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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1932
Page
3
John Doe, once a 14 year old son of a banker, grows into a spendthrift who loses stocks and businesses. For thirty years he leads a normal life but ends broke living with two other families in a small house. They face eviction and hunger as coal remains scarce and prices soar.
In Salt Lake City 29 006 people use charity through the Community Chest while six thousand families lack income, homes, bread, coal, or friends. The Chest funds food and clothing via voluntary subscriptions and distributes to Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, Children’s Hospital, and others. Farmers face taxes and low prices but hunger is not widespread. Utah County cabbage sells for 4.50 per ton, Davis County potatoes 20c per cwt, onions 10c per cwt. several counties report potato surplus and low prices.
A jumble of naval trivia covers origin stories for phrases ships naming conventions and equipment. It notes surveying missions by Hannibal and Nokomis to Central America Panama and Costa Rica in eight months and mentions the Akron searchlight the gray paint policy the first ships and vessels and a hospital ship white. It also references Cedar City resident Amelia Burton Lyman and family details.
Advertisements note popcorn for sale at five cents a quart. Whitney Orton of Parowan asks subscribers who agreed to furnish produce on account to deliver it promptly. Also a request from Fred Chandler of Chariton Iowa seeking several carloads of draft red horses and mules and raddle horses, with details on availability and shipping speed.
Mr Emil Witte visited town Tuesday afternoon to shop and handle other business. Joseph B Dalton was reported ill Tuesday and slowly recovering after illness.
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