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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
1
A large audience attended the Festival at the Tabernacle with booths in the Assembly Rooms well patronized. Tonight at 6 30 the Festival reopens and a basketball match Lehi versus Spanish Fork is set for tomorrow at City Pavilion followed by a grand ball. The Mount Pickle Co representatives discussed crop tips while offering produce buying and fruit cider.
The corps lists G N Child as District Superintendent and Karl Hopkins as Principal of the High School. Music and High School classes are led by Rk L Woodward. teachers include H G Smith Seventh Grade and Margaret Thurman Sixth A. Other staff cover grades from Sixth B to First, with May Baker as Principal of Prim Building and J Lulu Dorton as helper. The Eighth Grade teacher position is still undecided.
Last night at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Appleyard a reception was held for her daughter Annie Appleyard and Max Rothe who wed in the Salt Lake Temple Wednesday. Guests then attended a social party for 150 or more at the 4th Ward Rooms in the Bank Building.
A Wednesday afternoon ball game at City Park drew a light crowd but delivered one of the season’s best matchups. Lehi edged the home team 2 to 1 with steady pitching and late-inning offense.
The Opera House drew a small crowd to witness Canning demonstrate feats of escape. He freed himself from an iron cage, unshackled from handcuffs and foot restraints, liberated from a pillory, escaped a nailed dry goods box, and wriggled free after the box was roped. The crowd marveled at his cleverness.
Sunday August 18 serves as appointment day for Home Missionaries in the Alpine Stake. Officers and members named include Pasian Kristensen Fitagorand Neilsen Davie Evans Niehen Fouts Aleckiinist Thorne Greenwood Jane EB Garn Cook Hout Glover Clark Bradder Webb Woodhouse Brown Rolbuseany Moris Modiseis Lehi 2nd Ward Pleasail Grove Linden.
The sugar plant at Lehi is nearly finished with repairs and ready to begin. Workers apply final touches as the factory is expected to start on September 16. Estimated annual yield reaches 100000 tons, signaling a busy harvest and substantial work ahead for the workforce.
Washington sent land allotments to Salt Lake City for the Cedar Valley Fort Crittenden Reserve now open for selection. Citizens rushed to file at the State Land Board as a company plans experimental work this fall to clear sage brush and fence the grounds. Applications were already filed and more are expected this week, with land picked at both ends of the valley.
H Gray returns from Colorado. New ladies bay line at People's Co op with cheap patterned paper. Nate Rockhill and wife visit Castella Springs. Mrs Hiner Peterson hosts a surprise party for Twendy. L J Hutchings visits from Bingham Canyon. China shower for Susie Coates at Annie Coates home. Marion Jones and Mr Johnson of Provo plan to wed on Aug 20. T J Wadsworth family and Samuel Jones visit Am Fork canyon.
Utah reports include a new bank with 50000 capital proving solvency, Summit county assessor Peter Martin resigning and Alexander Wright named to fill the vacancy, and several injuries and deaths from accidents such as a brakeman's death in Evanston and a boy's eye injury in Ogden. Other items note irrigation delegates, a blown up baseball league, a strong tomato crop, and ongoing season forecasts for Park City and surrounding areas.
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