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Newspaper
Murray Eagle
Location
Murray, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1927
Page
11
The Eagle Journal prints assorted local observations from 1707 style reflections to modern ad slogans. It notes Klasco cautioning against rushing for riches, Street Charley comparing fear to quitting, and community tips on work, advertising, clean stores, and local improvements. Multiple lines praise civic efforts, cars, and early American press.
Mr and Mrs Douglas Harker entertained guests at a four course dinner last Friday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Parley Harmon, Mr and Mrs Lowe Ia Duke of Murray, and Mr and Mrs Leroy Barnett of Salt Lake. The evening closed with a game of 600.
A wave of crimes swept Salt Lake Saturday night and Sunday with police and sheriffs on full alert. Victims include W. H. Settles 71 attacked in the Maxum hotel with bruises. Thomas Politz home robbed of cash and jewels. The Standard Furniture safe at 7 15 South Main opened, $1500 seized while $5000 in checks left. F. J. Haynie named as the bandit who took $400 from two Hoskisson stores Saturday night.
Funeral services for Charles Park 710 Gordon Lane Murray were held Tuesday noon at the Mill Creek ward chapel with burial in Mill Creek cemetery under Simons Brinton. Park died at sixty six, worked twenty two years for Salt Lake Proved Brick, and was a charter member of the Murray Eagles lodge. He is survived by his widow and nine children and several relatives in Murray Salt Lake and Strathmore California including Carl Hergstrom and A Crawford.
A Daughters of the Pioneers meeting hosted by Mrs. Ernest Croxford at her Ninth East Forty-fifth South residence featured a program on pioneer days. Mrs. Martha Hulse spoke on her father A. D. Park, with August Gehring singing and Enid Park accompanying. Twenty guests attended. next meeting set for May 12 at Mrs. Thomas Gerard’s home.
At next Sunday evening’s service the Murray Methodist church will feature special musical numbers including a clarinet solo by Debert Foord with Misa Edna Foord at the piano and selections by a mixed quartet. The church grounds are being sown to lawn as part of the beautifying campaign.
A Murray visitor left a peony in a mailbox and, amid a quirky exchange, joked that they had gained ten pounds since yesterday. The odd encounter highlights a lighter moment during the visit and showcases local humor.
Mrs. G H Lyon hosted a misc shower for her daughter Norma on Thursday evening. Thirty guests enjoyed games and refreshments while the bride and groom, Norma Griffin and Glen Griffin of Salt Lake City, received many gifts for their new home at the Avalon apartments.
Mrs Varda Ellison of Murray was cut and bruised Friday night in an automobile collision at State Street and Union Avenue. The injury was reported to the sheriff's office after she rode in a car driven by another person.
Miss Sara Ellison of Murray was northbound when her car collided with a southbound auto driven by Ben Rt. Nelson of Sandy. Deputies say Nelson turned left at Union Avenue causing the crash. Ellison was treated at a Murray physician's home.
A fragment recounts a puzzled Sandy father asking about love and a Murray figure reacting with a surge of exasperation and grandiose claims about mortgage, happiness, social status, and future plans. The dialogue hints at conflicting feelings and a stubborn belief in a partner’s indispensable role in his life.
The readable text shows a fragmented sample with strange spelling and garbled language. It mentions a Sandy parent a protest tin grows dark with use and a vague reference to an ideal ceases to be. No clear people places events or dates are identifiable.
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