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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1897
Page
4
Local items report Christmas celebrations in Vernal and surrounding areas. Wool clothing, sales at Coltharp & Co, and meal markets outline holiday events, travel routes, and community notices. The piece notes local arrivals, a saloon opening, a jail dance, and weather impacts on the sheep and cattle trades.
A Uintah County Teachers Association meeting was held at Wor Nek on Saturday December 18, 1597, with Supt N G Sawards presiding. The program included lessons on growth, arithmetic, drawing, and classwork. Attendees praised the winter sessions and urged trustees to attend the next meeting on January 8, 1618.
The note mentions warmer weather over the past week, a forthcoming storm, and receipt of a handsome 1893 calendar from W. P Coltharp & Co. It invites readers to Uintah House for New Year’s Eve supper and New Year’s night, praising Bestmont for value. It reflects on six years since Utah Pappooss pliant purchase and changes in Yornal and the galley.
Mrs Nancy Anderson won a verdict in Salt Lake City against St Louis Gilson and Asphaltum Co for 3300 dollars. The report notes condolences from the Express to John Pope and family after the deaths of his daughters Hazel and December 26th aged 6 and 3 from membranous croup, buried in one grave.
An advertisement touts high US demand for Unsecred Candy Cathartia with promised sales of two million boxes annually and expects three million before New Year. It claims the product is a delightful regulator for year round use with a 10 cent price. Sold by Veinal Drug Company.
Delinquent stock notices list holders including Jno Mark Cort and A G Tiadloch with parcel shares and amounts due. The board orders sale of missing parcels at Vernal Utah, on the date set, to cover assessments, costs, and advertising as of December 10, 1697, under secretary W L Gacooy's seal.
Professor J Morton plans a lecture series for the Uintah Stake Academy under the auspices of the academy. The first talk titled Hut Knowledge will be held Tuesday evening at 7 30 at the Stoke House with an admission fee of 50 cents and general public invitation. A separate legal notice details a sheriff sale in Uintah County Utah, describing a real estate property with precise metes and bounds to be sold at 10 am on January 14, 1845 by Whittaw Preece, Sheriff.
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