County Commissioners Hold Busy Session
County officials discussed community needs but funding was not available. Delegation from Parowan, Cedar City sought grants for canning aid, race meet, and rodeo. $50 to American Legion posts approved from advertising fund. WPA survey funding of $200 denied. gravel access request for Graff mine taken under advisement. Audit report praised tax collection efficiency for 1937 and 1938, best in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tullis
Kay Knel
Robert Platt
Parowan
American Legion
J. C. File
WPA Historical Records Survey
Guy Tucker
Graff
Beesley- Wood & Co
Tron
Lake Mead Reaches Historic High Elevation and Size
Lake Mead climbs to 1182.20 feet, the highest on record, extending 116 miles in length. Reports from the Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City note a daily rise of about one half foot, with 1176.2 feet reported on May 31. Peak flow into the lake this year reached 48,000 second feet on May 27, far below last year’s highs. Storage stands at 246,270,000 acre feet over 124,000 acres. Ray Hyatt returns home from Gunnison after visiting his brother Lance and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Mead
Bureau of Reclamation
Boulder City
Colorado
Bright Angel
Wish
Public Health Column Reports Utah Disease Totals
The Utah State Board of Health logged 138 new communicable cases for the week ending August 11. Typhoid dominated concerns with one local case amid a 520,000 population, while tuberculosis tularemia and whooping cough rose. Mining industry payrolls and daily purchases are noted in separate figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah State Board of Health
William M. McKay
McKay
Hunters spend $85,000 in Oregon forest hunt season
Forest Service tally shows 9,500 hunters visited Fremont National Forest, taking 1,900 deer valued at meat and hides. Total expenditures near 85 thousand dollars including fuel, ammunition, equipment, licenses, and incidental costs. average 3 cars per hunter and 300 miles traveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont National Forest
Forest Service
United States
Department Tos
One National Forest
Quackenbush
Titah Furia
Diplomat Smuggles Dispatches Past Dover Customs
A diplomat with a case under his arm tried to pass through Dover customs. An officer asked if he had declared the case. The diplomat claimed diplomatic privileges. The officer noted a dispatch neck protruding from the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Doctor visit costs five hundred dollars joke
A humorous exchange about a doctor visit where the patient reveals paying $4.50 from a supposed $500 bill. The banter highlights the doctor's small charge in contrast to the large amount mentioned, framed as a punchline.
Words of Action in a Political Debate
A young patriot asks which path suits better a eloquent orator or a practical politician. Senator Sorghum replies that outcome hinges on personal ambitions with some seeking the final word while others focus on winning the first ballot.
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Sorghum
Questioning the order over beef or mutton
A petulant customer challenges a waitress asking if the dish is beef or mutton. She refuses to reveal and retorts with a terse remark. The exchange reveals tension over menu details and customer frustration.
Actor and Manager Stage Quip Sparks Car Joke
A playful exchange imagines a modern twist on a Shakespearean line. The actor shouts for a horse while the manager suggests a faster modern alternative an automobile a witty clash of old grandeur and new speed. The joke centers on adapting famous lines to contemporary transport culture.
Angier fumes over fishing woes as Giles laments sport cranks up
An exchange shows Angier complaining of a long, fruitless fishing session with no bites while enduring three wasp stings and sunburn. Giles counters by voicing a skepticism about the cruelty of fishing as a sport.
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Angier
Co operation and prayers tale with a child joke
A parent punishes a six year old who prays Please Lord make me a good boy He says he asked yesterday but you overf anked it The exchange ends with a humorous line about Father breaking a vase and the child’s clever remark
Little Less Anxious Sportsman Behind Wire Mixup
A village postmistress recalls sending a wire in time but notes a penny short and omitting a name, describing a quirky wartime style error. The unnamed sportsman believes he backed a winner and his reaction frames a humorous regional anecdote.
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Hase
Teach Him a Lesson in Seeking Work and Discipline
A mother laments her son avoiding school and work and asks for guidance. An amused answer suggests hiring him as a collector for an installment house to teach responsibility and routine.
Teacher’s Quiz on Oxygen Baffles Chemistry Class
A chemistry teacher asks why cars use oxygen in shows a pupil replies that oxygen is for the carburetors but another student says it is for breathing. The exchange highlights a humorous misunderstanding in class.
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Clase
Fragmented line from a short note in Nine Gorssing Gane Jones-Well
A garbled fragment mentions a man named Ned life and a wife cooking a dish. The text appears as a stray line with uncertain context, referencing a surreal note and a kitchen task. No clear events, dates, or organizations are identifiable from the legible portion.
Dixie Origin Story of Dan Bryant's Minstrels
The famed Southern song Dixie originated in New York from Daniel Decatur Emmett after Bryant asked him to write a walk-around for a minstrel show. Emmett, a Mount Vernon native with abolitionist ties, quickly composed the tune that became a wartime anthem, uniting North and South and later claimed as national by Lincoln.
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New York
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Dan Bryan
Minstrels
Mount Vernon
Oisin
Bryant
Dixie
South
Emmett
New Republic
Appomattox
Lincoln
Extensive Atmospheric Pulse Frequencies Found on Mauritius
A six year Mauritius study on barometric pressure reveals multiple independent atmospheric pulses with periods from six hours to 56 years. Harmonic analysis separated intermingled frequencies, showing 56 year, 17 year, and nine year cycles linked to rainfall, plus a mid February annual minimum and dominant 12 hour and 24 hour daily components.
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Mauritius
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Polish Hillbillies In Poland Fiddle And Folklore
Polish Huculs called Hoot zool, pictured in colorful costumes. They resemble southern mountaineers yet hold quaint customs and strong fiddle music. American travelers met them during summer study groups and extended tours into the eastern Carpathians from Krakow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Eastern
Carpathians
Cracow
Bamboo replaces iron in concrete reinforcement
Italian engineers Albertoni and Paoloni have discovered a bamboo based process to replace iron in reinforcing concrete for buildings and roads. The method treats bamboo to improve adhesion and arranges sticks in patterns for maximum strength, with potential benefits for Italian industry and tropical colonies like Libya and Ethiopia where heat weathering concerns are limited.
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Athos Albertoni
Alessandro Paoloni
Libya
Etthiopia
Machines Sell Silk Stockings by Vending
Slot machines may soon be used to sell silk stockings to women. Manufacturers here are considering placing the machines in plants and offices employing large numbers of women.
Locals and Personal News from Richfield and vicinity
Local residents and visitors are listed with movements to and from Richfield, Beaver, and surrounding areas. People include C. Snow, Lilah with livestock, Grant and Nellie Smith, Decker family, Rex Jaenisch, Nelle Matheson and Alice, Fay Myatt, Eva Talbot, and Marcia Amelia Weight born at the county hospital. The piece notes races, family arrivals, travel to Sun Valley and California, and a Blackhawk War veteran’s Wasatch County Fair attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Myatt
Sal, Lake City
Eva Talbot
Telliride Power Co
Beaver
California
Fair
Grant Smith
Marcia Amelia
Smith
Marie Stevens
Iron County Names New Nurse Supervisor
Miss LaRue Ford former supervisor of nurses in Public Health District No 2 transfers to Piste County to lead a demonstration area. Miss Teckla Jacobson set to replace Ford. Jacobson trained in public health at Seattle University with diverse nursing experience and strong local support. Edith Westerlund, a local nurse, notes Jacobson’s strong qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaRue Ford
Cadar City
Piste County
Teckla Jacobson
Miss Ford
Edith Westerlund
Miss Jacobson
Seattle
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Ray Hyatt
Gunnison
Lance
Ray
Mrs. H. S. Hyatt
Public Health Column
Utah
Mining Industrry
Indoserial Commission
Fue Company
Cedar City
Paul Hills
Snuggler
Gil
Tommy
C. &. Snow of
Richfield, Lilah
Grant Bowder
Fillmore
Ware J. Lowder
Troy Thornton
Seligman
Arizona
Jes. O. Decker
Lance Hyatt
Nellie Bf. Clark
American Fork
Virginia Cutler
Milton W. Cutler
Salt Lake City
Rex C. Jaenisch
North Hollywood
Jaenisch
F. V. Evans
Nelle Matheson
Alice
Lee Russell
Sun Valley
Idaho
Ormon R. Weight
Springville
Taylor
New Harmony
Race. Com
Kanarca
Ashley Pare
Mark Adair
Aston Grant
Washington County
Geo
Berry Williams
Garth Pollock
George H
Lallf Wood
Kanarra
W. W. Mitchell
HL 2. Parcells
D. W. Howison
Dun
Tango
Farmer Greensburg
Kansas
Sign Paitehen
the Parcells
Miteholls
Zion
Bryces
Rh, Benson
Ileber City
Wasatch
pHe
Hever J
Grant
Ross Hardy
Duck Creek
Navajo Lake
Iron County
Alladin ‘Theatre
Parowan, Utah
Clare Trevor
John Wayne Comery & News
Mr. Moto
Peter Lorre
Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
Reginald Owen
Ralph Morgan
GREEN
Utah County
Southern Utah Dairy Co
U Parowen, Tah
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