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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1931
Page
10
A profile highlights a local activist's upbeat stance in public affairs. The figure advocates broader regional development and active participation in state and county politics.
The piece speaks of leaving behind the past and embracing a new year with hope. It urges self improvement, collective cultivation of virtue, and facing emergencies with readiness, suggesting progress through inner change and shared happiness.
A reflective note urging readers to start the year by writing off failures and carrying forward only good intentions. It emphasizes ending old grievances, avoiding retaliation, and advancing moral and civic progress through understanding and brotherly love.
The passage offers a reflective 1932 New Year wish promoting happiness, self improvement, and sharing joy with others as a path to a better future. It emphasizes undoing yesterday’s wrongs and enlarging hope for tomorrow through personal effort and kindness.
A description of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives to Golgotha outlines a narrow winding road sometimes tunnel like with flying buttresses. The route marks the 14 stations of the cross and Holy Week pilgrims hold numerous services at the stations.
A four year old Billie spends an afternoon with a neighbor visitor. When asked for names, Billie explains a playful exchange by calling the other child Eye and himself Say. The anecdote captures childlike logic in a busy Fifth Avenue moment with Mark Twain nearby.
The article recounts Mrs. Edwards, wife of General Edwards, challenging a reporter who sought to publish an interview. She asked if the War department had authorized it and, after a pause, declared it her duty to muzzle her husband until approval is granted. The piece frames her as vigilant and astute in wartime duty.
A National Geographic summary traces paper money origins from token coins to the first paper being bricks in Babylon. It notes clay tablets recorded loans with representations of amounts and that brick bills of exchange moved wealth across places over two millennia.
The piece traces the word dupe origins from a dove to a fool. Webster and Tittre link it to the old French hoopoe name, citing Randle Qotgrave 1611 and Berry’s dube hauppe, while Lettres suggests Swabian German duppel as a possible source. The author insists hape derives from huppe due to easy capture.
A recount of early machine gun development from a Boston navy yard relic bearing a 1607 Chinese inscription to European and American prototypes. It notes 17th century firearms in England and France, and cites the Gatling gun of 1851 as the first practical war use.
The text outlines a disciplined approach to tasks. It stresses examining a task, estimating expectations, and creating a method. It lists intelligence discernment judgment and firm will as essential qualities for executing a plan.
An English shopkeeper issues a notice inviting all debtors to call at the shop. Those aware of their indebtedness should come in to settle or inquire. Debtors who know themselves but do not wish to call are advised to remain in one place long enough for discovery.
A garbled excerpt shows a philosophical line about reactions to humor with indecipherable surrounding text. The readable portion discusses laughter and anger as two sides of response to the same cause.
A historical note traces a superstition that lawyers bring misfortune aboard ships and boisterous crews dislike wordy arguments. It cites old seafaring antipathy and references biblical figures Jonah and St Paul as possible precursors to the belief.
Notice of sale under a chattel mortgage by Frank Achaba s to Commercial Security Bank due to nonpayment. The 2125 head of sheep and other stock and camp gear will be sold for cash at Watson Thompson Ranch Willet Creek Uintah County Utah on January 8 1922 to satisfy the debt and foreclosure costs.
In the Fourth Judicial District Court Utah a notice to creditors states Ashley Co operative Company appointed John K Bullock as assignee for creditors jurisdiction Vernal Utah. Creditors must file claims by March 26 1932 with vouchers sworn before the assignee. Publication date December 14 1931 last published January 21 1932.
Notice from the General Land Office at Salt Lake City dated December 4 1931 announces a public sale of land via Walter M McCoy of Vernal under section 2455. The tract Lot 1 SW1 NE Sec 1 NW SW Sec 12 T1N R23E is offered at not less than 250 per acre to be sold January 27 1932 at 10 a m with payment required immediately by the high bidder. objections due by January 14 1932.
Notice is hereby given that Wilson Murray of Vernal Utah filed a stock raising homestead entry in 1927 for a parcel described as SE SWH W4SW 4 on Seventeen BU 6 Ms 1 NE Pee. The notice comes from the General Land Office Salt Lake City Utah on December 9 1931.
Notice from the Department of the Interior General Land Office Salt Lake City Utah listing John Clyde Hfacking of Vernal Utah who filed a standard homestead entry and intends to make final proof. Witnesses named include Angus Blaugh Cora Wifacking Marion Allen Mex Taylor Vernal Utah and La t Utah. First publication December 24 1931. Last publication January 21 1932.
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