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Newspaper
Lehi Banner
Location
Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1914
Page
6
American Fork and neighboring towns see a flurry of social and business trips. Pleasant Above, Fairfield, Salt Lake, and Rexburg are mentioned as frequent destinations for visits, kinfolk, and shopping, with multiple residents attending events and returning home.
Ming Pearl Sperry attended Sunday scenes while Grace Barratt hosted a shower for Em Greenwood. Residents traveled to Salt Lake City, visited relatives, and noted professionals moving to American Fork. Brown and Priday shipped seven sheep cars to a reservation. J Tracey Wootton prepares to open a local law office after study in Chicago and Utah.
Bishop Storrs has been a Storrs visitor this week. Mrs Groo went to Salt Lake for ten days. Mrs Russon and family of Lehi visited relatives here. John Wootton and family came from the pumping station. Mrs Chipman and Mrs Chipman attended Mrs Walker's funeral in Salt Lake. Lincoln Clark and family from Stockton were here en route to the Reservation. Mrs Forbes moved to Salt Lake with daughter. Several locals and visitors are noted at social calls and a wrestling match visit list.
Miss Hazel Spencer hosted officers and teachers for a sewing afternoon and refreshments. Later crowds traveled to Salt Lake Thursday evening to see a wrestling match between Mike Yokel and Fred Beell, with Yokel winning after a grueling bout. Local fans called it the best match they had ever seen.
Mrs. Lottie Able, Miss Lillian Clayton and Mrs. Betsy Hunter hosted a miscellaneous shower in her honor. Miss Able, to wed Atchle Munns of Garland on June 24, received many beautiful gifts as guests enjoyed games, music and charity refreshments.
8 per cent loans 3 per cent. The National Merchantise Co Limited loans money at cent per cent per annum to contract holders for buying or building a home paying off mortgage or improving property. J Watt Storrs local representative American Fork Phone 49 W SD 41.
Utah Power and Light Co closes Alpine plant and plans to shut two American Fork canyon plants by the first of the month. Battle Creek canyon plant already closed, leaving four district plants shut by July 1 for an indefinite period.
The notice urges former residents to return, praising American Fork as the town with the state's best future, fertile land, and ideal climate. It invites readers to call 53 for a tour of select lots, homes, and farms offered at favorable terms and to discuss options at the office.
The Utah Power and Light Co plans to shut four plants Alpine American Fork canyon Battle Creek and a fourth after consolidating operations from sixteen older sites. Twenty four plants will be reduced to eight with ten workers laid off while emergency readiness and full water mains will be maintained.
The Home Missionaries of Alpine Stake are appointed for Sunday, June 21 1914, listing numerous names across Lehi, Alpine, American Fork, Manila, and nearby towns. The notice also advertises prearranged loans to build or purchase homes, with J. Watt Storrs as local representative in American Fork, phone 49-W.
An old-time preparation, Wyeth's Sage Sulphur Hair Remedy, sold for about 60 cents, claims to darken gray hair naturally. It also dandruff and scalp itching, and is applied by drawing strands through a brush for overnight results.
W H Holmes of Decorah Journal says Meritol Pile Remedy relieved years of piles after half a package. He reports complete relief with no return of distress and would not trade for a thousand dollars for his former condition. F M Brown American Utah Exclusive Agency.
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