James Collings 86, Civil War era migrant dies in Utah
James Collings aged 86 long a trekked immigrant and church member died after a life of frontier travel from Deptford England to Utah. Funeral services were held at the stake tabernacle with interment in the city cemetery. He was born January 3 1845 and endured years of voyage and overland journeys across the plains. He married Frances Rich in 1874 and had eleven children.
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James ‘ Collings
Ploriest
Bear R Laké
Higme
Stake Tabernacle
Cemétere James, Co
Deptford
Kent
England
Sunderland
North Fleet
L. D
New York
America
Brooklyn
Louis River
New Jersey
St. Louis
Utah
Plains
Zion
Brigham Young
Salt Lake Theatre
Logan
James Collings
Paris
Franklin
Lozan
Bramsie
Wyoming
Bear River
Sage
Logan Temple
High Council
Eliza Johnson
Ann Falls
Elizabeth Parrish
Deville
O.R. Collings
Bountiful
Kate Anderson
Grover
Wryo
Mary Anderson
Fairview
Wyo
Jos. L. Collings
John Collings
Los Angeles
Calif
Leah Pack
Kamas
Joseph—Linford
Fire destroys Bishop Hymns home in Sharon blaze
Fire swept 8 E Hymas residence in Sharon causing total loss with partial insurance coverage. Investigators note frozen paths hampered efforts to battle the flames and save the building. No injuries reported at the scene.
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8. E. Hymas
Sharon
Ansee
Invention of a Railless Steel in Sheffield 1916
A Sheffield worker in 1916 claimed to invent railless steel, with the note that the breakthrough occurred in the city’s ironworks. The claim highlights early 20th century innovations in metalworking amid industrial advances.
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Wittery
Sheffield
England
Idaho bankers seek death penalty for bank robbery
Idaho bankers plan to urge the next legislature to enact the death penalty or life imprisonment for bank robbers. The proposed bill would also grant immunity to citizens or officers who shoot robbers and allow banks or insurers to offer rewards for killing robbers. JH Melgard of Moscow, head of the State Bankers Association, has discussed the measure with Porter amid rising robberies and insurance costs.
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Idaho
E. W. Porter
National Insurance Company
JH. Melgard
Moscow
State Bankers’ Association
Porter
Banking Association
Thanksgiving Holidays Begin With City Schools
City schools closed yesterday afternoon signaling the start of Thanksgiving holidays. The break covers Wednesday through Friday with Christmas holidays set to begin Friday December 19.
First Fertilizer Plant Unit Near Trail BC to Start
The Consolidated Mining and Smelting company plans the first unit of a 10 million dollar fertilizer plant near Trail British Columbia to begin by January 1. It will use Idaho and possibly Montana phosphate ore and aims to rival metal production in scale. A geologist notes Inland Empire taes holds 1,000,000 tons ore reserves and vast untapped resources.
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Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Trail
B. C
Idaho
Montana
Mtal
Virgil D. Kirkham
Western Mineral Survey
Age of Earth Calculated to Be Two Billion Years
New Haven reports a controversial measure of Earth's age from radioactive dating. Alois F. Kovarik presents a two billion year figure based on sieninite from Russia and uraninite from Dakota samples, aligning loosely with astronomical estimates. A Wallentine of Lamark visited the county seat Monday.
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Earth
New Haven
Conn
Alois F. Kovarth
Sinlyana Pala
Carelela
Russia
Keystone
Norway
Kovarik
Priesthood Sessions Highlight Bear Lake Stake Conference
Despite severe November weather, all Bear Lake stake conferenda sessions drew strong attendance. Elder Melvin J Ballard of Salt Lake City delivered a keynote address on creation, the earth’s history, and the preexistence, stressing the spirit body union. Music by the stand choir under Prof Irwin Jensen featured Miss Phoebe Rich.
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Bear-Lake
M. L A
Melvin’ J. Bal‘lard
Salt Lake City
Eide Ballard
Saints of the Stake
Elliott Budge
Stanley Arnell
G Grandy
John Hulme
Mie Spencer
Pres. Walker
Bear Lake
Ballard
Stand
Irwin Jensen
Phoebe Rich
Railroad loading platform under construction for phosphate ore
A large loading platform is being built at the south end of the O L yard for Solar Development Co. to handle phosphate ore. The design allows five ton trucks with automatic unload devices to back onto the platform and release loads directly into open cars.
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Solar Development Co
Phosphate Ore Trials Speed to Trail Smelter
Phosphate ore is now hauled by Solar Development Co. trucks day and night from Bloomington mines to the depot and routed to the new ten million dollar smelter at Trail B C. The company aims to speed shipments as mining progresses and ore is extracted.
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Solar Development Co
Bloomington
Trail
B. C
Bern And Area Visitors and Obituaries Summary
Bern brief notes list numerous Kunz and Kunz-related family visits in Bern and surrounding towns. Reports include guests from Salt Lake City and Portland Oregon, a funeral for Mrs Walter Co Clark of Geay, and attendance at meetings in Montpelier and Paria. Several Kunz family members visit Elders Kunz and local missions noted.
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John Kunz,Jr
Bishop
Robert Schmid
Walter Co. Clark
Geay
Lanark
Bern
Vernon Clark
Salt Lake City
Heber c. Kunz
Milss Lula Kunz
City
Mae T. Kunz
Nellie Schmid
Montpelier
David J. Kung
Robert
John
Kunz
Pegram
Alvin N. Kunz
Paria
Wilma
Kuns
Kung
Berni
Merrell- Mattson
Logan
Swedes Purely Teutonic in Heritage Claim
An assertion claims Swedes possess the purest Teutonic blood. The remark frames Swedish people as unusually aligned with Germanic lineage.
Belle of Havana Operetta At Fielding High School
Fielding High School presents the Belle of Havana an operetta set in 1895 Cuba prior to American intervention. The Ramona family faces Spanish intrigue as Anita Valor disguises as a man to aid the patriots and lead a trap for Villanos amid carnival revelry and duel peril.
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Fielding High School
Spain
Don Jose
Ramona
New York
Dona Mércedes
Anita
Havana
Este
Antonio
Capitan Villanos
Dona Ramona
Nat Stir- Ung
Villanos
Esteban
Nat
Vilanos
Wusuegee
Dona Madelina
Don Alfredo
Don Manuel
Former Montpelier publisher Wright dies in Boise
Charles Wright former Montpelier Examiner owner and publisher died suddenly in Boise at age sixty six. He moved to Boise after selling the paper about ten years earlier and had been telegraph editor and city editor of the Boise Statesman for seven years. Wright previously edited papers in Bloomfield Iowa and was a Montpelier school board member and state legislator. He left Statesman two hours after visiting the Statesman office and reportedly wished to die in harness.
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Charles &. Wright
Tia
Montpelier
Mix Wright
Pocatello Advance
Statesman
Wright
Boise Statesman
Montpelier Chamber Plans Charity Dance for Unemployed
The Montpelier Chamber of Commerce hosts a charity dance at the high school gym this evening. Proceeds benefit unemployed and needy residents in the county. a broad invitation extends to all who can attend.
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Montpelier
Estate Will Disposition and Executor Choice
Disposing of Estate A may include life insurance, general estate, and personal keepsakes. The administration of the will presents another weighty problem. The choice of executor is of great importance.
Christmas Seal Campaign Opens in County This Week
The campaign starts this week to raise funds for Christmas Seals to fight tuberculosis and educate children on disease prevention. The tiny seals, colored for Christmas, will appear during the weeks before Christmas and stick to holiday letters and packages with a cheerful message. They are trained to act for a penny and support the cause against tuberculosis.
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Petork
Youndey
Tuberculosis Fight Expands Statewide Seals Drive
Health efforts push against tuberculosis through sanatoriums clinics and education. Campaigning uses newspapers magazines radios and posters to reach every corner. Committees lead drives in Bear Lake Paris Bloomington St Charles Fish Haven Liberty Sharon and Lanark with local volunteers guiding regional support.
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Biliza B. Gook
Bear Lake
Frank Athay
O. ©. Moore
Leslie Cole
Roy A. Welker
Paris
C. H. Pearce
J. A. Wallis
Paris Lions Club
The
American Legion
C. O. Moore
Bloomington
Asan Mar Madsen
St. Charles
Stanley Arnell
Jaznie _Monson
Chiaisieng Fish Haven
Nellie ‘Olen
Liberty
Frank Brown
Sharon and
Lanark
Be Light Yet Hard Beryllium Compared To Aluminum
The discussion notes beryllium is about one third lighter than aluminum yet shows greater hardness and scratch resistance, describing beryllium as light but tough compared with common aluminum alloys.
California firm reopens mine amid Paris boom hopes
The Agricultural Potassium Phosphate Company restarts a mine near the city under C. B. Hayes with plans to ship ore to San Pedro and produce 400 000 tons of odorless mineral fertilizer in the first year. The project prioritizes local workers and rapid development with ore hauled by sleigh to stations. First contracts target China Hawaii and Louisiana Mississippi Valley.
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Paris
Potassium’ Phosphate Company
Bear Lake Phosphate Company
C. B. Hayes
Hollywood
California
Auc
San Pedro
Trona
Hayes
Pacific Avenue
Kreiss
Ekréiss
China
Hawaii
Louisian
Mississippi Valley
Néhtune
Shanghai
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