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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
5
Local classifieds advertise bargains at the Co-op including dresses coats and winter wear plus cheap mail order offers. Lost and found items include a gold treaty piece and a pair of scales. Sought items range from livestock to a bay horse and clothing, with prices and contact cues amid miscellaneous notices and ads.
Reports from Vernal and nearby towns include medical updates for Niel Georgia Lewis who is recovering in Heber after lappyndicttts surgery, a new bus contract awarded to Seymore B Stow for Vernal Jensen daily mail service, and Uncle Sam Campbell's death at about eighty five. Also notes on a naval faculty meeting at Central School, bank consolidation discussions for Bank of Vernal, census enumerator papers received, a family tragedy in Lovell, Big Horn, Idaho, and business moves by Mra Showalter and Glassmann in Castle Dale Price area. Funeral for Mra Swayne held with choir, organist, and internment at Vernal Cemetery.
John Pepe won the belt at the regular rifia shoot on Valentine s Day with a score of 84. The report notes illness in Mrs. Ike Burton improving and mentions several local social notices and town happenings including bid posts for mail routes, a stage trip injury, a charity play planned for February, and city council discussions about an electric fire alarm at Uintah Avenue and Main Street.
Frances Willard memorial services were held in the stake house last Tuesday afternoon with a fair attendance. Tributes by Mrs Meredith and others praised her noble life. The report notes travel by Mack and Salt Lake, a mudgy crossing, and snowplow work to the summit. Vernal weather station relocation and new observer 8 P Trico cited along with warmer week days and subzero nights, detailing temperatures on the 11th 1 3 below and 6 below on the 17th.
Attorney Prittala from Tyson and WRS discusses lami business with Mr and Mrs Hoagland of Cedar. Jett visits after a two week city stay. Mr Hersey to preach at St Pauls Protestant Episcopal Church Vernal at 11:02 am Sunday Feb 20. Alma Ray Holdaway dies in Salt Lake City at 23 after studying piano in Europe and US. Thalia Club meets with Mrs Charles Neal. C T Club hosts Mrs Thomas Spiers at Mrs Barbara Youngs with notes on literary criticism. Members plan next gathering with Mrs George Wilson.
Connecticut National Guard issues strict regulations to curb gossip and private officer transactions. Deliberations or discussions conveying censure or approbation toward others in service are restricted and publications about private military matters are prohibited to enforce discipline akin to the regular army.
Nina Layard, a renowned woman scientist, reports unearthing a mammoth, horse, gigantic ox, bear, wolf, red deer, and a bird at 30 feet in a deep cutting near Ipewich England. She dates the finds to the Pleistocene gravels formerly laid by the river Gipping when Ipswich sat under water.
A new Chinese force in Manchuria's northern region near Mikden is described as a 70 battalion, 70,000 strong provincial corps. Troops wear khaki uniforms with hidden queues, and European American features are noted. The text says the northern army is only beginning, with no sizable southern army or reserve yet.
Advert prompting use of Chamberlains Cough Remedy to prevent a croup attack or cure a croupy cough in children. Sold by Vernal Drug. The text asserts early treatment prevents episodes and claims reliability, typical of old time medicine advertising.
The Uintah Telephone Company held its annual stockholders meeting on February 14 1910 electing the old board of directors Wa Hi Smart Don B Colton Emos Bennion BR 8 Collett Snellen Johnson Charles DeMoiney and E E H Belcher From Manager Noils report the company reported 19 exchanges connected 125 telephones installed 714 miles of pole line 4343 miles of wire 146 metallic circuit miles 16 grounded Roosevelt Exchange telephones installed Toll line mileage 62 A 10 percent dividend was declared 5 percent cash and 5 percent stock The company is in good financial condition
The acting was strong with Misa iFern Dillman as Brance Lee delivering confident performances and a standout third act. Agid Jerry as the outcast Mr Afatthewa and Inez Collings and Ed Osaka as well made parents, while Mitty Workman played a lively saucy character. Frank Pope as a capable cop aided the plot and the production drew fair crowds despite some noisy audience moments.
A fragmented notice references Saint Patrick and Ireland tied to a fair event. Details are unclear but the passage hints at a themed display or celebration involving Irish culture at a local fair.
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places including Stark Gros Nuiseriéa, Orchard Co offices in Louisiana, Paul Roseberry salesmen for Uintah Reservation at Myton and Vernal Utah.
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