Preston area social notes recount weekend visits and family events
Mrs Perrin Roper hosted Riverdale visitors and a Sunday dinner. Families from Mink Creek Preston and Ogden traveled to Layton Richmont and Lewiston for church meetings funerals and visits. A new baby girl born to Dockstader Bergquist couple is noted along with several extended family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearlin + Roper
Riverdale
Elva T. Barrington
Delmer Olsen
Salt Lake
Hilva
Preston
Olsen
Albert Jensen
Ernest Jensen
Montpelier
Agnes
Jepsen
Billy Carver
Deward Carver
USAC
Fremon Jepsen
Lewiston
Lloyd Elwood
Harold Jensen
Smithfield
Viggo Jensen
Earl Christensen
Elias Wepsen
Martin Christensen
Arlene Jepsen
John Warburton
Hyrum Jepsen
Douglas Dockstader
Preston Hospital
Roma Bergquist
Grant, Dockstader
Edward’ Bergquist
Willis J Roper
Mink “Creek
Perrin Roper
Agnes Jepsen
Hyrum
Donald Jepsen
Paul Adams i
Famiy
Cleveland
Christen Hansen
James McQueen
Iral McQueen
Denver
Road roadblock debate over Ben Pickering farm loss
A farmer warns that highway widening took 10 feet of his land and lowered the road, obliterating his roadside stand. He claimed full farm value, while the state argued only compensation for the taken land. The judge noted routing can void business loss in similar cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Pickering
Highway Department
Ben
Pickering
Standard School Broadcast Enters Second Generation
Since 1928 the program has brought music to Western children through 1.5 million listeners in 64,000 classrooms and homes across the West Alaska and Hawaii. It features a symphony orchestra dramatic cast choirs and guest artists with teacher manuals and guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Alaska
Hawaii
Roadway Drop Causes Damage in 1954 Case
A 1954 case notes damage stemming from a roadway drop after a route was not altered. The incident centers on injury claims tied to street conditions and municipal responsibility.
Jests From Page: Humorous Snippets and Quips
A collage of jokes and one liners about editors, patients, professors, and everyday life. The humor covers misheard phrases, overconfident students, mistaken identities, and amusing miscommunications from office, classroom, and street scenes.
Humorous Fragments Sketch Office Life In Quick Wits
A string of light vignettes reveals office banter and social quips. Jests about efficiency, ups and downs, dieting rumors, controversial topics, and polite flirtations frame a bustling workplace snapshot.
Bell helps launch first U.S. oral teaching course for the deaf
The National Geographic Society notes that in 1889 Alexander Graham Bell persuaded the School for the Deaf at Northampton Massachusetts to start the first training course for oral teachers of the deaf in the United States. Since then over 500 graduates have worked in every state and 20 foreign countries teaching deaf children to talk. Graduates have guided parents in Argentina Canada Australia Japan Turkey India South Africa and Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander’ Graham * Bell
Clarke
School For
Northampton
Mass
United States
Argentina
Canada
Australia
Japan
Turkey
India
South Africa
Norway
National Geographic Society
Unclear text fragment mentions Sundays and times
Fragmentary entry lists Sundays with times eight in morning and afternoon twelve thirty with vague notes about calls and phone contact. No clear event, person, or organization identifiable.
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Ken’s Electric CO
North State
Morris
Braun
Standard ‘Oil Company OF California
Beas & Les
Eee
Jest
Jane
Ella
Prunella
Utoco
Atoco
Lucky Stiff
Peter's
Catholic’ Church
Oneida
Third East
Francis A. ‘ Peterson
Utah Oil Refining Company
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