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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
4
Warner Mitchell is listed as lessee in the Parowan Times. The notice records a second class mail matter entry at the Parowan post office dated October 27, 1913.
A column contrasts Stalin’s 100 percent electoral win with brutal rule, warning that surrendering rights leads to loss of liberty. It urges vigilance at home as America observes foreign events, learning from dictatorship’s methods and the perils of complacency.
Fourth quarter reports hint at a rapid 1939 rebound with the Federal Reserve index rising from 9 percent in June to 125 in November and an estimated 127 or more for December. Most manufacturing share in gains. experts question what drove the surge and foresee a moderate easing in 1940. The piece also notes social security payouts starting February and discusses program funding concerns and calls for reform. Maple sugar and syrup are highlighted as 100 percent American products.
A professor speaks of a tenor, a bumptious student, and a plan to gain entry to the Paris Opera. The friend is told of the opera house’s grand staircase, 150 feet high with solid marble steps, as a metaphor for removing the troublesome singer.
The piece celebrates a decade of growth in farmer owned and controlled agricultural marketing cooperatives. It credits rising membership and influence, noting cooperatives sustained farmers through tough years and offer the best hope for a prosperous future.
Old and useless horses for fish feed advertised by Gun and Rod club officers. Coal and sawed wood available with contact Aneel J. Adams. Wood coal and rock salt for sale listed by J. A. Evans. Parowan notices of buying or trading wood through Edgar Benson.
A mix of humorous vignettes shows Ole Olson seeking insurance money after a fire claim. An insurance representative offers a replacement vehicle rather than payout, prompting Ole’s quip about the life policy refund. A Georgian mountain man in town jokes about a 15 mile per hour speed limit while trading corn and potatoes.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a set of short comic captions and exchanges. It includes a line about a mayor being hung in effigy, a prosecutor questioning a bootlegging conviction from 1926, a private detective following a husband through shops, a mother commenting on a nurse, a quirky remark about Smith’s daughters, and a trench collapse joke.
On Monday January 7 1920 Mayor J Clayton Mitchell and new city council took office. Mary J Orton qualified as treasurer while E Ray Lyman did not qualify as recorder and Wm T Morris remained. Sheriff Alfred Froyd arrested Wm C Wilson with 35 gallons of Dixie wine. Local births listed include six babies. Parowan planned 69th birthday Pioneer program with multiple events. Temple work called. Day Adams tunnel progress reported. deputy assessor W Warner Mitchell. Parowan Auto Co hires Carlisle Hoyle.
State Engineer in Salt Lake City announces Parowan Reservoir Company has filed Application 3179 to divert 450 acre feet from Dark Hollow in Iron County. Water stored in Yankee Meadow reservoir will irrigate about 8000 acres. protests due February 25, 1940.
J H Manderfield chair of the North Salt Lake Union stock yards announces the fourth annual Intermountain Junior Fat Stock show to be held June 4 5 and 6 at the North Salt Lake yards. The event draws junior stock men from Utah Idaho Nevada Wyoming Montana and Western Slope Colorado and is open to Future Farmers of America and 4 H club members. The show offers a $3000 prize pool funded by local business firms and individuals. Entries must pass a stringent committee standard.
A courtroom quip unfolds as the lawyer presses a witness about the fence height and vantage point. The witness retorts with humor, noting a knothole that offered a view inside, underscoring tension in the oath under cross examination.
A brief exchange centers on finding something unexpected while seeking another item. The dialogue hints at the value of chance discovery and experience as the speaker reflects on how searches often yield unplanned meanings.
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