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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1934
Page
8
Local residents travel for business and family reasons. Gwen M Gurr and Arch Gilger depart for Salt Lake City and Idaho respectively. Mayor Marsden brings home the new baby. Sheriff reports routine calls and farm troubles. Lions club drive discussed by Me. J W Thornton. Five Mile Relief Society event praised with large turnout.
The board cut salaries for county officers and discussed road work using cheap machinery to cover about five miles on this side. Commissioners Bulloch and Levy planned to meet Nevada officials to push the plan, estimated under 350 dollars for a usable road. The county addressed the Iron Springs house issue, opted to offer to haul it for free if Wanatras town assists, and instructed billing J. B. Carpenter per agreement. Notes for hospital bills were turned to the County Attorney for collection. Modena beer license application prompted drafting of a beer ordinance with a 320 dollar yearly fee payable quarterly. The clerk was instructed to furnish the sheriff a delinquent license list for collection. The county attorney’s office was to seek an opinion on whether county or city fixed-deed property can be taxed generally. An indigent transient with a broken leg in the county hospital was referred to a case worker. A narrative report on the county agent’s monthly activities was reviewed before approving claims. Present: commissioners, Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, Recorder, deputy County Attorney, deputy Sheriff. Also notes on rapid silk worm growth from Lowell experiments and leaf consumption.
A New York Florald Tribune correspondent notes cats aboard ships act as sea weather prognosticators. In fog or approaching storms they become alert on deck and near hatches, while fair seas bring them to safe, sunlit spots, signaling danger or calm to the crew without aggression.
The Montreal Herald notes the onion as a singular vegetable with no substitute. It contrasts onion uniqueness with other produce and praises its playful, tearful impact on palates and imagination, calling it a special creation in a weary world.
The article muses that modern acts of courtesy such as tipping hats and removing headgear mirror long standing warrior traditions. It argues these gestures signal peace and trust, tracing them to medieval knights and armor etiquette.
Britain holds about seventy grammes of radium roughly one tenth of global reserves. This small amount funds a vast network of experts in London radiography centers who fill tiny platinum or gold needles and stainless steel punctures with milligram amounts of radium. The prepared tubes are sent to hospitals and clinics for cancer and other malignant disease treatments.
This piece notes dragon's blood resin, derived from ile fralf, used to color varnishes and lacquers. It mentions its role in Chinese writing pauper scripts and its status as a dark red export from Java, entering commerce as inky crystals.
Cedar City residents report vacations to San Francisco and Tahoe with Mrs Leigh noting the Western Furniture Show as a prime draw. Local figures attend the Logan convention while Cedar City Democrats plan a Freemont primary next week. A new water well in the canyon now yields about 250 gallons per minute.
Paragonah correspondent reports Vern and Mrs McBride drove to Salt Lake City to fetch their niece Lawana Burt and bring their daughter Marguerite home Aud rey Wood joined them for a visit. Cattle from the mountain were moved to sell under drought relief. number sold is not known. About 75 residents, mainly children, were vaccinated for typhoid. Darwin Dalley and Lester Williamson plan to attend the REAC this winter after summer work to pay tuition. Socialist meeting Monday night drew few attendees and county nominating plans remain unsettled. Mutual Improvement officers attended a Cedary convention. winter officers to be named.
The Democratic precinct of Paragonah Utah calls a primary in the basement of the church on Monday August 71 1934 at 8 pm. It aims to elect two delegates to Cedar City for a county convention and ten delegates to state and congressional conventions, reorganize the party by selecting a precinct chairman and secretary, and handle other business. All party members are invited. Dated August 17 1934. Miss Joyca Adama visits Salt Lake City guest of Pauline Tannes.
Reports say Mrs. Marie Gringbaw is recovering well after recent surgery. Work continues on Summit’s new water system with trenches for the distributing line dug and crews active from spring to storage. Efforts aim to secure a FERA project for a Spring Branch recreation area and road improvements. Frank and Elsa Lawrence visited Spriggville to bring their mother home.
Facts about the Navy origins and history, ships and personnel numbers, and a wartime episode near Newport. Mentions include the act of 1798, the District of Columbia roots, Newport’s naval ties, and enlistment figures for 1934. Also notes travel of Sheriff and Mrs. Tife and others to a state convention in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Jed Orton is back home after several weeks on the Coast with his family because his son's health required altitude relief. Mrs. Orton and the children are in St George, and Jed will visit them when not working. The boy’s health improves at lower altitude.
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