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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1926
Page
8
Entered as second class matter May 6 1922 at Duchesne Utah post office under the act of March 3 1879. George 5 Bowers editor and manager L A Hollenbeck associate editor. Annual subscription 3 dollars six months 1 00. Per month 60 cents.
The piece argues that calm cannot last, urging meditation amid rising taxation and party strife. It critiques Republican solidarity, third-party challenges, and the risk of minority candidates being blocked by majority-tickets rules, predicting a turbulent Chesnee county convention and limited Democratic prospects. It notes local civic efforts in Myton including park renovations and funding for Jensen quarry preservation.
Myton correspondence reports the Myton Commercial Club held its regular Tuesday meeting with A Wells presiding. The treasurer’s report showed over 600 dollars on hand and a motion to raise the salary of the house manager Alec effort by 25 dollars per month passed unanimously. The group discussed an amusement park and mentioned three potential sites.
The Charter Oak, a famed Hartford symbol, hid the colony’s charter in 1687 when Governor Sir Edmund Andros demanded it. Patriot Captain William Wadsworth snatched the document and hid it in an oak, later preserved until its 1856 destruction in a storm. The charter was renewed after William and Mary’s ascent in 1689.
Eleanor Elsner recounts a travel tale where explorers mistook a peasant's phrase to mean the land’s name. A mule driver uttered Anda Buda meaning Go on Lula, which newcomers recorded as Anidiulusin, shaping Andalusia’s name on their rough charts.
A renowned judge at the bar once won jurors by tearful references to a prisoner's crying children in court. Days later, a friend saw those children near the prisoner’s home singing about hanging a cat and taunting that the father would face the same fate.
The pometo or shaddock, also called grapefruit Citrus decumana, originates in southern China and tastes more sour than an orange but less than a lemon. Dutch called it pompelmoes. shaddock is linked to a cantata that brought the fruit to the West Indies. Some distinguish shaddock as larger than grapefruit with a finer flavor. They grow in Jamaica Cuba California and many Oriental countries. A brief anecdote about a job ad for a laundry wagon driver ends with a comic misunderstanding.
The article notes that early civilization likely formed laws as far back as 2200 BC with Babylonian legal tablets and the immutable code over 4000 years old. Discoveries suggest Babylonia as civilization’s cradle with temples dating to 6500 BC unearthed.
A fragment from the Boston Transcrint notes a tense moment as voices discuss forcing Alice to rest. The dialect hints at social strain and the strain of exertion within a small group.
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