Danish Sailor Reaches New World in 1476 Before Columbus
Dr Sofue Larsen of the University of Copenhagen reports that John Scolve a Danish navigator reached the American continent in 1476 eighteen years before Columbus. Henry the Navigator sought a northwest passage to India and enlisted Christian of Denmark to back an expedition. Scolge piloted the ship to a harbor in the Gulf of St Lawrence Labrador coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofue Larsen
University of Copenhagen
John Scolve
Scolt
American
Doctor Larsen
Henry the Navigator
India
Africa
Atlantic
Christian
Denmark
John Scolge
Labrador
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Local Duchesne News Snapshot of People Events
Local notes report weddings and licenses including Franklin Ross Case and Sarah Louisa Thacker. Visits from Don B. Colton and Duchesne trips by various residents frame a week of family, schooling, nursing, and hotel activity. Mother's Day program at Episcopal church listed performers and carnations given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hart
Salt Lake
Axel Miers
Price
Revnienis
Ufly
Ford
Mulan Larpelt
Franklin Ross Case
Sarah Louisa Thacker
Mt. Emmons
Don B. Colton
Duchesne
Josephine Hunt
5. L. Jumer
Myton
Fred
Alma Jensen
Talmage
John Gilbert
Joe Shanks
Carolee Walker
Marguerite Axelgard
Martha Page Porter
Cristina Axelgard
Maxine Schilefgil
Wann Pierson
Lonnie Axelgard
Gwenneth Pierson
Laura Hair
Francis Gench
Lucy Jensen
Mildred Anderson
Ruth Price
Inez Neilson
Theora Lawsen
Clair Winslow
Julius Jensen
Inex Hays
Lois Dawson
Ogden
Bessie Fitzwater
Antella Robbins
W. B. Pratt
Leora Howarth
Grant Beach
Alice Todd
de Vere Shepherd
Soldier Summit
P. Ottosen
Village Renames Back to Pukeo in Hawaii
The Hawaiian village once renamed Roosevelt due to a local doctor F B Goodhue has had its name restored to Pukeo. Residents lacked letters for Roosevelt and requested the native name, which was granted after a second petition clarifying the first petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pukeo
Hawaiian Islands
Goodhue
Washington
Small Boy Fully Employed at Window Sleuthing Cars
A mother quizzing her child about idle activity finds the boy content to watch the cars pass at the window. He replies with wit and dignity, then offers a sharp quip about being unbothered while observing traffic pro and con.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Kansas City Star
Sergeant Uses His Brains in Recruitment Efforts
A seasoned army sergeant explains his success in recruiting by studying weather forecasts. He uses posters showing a field artillery unit in Hawaii and summer campaigns in Alaska to lure volunteers. He claims he can assemble a division for the Philippines when snow falls, but Alaska or the Canadian border are unlikely postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Havwaiian Island
Siz
Alaska
Ofantry
Mexican
Philippines
Canadian
Saw 3 Presidents Slain: Lincoln Family Ties to Assassinations
The article recalls Robert T. Lincoln witnessing his fathers assassination in Washington and Garfield’s death moments after attending the Pan American exposition opening in Buffalo. It notes Lincoln later served as secretary of war under Garfield and adds reflective maxims and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Lincoln
Lincoln
Virginia
Washington
Garfield
Buffalo
President McKinley
Czolgosz
Forbes
Weather control schemes and scattered early efforts
A historical note recalls a Sheffield worker who claimed to perfect an ether beam weather control device but nothing further followed. It also mentions a Leeds scientist’s idea to prevent cyclones and mold weather for districts. Sir Oliver Lodge reportedly showed fog could be dispersed by electricity, though costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Eng
Leeda
Islea
Oliver Lodge
Salad Fork Heist Caught At Family Dinner
A dinner guest story recalls borrowing salad forks from a neighbor for guests. The narrator warns their son not to mention it yet the child quips at the end that they should take the forks home. The humorous exchange highlights a minor domestic lapse.
Dialogue excerpt hints at family engagement secrecy
A Boston Transcript fragment shows a dialogue where a couple weighs telling the father about an engagement while keeping the mother in the dark for a few days. The mood is intimate and cautious about social disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Fame's Delay in Tutankhamen Publicity
Benator Sorghum dismisses recent posthumous hype around Tut Ankh Amen as excessive publicity that yields little benefit, calling him one of those chaps who attract fame long after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benator Sorghum
Delinquent Stock Sale Postponed by Rocky Point Ditch Co
Delinquent notices list stockholders in Duchesne Utah with unpaid assessments from April 14 1923. Shares and amounts owed are specified for each shareholder and the sale originally set for May 13 1923 is postponed to May 26 1923 at 2 p m. The secretary D C Lockhart signs and dates the notice May 11 and May 25 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott GC. E
Abbott
John E
Bingham
Mary
Cloward
William
Cowan
Jos. B
Dickerson
C. I
Gee, Joseph
Holfeltz
George
Knight Inc
Lawry, Geo, F
Poulson
Alma Be
Seaton
Villam
Stott
Thomas
T. H
Wimmer
J. D
Duchesne
Utah
O. C
Lockhart
Board of Directors
Rocky Point Ditch Company
D. C
Notice to water users change of diversion point Utah 1923
State Engineer announces water users Joseph R. Murdock and Nymphus W. Mur dock in Provo Utah apply to change diversion point and use for Currant Creek water to irrigate 1240 acres in Wasatch and Duchesne counties. Protests due within 30 days after publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Joseph R. Murdock
Nymphus W. Murdock
Fa ‘Provo
Wasatch
Duchesne
N. E
See
Township
Range
Uintah
N. B
T.38
R. W
U. & Mer
U. 5
Notich to Stockmen in Uintah Duchesne County Utah
Notice to all parties that any livestock trespassing or grazing on lands of undersigned will be liable under the Estray pound law. Lands described in sections and townships in Uintah Duchesne County Utah. Signatories include Peter Berghera Peter Barboglio and John Barbipry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notich
Range
Range & West
Uintah Special Meridan
Duchesne County
Utah
Peter Berghera
Peter Barboglio
John Barbipry
West
Soath
Uintah
Duchesne
Wasatch
David Smith
Jessup Thomas
Albert Smith
F. A. Peterson
Wm. Coleman
Hugh C. Coleman
Bart T. Coleman
Moron A. Smith
Blanche Smith
James &. Murdock
Alva P. Murdock
Curtes F
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American Continent
H. J. Partridge, Sr
Laura Lyman
Clyde Parsons
James Grant
Grant Hotel
Parsons
Helper
Clarence Shields
Park City
Pearl ‘White
Vernal
Ed. Young
May Frisby
Wallace Moffitt
Corinne
Castle
Upalco Flour Mile
Yton, Utah
Vintah Power & Light Co
Grant
Ford and Lincoln Agency
Duchesne Auto CO
Roosevel
Little Paul
Petrograd
Carl Radek
Lenine
Jall
Russia
America
Ghana
Beaconsfield
Hall
Drugeists
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
District Court
Fourth Judicial District
Sunset
Sunset Magazine
San Francisco
A.W. Clamons
Duchesne Flour Mill
Duchesne Courier
Hart
Duchesse
Pope & Porter
L. A. Hollenbeck
James Dalgleish
Hoatess
H. M. Walker
O. J. Smith
Bill
Bill Duchesne
Altonah-Duchesne
Cara
Altonah
New P. O. Duchesne
John Pillinga
Rocky Polar Ditch Company
Ttah
R. E. Caldwell
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