State road designated between here and Lund with 1916 funding
Iron County road supervisor H M Hendrickson reports the State Road Commission designated the road from here to Lund as a state road. A $3,500 1916 appropriation plus local contributions aims to create an all year route, aiding freight from Parowan Paragonah Summit and Buckhorn and giving faster, cheaper travel to Lund for residents and visitors alike.
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H. M Hendrickson
Iron County
Salt Lake City
State Road Commission
Here
Lund
Nada
Parowan
Paragonah
Summit
Buckhorn
Milford
Cedar
N'aragonah
Hendrickson
Lund-Parowan
Parowan Dramatic Co Presents Between the Acts
The Parowan Dramatic Co will perform Between the Acts at the Opera House Friday night December 21. Curtain rises at 7 30 to permit a post show dance. The company members are better prepared than ever to present this laughable drama.
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the Parowan Dramatic Co
Opera House
Bear River Valley Leader praises Tremonton area progress and edits
The Bear River Valley Leader lauds Tremonton coverage and the 1915 Deseret News Christmas edition with Utah Idaho development features. Notes Mrs. J S Brown’s Kansas trip, E M Decker’s Beaver visit, Lund Parowan road completion planned for 1916, a Parowan garage opening, auto repairs, and Rex Hall dancing rules.
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Deseret News
Utah
Idaho
Parish mass meeting backs new tabernacle plan in Parowan
A large gathering at The New Tabernacle discussed erecting a new tabernacle. Most supported building anew, but debates over location and use of the old house arose. A three member committee led by Wilford Day, with Walter Mitchell and Hugh L Adams, was appointed to develop a plan for early presentation.
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Tabernacle
Fortune
Parowan
Tabernacles
Wilford Day
Walter ©. Mitchell
Hugh L. Adams
Today and the New Year
A reflection on living in the present with Today as savior. Emphasizes happiness now over yesterday or tomorrow, urging to keep today clean, enjoy food work and play, and face future crises with a calm, present-focused mindset. It counsels using past lessons while not letting remorse control the present.
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Tomorrrow
Benumb
Cantata Pronounced Success By Hayden Society
The Hayden Society at the Parowan tabernacle delivered a Christmas cantata to a full Tarawan audience. Gifts included a new piano, and Soloists Ada McGregor Una Morris Tay Lyman L. J. Adam F C Van Buren impressed, while Prof Eckles conducted and Mrs Barber accompanied. The performance featured The Coming of the King and the old English Carol Christians Awake, earning broad praise and hopes for more such entertainments.
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Hayden Society
Tabernacle
F.C. van Buren
Society
Lyceum
Parawan Ward
L. N
Rio
Haydo Society
Prof. Eckles
Bar
Ber
Christ
Ada McGregor
Una Morris
Tay Lyman
L. J. Adam
Herod
Old Country
Hadyn Society
Asa Topham and Emma Morris wed in St George temple
A wedding reception is held this afternoon for Asa Topham and Emma Morris who married recently in the St George temple. The bride is Geo Morris’ daughter and the groom is John Topham’s son of Paragonah. Friends extend their best wishes. A dance in Paragonah follows tonight with many invited guests.
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Asa Topham
Emma Morris
St. George Temple
Geo. Morris
John Topham
Paragonah
Senior citizen Nathan Benson celebrated 89th birthday
Nathan Benson of Parowan, one of the county’s oldest residents, turned 89 on December 12 and hosted a family reception. He remains active, walks the town, and continues pioneering in Parowan’s early settlement history. Eva Mitchell underwent tonsil surgery in Cedar with Dr A N Leonard, recovering at home. Dr Green notes pneumonia patients Myrtle Clay and Jesse Lee are improving.
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Nathan Benson
Parowan
Eva Mitchell
Cedar
A. N. Leonard
Green
Myrtle Clay
Jesse Lee
Special at the Rex Shows The Daughter Of The People
At the Rex a five reel drama The Daughter of The People is presented tonight. Cedar reports it is the best moving picture in months and a second showing was demanded but unavailable. Screen starts promptly at 6:30 to finish before a hall dance.
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The
Rex
Cedar
Thorley House
Mrs Stubbs Welcomes 10lb Boy on the 23rd
Mrs Margaret Stubbs presents her husband with a 10 pound son on the 23rd. Mother and father jubilant over the arrival. Dr Green attended as physician.
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Margaret Stubbs
Dr. Green
Cause for Alarm over War Profiteer Motives
A speaker warns Americans about growing vested interests in war industries and munitions factories. The text argues profits drive future conflicts and claims profits will outvote ethics, comparing the situation to Krupp scale arms manufacture and predicting harsher wars than Europe’s current conflict.
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United States
Prient
Tiny one horsepower motor on display at New York show
A miniature motor about the size of a watch drew crowds at the national inventors show in New York. It runs at about 2900 revolutions per minute and delivers one horsepower, using two gyro scopes powered by pressed air steam or petrol to provide two piston impulses per revolution.
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New York
Riflemen training aids approved for military marksmen
The recent approval covers targets used by riflemen during motion picture shoots. This clearance aims to support training for military marksmen amid ongoing film industry requests.
Miss Verda Lyman Returns Home For Holidays
The paper omits a prior line about Verda Lyman daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm H Lyman who is a K U student at Provo returning home for the holiday with her parents The editor traveled to Cedar Friday to spend Christmas with family and promises to make up lost news items with extra effort for accuracy and completeness
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Verda Lyman
Wm. H. Lyman
Provo
Cedar
Burton reports patients recovering. no serious city cases
Dr. Burton notes several patients recovering well with no serious city cases. Word reaches that R. W. Talbot and Mrs. Leng of Parronah are recovering from pneumonia. Jadyn Society invites to join as members begin a new walk. rehearsals soon.
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R. W. Talbot
Mrs. Leng
Pararonah
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Bear River Valley
Tremonton
Great Bear River Valley
McGuire
J. S. Brown
Kansas
E. M. Decker
Beaver
Lund- Parowan
Cedar City
Rex Hall
the New Tabernacle
Haydn Society
Boming OF the King
Ing
Orchestra
Admissun
Jadyn Society
Thouse
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