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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
3
An advertisement touts a lifetime tea trade with guarantees and claims of no risk. The text urges readers to buy a wide range of tea products from Schitting & Company with a promise of money back on unsatisfied purchases.
An elderly Mormon bishop experiences a legendary fast ride westward from Green River to San Francisco. He fears the speed, exits his train, and is carried back to Ogden after a dramatic dash for the door. The tale blends pioneer travel lore with early railroad awe.
Yonkera Statesman reports a Beaver found at West Branch Michigan weighing sixty pounds. Mr Crimsonbeak notes the comment implies it would require more than one brick to build. The odd exchange reflects local humor in the paper.
Contsiude Koter lists rail fares from numerous towns to Salt Lake City for the annual conference and LDS events. Prices vary per origin, with a mix of dollars and cents. Tickets run April 3 to 6 from Ogden, Bingham, Springville, Silver City and intermediate points, with other origins April 2 to 5 and limited dates to April 10 for some lines.
An 1896 advertisement urges readers to deposit savings at Zion's Savings Bank and Trust Company of Salt Lake City. It promises interest on all amounts from $1 and encourages starting an account and adding to it regularly. President Wilford Woodruff and cashier Groven M. Cannon are named.
A Harper's Weekly note recounts a Montana congressional race two years earlier where Democratic candidate Corbett and Populist Smith rode a train together. A mixup led to two travelers losing bags containing a tobacco plug whisky and a dynamite treatise, with taunting telegrams sent to each candidate.
The article recalls a cruel ancient penalty called the bagno or bath staged in Italy, likely Venice. A victim stood in a water-filled vat with rising tides and a scoop to remove water as it flowed in, offering only temporary respite before eventual fatal immersion.
A man reported being stabbed in the back by a hat pin with the head left behind. Months later a surgeon removed a two inch five eighths inch fragment from beneath the chest region, confirming the missing pin piece and ending long pain after rheumatism treatments.
The article notes many changes in the diplomatic corps, highlighting the arrival of new Japanese minister and Mme Hoshi Tutu. It praises the minister Flahua for statecraft and bravery, contrasts hospitalities under former minister Kurino, and comments on Toru and the new secretary Muteu, with social expectations and attire.
A new combined boarding house and hospital for dogs opens near Rock Creek, featuring twelve rooms with heated compartments, isolation wards, an operating room, and a dispensary. Dr French, with Dr Trench, performs surgeries including enterotomy and tooth extractions, while plans include Turkish baths, an ambulance, and a private dental filling for a dog named Sin.
A fragmented excerpt presents noisy lines about baby speech and affection with surreal names and unclear speakers. The language suggests a playful or coded dialogue with repeated echoes of gobble and hobble and brief assurances of love in an odd London tone.
A British author spent 1000 in ads to sell no copies while another cut to one dollar, spent 50 on promotion, and sold about 80 000 copies in a year.
A vivid account describes two kangaroo hunting methods in Australia. Native hunters encircle and use short spears and clubs, while white hunters chase with dogs. The piece details kangaroo behavior, the boomer warning, long chases, and a hunting party's encounters with dogs, including a dramatic water-hole ambush and the eventual provision of kangaroo meat.
A survey of famed battles said to occur on Sundays across history. Waterloo marks land victory over Napoleon while British fleets and armies won on Sundays such as Inkerman and Oudenaide. Other famed Sunday engagements include TramilhEs and Vimiera with notable assaults ordered by Wellington.
A New York Sun note describes a lamp lighter riding an elevated train. He carries a compact alc ohol lamp and a thin wick tube, quickly lighting and snuffing lamps as he moves along a moving car. He exits at each end to switch cars and prepares for the next run.
A historical note mentions that everyday objects and ideas we take for granted today were unknown a hundred years ago. The text also references a teacher and a historical-sci fi style phrase by Tommy, with an odd header and a temperature figure for Hawaii.
A fragment mentions a Rome inquiry on Anglican orders with a Latin document by Lacy and Puter. the pope remarks he wishes his men could write as well. It notes a Brooklyn ferry mileage transfer system cutting intercity travel cost nearly twenty miles at a quarter-cent per mile. Also announces Rio Grande Western Railway mileage changes for Colorado trips effective February 16.
Alden F. Wyatt of Salt Lake City reviews the Sultudion Baking Powder from the Sult ah Baling Powdr company. He cites economy and superior results after years of use, declaring it the best baking powder ever placed on the market and predicting continued satisfaction.
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