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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1900
Page
3
Local notices and advertisements detail shop inventories dining and social events in Vernal. Listings include groceries tobacco coal prices bakeries hotels gauging postmaster appointment near Jensen and Meeker travel notes and a wedding report with names Foln Strang Ruth Odelark and others.
A police report recalls Sheriff Preeca returning from Salt Lake last Sunday with suspects Wail and Warner after a confrontation tied to Milton’s case. Both men were released after prosecutors promised no charges. A Millward Bite disturbance followed in which Pearce assaulted Dilia, then sued. Pearce was arrested, found guilty of battery, and sentenced to 15 days hard labor plus $15 fine and $2.50 court costs.
Reported events include the drowning of an Indian boy in the Aiolob River near Toland after attempting to break ice, and hints of copper ore prospects linked to William Donaber and partners at the Dawnon clan near the Dyer jclain. Local business notes mention Furr for Eugene Stoy advertising stock sales and Salt Lake City dealers, with community updates on Sunday School teacher training and a surprise party for Alexander Buk.
Twenty members attended the Thalia Club meeting at TOOT Wall on February 1. They discussed acts from Richard II and debated topics from book reviews and notes by Mrs Dodds and Mrs Iva Ashton. The meeting adjourned for one week.
Last Saturday Alcazar Climatic Company drew a good sized crowd in Vernal. Review praises costumes and overall performance though notes some actors lack stage power and suggests replacing a few. The troupe’s next play Monte Cristo is expected to surpass prior efforts.
The firm McIntyre and Meadows dissolves by mutual agreement. McIntyre retains the old stand while Meadows relocates his shoe department to the new store.
Mr and Mrs Wilhaw Stone mourn a Sunday death after a sudden illness. Funeral held Thursday at 10. Georgia Pickup family moves to a new house. Fir son Molvin occupies the old one. The ward plans an old time busking next Saturday targeting widow Lola Richenscoth for banishment. youths anticipate a lively event.
Clearance sale at the Chicago Store features shoes from $2 265 to $1 765 and men women and children’s apparel at substantial discounts. Ladies jackets, overcoats and mackintoshes cut to low prices. boys pants and petticoats offered at half price. rubbers underwear and other lines reduced across the board.
A naval officer in Ceylon asks a native for a non dangerous bathing spot. The guide leads him to an estuary pool where the officer jokes about sharks. The dialogue shifts to literary and humorous asides with clipped exchanges from various papers.
The Chicago Record quotes a country exchange about a traveler asking a farmer for a pumpkin and receiving a blunt reply that the pumpkins were grown for cattle feed rather than people.
Clipped note reports a tangled domestic dispute headline from Chicago detailing a volatile scene. The piece cites Sandy Pikes and a woman involved, with terse language indicating a breakup or separation in a public incident.
May Be True discusses Crawford There Fan and money in politics, noting a shift as Crabahaw suggests funds have been drained by the poli ticana, leaving less for campaigns according to Town Topics.
A garbled passage shows a deacon and pastor debating salary raises. Mixed text mentions a milkman and a proverb about purity, with stray words suggesting a damaged journal entry from Brooklyn. The overall meaning is fragmented and difficult to parse.
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