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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1931
Page
4
A 61 year old Boston comment disputes a "telephone" extortion device and endorses skepticism about transmitting human voice by wires. The piece urges Cedar City residents to enroll more in local schools and praises Parowan and the Rotary Club for backing education.
The piece argues that despite being an agricultural area we rely on importing many staples. It notes local purchases of butter eggs flour and more and urges increasing home production. It highlights soft wheat priced at 1.80 per hundred for poultry feed and calls for plans to keep earnings local.
Attorney Scott M. Matheson spoke to the Cedar City Rotary Club on the Back to School project. He highlighted Cedar City's weak state college attendance, noting only one junior college graduate from Cedar City last year and low progression from Cedar City's junior high to high school division. He contrasted Millard County’s higher enrollments and urged the community to value local junior college access.
The piece urges calm in heat, noting normal people survive heat but worry worsens troubles. It advises weekly physical checkups, keeping bowels, head, and conscience clear, and maintains that moral is to avoid worry as a guideline for daily life.
Brown meets Smith emerging from the local hospital with his arm in a sling and plaster on his face. Smith explains Cardleas driving caused the accident while noting others have carts, prompting Brown’s sympathetic remark.
A girl asks if tennis has harmed her looks and dismisses the claim as unfounded. She suggests trying a different game, noting she knows nothing of the assertion and remains unconvinced by the critique.
A dialect sketch notes a hobo reflecting on hardships and winter cold. He jokes he is kept in his proper ward by famine conditions, while in summer people offer him shelter and charity. The piece captures rural hardships and seasonal responses.
A compact reflection on youth optimism facing reality. The speaker contrasts splendid ideas with hard knocks and admits a desire to avoid confronting impending bills rather than pursuing them head on.
A tense exchange reveals fault lines as a cousin accuses the other of spreading rumors about private matters. He retorts that she trusts others over him, accusing her of readily believing Mes unrelated to his words.
A Forest Service study urges careful grazing to preserve herbaceous cover on West range lands. Heavier vegetation lowers surface runoff and flood peaks, while reseeding depleted areas and light grazing can hasten revegetation and erosion control.
The sage of Chinatown Hi Ho argues that followers worship ancestors yet unintentionally blame them for misfortune by embracing heredity. The exchange highlights conflicting views on ancestral worship and genetic determinism in a dialogue setting.
SATWED WOOD delivered for 30¢ a hundred, John Mortensen offers flour and feed at Parowan with White Flour 2.20, Whole Wheat Flour 2.20, Germade 0.20, cracked wheat 0.30, Cow ration 2.00, Oil Laying mash 2.40, Bran 1.50, Wheat 1.75.
The article notes Bonetwister Doctor Jaremup’s success as firmly established with the title Neckbreaker Yes. His door now bears the phrase Out to Lunch painted permanently, signaling a lasting mark.
A public notice highlights safe dishwashing with gilted decorations avoiding strong soaps. It notes watermelons supply vitamins A C B and G. Dahlia blooms improve when early hot weather buds are retrieved. Texas and Oklahoma introduce a new lawn program letting farmers rent county road equipment to terrace farms.
A dialogue between a young man and a father unfolds as a dispute reveals a deeper moral. The exchange emphasizes respect, humility, and consequences of actions in a small town setting.
To remove grass stains from white linen and cotton fabrics, treat while fresh with hot water and soap and rub vigorously. If traces persist on white materials they may be bleached using Javelle water.
A humorous note warns that the proverb about the early bird may backfire if the worm turns, leading to indigestion for the bird and a punchline on timing and luck.
A reader describes to save small kitchen and bathroom soap pieces and grind them into chips, then smoke them to produce soap jelly. The process includes washing the food chopper, filling a jar with soap chips and hot water, and letting it stand to create a washing aid suitable for various uses including shampoos.
A fragment describes Revers explaining joke writing and a conversation with His Girl Friend admiring how the world makes up jokes. Tom responds by saying he sits down and laughs then thinks backwards.
A grandmother prompts Bil to weigh his uncle's new wife while the family considers their views. Bil responds with a sly remark about what she thinks of them.
Choose plants with a high proportion of good uniformly sized smooth fruits free from cracks and disease and with vigorous productive plants. Tag selected plants and let fruits ripen fully on the plant. Intercrossing allows saving seed from more than one variety if kept fairly safe.
Quoted fragment notes many friends lost over loans and borrowing, with blunt lines about the precarious nature of friendships when money is involved. The dialogue suggests distrust and fluctuating alliances in financial matters.
Two convicts trade quips about writing a song and a sentence. One says Bunyan took many years to write a song. the other quips it took him years to do a sentence, delivering a dry prison humor exchange.
A fragment hints at a casual summer plan in the northern woods and concerns about a car in bad shape. Dialog suggests secrecy or low effort to hide potential issues as a light conversational snippet.
The State of Utah issues a summons to Patrick Donovan and related defendants to appear within 20 to 30 days and defend a case to quiet plaintiff's title to described parcels in Iron and Salt Lake Meridian, including mines and mining claims Fitzhugh Lee, Sigsbee and Marix. Fisher Harris represents the plaintiff with a Salt Lake City address.
Notice to creditors in the Fifth Judicial District Court Iron County Utah regarding the estate of John. The document requests claims against the estate be presented by a specified deadline and directs notice to potential creditors.
Creditors must file vouchers with H G Parcells Administrator at his Parowan Utah office by September 16 1931. Notice covers deceased F Stallsmith and dates July 17 24 31 August 7.
In the Fifth Judicial District Court Iron County Utah the estate of David A Lamoreaux Deceased is filed with Paragonah Utah as the address. The due date is October 5 1931. August 4 1931 is noted. David A Lamoreaux Jr is named as administrator with Morris and Matheson attorneys of Parowan Cedar City Utah.
Keep a supply of white blotters for spills on tables and cloths. Blot quickly to absorb ink ink, milk, fruit juice, wax drippings, and other liquids before they spread. Scrape excess with a dull knife and press between clean blotters with a hot iron to lift grease.
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