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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1923
Page
4
Parowan Times announces subscription rates in a short notice. The item notes second class mail status and provides no further detail beyond the mailing matter and date.
Display Advertising priced at 20c per column inch with 15 percent discount for continuous or three month contracts. Non contracted display 2d e straight. Foreign ads 25c per column inch with 15 percent contract discount. If plate furnished 20c per inch with 15 percent off for continuous or contract ads. For sale notices 10c per line first insertion, 5c per line thereafter, minimum 25c, advance payment required. Legal notices 10c per line per insertion, Final Proof notices $10, Water Notice $15.0. Communications to Parowan Times.
Street talk centers on a merchants organization aimed at eliminating duplicated stock and reducing prices through collective buying. The plan promises better service, stronger credit handling, and complete local stock, encouraging purchases at home to strengthen the community and support local jobs.
The article notes that recent nights showed idle dogs as a major menace. Lambs belonging to neighbors were slaughtered by a gang of dogs, with Golden Paramore’s flock hardest hit. Many animals were killed or badly injured, leading to calls for measures to restrain ongoing attacks.
A START MADE. The gathering of local merchants is hailed as a strong step for economic gain and community spirit. The Times notes cooperation as the core need and predicts real progress if the initiative spreads through the city and county.
A letter laments damage by youths to the Sandstone Bank Building with deep nicks from an ax and to the iron fence in front of Wm. H. Gore's residence, condemning the acts as thoughtless and harmful to the city’s appearance.
An editorial urges parents and teachers to instill in children the illegality and immorality of vandalism after chalk marks appeared on the Bank and other buildings. It argues such acts are deliberate and harmful, demanding vigilant community guidance.
Community members circulate a petition to keep Postmaster W L Adams in place despite already scheduled appointment of Mr Clark. Reported to aim at influencing Congressman Colton and reveal local divisions rather than party lines.
Tentative renewal of the editor's lease on the TIMES for another year asks readers for continued support and input. The note urges cooperation and ideas to improve the paper, endorses community uplift, and includes light humor and local commentary before legal notices and a sheriff's sale notice for Iron County Utah.
Plaintiffs V8 John Alvin Davenport and Ida Davenport sue defendants over an undivided half interest in a Parowan City tract in Iron County Utah. The land lies in Lots 1 and 2 Block 6 Plat A and Block 9 Plat B with a described 36 by 100 foot parcel. The case notes the date range from December 20 1922 to January 10 1923 and references sheriffs deputies.
A sheriff sale notice is published for the Fifth Judicial District Court in Iron County Utah detailing a public foreclosure action. The document lists the court jurisdiction and flags an impending sale under sheriff’s authority.
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