This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
5
A list of residents visiting relatives and spending holidays across Utah. Names include Hyrum Deben, Miss Maury Colton in Salt Lake, Ida Leslie in Ferron, Irma Poulson in Ogden, and many others from Duchesne, Myton, Roosevelt, and nearby towns.
Sunday to Monday notes show Christmas programs at Duchesne school with grade performances and invited parents. Local residents visit.family snapshots include Madsens, Gillis, Bullen and Orr families. several trips to Salt Lake City, Ogden, Heber City, and Vernal are mentioned. The Dry Gulch Irrigation system and land use are cited alongside recent staff changes at the Mutual Creamery and local essay contest winners to be announced next week.
Ernest Robbins Chesley Barton and examiners visited Roose pes and Vernal then Heber to review three town banks. A Christmas program at L D S Sun day School featured songs and a Lovell Johnson Hal Mickelson duet. Prizes were given at a Pnebesne school party with candy popcorn and gifts. Miss Idan Jessie teaches first grade. Mrs Florence B Madsen teaches second.
The Mt Emmons area presents rich farm land still owned by Native residents with two stores a blacksmith shop and a cream station. Farmers report good income from diversified farming with dairy sheep cattle and a thriving school built in 1915. The region invites new settlers citing ample land leasing by the Indian department and available farm prospects.
Tabiona residents head to Kamas for holidays while visits to Salt Lake and Duchesne are noted. Teachers held a children's dance, PT Ac hosted an evening event, Supt Paxton spoke, and Mrs Bjornson led a library project talk with new books on display. Ed Thoms returns to Provo. locals travel for Christmas. sale listing for a lot on Main Street in Duchesne.
The narrative recalls Talmage's early development from land purchase in 1913, a town site laid with four acres for a park, and a growing store operated by Mrs. Thompson until 1920. It notes irrigation began 1912, the first July Fourth celebration in 1914, ward organization in 1916, and community institutions including Relief Society, Primary, Sunday School, and Mutuals formed by 1917. The piece highlights new business, a cream station, daily mail, and population shifts as the town evolves.
Seven years after forming, the Woman's Literary Club in Pl ebesne revived as a closed corporation with twelve regular and six guest members. The group participates in the Book of the Month program and reads shared Look volumes, while members lead current events discussions and run the club as a local civic duty. Officers include Mrs. Afton Crocker as President and Mrs. Rock Pope as Secretary, with several past officers among the roster.
Readable fragments sketch a Gate Way Club scene with El mer Mickelson selling shoes in a department store indies, a mocked up roster of members, and a May 1926 origin tale. The piece ends with a community song and a brief Legion hall boxing match.
Duchesne Post No. 22 of the American Legion reviews its growth since 1920, highlights community projects including a new club house, a uniform flag display, and support for Boy Scouts Troop 118. Plans for the new year include Junior baseball, memorials, grounds beautification, and stronger town cooperation.
Talmage residents greet holidays as families travel from Salt Lake City and nearby towns, with Miss Lucie Levey joining homecoming festivities. Elvira Moffitt returns from Altonah to enjoy Christmas, as the Mutuals plan a community Christmas tree and Old Santa visit. Families like Beckstead, Moffitt, and Evans share lumber trips and sheep herding plans, while schools stage programs and Santa distributes gifts. Other locals come home from Duchesne Helper Roosevelt Heber and more for the season.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.