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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1927
Page
8
Fragmented notes recall visitors from Vernal and Bluebell, travels to Salt Lake and Denver, family health concerns, a birth, a school teaching assignment, social gatherings, and a church group meeting. Several named residents and relatives attend events, with some operations and travel mentioned amid routine town life.
The Tuesday evening event featured officer votes. President Mrs. James Daigieigh led results, with Mrs. W. E. Crockeri as vice president and Mrs. Chas. Barton as sergeant at arms. other roles included secretary and treasurer. A social period followed.
A reminiscence outlines a husband’s golf dreams unfulfilled after marriage while his wife Minnie manages daily life and weather signs. The piece notes his limited golfing, Minnie’s practical routines, and Harold’s habit of forecasting to plan work and haying, revealing a quiet domestic dynamic.
The Detroit News describes an astronomer Zehel illustration showing planetary distances with a two foot globe sun and Mercury grain, Earth and Saturn distances. A separate note outlines tree structure roots, trunk, and crown, noting deep taproots in oaks and hickories versus shallow roots in pines and spruces.
Utah State Fair in Salt Lake City presents a mining exhibit by exhibitors of mining developments and machinery. The display aims to show what the industry has long sought, including facilities to display ore and related equipment. A. G. MacKenzie from the mines and materials department chairs the mining committee as Salt Lake City Chamber works to create the greatest mineral exhibition yet in the state.
Fragmentary notice indicates a white wool ladies sweater found near Duchesne or Jett Mathews residence, Laalee. Finder asked to leave at Duchesne or Jett Mathews residence. Likely a community lost item listing with minimal details.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item tells of Biffkins who, told to laugh before meals to aid his liver trouble, laughs loudly in a restaurant. A man from the opposite table accuses him, and Biffkins explains he is “toughing for his liver” as he laughs at the misordered meals.
The Utah State Fair in Salt Lake City will host the biggest and most elaborate horse show yet in Utah. Dates are set for October 1 2 and 4 with evening exhibitions before the grandstand. Major Alex I Jones Captain Thomas W Jenps and Ernest Solmes lead planning with state fair cooperation.
The nation shows 50.4 percent of farm population under twenty one, versus 37.5 percent in cities. The article argues the countryside is the proper place to raise children and calls farm-raised youth the lifeblood of large cities.
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