20 Jun 1913
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Newspaper
Panguitch Progress
Location
Panguitch, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1913
Page
1
A historical film recounts the early Mormon movement from Joseph Smith to the Utah settlement. It details hardships, neighbors’ reactions, and the rise of the Mormon faith through years of struggle, illustrating the path from Smith’s era to the Great Salt Lake landing.
The Garfield County Telephone Company in Panguitch Utah connects Marysvate Junction Cheleleville Panguitch Long Valley and Iredonia Arizona and many minor places It proclaims it serves farmers with the best facilities for inter city contact reaching distant points such as Chicago The Progress notes county fair boosters in Panguitch Parowan and other towns and mentions new appointments including Hana P Ipson as Game Warden and Sen ator Shoot’s Cedar City building bill while asking readers to locate papers lost along the East Fork mail line.
A reader urges publishing an early Fourth of July program to attract crowds with a vibrant, proper celebration. Emphasis on patriotism, family fun for children, and avoidance of improprieties, drinking, and loud artillery salutes that frighten babies and disturb families.
The item discusses lively Fourth celebrations with a moving picture show, water works, pensions for widows with children, and a new law granting monthly child pensions until age fifteen. It includes brief local notes on Sprendé of Spry Beach and Spry Besich, road conditions, attendance at a road convention, and a patent medicine ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Rollo and Fretwell win the contract for brickmaking for the Carnegie library at Cedar City and will start soon. Panguitch could gain one if pursued, as Mr Carnegie has funded millions for such libraries. Utah plans include six new libraries costing 520,000 this year with Cedar City Richfield Price Richmond Garland and Parowan ready to accept Carnegie plots and raise 10 percent match before any placement. Carnegie grants list Cedar City 10,000 Richfield 10,000 Price 10,000 Richmond 8,000 Garland 8,000 Parowan 6,000, bringing Utah’s total to thirty-one libraries.
A fragment describes Panguitch visitors from Hatch, Circleville, and Junction at St George Temple discussions. It lists Panguitch Fire Department leadership and firefighters including John Morris, Jos C Clark, A Worthen, Frank Houston, and others. A weather note mentions mist, clouds over Panguith valley, and a steady rain with brief thunder.
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