Mail from Dragon Blockade Tests Trenches of Snow
After seven days a mail train finally reached Dragon as snow drifts rose to head height on Baxter Pass. Bucking snow, 75 to 100 men worked daily while wind swept piles back. Pass travelers eyed crossfield routes, some abandoning carts for snow shoes toward Mack and Dragon amid a stubborn delay to the Ninth Railways mail.
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Dragon
Baxter Pass
Mack and
RS Colllett
Mack
Horace Coltharp
Valley
Ninth Railways Company
Uncle Sam
United States Mail
Pope Irrigation Bill Aims to Create Utah Districts
A Utah House unanimous vote on Rep Rock M Pope Wasatch county aims to allow irrigation districts across Utah. The measure would let locals form districts and issue bonds secured by land and ditches with 6 percent interest, backed by county treasuries.
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Wasatch County
House
Vernal
Theodore
House of Representatives
Rock M. Pope
Senate
William Spry
Ley
Utah
Colorado
Romney- Odlock Investment Company
Grand Junction
Orchard Mesa
Odlock
Do Rats Drink Water Do They Require Water
A curious early note explains rats and their water needs and discusses a trap method using a perfume made from rhodium derived from bindweed. It notes rhodium’s appeal to rats and mentions a cost of fifty cents per ounce.
Stolen Black Mare Branded Bar X Near Captain Dodds
Strayed or stolen black mare, 12 years old, branded Bar X on left hip. Notable gray hairs between eyes and on nose with two white saddle-gall patches on back. Freshly sheared tail and mane, weighs about 850 pounds. Report to this office or Captain Dodds, 8 to 11.
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Dodds
Indian Wash Stock Losses Loom As Blizzard Ravages Reservation
A fierce blizzardcripples the reservation stock scene with Cedarview observer Jon Merril noting the harshest winter he has seen. Cattle herds, especially William Wash’s near 1,000 head, face at least a one third cull due to scarce feed and brutal conditions. Horses will be easier to corral in spring.
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Jon Merril
Cedarview
Kingdom Come
William Wash
Oddfellows Ball At Social Hall Draws Large Masked Crowd
The Oddfellows masquerade ball at Social hall last Friday drew a great crowd with more than 100 people in costume. The costumes were described as beautiful and varied as the event offered prizes including a prize for Honest Abe.
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George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Mrs. Lincoln
Hamlet
Merry Widow
Pocahontas
John Smith
Uncle Sam
Buster Brown
Tiga
Mery Jane
Topsy
Happy Hooligan
Josiah Allan
Samantha
Saratoga
S C. Wilhelm
Abe
William Anderson
Oddfellows
Mr. Smith
Honest Abe
Curious Amatecas Preserve Self Government in Vera Cruz Village
The Amatecas, an isolated Mexican indigenous group in Amatian de los Reyes, Vera Cruz, have maintained their national characteristics and a form of self government for three centuries amid a modern, progressive society. хотят
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Amatian de Los Reyes
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Elopement Sparks Turmoil in Police Case
A sensational tease mentions a daughter eloping with a chauffeur triggering a police pursuit. The fragment hints at family shock and the driver’s repeated escapes, suggesting a sensational local incident with dramatic legal overtones.
Vernal Considers Water Works Bonds Vote on March 23
Special election set for March 23 in Vernal Utah to authorize bonded indebtedness of 21 500 dollars split into 12 000 for general municipal purposes and 12 500 to establish and maintain a city owned water system. Judges are Brig Christensen John W Pope and Irvin Eaton.
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Vernal
Vernal City
Utah
Brig Christensen
John W. Pope
Irvin Eaton
Ancient Bloodhounds in War and Pursuit Across Eras
Historical notes attest bloodhounds aiding armies in Elizabethan times and earlier in English Scottish conflicts. They accompanied 800 dogs in feuds and wars, tracking fugitive warriors. Legend claims Wallace killed a pursuer and left a corpse for the hound, while Bruce used water and treetop refuge to escape.
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Fieth
Essex
Elizabeth
England
Scotland
Wallace
Brince
Fostuner
Bruce
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Pope
Frederick Harrington
Marie Gilmer
Cowboy
Lon McCarrel
Oddfellows' Ball
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