Duchesne News Busy With Travel and Socials
Local notes recount Mrs. Sterling Moore helping at the post office, J M Mickelson’s business trip to Myton and Roosevelt, and Mrs. Jay Pope acting county recorder. Duchesne crowds attend ball games, big tourist travel, and hotel fills as shops report strong business and a Moon Lake celebration approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rulon Culp
James Hair
Sterling Moore
J. M. Mickelson
Myton
Roosevelt
Duchesne Team Loses Two Close Games
The Duchesne baseball squad dropped two tight contests to Vernal and the Indians. A 10 to 9 loss to Vernal featured a five run first inning and a late rally fell short by one. In Myton the postponed game against the Indians saw six runs in one inning for the opponents, but Duchesne narrowed the gap to finish one behind. The team struggles with pitching and sits low in the standings.
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Duchesne
Vernal
Indians
Myton
Duchesne Boys
Community notices and visits stir Apalco area
Local residents from Apalco and nearby towns share travel plans visits relatives and attend social events. Oscar Nelson family heads to Denver to visit Nab son’s sister for two weeks. Edith Mathews Glendon stay at Neleori farm. Reva Redden improving after illness. Lawn party at Mareth residence. Local trips to Wayne County Toneta and Hanna mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar
Nelson
Evie
Denver
Nab
Edith Mathews
Glendon
Neleori
Reva Redden
Sterling Mareth
Leo-Holt
Jess Pectol
Wayne ‘County
Apalco
Toneta
Leslie
Acrial ‘Michie
Hanna
Alfonzo Madsen
Floyd’ Mitchell
Uts
E.L. Murphy
Roosevelt
Mrs. Floyd
Mathews
WARES: Top prices for cattle hogs lambs and poultry
Hague and Papworth advertise paying top prices for fat cattle hogs lambs calves and all kinds of poultry. Write or call at box 286 Duchene Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague & Papworth
Hox
Ducheane
Utah
For sale 120 acres near Myton Utah
For sale 120 acres of road accessible farming land two miles west of Myton Utah. Cash sale or trade for city property in Myton Duchesne or Salt Lake City. For particulars write Sirs W IL Pitzwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myton
Utah
Duchesne
Salt Lake City
W. IL Pitzwater
Illusion Lost by Personal Contact in Reading Life
A reflective essay argues that even great authors can be misjudged by readers who meet them briefly. It suggests a reader’s affection for a poet or writer may survive amid harsh criticism that follows, driven by intimate reactions to the author’s public persona rather than the work itself.
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Sys
Corra
Vento
Luis
Early Altars and Human Sacrifices at Stonehenge
A vivid description traces humanity’s archaic acts of sacrifice from prehistoric rites to later societies. The piece cites Druid imagery near Wiltshire with painted masks and festal crowds as victims face smoking altars. It notes how civilizations used sacrifice to cleanse epidemics or avert calamities.
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OU. G.wells
Wiltshire Uplands
Stonehenge
England
Synthesis Hope in Rubber From Natural Sources
The article notes Seek Synthetic Rubber and lists major rubber districts including Amazon Brazil Congo Malay States and Mexico. It discusses rising costs and experiments creating substances with rubber like properties and the possible future of rubber produced by chemical synthesis.
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Amazon
Brazil
Congo
Africa
Rangoon
Penang
Borneo
Mexico
West Indies
Central America
Passage from Columbus letter 1493 promises riches and slaves
Facsimile of a 1892 Lenox Library edition quotes Columbus describing a return voyage and promising the Spanish crown ample gold spices cotton chewing gum and slaves for their navy if aided by the sovereigns. The letter is dated March 1 1493.
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Columbus
America
Lenox Library
Notable Child Prodigies in Literature and Thought Across Ages
The excerpt lists young prodigies: Dante at nine drew a sonnet to Beatrice, Tasso at ten wrote poetry, Pascal at thirteen stood as a deep thinker, Edwards at twelve, Goethe at ten wrote a story in seven languages, Voltaire at thirteen, Calderon at thirteen, Victor Hero at fifteen with four volumes by twenty, Pope at twelve and Pastorals at sixteen, Moore translating Anacreon at thirteen, Byron writing verses at twelve and publishing Colors of Idleness by eighteen.
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Dante
Beatrice
Tasso
Pascal
Jonathan ‘Edwards
Moore
Anacreon
Byrons
Easy to Fix Clock For Early Train
A commercial traveler staying at a small hotel asked the landlady for an alarm clock. She lent him one and warned that it sometimes sticks but will ring if the hammer is touched. London Tit-Bits.
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London
Alcohol in the Seas and Early Life Origins
Berlin scientist Professor Lind ner argues ancient seas contained vast sugar rich seaweed forming precursors to alcohol. He describes how early life, shaped by these alcohol producing seas, developed with distinctive colorful structures indicating sugar metabolism.
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Berlin
Professor Lindner
Pioneer Day Celebration in Duchesne Draws Big Crowd
Duchesne will celebrate Pioneer Day on Saturday July 23 with a full program from morning to evening. A large local turnout is expected. Miss Alice Todd recently traveled from Pathesne to Yellowstone Park with her parents for a two week trip. Mr and Mrs BR Waugh and child left for Colorado Springs to visit relatives. Mr Waugh’s father is 90 and in good health. Lyons Construction Co is moving tools to Brush Creek for a new contract, signaling a delayed end to projects near Roosevelt.
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Alice Todd
County Recorder
Yellowstone
Park
MYTON
Alee Duchesne
Affternoon
Aliee Todd
Yellowstone Park
A. M. Todd
BR. E. Waugh
Child
Colorado Springs
Mr. Waugh
Lyons “Construction Co
Brush Creek
Here
Roosevelt
Estray Novice in Duchesne County Utah
A notice from S J Wardle, Poundkeeper of Duchesne Precinct, states an unclaimed bay horse aged about nine years and weighing around 1200 pounds, branded double anchor on left shoulder. The animal will be sold to the highest cash bidder at Wardle's home in Duchesne on July 25, 1927, at 2:00 PM if not claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estray
Utah
Duchesne
S. J. Wardle
Bids Sought for Duchesne County School District Fuel 1927
Duchesne County School District invites sealed bids for the 1927 1928 school year. Bids must by August 1 1997 cover wood fuel by cord price and coal by ton price delivered to school grounds Vernal or Carbon County Utah. Janitor applications to be considered at the stated time. Duchesne Utah July 5 1927. Clerk KL CG Winslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duchesne County
Carbon County
Duchesne
Utah
Notice to Creditors and Sheriff Sale in Duchesne Utah
Probate notices warn creditors to file claims for Corydon W. Phelps and Matilda A. Davis estates by late August to September 1927. A Duchesne County sheriff sale lists Lot 25, Block 17, Duchesne Townsite, as property of record in a 1927 sale. ARZY H. MITCHELL, Sheriff, Duchesne County, Utah, dates of first publication and sale noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon W. Phelps
Duchesne
Utah
L. A. Hollenbeck
Matilda A. Davis
Guy'‘A. Davis
Matilda
A. Davis
Arzy H. Mitchell
Duchesne County
Sherief's Sale in Fourth Judicial District Court
The Fourth Judicial District Court of Utah Duchesne County orders a sheriff sale of real property in Josephine Watters vs J B Cowan and Zella Cowan. The auction is set for Saturday July 23 1927 at 2 pm at the courthouse front door in Duchesne Utah and describes a tract starting at Section 32 Township 3 South Range 4 West and following specific metes and bounds to include the Duchesne River left bank and surrounding lines.
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Sherief
Uta
Duchesne
Josephine Watters
J. B. Cowan
Zella Cowan
Court House
Sheriff's A Ce
Utah
Towit
Uintah Special Meridian
Duchesne County
Duchesne River
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Strawberry Reservoir
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GC. .& DuBois
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Wolf -Creek Pass
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Fred Ferron
Brhigee
Misa Delight Dickerman
A. N. Alt
R. G. Porter
Grant Murdock
O. C. Lockhart
Guy Whitford
Charles Kohl
Earl Lewis
Duchesnon
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KL. CG. Winslow
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State of Utah
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David T. Wood
D. T. Wood
Victoria Wood
Andrew J. Wood
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