Locals and Personal News update visitors and visits
Mrs. Vione Burt returns after weeks with relatives in Oregon. A J Fenton heads to Balt Lake Dry for business via Richfield. Brandi Dalton of Long Beach California visits with sisters. Students urged to report to Branch Agricultural College for cleaning work August 28. Merrill Taylor and family visit from Logan. Neta L Bigler and Leone Burton visit from Southern California. Mrs. Elizabeth Murdock and Gertrude Orr of Helper travel home from the San Francisco Fair after a stay. Nancy Thornton Farnsworth and children of Montpelier arrive to spend two weeks with Wm A Thornton family. Wr M Dalton and two sons in Salt Lake City for medical care. Bronson Adams of Salt Lake City visiting relatives and helping with sheep. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cena of Hayward visiting Ern est Orton family. Mrs Varian Decker accompanies them to visit Elizabeth Johnson. Mrs. Marian McMullin and daughters visit from Salt Lake City to see Mortensen family and collect Gave sons Wallace and Charles. Attorney H C Parcells taken to county hospital after hemorrhages. blood transfusion from I J Shay aids recovery. Mrs Evan Railins to Salt Lake City for long‑standing ailment.
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Eugene Cena
Hayward
California
Cena
Ernest Orton
Varian Decker
Elizabeth Johnson
Mrs Rooney Roosevelt Discusses Working Women Laws
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt suggests using verified facts to argue married women’s employment issues in government and industry. She notes married women are few in industry and often in unsuitable jobs while supporting a policy to limit government hires to one family member when salaries exceed a set threshold. The questions come after 19 states proposed bills to bar married women from certain government and local jobs.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Digest
Democratic National Committee
Wink
Mrs Roosevelt
W. B. Murphy
Snow Hill
North Carolina
Baptismal Service Set For Saturday September 2
Bishop W L Adams announces a baptismal service for September 2 at 4 PM in the East Ward chapel. Children from both wards who meet the age and baptism requirement are to be brought by their parents to participate.
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W. L. Adams
East Ward
Esapel
Local girl sent to capital as illness worsens
Local doctors grew puzzled by her worsening condition and advised transfer to specialists in the capital city for further diagnosis and treatment.
Call for Photos of Soldiers' Memorial on Public Square
Readers are asked to bring or send a good photograph of the Soldiers' Memorial Monument on the public square to the Times office. The picture will be returned to the owner.
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St Iit
Times Office
Malayan Snakes Prove Expensive Zoo Guests
At Landan zoo the Hamadryads, three in number, prove costly to feed. Cerberus water snakes from Southeast Asia are imported to replace rare black and gold snakes, with three Cerberus used per black and gold one. Most Cerberus will be fed to Hamadryads weekly, a humane but troubling solution.
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Landan Zoo
Zoo
Malaya
Southeastern Asia
New Process Produces Coal From Sugar Cane
New York report shows soft coal can be produced from sugars in farm crops. E Berl of Carnegie Tech describes two methods using sugar heated in water and with weak alkali to yield coking coals. Hydrogenation could yield gasoline and oil, challenging lignin origin theory.
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New York
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
E. Berl
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie Laboratories
Berl
Loneliest Sahara Lighthouse Sees Fifth Keeper
Cairo reports say the Sahara beacon has changed keepers five times in its brief life. Each tender faced isolation and extreme heat or cold. One earlier keeper died of fever, another of thirst, another of a gasoline explosion, with the fourth said to have gone insane. The light aids trans Sahara traffic and is served by a weekly supply truck.
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Sahara Desert
Cairo
England Keeps Up A Vigorous Keep Fit Movement
England's keep fit drive is expanding with over 100 health centers in London alone hosting around 500 evening classes weekly. About 23,000 young men train during business hours, with many more youths taking part in athletic programs each evening. Some clubs use electric exercise machines, and basketball is just catching on, promising to become a popular sport.
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England
Hidden Taxes on Workers Raise Questions in Surveys
The text notes hidden tax deductions on an annual $1,000 salary with a wage earner paying $123 in hidden taxes. It mentions cases where hidden taxes reached up to 40 to 45 percent, or about $10, and other figures, reflecting uncertainty in survey findings.
Sun Time and Puncheon Time in Arkansas Hills
The article notes pioneers in northern Arkansas tell time by the sun and by puncheon boards. People used sun positions and puncheon lengths to mark hours, with phrases like puncheon time signaling noon and afternoon. It also recalls a Fayetteville sawmill tradition aligning timber widths with puncheon time.
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Arkansas
Arkansas Hills
Fayetteville
Ark
Value of Wheat in Biblical Times Highlights Its Global Role
National Geographic society notes wheat has been the main cereal in international trade since biblical days. The report cites King Solomon and Joseph’s famines, describes wheat as King of Cereals, and credits American mass production with lowering prices and expanding bread access, cementing Minnesota as the Wheat State.
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National Geographic Society
Society
Hiram
Tyre
Solomon’s Temple
Jerusalem
Jacob
Israel
Egypt
Joseph
Western Plains
Minnesota
Dragon heads on Norway’s old wooden churches
Old starkirker wooden churches in Norway retain dragon head gables and carved emblems linking Viking pagan heritage to Christian roots. Viking carpenters placed dragons on gables columns capitals and door frames, reflecting craft and symbolism in early church building.
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China
Norway
Mount Vernon Estate Described by George Washington
Washington's remarks on Mount Vernon praise its location and surroundings. He notes the high dry healthy country, 390 miles by water from the sea, and its position on a great river, expressing preference for Mount Vernon over the seat of government with state officers.
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Washington
George Washington
Mount Vernon
United States
Mount Veron
Harnessing the Sun heats Miami homes with solar water setup
In Miami Florida more than 12000 residents use solar systems to heat water. Copper tubing collectors on a roof reportedly heat water to 25 degrees and supply hot water for about three days per family. Equipment costs around 75 dollars.
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Miami
Fla
Displacing Fog and Democratic Party Rifts
In a Riverside era column, the writer critiques Roosevelt's letter to Young Democrats denying active support for a conservative platform. He notes widespread Republican spin on Democratic unity, the Garner candidacy dynamics, and debates over future party directions. The piece also mentions Byron Thornton and family visiting from Las Vegas.
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Charles Michelson
Roosevelt
Young Democrats
Franklin Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Garner
House
Indiana
Paul McNutt
Liklihood
Tennessee
Cordell Tull
Landon
John Ham
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Salt Lake City
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