheane
Alrendy
Duchesne
Rollo Rosaberry
Holper
Sinice
Cithong
Price
Indian Canyon
Archie Price
Kelton
Carbon County
John O. Watters
Francis M. Shelton
Talmage
St. Paul's
L. A. Thompson
Chas
Barton
A. I. Maxwell
Altonah
Owen Benn
Margaret Odekirk
Tom Firth
George Kohl
Vernal
County Board of Education
Mata
Hugh Barnes
Elroy Wilkins
T. Firth
Bjornson
A. FE. MecAffee
Soldier Summit
Gift to Library Adds Rich Rothschild Autograph Collection
The French national Worary receives a vast autograph archive donated by Baron Edmond de Rothschild from his mother Mime James de Rothschild. The collection spans letters from kings and queens of France to public figures like Sully Colbert Gaston de Foix Conde Turenne Marshal Saxe and writers including Villon Corneille Racine and Mme de Sevigne.
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Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Mime
James de Rothschild
Shimmy Machine on Ships Sates Fat United States
Glenn M. Farley reports in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that the Shipping Board installed shimmy machines on transatlantic nets to help obese passengers. A belt and vibrator produce a violent shiver while prey windows vanish. one traveler shed 68 pounds on a New York to Bremen round trip.
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Europe
Americana
Glenn M. Farley
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Shipping Board
Transatlantic
New York
Bremen
Why Gollector Gave Up on a Hundred Worst Poems
Joseph Lewis French, anthologist and sonneteer, reveals his 40 year struggle to compile an anthology of the hundred worst poems. He grows discouraged, fearing he cannot identify the true worst as he keeps finding worse verses. He argues high literary taste and broad judging are needed to avoid collecting inferior poetry.
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Gollector
Joseph Lewis French
French
New York Eventing Post
Dalgieish Appointed Meter Reader for Uintah Power and Light
James Dalgieish named to read meters for Uintah Power and Light in Dunhasun Arb Mebt and Snower Hills with payments to be made at the Dalgieist store.
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Uintah Power and Light Company
James Dalgieish
Dunhasun
Arb-Mebt
Snower Hills
Dalgieist
Way Can Always Be Found For the Traveling Pianist
Ex service man uses piano talent to travel from New Mexico toward Washington. He performs at homes after asking to play and adjusts repertoire to guest preference. He earns varying sums, up to 21 dollars in a town, then moves on funding his journey.
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New Mexico
Washington
Younce
Tob Dreler
Forbes Magazine
Neighborly plan to dispose of chicken backfires
A garden conflict leads to a failed plan to remove a chicken after an air gun accident. Neighbors on both sides trade help as darkness falls but a missing hen returns home, exposing the scheme and leaving the conspirators unwilling to face the outcome.
Lighthearted Jokes and Snappy Puns Round Up
A collage of light verse and quick quips from periodical pages. Jokes touch on business, industry, theater, fashion, and daily life with playful wordplay and cheeky punchlines. Cultural snapshots reflect humor and social observations of the era.
Invention Promises Cheaper Silk Through Mechanized Unreeling
A Italian silk expert claims a mechanized method to unreel raw silk reduces labor costs. A new company has acquired patents and plans to market the machines. If successful, silk could rival cotton on price, boosting production in Italy and beyond.
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United States
Italy
Hhis
Bachelors Said To Describe Children Best
A noted literary authority contends that the finest descriptions of children and child life come from bachelors, asserting their detached perspective yields keener insight into youth.
Duchesne Court Notices and Probate Public Record
Public notices include probate for Chas E Drummond estate with creditor publication in Duchesne Courier and sheriff sale announcements in Duchesne County Utah. Notices list administrators attorney firms and dates for claims and property sales involving multiple defendants and parcels in Uintah and Duchesne counties.
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Fourth Judicial District Court
Tite State
Utah
Tor Duchesnts County
Chas
E. Drummond
ET. Drummond
E. H. Drummond
Atlas
Salt
Lake City
Marks & Jensen
Rulon J. Larsen
Why the Nose Detects Smell and Iceberg Warning Gadgets
The article explains the olfactory system locating a sensitive membrane above the nostrils, its role in scent perception, and how air sniffing aids detection. It notes brains map odors via scent and taste, cites low detection thresholds for camphor vanilla and mercaptan, and describes a French thermo-couple device signaling icebergs six miles away with shipboard telephones for warning.
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Popular Science Monthly
Alaska Agricultural College Opens Near Arctic Circle
Alaska offers agricultural lands beyond mountains and glaciers with the new Alaska Agricultural College in Fairbanks. The institution near the Arctic Circle offers farming, mining, home economics, civil and electrical engineering, and business programs, aiming to be the world's northernmost college.
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Alaska
Alaska Agricultural College
Fairbanks
Artic Circle
North Pole
Child Geneva Swallows Gum In Curious Incident
Geneva, age three, was chewing gum while playing with her baby brother when she suddenly told her mother I swallowed it. The mother laughed and teased, and Geneva solemnly urged See if you can get it out.
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Geneva
Penny-In-The-Slot In Thusaln Sees Tank Installations
A London correspondent reports that penny slot machines in Thusaln are being fitted with large tanks to receive sacks of yables, a curious efficiency measure.
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Thusaln
Puneh
London
Scientists Hunt for Humans with Tails in Africa
In a humorous exchange from the Kansas City Star, Sirs. and Gap Johnson discuss a paper claiming scientists plan a journey to Africa to hunt for humans with tails. The dialogue playfully questions the outcome of locating such tails and what would be done with them.
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Africa
Gap. Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Northcliffe Lacked Friends Except Family, Says Writer
A Birmingham Age-Herald columnist notes Lord Northcliffe had no friends beyond his wife and mother, calling it not a bad showing in unsettled times as a pointed remark on his character and era.
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Northcllffe
Northcliffe
Birmingham Age-Herald
He Wants to Know Reveals Ambitious Screen Prospects
A film preview quotes praise for a production claimed to outstrip all previous screen efforts. A skeptical voice asks if the project is a beach drama, reflecting industry chatter and curiosity about the movie’s scope and genre.
Why He Had to Steal in the Bloomin’ Fix
A courtroom exchange reveals a prisoner explaining theft of a watch from a doctor who prescribed medicine. The judge confronts the mercy plea as the man recounts his predicament and lack of funds for proper care.
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Boston
How Algebra Got Its Name Origins in Arabic and Italian
The term algebra derives from the Arabic al Jebr meaning restoration of broken parts and was later adopted into Italian usage. Early usage treated algebra as a method of solving equations and restoring quantities, shaping its mathematical sense.
Notice for Publication of Final Homestead Proof
Ver non Frank Spair of Fruitland Utah filed notice of intention to make final five year proof to establish claim to Homestead Original and Additional No 05734 058390 for the SW SEY SW SEY NW SEY NEW SW in Section 29 Township 3 South Range 8 West Uintah Special Meridian. Clerk J Larsen Duchesne Utah set for January 6 1923. witnesses Warren Sulser George Brooks Howard Allsmith Scott Murdock all of Utah.
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Countil Judicial
Utai
Duchesne County
J. H. Spencer
Plaintifz
Frank 3B. Henderson
Marie Henderson
Tpowell
Maud Anderson South
Hazel Goldbrough
Thomas Sabey
Jana Sabey
Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company
A Corporation
G. T. Bean
Duchesne
Utah
Mange
Uintah Special Meridian
Charles
Barton, Sherif
Fope & Porter
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Vernal
John W. Jouves
Fruitland
Range
Uintah Special
Rulon J. Larsen
District Court
Thomas Jones
Antelope
Martin Lindsay
Wallace Jones
James L. Lindsay
Ulah
Vernon Frank Spair
Homestead Original &H
Sey
New
Township 3
Range 8
Warren Sulser
Midview
George Brooks
Howard Allsmith
Scott Murdock
Water rights change notice Midview Irrigation Co Utah
State Engineer notices that Midview Irrigation Company seeks to change the place of use for 7-3-7 of Duchesne River water in Duchesne County Utah. It plans a 14 642 ft canal to irrigate about 470 acres across Sec 29 31 and 39 T 3 S R 2 W. Public protests due within 30 days.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Nule
Midview Irrigation Company
Midview
Duchesne River
Ducheses County
S&s
Sea
U. S. Mer
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Jack
Dia Clariti
Marie
Thatry
Duchesne Lumber Company
Butte
Atlas Bloc
Marks & Jonson
Attornes
Tile District Court OF Tile Vyourth Judicial District
State OF Utan
Union Central Life Insurance Company
James Powell
Marie Powell
James L. Mahaffey
Myton State Bank
Asa L. Snyder
Mary Snyder
Albert Ilalen
Register
Tange
Dry Gulch Irrigation Company
Farmers Irrigation Company
Two Acres
Charles R. Darton
G. W. Collins and
Pope
E. I H. Peterson
C. P. Burton
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