Local notes on community visits and smalltown events
Local column lists visits by Chas Thornbarg and Mrs Win Craver to Mrs Chas Barings home, deputy sheriff changes under Azty Mitchell, Ed Hart selling Win rom furniture, and social gatherings at the Murdock ranch and Duchesne area. It notes a birthday party for Glen Holfultz, New Year dinner for Elmer Bell, a surprise party for Florence Bates, and multiple itineraries of residents visiting Salt Lake and Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Thornbarg
Mrs. Win, Craver
Chas. Baring
New Sherif
Azty Mitchell
Hag Bees Geen
Big Mek
C. R. Barton
Serif
Ed Hart
Thorsday
Myton
Winrom Furniture
Mart Cleary
Soldier Sumpit
Fred Ferron
Grant Murdock
Murdock Ranch
Lawrence Maxwell
Tabiona
Salt Lake
Edna Bingham
Allis
W. W. Hayes
Exell
Mickelson
Fast Sturn
Claude ‘Tavist
Misa Mariel Partridge
Price
Elmer Bell
Cavera
Florence Bates
G L Club Enjoys Successful January Party at Laura Hair Home
A G L Club gathering Friday January 5 at Laura Hair’s home featured Miss Edna Hair Fern Jordan Bessie Fitzwater Esther Jeu and others. Guests entered with a forfeit redeemed at the door and played games with a two course tea. Toasts honored the club girls and the evening closed with plans to meet again, motto Keep your Pep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Hair
Edna Hair
Fern Jordon
Bessie Fitzwater
Esther Jeu & Messers
Joe David
David Sybee
Elton Billings
Alton Larsen
Vall Murdock
Teddy Thomas
Leie Larsen
Lonnie Fitzwater
Aston Brenisk
Wilford Barey
Uch
Woolmen's Convention at Spokane Focuses on Wool Industry
The National Woolgrowers’ Convention will convene at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane Washington on January 24 with sessions on grazing lands forest policy marketing and state wool laws. Key speakers include D C Major E N Lan Worth and A W Peso and committees will address handling and Warehousing wool marketing and legislative changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mite National Woolgrowers
Allon
Daven It
Spokane
Wash
FP. R. Marsnall
Saltmee &Xerative
Merlot
Prealath
Mmane National Porest
Col Biles Toi Oroeleys
Glenda Marketing Committee
Fabric Legisla
U. Wilon
Wyolng
Neetaton Sen
Archia Pryor
Dalgleish to Read Meters for Uintah Power in Duchesne
Uintah Power and Light appoints James Dalgleish to read meters in Duchesne Utah. Light and power bills should be paid at the Dalgleish store. 29tt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Power and Light Company
James Dalgleish
Duchesne
Dalgleish
Panama Canal Records Set In 1922 Traffic Milestone
The Panama Canal set new yearly records in 1922 with 2997 slips passing through. The tolls collected by 492 ships totaled about 12,000,000 dollars, marking the first time monthly averages exceeded 1,000,000 dollars since the canal opened. Net tonnage reached about 13.7 million tons, surpassing prior highs in tonnage and cargo.
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Panama Canal
Notice of Forfeiture for Sunflower Placer Claims
J D Boyd claims expenditures of 800 on Sunflower No 1 2 3 and 4 in Duchesne County Utah to hold 611 Shale Placer Mining Claims for 1921 1922 and up to July 21 1923. Notice sent to Walter Melntyra Charles Pursley 5 L Crandal B F Wars ley J F Goolsby C B Case of Safford Arizona. Each co owner owes 100 00. If not paid within 90 days from service interest in the claims will be forfeited to Boyd under Section 2324 Revised United States Statutes. Dated Provo Utah September 12 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Melntyra
Charles M. Pursley
L. Crandal
B. F. Warsley
J.F. Goolsby
Case
Safford
Arianza
J. D. Boyd
Dueheaug County
Utah
Duchesne County
United States
J. D
Boyd
Ahat
Aia
Provo
Fate of Graduation Gifts
Mary received five gifts from relatives with trading notes and small purchases. Aunt Emma exchanged books for new titles, Uncle George gave a gold bar pin and cigar holder, Aunt Tulle traded for bears earrings, Dad supplied silk stockings, and other exchanges occurred at a bridge club and among family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Emma
the Beautiful
Daninea
George
Tulle
Hettle
Nother
Wille
Lincoln
Cowbells Save the Grapes in Sheepshead Bay Arbors
A Sheepshead Bay resident festively deters nightly grape raids by attaching cowbells to arapa vines. The jingle alarms deter intruders, who previously crawled and stumbled over the arbors. With the bells, neighbors plan similar installations to protect fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheepshead Bay
Rubbing It In: Noyes Wit Rebounds Through London Holiday
An anecdote circulating in London portrays Professor Alfred Noyes, while on holiday, inscribing a Princeton student's copy as "To Thomas Dash, With the Author's Hope and Saith." He later bought another copy from a secondhand shop and returned it to the student with a new inscription promising renewed assurances of the author's love and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Noyes
London
Professor Noyes
Princeton
Thomas Dash
Thomas Cash
Final Words From a Screen during a Death Scene
The dying man, with fifteen minutes left, calls his wife Mabel as he rises from bed. He whispers a bizarre last request for a food steak and then returns to his place, while a camera operator captures the final moments of his life.
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Ife
Mini
Plan Wouldn't Work. Wine Merchant Refuses Letter Request
A celebrated wine merchant received a begging letter claiming poverty and requesting a case of champagne. The merchant replied that such a plan would not help the writer and warned that constant demands would remind him of his sad condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jts
Boston ‘Transcript
Desperate sailors seek solace on desert island
Two shipwrecked sailors endure hunger and cold on a barren island. One, more wretched than the other, asks if the companion can pray or sing a hymn. They consider a religious collection as a morale booster amid their misery.
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Boston ‘Transcript
That Settled That Singers in Apartment Exchange
A brief overheard exchange reports a young couple on the first floor admitting they were the singers heard nearby. They explained they sing while doing dishes, clarifying the prior observation of unsettling singing.
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Wwe
Gasoline Pump Introduces Return System for Draining Tanks
A new fuel draining device for automobiles includes a tank to receive gasoline and a dump and valve for returning the fuel. The system aims to streamline removal of gasoline during depressurization or repairs.
Witty Observations on Women and Marriage
A collection of satirical quips about women, marriage, courtship, and social norms. The items poke fun at jealousy, infidelity, and domestic roles, with lines about moving away, blamed spouses, and comic takes on money, luck, and independence.
Wifey Was Wise To Him At A New York Wedding Breakfast
Augustus Thomas, veteran playwright, warned at a New York wedding breakfast that a marriage often fails when one partner resolves to break the contract. He recalled a St. Louis anecdote where a reporter refused to pretend he needed talk for the family, noting his wife already knew what he earned.
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Augustus Thomas
New York
St. Louis
Ralse
Why Trees Defy Storm Motion Apparent in Branches
A Washington Star observation suggests irregular branch arrangement helps large trees resist uprooting in high winds. While limbs swing oppositely and branches bend under gusts, nonuniform motion prevents all parts from failing together, offering protective damping for oaks and beeches.
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Washington Star
How Expression Originated in Anglo-Saxon Language
The article notes that mad once meant violent or furious in Anglo-Saxon speech and that Atter referred to an adder or viper. The proverb likely does not refer to hat makers but to being as venomous as an adder.
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England
United States
Boy mauled by horse while chasing cricket ball at Burton field
A boy living in Burton on Trent enters a field to retrieve a cricket ball and is savagely mauled by a horse. The animal seizes him, shakes him, throws him, and kicks his head. Fellow cricketers rush to rescue him and find him unconscious.
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Burton-on- Trent
England
Sud
Calf With Double Ears Born In Connecticut Farm
A Connecticut man owns a fine Ayrshire cow that has given birth to a double-eared calf named Pansy. The calf is noted for its pretty brown and white spots and, apart from the extra ears, is described as normal in every other respect.
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Ayrshire
Connecticut
Pansy
Inquest Finds Sequel to Infant's Scratching Death
Newport Monmouthshire inquest reports a mother died of septic poisoning after a newborn baby scratched her. Swelling appeared on her lips, neck, and breast following the incident.
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Newnport
Monmouthshire
Eng
Birds Make Long Flights
An investigation by the Biol Surv Wash DC tracks tagged ducks and fowl to measure migration. From Lake Scugog in Ontario, over 200 birds were released, with a teal record from September 24, 1970, traveling at least 8,000 miles to a swamp near Port of Spain Trinidad two months after release.
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Biol
Wash
D.C
Lake Scugog
Ontario
Toronto
Old Saw Didn’t Fin It Happened at Missouri
Enright questions Willard about a stale gag on being broke and missing mail for ten days. Willard and Emelyt discuss the joke as Willard admits being broke and waiting for a check from home.
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University of Missouri
Smith
Enright
Willard
Emelyt
Weltten
Souvenirs Returned Told by French Government Appeal
The French government appeals to American soldiers who looted Rhelms cathedral as souvenir hunters to return fragments and statuary. Thousands of A. E. B. members visited the site and carried away pieces of fabric and other elements, many priceless to France. Reconstruction aims to replace recoverable portions.
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Rhelms
Strength of Army Report Reveals Continental Total
The document states the United States Army strength within continental limits at present is 07,000 with about 72,000 comprising army nurses clerks cadets and members of special services including the quartermaster medical and finance departments. Separately a gossip item from the Rand Fire restaurant quotes Heloise and Ctnudine discussing possible marriage plans for Hither Speck and Yvette with rumors about spending money and relationships.
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Lmlts
United States
Quartermaster Corps
Medical Corps
Finance Evertment
Yvette
John
Heloise
Rand Fire
le Quilt
Kansas City Star
Saw the Signa and the Weary Willie-T in Odd Exchange
Fragmentary dialogue features an exchange about a frightened look and a nod to Oregon Lemon Punch. The text reads as a quirky, era-tinged snippet with unclear context and fragmented lines.
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W. W
Oregon
Departing New Yorker Seeks Stable Ground Abroad
A New Yorker expresses readiness to leave the chaotic city and settle elsewhere. The speaker notes a chauffeur has purchased a German castle named Simplicissimus in Munich, marking a notable move toward a calmer life beyond the United States.
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Marka
New Yorker
Munich
Regenerative Heating Seen Cutting Coal Use
GE expert Charles B Steinmetz argues in Survey Graphic that nine tenths of furnace heat is lost. He proposes recovering heat from outgoing air to preheat incoming air, reducing coal needs and potentially making electric heating economical despite higher electricity costs.
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Charles B. Steinmetz
General Electric Company
White Plague Presses Utah Tuberculosis Efforts
Utah health leaders convened at Hotel Utah for the Fifth Annual Public Health Dem Association conference led by Dr. BL Merrill. Officials warned Utah faces rising active TB cases with 2009 cases and 20 annual deaths, urging a sanatorium, continued Christmas Seal drives, and expanded home and school nursing.
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BL G. Merrill
Provo
Utah Public Health
Utah
Balt Lake
Merrill
James H. Wallis
Association
Wallla
Wallis
Unitel
Schoals
Warren A. Colton
United States Public Health Service
H. A. Pattison
New York City
National Tuberculosis Association
Pattison
Salt Lake
Whitney
New York
National Association
Remembering a Soldier's Name at the Regimental Dinner
A brigadier boasts he never forgets a veteran. A youth steps up and reveals the officer remembers him well in the old brigade. The exchange continues as the brigadier asks about young Barton and the man replies that he sees him often and that he is Barton.
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Barton
Patriots Renater Lodge Decries Office Seekers
A Massachusetts lodge speaker denounces office seekers as the bane of legislators. He argues government jobs require capable workers and laments candidates underestimating the education and dedication needed to run the government. He recalls a candidate misunderstanding a key post.
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Renater Lodge
Massachusetts
Felf
South Beng
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Breesmont
Wayne County
Fitzwater
Grry
Okey Davis
G. L. Club
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Varge
Utar
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