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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
8
Local notes include holiday plans with families in Garland Ogden Lincoln and Lehi. A cuff button lost near Tabernacle. a concert fundraiser by the Third Ward Sunday School. upcoming shipments at Kirkham's and the Racker Mere Co. news items mention shopping sales and community events plus minor legal fines and school activities.
Prominent guests including Governor Cutler the city council of Salt Lake City the directors of major canal companies the state engineer and staff and about 75 Salt Lakers will visit the head of Jordan on Monday December 23. They will be hosted by Mr Knight and the Lehi Commercial Club plans a banquet at the club rooms in their honor.
In Lehi the measles outbreak grows so widespread that the Banner office must work night shifts to post quarantine placards. The town faces high infection levels and seeks widespread public compliance to control the disease.
A substantial consignment of White Rose and White Lilly Washers arrived at the Racker Merc Co this week, expanding inventory for ongoing sales and distribution.
A Greek man faced Judge Taylor on a charge of threatening bodily harm after a Greek section land dispute endangering Foreman Wade. The judge ordered the man to leave town within 24 hours. A bystander then took action and gave the foreigner 20 minutes to depart, and he reportedly complied.
A three week old dead sheep carcass near New Tabernacle emits foul odours. The writer blames the graveyard lane owner health officers and the city marshal and calls for veterinary services. Dean's Obtusert is advertised as safe for children and available at all druggists.
The old time favorite drama Thorns and Orange Blossoms drew a good crowd at the Grand for the first half of the week. The capable cast included James B. Cunningham Flora Airfield Will H. Corbin Orna Raymond and Peter Pann with lively stage humor and dramatic moments pleasing the audience.
A brief dialogue snippet shows a character claiming he can marry any girl, while another retorts that he pleases none of the girls in his school. Context suggests a humorous or social interaction at a school.
A senior asks Wrestie why his nose is red and he replies it glows with pride because he does not always poke into others affairs.
The notice notes ample coal at Peoples Co-op. A student quote hints at gratitude to Ash and Hopkins for knowledge, followed by a curt dismissal.
A fragment describes the Racker Merc selling clothing and a shopper named Mose seeking a nice suit. A confusing dialogue recalls suspicion about a new gold water and a mistaken impression that it might be gone, with characters Rohe Floyd and Bob involved in the misread theft rumor.
The fragment mentions Kirkham and a lad linked to a Taye, with a two acu and a step-ladder. The readable text is fragmented and lacks clear event or outcome.
A brief item notes purchases of toys at People’s Co-op. The report cites that community concerns arise over inventory and pricing while the cooperative emphasizes member support and fair sourcing. The reminder highlights ongoing discussions about consumer access and store policy.
Fragmentary line emphasizes remembrance and vigilance before exams. The tone hints at a memorial or ritualistic refrain. Names, dates, or places are not evident in the readable text. The snippet preserves a solemn mood without providing concrete event details.
A fragmentary line recalls the Land of Testa with a meditation on memory and forgetting. The statement contrasts presence and absence, inviting reflection on belonging and loss within a poetic frame.
Fragmentary verse line reads like a lament where a mother and child are described in tears over lacking nibbers and Mare cars, with a foolish image of the speaker standing distressed without support.
Fragmentary text notes a buyer bargaining for neckties at a shop and a clerk suggestion three for a quarter. It also mentions treatments like Birdock Blood Ritters and a Sunbury Ohio testimonial. Two large trunk shipments arrived for the Racker Mere Co, described as a nice present, with no clear context.
A customer complained that a clerk offered woolen goods at a cheaper price while a higher price was charged when the same items were shown again. Wannamaker confronted the clerk asking for scriptural justification. The clerk allegedly replied the customer was a stranger led in.
Round trip tickets on the line to Pueblo Colorado Springs and Denver priced at 19.75 with Missouri River terminals 42.00 to Nebraska and Kansas points at a single fare plus 200. Final return limit of 30. W. A. Ford Avent.
A small note describes cream candy priced at 13 cents offered at Kirkham's store. The item appears in a brief catalog-like line among other daily goods. The listing emphasizes a low price and local shopping context.
Notice from LEH Irrigation Company lists delinquent stock amounts for January 4, 1907, with the board ordering sale of parcels to cover taxes and costs. The sale is set for December 24, 1907 at 2:00 PM at the Courthouse in Sah City Utah County Utah.
A boy named Bobby explores his aunt's garden and asks about horseradishes. He spots striped radishes and wonders if they are zebra radishes, prompting a playful exchange about the garden produce.
A classroom scene shows the schoolmaster prompting boys to say the French for father as Jones fumbles for the word and blurts Apple, er, revealing a humorous moment in the lesson.
In a Houaston Post opinion exchange a commenter denounces the notion that the world improves. The rebuttal notes strong opposition from married women and unity in skepticism about overall progress.
A Life magazine excerpt recalls a heated exchange over a troubling Beatrice story. A friend defends its truth while another questions its credibility, highlighting gossip's grip on public perception.
A brood mare offered by David Lesser and a folding bed priced 65 reduced to 25 are among items for sale. Additional furniture is listed by M. W. Ingalls in the notice.
Land owned by mie is declared off limits for duck hunting with the notice signed by B Hl Norman.
A jilted young man sues a railroad for damages after rough treatment during an exertion with his sweetheart present. She resents his inaction and ends the engagement. He settles with damages set at 200, sending a measured rebuke to the one he calls Worm-worshiper.
The master of Grand Central station New York suggests railway companies include a kissing room in new plans. The idea is to have all farewells performed there to prevent congestion on concourses doorways platforms and gates as people linger for goodbyes.
The stage crew jokes about new performers from Boston. The manager quips a method to tell them apart by calling them hon supers, reflecting a light backstage exchange about accents and identity.
An old advertisement touts a kidney cure claiming to relieve backache, groin pain, and urinary symptoms. It quotes Mrs. F E McBride of American Fork Utah praising Down's Kidney Pills and lists Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole agents with price five cents.
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