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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
8
Public notice indicates second class matter status under the act of March 6 1879. Subscription rates listed include one year two dollars six months one dollar and three months three dollars and sixty cents.
A columnist argues that prohibition creates a statutory crime rather than a natural one, criticizing enforcement by dry agents and noting public inconsistency. He cites police involvement in bootlegging, selective enforcement, and calls for law to fit human nature rather than force opinion.
World mourns as the Lister ward in Glasgow Feecgaind is demolished to roof new buildings. The ward housed a famed antiseptic surgery discovery once celebrated as a landmark, with offers to fund its preservation rejected by managers.
On a Buffalo to New York accommodation train Tom Delaney the regular fireman, just married, sat two seats ahead. The conductor greeted him, checked a pass, and slapped him on the back with a joke about his wedding. Delaney heads for Albany and New York for his honeymoon.
Postwar bank notes in circulation show high bacterial counts while coins are largely inert. Studies note that paper money harbors more germs due to frequent handling, with postwar notes carrying up to 143060 bacteria and prewar notes lower, reflecting different circulation.
At a garden party several women wore ostrich feather cloaks and caps. One garment was so voluminous it seemed to have absorbed a year’s ostrich produce. A woman asked another, “But why doesn’t she bury her head?” in a lively exchange.
A fragmented reminiscence from a newspaper page shows a tourist from the North asking where and Gap Johnson replying with local humor. The piece recalls how children once hid from cars and men shot at an Infernal ring, while now even an airplane overhead hardly prompts a reaction.
A fragment from the Kansas City Star notes concerns about Uncle D'Bog losing his mind after remarks by Farmer Lumilegate and his wife. The passage mentions Sewhart and questions the uncle's mental state amid references to valuable literary works that spurred agents to buy.
Quote from Holloway Horn’s On the Veranda condemns a man who overestimates his wit and a woman labeled a vamp. The piece reflects social judgments of charm and manipulation in flirtatious exchanges.
A husband shows off his independence by carrying a key and letting friends view it, despite its door fitting issues. The scene appears in a London stage passage, reflecting comic or social commentary on pride and practicality.
A fragmented joke exchange ends with a punchline about marriage status and late hours, showing misheard words and nonsensical phrasing. The text appears as overheard dialogue with no clear context or attribution.
Three Seattle physicians advocate firearms over bows and arrows for big game after a harrowing Mount Index bear hunt. They report bears lurking by a larder, stealing food, and flushing the trio up trees before retreating at dawn.
A historical fragment describes emigrants' hardships in April rains, floods, and mud at an open camp. Delays, deep water, and frozen tents forced daily struggles to move few miles, with fires hard to keep alight and camps staying wet for extended periods.
The Altonah Duchesne stage line owned by John Pilling offers HEW schedule updates from Duchesne with service between Altonah and Duchesne.
A green parrot kept for twenty years in Mrs Noy Morgan's Tacoma residence vanished when advertisements failed to locate it. A rancher named Nendrick reportedly solved the case by discovering the bird sleeping between two Leghorn hens in a chicken house.
A practical man tells a young croaky speaker that success hinges on earning trust. The youth replies he has achieved trust but has fallen into debt far beyond expectations, highlighting a cautionary tale about promises and finance.
The palace of engineering at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley is described as the world’s biggest concrete building up to summer this year. It is six and a half times as large as Trafalgar Square, with pillars and rows of forest trees stretching into the distance.
In a terse exchange the director tells BUI that to effect real impact he must stop mooning and focus on genuine action. The Louisville Courier-Journal records the exchange as part of a performance set.
Clarence Mackay donates gifts totaling about 3 450 000 to the University of Nevada School of Mines for endowment support and construction of a new science building with modern equipment.
Austrian agricultural circles show much interest in caverns in the Alps containing valuable bat guano and other phosphates of annual origin.
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