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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1934
Page
4
The Parowan Times Weekly edition from Parowan Utah is published by Parowan Pub and Printing Co with W. Warner Mutenel as editor. This issue is stamped for second class mail under the Poet Office at Parowan dated October 27, 1976.
City officials consider installing garbage receptacles on main street to curb litter on nearby property. Citizens must use them. some cities extend rules to companies distributing handbills and sales notices. The paper endorses the plan and urges council adoption.
A cautionary Industrial News Review piece argues drivers risk far more than a minute saved by speeding or reckless moves. It notes 33,000 yearly deaths in the 17,000,000 to one wager with death and injury, with billions in property loss and widespread harm.
A study in a recent issue of Southern Purees Records notes that only 2.2 percent of Americans born poor reach wealth before age 30. From ages 41 to 50 wealth rises to 28.7 percent, with 24 percent by age 61 and beyond, suggesting age offers no obstacle to fortune.
A motivational reflection on turning setbacks into opportunity. Emphasizes resilience, practical actions, and steady effort to improve circumstances despite hardship. Encourages maintaining optimism and purposeful work as a path to achievement.
About fifty local people left this morning for Cedar valley to help pick peas in that area.
W Clair Rowley is listed as the local representative for Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York in Parowan Utah. The brief notice identifies Rowley with the Utah location and the insurer’s corporate line, indicating agency duties for residents.
The gathering featured L C Karrick and Paul R Arentz detailing a unique coal deposit south of here that could yield high quality gasoline smokeless fuel and oil. Congressman Murdock touted his congressional report and urged support for a coal development project backed by the league.
In a vignette from Tit-Lits Magazine an unremarkable man in an outdated evening suit waits for his wife at a hotel restaurant. A pompous stranger questions him, and Henderson learns a young applicant rejected further job interviews.
A homeowner recounts a freezing incident where water pipes froze and froze by itself. Pa used a simple method to thaw them, avoiding a plumber. The anecdote captures practical, frugal family problem solving.
A holiday resort slows life at a boarding house as Mia scorns the stay and John defends the choice in a terse exchange. The weather worsens the mood, and the couple debates their holiday plan in a brisk, domestic vignette from Stray Stories.
In a Border Cities Star piece a child declares aloud during prayers that he wants a motor car toy for his birthday. His mother gently reminds him God hears, but he adds that gran is deaf, prompting a humorous exchange in a domestic scene.
A teacher tells a student he must stay to redo the problem. The boy laments the error as he asks for a lower fact. The teacher says it is three cents short, and the student offers to pay the difference, claiming an important task after school.
Senator Sorghum answers a question about future remarks in the next congress. He notes he will think before speaking when possible but warns lengthy preliminaries may cause him to miss his turn in debate.
Furnished by the Navy Recruiting Station Salt Lake City the article describes submarine equipment and naval communications. notes about ship operations, crew details, and a quotation from Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske on the Navy as people. It cites the Battle Fleet flagship California's record and Men aboard ships.
In the Fifth Judicial District Court of Utah Iron County Parowan Mercantile Company Gwen M. Gurr and estate administrator defendants. Sheriff sale set for September 10 1534 at 10 AM at the Iron County Courthouse Farowan Utah. Property includes several described tracts totaling about 18.34 acres with water rights and additional described parcels in Township 34 South Range West and Township 23 South Range 11 West.
Two good horses and two heavy horse blankets are offered along with dairy cattle pure bred turkey hens sixty spring hatched turkeys tarred rock chickens spring dated pullets or cockerels a Bain wagon with wood rack hay rack sulkey plow land plow hay rake mower a small chicken coop and alfalfa seed all in Parowan Utah.
The report notes a student named Regsie from First Street is unable to collect thoughts, while a second student on Second Street is reported to have few if any thoughts. The item reads as a brief quip on mental focus during class.
Sheriff sale scheduled for September 10, 1934 at 10 a.m. in Parowan Utah. Property includes 140 acres in Section 13 Township 36 South Range 16 West and 89 acres in Section 7 Township 34 South Range 8 West Salt Lake Meridian. Sheriff Lewis J H Fife notes details in Tron County Va.
The minister confronts Deacon about a meeting with a known gambler. Deacon reveals he is seeking where to cash poker chips found in a contribution box.
A fragment shows Dolly declaring refusal to wash her face while a motherly figure scolds her. The exchange contrasts childhood habits with present defiance in a domestic scene.
Legal notice dated August 16 1934 lists Lots 1 and 2 and described fractions in Township 34 South Range 11 West Salt Lake Meridian Utah totaling about 773% acres. It conveys undivided interest in Rush Lake waters Iron County Utah. Notices appear August 17 24 and 31 and September 7.
A humorous dialogue features Loathie asking why a secretary types alone and where the secretary is. The punchline reveals the secretary married the speaker. The exchange plays on workplace roles and relationship surprise.
A castle has stood for 600 years with no stone moved or altered. A visitor quips that they likely share the same landlord as nearby tenants, implying a shared stewardship or continuous ownership across generations.
A personal exchange unfolds with flirtatious tension as one woman recalls a kiss from a young Frenchman after he asked in French. The moment underscores cultural play and mutual understanding in a social setting.
The fragment describes emotional reflection on confinement and hardship, mentioning living on candles and crying. It references personal reaction to limits and a sense of struggle in a cold setting. The text lacks clear names, dates, or organizations to anchor a fuller summary.
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