Federal building site bids sought in Cedar City district
The post office department issued a call for offers on corner lots with 160 foot frontage for a federal building site in Cedar City. Potential sites include the tabernacle corner and another Main Street corner. one corner is favored by civic groups. The lot value at 164 feet frontage could exceed 43 060 dollars. Also noted: two dental office robberies yielded gold losses and damaged equipment. Iron County School Board invites coal bids for local schools with delivery to multiple towns and reserves right to reject bids.
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Cedar City
Post Office
Joce] Post Office
Main Street
Tabernacle Corner
Ferosa
el Escalante
Chamber of Commerce
Iron County
Iron County School Board
Paragonah
Kanarra
Summit
Enoch
Midvalley
New Castle
Iron Springs
Utah
Indoor baseball heats up with six teams competing
Business and professional men push summer league indoors with six teams already in play and three more planning to enter the tournament.
City Manager Reports Overflow After New Water Inflow
City Manager Leland Perry reports that after the additional water at Cluffepring was placed in the system there was a big overflow from the storage reservoir.
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Leland Perry
Cluff Epring
City sewer plan for West side still unsettled
The proposed West side sewer project remains unsettled with opponents predicting no action until next year and the City Council not yet making a definite decision.
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Elde
City marshal tags own car for parking violation
Cedar City’s city marshal Moro ni Corry tagged his own car for a parking violation after his daughter parked in front of a fire hydrant while bringing him home. The daughter faced the standard one dollar fine before Justice Rolla. Mrs. Dora Benson Meeks and family visitors were present.
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Cedar City
Moroni Corry
Rolla
Union Meeting and Stake Presidency to Convene Sunday
Stake Union Meeting and the opening of the Stake Presidency with the High Council and the Bishops will be held in the Parowan West Ward chapel on Sunday next July 27 at 2 30 p m Those concerned are urged to note the time change and representatives of every Bishopric are urged to attend pasting details.
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Stake Union
Stake
High Council
Parowan West Ward
Fia
Paragonah News Briefs Include Local Visits and Harvest
Nancy Openshaw Twitchell visits her mother in Paragonah with M J Openshaw staying briefly. Grant Edwards breaks his foot last Thursday. Alice Prothero Hilan Robinson Orlene Boardman Bell Adams Dot Davenport Edith Adams return from Provo after two months picking berries. Local residents travel to Evans ranch Bear Valley to buy holstein heifers.
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Grant Edwards
Alice Prothero
Hilan Robinson
Orlene Boardman
Bell Adams
Dot Davenport
Edith Adams
Provo
Evans Ranch
Bear Valley
Wm. Evans
Protheros Move to Horse Valley Ranch
Mr and Mrs John H Prothero relocated to their Horse Valley ranch last Friday. A sizable crowd attended the Cedar City pageant Thursday night to witness the event.
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John H. Prothero
Horse Yalley
Cedar City
Miss Myda Robinson Visits Minersville
Miss Myda Robinson visited Minersville last week for a brief call and local engagements, staying in the town for a day.
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Myda Robinson
Minersville
Local Visitors Bring News of Relatives and Guests
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Anderton and three children from Salt Lake City visited Mrs. Anderton’s mother Mrs. Marla Taylor and other relatives yesterday. Eva Wood enjoys a visit from her mother Mrs. Charles Zabriskie of Minersville.
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R. T. Anderton
Salt Lake City
Eva Wood
Charles Zabriskie
Minersville
Mrs. Eyre and Daughter Fay Visit Minersville Guests
Mrs William Eyre and her daughter Fay are seen visiting in Minersville as guests of Mr and Mrs George Dalton during a social gathering.
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William’Eyre
Fay
Minersville
George Dalten
Miss Mortensen Heads to Salt Lake City Visit
Miss Phyllis Mortensen departed in the morning of the 24th for Salt Lake City to visit her sister and family.
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Phyllis Mortensen
Salt Lake City
Parowan Mercantile opens new store room after fire loss
The Parowan Mercantile Company completed a new store room replacement after the earlier blaze on the fourth necessitated razing the damaged building.
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The
Parowan Mercantile Co
Benson Couple Attends Fillmore 24th Celebration
Mr and Mrs Alvin Benson traveled to Fillmore to take part in the town's 24th anniversary festivities.
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Alvin Benson
Fillmore
Mrs. Clara Orton Taylor Leaves for Provo Home
Mrs. Clara Orton Taylor and her child, visiting relatives nearby for a couple of weeks, departed Wednesday morning for their home in Provo.
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Clara Orton Taylor
Garner family returns from Utah Idaho trip with Utah Idaho trip
Mr and Mrs Ray D Garner and their children came home at the start of the week from northern Utah and Idaho where they combined a vacation with a short summer school course at the U A C for Mr Garner.
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Ray D. Garner
Utah
Idaho
Garner
Cedar visitor seeks attorney for probate matter
Lem Stevens traveled from Cedar on Tuesday to hire attorney Durham Morris to probate an estate.
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Ift
Lem Stevens
Cedar
Durham Morris
Parowan Residents Attend Fillmore Celebration
Péenator and Mrs. L N Marsden were among the Parowan people who traveled to Fillmore for the celebration.
Salt Lake visitors call on Adama family
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Griffiths of Salt Lake City visit Mrs Griffith's relatives, the Charles D. Adama family, on Monday.
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Stanley Griffiths
Salt Lake City
Misa Greens Visits from Los Angeles With Sister Alice
Misa Geraldine Greens travels from Los Angeles to visit here accompanied by her sister Alice.
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Misa Geraldine Greens
Los Angeles
Sister Alice
Knight and Lowder Drive to Salt Lake City After Game
Mr. A. C. Knight and Mr. Elmo Lowder motored to Salt Lake City on Sunday afternoon following the ball game.
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A. C. Knight
Elmo Lowder
Salt Lake City
Mrs Decker Home After Utah Visit
Mrs Alvin Decker returns home following a short visit with relatives and friends in Salt Lake City and northern Utah, enriching her trip with social calls and local greetings.
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Alvin Decker
Salt Lake City
Utah
Elwood Mortensen Takes New Truck on Idaho Road Job
Mr. Elwood Mortensen has purchased a large truck and begun a major road construction project in Southern Idaho, signaling expanded operations and local infrastructure work.
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Elwood Mortensen
Idaho
Legion meeting called for July 28 at 8 30
R H Bengaon attended the celebration at Fillmore yesterday and today A notice to Legion members announces a meeting of the Ideal post of the American Legion at the Library auditorium on Monday evening July 28 at 8 30 o clock Post Commander Alvin Decker urges full attendance.
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R. H. Bengaon
Fillmore
American Legion
Alvin Decker
Breakfast Ukulele Drama Between Betty and Father
In a breakfast scene Betty Simpson dodges her father’s plan to wed her to Cornelius Worthingham while defending her romance with Jim Leeds the ukulele player. The father declares a marriage timetable as Betty hints at elation from a secret marriage to Leeds revealed by the maid Hilda.
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Simpsons
Mrs. Simpson
Betty
Simpson
Jim Leeds
Thia
Betty Bimpoon
Dad
Mabe
Lydia Simpson
Jim
Cornelius Worthingham
Wall Street
Mr. Simpson
Simpson Senior
Corny
Daddy
Hilda
Cherie
Atara
Mr. Leeds
Criticism of Feminine Dress in 1901 Health Article
A 1901 health piece in a women’s magazine argues fashionable dress harms health. It lauds long, fitted gowns for society women while warning low necklines and heavy undergarments risk cold and weakness. It prescribes cold bath and alcohol rinses and specific body measurements for corsetry.
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Woman's Magazine
Brenda Ueland
Symbolism of Swords in Japanese Culture and History
The article traces how the Japanese sword reflects customs folklore and history, noting two swords worn by samurai until the 19th century the wakizashi and the katana. The katana was used in battle and shown trust by removal at entry to a house while the wakizashi was kept indoors for ritual suicide.
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Japan
Ita
New York Times
Early Public Recreation Parks in American History
The first public recreation space in the future United States was Boston Common, acquired in 1034. The Massachusetts Bay colony set aside large waters for fishing and fowling in 1641. The first major state recreation park was Yosemite, ceded to California in 1865 and later returned to federal control.
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United States
Boston Common
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Yosemite
Congress
California
The Tenderloin in New York City Herald Square
A nostalgic snapshot of New York City’s Tenderloin district around Herald Square. It recalls bustling nightlife reaching a peak near the Herald building and the busy West Thirteenth Street police station as crowds flowed from sunset to sunrise toward the area.
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Herald Square
Herald Building
West Thirteenth Street
New York Times
Credit Still Good Father to suitor
Suitor asserts strong borrowing power in a playful exchange about support for a wife amid a stray story fragment.
Manhattan Island Area Compared to Greater New York
The piece notes Manhattan Island covers 22 square miles, about one fifteenth the size of Greater New York, highlighting the relative scale of the two areas in a concise urban comparison.
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Manhattan Island
Greater
New York
Age and Its Flavor in Ancient Proverbs
A summary of how proverbs gain weight with age from various traditions. The piece notes famous lines like God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb, tracing its journey from Latin and French origins to English writers such as George Herbert and Sterne, and mentions Spanish, Arab, Persian, Indian, Chinese, and Japanese traditions as rich sources.
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Sterne
George Herbert
Kevery
Spain
Cleveland
Malay Quick to Resent Hurt to Personal Pride
A colonial era note observes that personal pride and love drive murders in the Philippines. It cites an intermediate school girl stabbing a classmate to death and a farmer killing four members of a family after a drunken insult, warning that Malays are quick to retaliate when insulted in public.
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Philippines
Sensitiveness to Pain Shown by Experiments
Italian professor Aginelli reports that cheeks and forehead are the most pain sensitive areas on the body while outer arms are least sensitive due to evolution. Pain and touch are distinct senses with individual variations. on average women feel pain about ten percent less severely than men.
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Aginelli
Florence
Italy
Womden
Uginetli
Wen
Rousseau’s Alma Mater and the School of Adversity
An anecdote from a luncheon shows a guest asking a waiter for a painting’s meaning. The waiter replies he learned most in the school of adversity, not books. Ten years later France acclaimed Jean Jacques Rousseau as the greatest writer of his era.
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Greece
France
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Philadelphia Ledger
No, I could not have been humble born a woman
A Howe's Monthly reflection argues that humility is harder for women and that Helen of Troy’s beauty sparked wars. in a concise view the author notes everyday male courtiers and compliments shape perception, claiming women face continual social battles.
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Helen of Troy
Helen
Howe's Monthly
Nutting Rats Invade Homes Parson’s Walnuts Vanished
A London Chronicle correspondent recounts rate invasions caused by thirst for food. Rats raid cellars and stores, sometimes decimating a harvest in one night, while the creature is described as hospitable to the misfortune of others.
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London Daily Chronicle
Rata
First American Opera Stages in Nassau Theater
Garland Smith in the Brooklyn Eagle Magazine notes the Colonial sons and Dames of New York aided a Nassau Theater performance that is described as the first complete bona fide opera in the Colonies. It features complete stage settings a regular plot and London level sophistication.
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Colonia
Garland Smith
Brooklyn Eagle
Colonial Sons and Dames
New York City
Nassau Theater
Colonies
America
London
Emersons Pie Habit Highlighted in Wisconsin Years
Phillips Russell notes Emersons daily breakfast pie ritual, common among New Englanders. He claims the habit faded, now rare except on remote farms or in Cape Cod villages, despite reports claiming otherwise.
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Emerson
Phillips Russell
West
Tobacco Battered and Pipes Chant Idle Idol
Joshua Sylvester, a Puritan poet of Elizabethan and James I eras, penned a satirical verse against tobacco. His poem bears a long title criticizing tobacco as a loathsome vanity, blasted by a volley of holy shot from Mount Helicon.
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Elizabeth
James I
Joshua Sylvester
Mount Helicon
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