Local Notice Records Second Class Mail Matter
Fragments indicate a postal notice from Pacowan Utah dated October 27 1916 marking second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
4
Fragments indicate a postal notice from Pacowan Utah dated October 27 1916 marking second class mail matter.
Debates a new county fair site in Parowan with race course and ball diamond, outlines street closures and open routes. Urges keeping school band active for summer celebrations, notes a past due order to empty liquor caskets and auctions, and highlights corn planting plans and local contest results from the stake M I A Day.
A reader argues for supporting local independent merchants over chain stores. The piece insists American opportunity rests on individuals owning and managing small businesses, warning against growth of large centralized organizations. It challenges parents to consider whether their children will gain work independence or rely on distant employers.
The piece surveys ancient Israel and Greek city states as early republics, notes Carthage and Rome’s brief republic periods, and traces medieval and modern progress toward popular sovereignty. It cites the American Declaration as the start of real republican government and hints at evolving suffrage and class dynamics. It closes with a Chamber of Commerce hotel financing plea and desire for new leadership.
Summary of historic note on Mennonite arrival in America around 1662 and a 1691 relocation to Germantown, alongside a Utah land sale notice for Modena townsite to be auctioned June 2, 1930, with bid conditions and court seal.
Department of the Interior announces Edger Benson of Parowan Utah filed stock raising homestead entries Nos 034646 and 035407 with amended claims in townships 34 33 south ranges west Salt Lake Meridian. Final proof to establish land claim set for May 27 1930 before Parowan district court clerk with witnesses Clefford Evans Freeman Hyatt J B Dalton and John S Mitchell all of Parowan. Eli F. Taylor April 11 May 9 Mining Location nominees for sale at Times Office.
During World War I a gasless Sunday led citizens to leave cars at home. In a southern camp an officer barred gasoline vehicles from gates. A woman in an electric coupe was halted and told it was gasless supply, insisting the car used no gas. The patrolman retorted asking for a trolley.
The Naval Observatory notes that at either pole the moon stays above the horizon for about two weeks and below it for about two weeks. At the Arctic and Antarctic circles some years lack a few days when the moon does not set or rise, otherwise it rises and sets daily. In winter the moon is generally above the horizon at full and below it at new, the opposite in summer.
The Department of Agriculture advises using green hickory or maple wood smothered with sawdust from the same material as the best fuel for smoking meat. Hard wood is preferred to soft wood, refined woods should not be used, and cornocoba can substitute for hard wood. Juniper berries or fragrant woods may be added to the fire, which should burn slowly at temperatures between 70 and 90 degrees.
A celebrated actor is stopped by a pretty girl who pins a crimson carnation in his buttonhole. He later receives a note asking for two seats, replying that all seats are screwed down after personal investigation.
A toddler, agunlor, walks with his mother on a cold morning and marvels at visible smoke forming as she speaks. He wonders aloud that he must have swallowed a piece of fire.
In the district court of Utah Iron County a matter involving lands in the Modern Townsite is addressed. The filing concerns property disputes and boundary or ownership questions within Iron County. Proceedings set rules for title and parcel boundaries affecting local landowners.
A Parowan Cedar City Utah classified listing shows items for sale and services. Entries include pipe and hardware, pasture and lumber, furniture, appliances, a wood sale, bulbs for sale, and requests for farm help or horse or cattle care. Prices and contact notes vary by item.
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