Duchesne Courier notes May Day events and local notices
Activities in Duchesne Utah include Miss Elva Billings farewells hosted by M I A A, dances with food and proceeds of 108 dollars. Residents travel from Price Provo and La Tuda. Beehive girls entertainment raises 48 50. Public notices include irrigation application No a721 and sheriff sale details for 120 acres plus 120 shares of Dry Gulch Irrigation, with dates for publication and sale.
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Elva Billings
Miss Billings
Noral Warren
Lena Francen
Price
G. Vv. Billings
Frank Johnson
Park City
Fern Danforth
Wanda Wilson
Pineview
Frank Kelso
Autella Robbins
Post Office
Provo
Leland Hair
la von Billings
G. V. Billings
Billings
J. C. Nelson
Siguard
Utah
Nora Fitzwater
J. C. Penny
Francis Bench
Laura Hair
Vernal
Grant Bench
Boneta
W. Il. Huff
New Forest Ranger
Axelgard House
G. I. Bench
Notice to Water Users in Currant Creek Utah 1923
State Engineer's Office announces applications by Joseph R. Murdock and Nymphus W. Murdock to change the point of diversion and place of use of ten acre feet of Currant Creek water for irrigation in Wasatch and Duchesne counties. Water will be diverted at four specified points. stock-owners warned to restrain grazing per Estray pound law.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Joseph R. Murdock
Nymphus W. Murdock
Provo
Wasatch
Duchesne
Township
Uintah
N. 4
SAFER ASHORE THAN AT SEA INCREASINGLY ARMORED MARINE LIFE
The article argues sea life faces harsher dangers than land creatures and describes armor in shells and sea urchins. It notes cockles with many bristles guarding their shells and how aging affects shell hardness, while sea urchins wear crystal palace like coverings that grow strong yet keep shape. It ends with a fanciful thought on birds and mice encased in shells if life were as severe at sea.
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Snell
Hold Converse by Signs Among Lancashire Weavers
Among Lancashire weavers a silent sign language helps workers communicate during machine noise. Hand gestures and lip movements convey time, with a bent forefinger and four fingers signaling a quarter to four and the gesture shifting to show four. Learners grasp phrases quickly and converse easily during lulls in work.
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Lancashire
Handa
Busy Day Among English Novelists
A humorous exchange contrasts an English novelist rushing 8000 words with another correcting proofs all day. The punch line: the latter only made one major change removing a comma, followed by a reminder of discipline and editing.
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Myall
Toast at the Alley Cafe Incident
A late worker nears the cafe front as a waiter carries remnant toast to the alley door. He enters, orders a club sandwich, and the cook scolds when the toast heave is questioned. The scene shows tension yet moves toward service.
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Sendwich
Farm Problems Studied by USDA and State Stations
140 farming problems are being studied cooperatively by the U S Department of Agriculture and state agricultural experiment stations. The research covers soil crop animal disease farm management pests and other common issues.
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United States Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural Experiment Stations
Might Have Believed Them Inexpensive Clothes
A dialogue shows Brown arguing against trusting cheap garments. One asserts the system cost him 25 dollars, claiming false cost 30 dollars would have misled belief. A friend agrees that phone disclosure would have changed trust.
What He Meant In A Curious Evening Exchange
Ida-Jack Nervy attempted to tag me last night and May-Oh, I understood his meaning as I saw him rush toward your house. He claimed a pressing engagement and left in a hurry.
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Ida
Jack Nervy
May
Boston
Tran
The Cald Truth Ja cob and long work record
A fragment notes a man named Ja cob and his fourteen year effort for his wife, with casual reference to many men facing lengthy times. The text is garbled but centers on endurance and dedication amid personal strain.
Pointed Paragraphs of Curious Observations in Prose
A collection of quips on human nature stressing practical wisdom and social behavior. It humorously laments arguments over truth, generosity, and memory while noting obsession with exchange, travel, and appearances. The lines suggest common sense paired with irony about everyday conduct.
Madalla Own Production Reveals Family Fable Humor
A man of status confesses a blow to his reputation after a boy from his school days asks what he is. The boy's simple reply shows the moral weight of identity and public perception through a single, unexpected encounter.
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Madalla
Jenkins
Child’s curious plan to study self applied psychology
Eight year old Robert overhears teachers discussing calf applied psychology and asks his mother where to find a book on self applied psychology. He adds a wish to use it to darken his mother’s hair, prompting questions about his intent and understanding.
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Robert
An Up-to-Date Young Feller
Two high school girls in a downtown theater watch a love story on screen. The male lead is noted for his famous brand of trosters beyond his film fame. One girl sighs and whispers about loving to hate a man like him.
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Hils
Nell
The Wine Crittle Reads Off Ancient History Errors
Lowdrow criticizes an author for numerous mistakes in a history book. The pug Epicurus is wrongly dated 848 B C and 270 B C, prompting laughter as the author explains the incongruity and timeline mix ups.
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Lowdrow
Epicurus
B. CO
Not Entirely Artificial
A husband accuses his wife of being wholly artificial, claiming she uses hand made teeth and another’s complexion and hair. She counters that she has no mind of her own, a claim he reluctantly admits as true in the end.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Small town sleuth claims detective chops
Constable Sam T. Blackputter of Petunia boasts he can do as well as big town detectives. An acquaintance asks what he means and he answers in colorful terms about being baffied, b'gorry.
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Hla
Sam T. Blackputter
Petunia
Smoke signals aid seaside rescue in Long Beach
In Long Beach California lifeguards use a smoke bomb signal to summon a rescue boat when a bather is in distress. The method shows a boat can reach the scene more quickly from the sea than from the shore through breakers. The smoke signal directs the boat to depart immediately for the danger.
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Long Beach
California
Personal Eulogy by New York Bum
The text presents a jagged personal tribute titled Personal Eulogy. It questions Kriss Does Stuckup about belief in a supreme being and cheekily claims Kriss would seem devout if you heard him singing his own praise.
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Kriss
Stuckup
New York
Makes the picture perfect stereograph explained
The stereograph extends the stereo scope two eye concept to screens. Two cameras in one frame capture right and left images that when viewed through the stereoscope or stereograph create a real 3D effect. Oliver W. Holmes perfected the stereoscope showing how dual lenses produce depth rather than flat photographs.
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Oliver W. Holmes
Mixup amusing tale at New Glasgow Scottish curlers luncheon
R M MacGregor told a witty anecdote about a New Glasgow shipping firm naming a Clyde steamship Micmac. A naive explanation claimed Alic for Irish and Mac for Scottish. The Herald later corrected, saying Micmac honors a Nova Scotia tribe of wild Indians half Irish and half Scotch.
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R. M. MacGregor
New Glasgow
Clyde
Herald
Nova Scotia
Not Sure They Fit In Country House Society
A Los Angeles Times note describes two strangers thrust into a country house social scene with no shared interests. After failed efforts at conversation, he begs, “Will you marry me?” She hesitates then answers yes, hoping marriage will provide topics to discuss during their stay.
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Los Angelas Times
Bird Population Trends Show Mixed Gains and Losses
A survey reports some water birds like ducks and geese increasing in number while others such as the trumpeter swan curlew and possibly the parakeet woodpecker are rapidly declining and may near extinction. Overall U S bird population is rising per the chief of the bureau of biological security.
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United States
Bureau of Biological Surety
Fred Smith and the Pig Club Rivalry Tale
A narrative from Farm Life recalls Fred Smith, though crippled, keeping pace with peers as he tended pigs with skill. He overhears John Mitchell claim ownership of a pig, then asserts that swapping would prove his pig is still the biggest.
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Fred
Johnny
Fred Smith
Pig Club
John Mitchell
Silica Deposit Found in Czechoslovakia for Glass Making
A silica mineral deposit of volcanic origin has been found in Czechoslovakia usable directly in glass production without adding common batch ingredients. The mineral resembles lava, deposits are reportedly large, and steps are being taken to utilize them commercially, per Chemical Trade Journal.
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Czechoslovakia
Chemical Trade Journal
Life Narrative Fragments From a Quiet Family
A fragment from Life presents a boy and girl, a hidden envy over not resembling a harsh dowager. It notes a daughter now exists, with a quiet hope that she will be unlike her mother, who is described as foolish and fat. The piece reflects on family dynamics and concealed sentiments within a domestic life.
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Secret Ly
Safety First and The Senator’s Sharp Retort
Citizens accuse a leader of inaction, while Senator Sorghum defends caution in a tense political moment. He argues it is safer to face criticism for loafing than to risk mistakes through rash action.
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Sorghum
Van Kleeck-Bacon Invvestment v. Alexander sale notice
In Duchesne County Utah on April 28 1923 at 2 PM at the county courthouse front door the district court conducts a sheriff s sale. Property includes the NW quarter of the NE quarter of section 18 township 2 south range 1 west Uintah meridian totaling 40 acres and 40 shares of Dry Gulch Irrigation Company Class DD stock. ARZY H Mitchell sheriff and attorneys C W Collins Pope Porter represent the plaintiff.
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Tverett Rector
Willa C. Rector
Louis Trinnaman
Caroline Trinnaman
William Trinnaman
Viola Trinnaman
Roosevelt State Bank
A Corporation
G. F. Frederickson
Duchesne
Duchesne County
Utah
Uintah Special Meridian
Dry Gulch Irrigation Company
Arzy H. Mitchell
Uintah Special
Estray Pound Law Notice for Uintah Duchesne Wasatch Counties
Notice to all parties prohibiting livestock drift or grazing in specified townships within Uintah Special Meridian. Names listed include David Smith, Jessup Thomas, Albert Smith, F A Peterson, Wm Coleman, Hugh Coleman, Bert Coleman, Moron Smith, Blanche Smith, James Murdock, Alva Murdock, Curtes Murdock, R Jones, J L Lindsay, W H er de. The action pertains to enforcing the Estray Pound Law across Duchesne and Wasatch counties.
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Uintah Special Meridian
Duchesne County
Utah
Peter Bergera
Peter, Banboglio
John Barbier
Uintah
Duchesne
Wasatch
David Smith
Jessup Thomas
Albert Smith
F.A. Peterson
Wm. Coleman
Hugh C. Coleman
Bert T. Coleman
Moron A. Smith
Blanche Smith
James
Murdock
Alva P. Murdock
Curtes F. Hurdock
Restoration to Entry of Lands in Ashley National Forest Utah
Notices announce settlement and entry of 320.70 acres in Ashley National Forest Utah under the homestead act of 1906 with a 90 day ex service member preference. Entries open August 22 1923 at Vernal land office, with priority filing windows for May 3 to August 22 1923 and public filings within 20 days prior to August 22 1923. Specific fractional and Lot configurations in sections 34 and 35 township 2 north range west listed.
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National Forest
Ashley National Forest
Utah
United States
United States Land Office
Vernal
Germany
New
R. W
U.S. M
D. K. Parrott
General Land Office
Water rights change notice for Duchesne County Utah
Jos Rhodes and Orson Allen seek to change the place of use for 0.57 of a second of water from the Duchesne river in Duchesne County. They propose diverting to irrigation of 40 acres across sections 14 and 18 in T1S R6W Uintah Meridian, moving water 26,000 feet from the original point. Application No. a707 filed with the State Engineer. objections via affidavit within 30 days after publication. First published April 13, 1923.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Jos. Rhodes
Orson Allen
Tablona
Duchesne River
Duchesne County
Township 1
Rangor West
Uintah
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