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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1894
Page
4
Vernal Utah weekly newspaper notes J M Banker as editor and proprietor in the Vernal Vintadxy County edition published each Thursday.
Local items include Met and Co-Op ads for wheat and oats, subscriptions for the VerNaL Express, theater and minstrel performances at Workmans Hall, and a grand ball. Notices mention counterfeiting case witnesses bound for Provo, telephone line work, new band music, and a severe winter day in Ashley valley. Also reports on a scalp wound, Vernal Furnishings goods, and a humorous intruder tale in the Uintah mountains.
At the Lyceum Tuesday evening a packed house debated whether women should have the elective franchise. Two female judges and one man ruled against the affirmative after a prolonged session. Ray Robinson and Mrs Frank Orser argued for suffrage but were defeated by a judge’s personal intervention. The remainder of the program pleased attendees despite the chilly night.
Board of Directors of Uintah County World’s Fair report the public contribution total for the Uintah exhibit and list donors. A reader notes an additional four dollars in cash and time spent gathering specimens. editorial inquiry asks for credit details. Also recorded are a birth notice for A Boan’s wife and newborn daughter.
A rancher reports at least 75000 elk range between Bear and Snake rivers near Four Mile and Willer creeks. They disrupt fences as storms push them to streams for food. Stage drivers frequently halt to drive groups off the road amid rising coyote and timber wolf havoc in the Snake river country. Notice: land attorney in Salt Lake City ready to assist filing or proving up on land via Couton, County Clerk.
A grand masque rade ball is announced at Social Hall on February 22 with invitations for all but children may attend and men in female roles barred plus mask sales at Mr Browne's and local stores. Wedding: Thomas McNeill and Lucy Williams wed at 4 pm yesterday in Jensen Vernal officiated by KR Camp with a lighthearted note from the Express about typos.
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