Festive night in Perows noted with local visitors
Nada notes describe a week of Paletide spirit in Perows led by Lompoc arrival AT Events From Lompoc, California, with a party of gentlemen hunting, then cards and towne revels. The McChesney boys from Kohiotas Washington arrived and filed for town lots, praising the valley soil and its promising wheat output on J. H. McChesney’s Adams County ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lompoc
California
McThesney
Zotk and
Robart
Kohiotas
Washington
J. H McChesney
Hig Adama County
Buckborn Notes Dec 28 1915
Nephi Edwards plans to leave for Lund in the coming days and Wm Howley spent the holidays at Parswan. Urban EB Limb returned home for the holidays to be with family. Weather has turned very cold, likely the coldest of the winter. Holiday dances were held and were enjoyed, especially by children. A call to contribute to a new tabernacle without burdening families.
Are You Educated and the Professor’s Test Questions
A University of Chicago professor presents a cascade of archaic test questions probing whether education yields sympathy for causes, honest friendship, high-minded thinking, love, happiness, and moral perception beyond money. The piece implies doubts about education shaping character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Gays
Seven States Go Dry in Prohibition Wave
On January 1 fifty states began nationwide dry policy as seven states Arkansas Colorado Idaho Iowa South Carolina and Washington moved to total prohibition. Reports claim closing liquor outlets boosted other businesses while saloons shifted to nondrink activities. Prohibition supporters praised the shift though some fear state revenue and social costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Colorado
Idaho
Iowa
South Carolina
Washington
Leah
Ue Pirestes
Grah
Utah
Saloon Era Reflections Spark Community Debate
In a fragmentary reminiscence, locals discuss the consequences of saloons and the large number of attendees, suggesting reforms to curb vice. The speaker argues crowds at saloons harm society while proposing benefits to humanity from prohibition or regulation, reflecting a temperate stance on public order.
Laying a Foundation Misheard Dinner Plan
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a dinner invitation muddled by garbled names and phrases. Mentions a hostess Mire Shinper, a plan to eat at a house, and a casual exchange among presumed participants Babes and Gebby. Details are unclear and largely nonsensical.
Fragmentary text about a cook and domestic matters
Unclear OCR fragment mentions a cook, domestic bed and last summer. No coherent names or events to identify a specific person, place, or date.
Spoiled Milk Handling Advice From Dining Table Note
The excerpt warns that careless handling spoils milk when left on the dining table or in the kitchen. It stresses keeping milk covered to prevent contamination by air or dirt and to preserve prime condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carelesa Bownewlves
Diet Ala Warth Old Miseriy tale of a coin exchange
A faded note describes a man offering 2 dollars or seven cents change during a barter. The account mentions a guard and a wary tone, with fragmented words suggesting the exchange of money and an unclear ensuing action.
Last of Bulgarian Exarchs and Rise of Bulgarian Church
Fragmentary notes recount Joseph Razvortebel and the Bulgarian exarchate from its early strength through 1870s struggles. It traces exarchs’ rapid promotions, war impact, and the expansion of Bulgarian church autonomy in Thrace and Macedonia, culminating in shifts after the Second Balkan War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Razar Vortebel
Alder
Bea
Russia
Wes & Journal
Anders
Weidain
Constantineples
Lotiehs
Hawaka Mao
Threce
Bacedonia
Smoking and War Trigger New Smoking Fashion in Europe
A fragment recounts how wartime Britain and Europe influenced smoking trends during the Crimea era. It notes leaders like Gladstone and Palmerston disliked smoking near them and describes trenches, beards, and soldiers smoking more freely, with ornate china holders used to keep smoking within bounds.
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St Tan Haguen
Fellowes
Gallepoli
Britain
Europe
Gladstone
Palmerston
Sud
Sebastopol
China
Dygdee
Cheapest Commodities and Human Life Compared in a Weird Text
Odd fragmented piece discusses value of onions versus human life, noting humans hold little regard and a Russian table reference hints at existential questions. The garbled OCR includes stray phrases about war, a battery of guns, and a publication name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebell Ja
Worth & Hatte
Monkteos of War
Sanel & Hisihe
Salurey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nada
Teer
Butler
Fanasy
Perows
Thos
Frida
C.H Hobbs
Nea Geo M
Cechlarwond Taneh
Chrestmas
J Heuer
A A Lewis
Wow Butler
Florence Butler
Fred May
Jack Alewander
Dim Alenander
A J Brests
E Ho Stevenson
Lewis
Buckborn
Nephi Edwards
Lund
Wm Howley
Urban EB Limb
Parowan & Suitable Co-op
Safa
Macist
Perience
The
Parowan Drug Company
WH. H. Gurr
Orr's
the Square Deal Store
WM H Guer
Prop
Parowan, Utah
Sulsride
Parowan Auto Service
Frank Lyman, Arager
Parowan
Cedar City
Ehene
Reaceyvs
Utzh
Parowan Co-op
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