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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
1
Newell discusses Utah Lake project delays to July 1 and outlines two survey stages. Government plans to survey water rights and titles while mapping routes and evaluating evaluative stakes for the irrigation scheme.
A garbled letter mentions an island, a ferry to the north, and missionaries. It references a Norwegian setting and a request to forward ten addresses of relatives or friends of a person, signed as a friend and brother. The text is incomplete and unclear.
The report lists votes for Henry Laws 124, John L. Snow 12, Jor Stoker 9 with a social ticket rumored but not appearing at polls. Snow declined to run on that ticket after taking part in the regular primary. The Gratefuls report shows 1262.02 on hand, with 100 allowance for last year's parity.
Stockholders of the C. & B. Bank held a Tuesday morning meeting at 10 o clock to elect directors for the coming year. A large majority of stock was represented. Cashier John W. Smith reported the bank remains in excellent condition. Directors elected include T. E. Cotley W. Bi. Iveston Theo Webb Win Clark Charles B. Burton Byron Groo M. W. Matson A. T. Anderson and Phos Webb.
A reader from Tromso, Norway, writes about seven months since leaving home and six months in Trondheim, detailing labor assignments, life with his wife, and time spent in surrounding cities. He notes Trondheim’s population around 10,000 and its notable Dom-Kirchen church where Norwegian and Swedish kings were crowned.
Special excursion rates arranged by Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows allow travel to Provo for the August 4 exhibit. The limited event in this vicinity features a new, colossal performance with 174 aerialists and hundreds of acts, including live animals and a Crusades production. The program highlights unique giraffes, a baby elephant, a rhinoceros, and a grand Hippodrome revival.
The text discusses large migrations to Canada and the United States during a colonial period, noting 100,000 and 225,000 acre agricultural developments. It references the granary of the British Empire, and cites sources including The American Traveler of Canada and a magazine by Joly Howard Tadd.
A historical account notes tobacco’s global scale with England Japan and China consuming billions of cigarettes and cigars annually. It highlights US and other producers earning millions as foreign demand sustains large export balances for American growers.
An excerpt describes buttermilk as a cure for liquor excess. A Philadelphia lodger promotes drinking buttermilk daily to curb wine or spirits and claims it beats tea or coffee. The advised regimen includes two quarts of buttermilk and suggests it helps nervous indigestion and sobriety.
A poorly legible clipping describes a buggy accident in which a young man named Iwan took a girl for a ride. The horse bolted two miles before the driver died, possibly after losing control as the shafts detached.
For sale by H. B. Merrihew with claims to invigorate the liver aid digestion regulate the bowels and prevent bilious attacks in a condensed early 20th century advertisement style.
An advertisement proclaims H. B. Merrihew will buy back Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It promises refunds if not satisfied and claims wide acceptance as a safe effective bowel complaint remedy.
A fragmented text mixes poetry about hope and perseverance with agricultural commentary. It references enduring effort, shared toil, and a call to action, then shifts to advice on lamb breeding, pasture variety, and seed mixing for better growth, urging timely seeding and diverse forage for livestock.
A wagon box ten feet long and three feet wide stores 27.4 bushels of ear corn and 60.2 bushels of shelled corn. A crib ten by ten by fourteen feet holds 704 cubic inches of ear corn. One bushel of ear corn equals a cubic foot. Shelled corn stores at pace reflecting ear corn. A crib that holds 400 bushels of corn will hold 400 bushels of shelled corn or other grain 1440 bushels.
Location notices detail proot annial labor for gale at the office. The fragment indicates a local administrative notice about work orders and workforce allocation related to storm or weather preparedness.
A broken OCR line notes customers left orders at Wadeworth's drug store for painting papering and calomineing with prompt attention promised.
No man or woman in the state will hesitate to speak well after trying them. They produce a pleasant movement of the bowels improve the appetite and strengthen digestion. For sale by H. B. Merrihew.
Notice announces public bathing at Saratoga Springs with Sunday hours 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Monday and Wednesday daylight times and a daily plunge closure for cleaning. Entries specify adult admission 25 cents and requests for excursions arranged through Edward Southwick, manager.
Lehi City will pay a ten dollar reward to any person or persons who provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone destroying any grave marker monument or decoration in the Lehi City cemetery.
A medal valued at $12 disappeared last week after being given to Mr. Hamason of Spaulich Fork for the best team by the State Fair Committee. The owner Unknown will grant a favor if the medal is returned to Mr. Whig.
A reader from Oolon California claims 14 years of excruciating pain from a liver and kidney trouble was cured after using Electric Bitters. He credits relief to the medicine and calls it the greatest remedy on earth. The testimonial promises gallbladder support and debility relief with guaranteed satisfaction through druggists.
A fragmented notice from Cartonia mentions a bear and a boogit in unclear context. No clear names dates or organizations are readable to establish a definite event or outcome.
Lehi City passes an ordinance ordering Main Street sidewalks widened to ten feet. The streets and alleys committee will direct all improvements and labor. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and takes effect after publication. Mayor MOSIAH EVANS signed June 7 1908. Recorder SARAH T EVANS certified the copy.
The Salt Lake Tribune provides daily and Sunday editions with intermountain and world news in complete, reliable form. Subscriptions listed include daily and Sunday at 25 cents per week or $1.60 a month, with delivery by carrier or mail. Sample copies are free.
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