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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
5
An American visitor boasts of a 99 bird day while Higglebys discuss elections. Mrs Higgleby reveals she split her ticket after reviewing both parties. The humorous exchange blends politics and hunting banter in a chatty London Onlooker style.
Elks Club announces an excursion to Los Angeles on February 4, 1911 via the Salt Lake Route. Tickets on sale in Salt Lake City February 4 only, valid for return until March 7. Reservations and details available from A W Raybould secretary Elks Club Salt Lake City Utah.
A group of non golfers tea on a club terrace overlook a sheep dotted green. Quotes from a male non golfer and others tag golf as billiards on grass, the dying fire of athletica, and misused land and language. A famous angler and a tennis champion weigh in. The Louisville Times notes a playful, oblique debate.
A stream of humorous anecdotes profiles society hints at housekeeping, a senator’s wife mistaking a pill for cream priced at 115, then a dairy protest. A bishop’s train ride tale with a curate and tobacco joke rounds out the light column flavored by Good Health.
The United States government launches a postal savings bank on January 3 to aid poorer classes. One post office per state will test the system with engraved savings certificates in $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, and $50 denominations. Accounts require at least $1, with monthly deposits capped at $140 and maximum balance $500 plus interest. open to anyone over 10 in their own name, including married women. Wives’ accounts are independent of husbands.
A well known mining man returned from Minaca district says anarchy prevails among insurgents. Foreigners fear insurgents will kill Americans if pressed, hoping to provoke US intervention. Tucker, a Californian, endured a hairraising ordeal at Vimaca as insurgents accused him of spying, but a German storekeeper named Junk repeatedly saved him from execution.
Antonio Tecolete, a Yaqui Indian, killed his wife in Tucson by crushing her head with a hammer after she refused to give him medicine. He buried her head downward in the yard, later guiding investigators to the spot and showing the hammer, claiming possession of his wife and misunderstanding the gravity of his act.
Heavy snowfall disrupts Turin and surrounding provinces with avalanches reported across Cuneo. Rail communication halted as the severe winter brings broad disruption and hazards.
Managua reports General Juan Derrada elected provisional president by unanimous congressional vote for a two year term Adolfo Diaz, former interior minister, named vice president
President Taft authorised formal recognition of Nicaragua's new constitutional government after dispatches announced General Juan J Dstrada as president. The move follows the election and signals U.S. diplomatic acknowledgment of the regime.
Six men charged with threatening the life of Judge Blair, who leads the country’s vote buying investigation, were arrested in Manchester County on Sunday.
New York reports two famed aviators Moissant and Arch Hoxey died in separate crashes within days. Moissant, first to train the Daglish channel with a passenger and winner of the Liberty Statue race, perished near New Orleans after his plane overturned. Hoxey, who set a height record and flew with Colonel Roosevelt, died near Los Angeles while pursuing the Michelin prize for sustained flight. Both crashes occurred close to the ground as they approached record attempts.
United States soldiers from Fort McIntosh under Lieutenant McMillan of the Twenty third Infantry encountered a band of armed Mexicans near Minera Saturday morning. The detachment disarmed and dispersed them and learned the group was inducing locals to join a revolutionary army and recruiting them to transport ammunition across the Rio Grande. No crimes beyond disobeying neutrality laws are reported.
Washington committees from both houses study the Panama canal question aiming to press legislation after its 1916 opening. Diverging views exist on preferential rates and fixed passage for coalwise vessels, with Western members pushing for concessions.
Mrs Herbert Stockton of San Jose was shot off a ferry boat rear by a passing shot vehicle and nearly drowned in the bay off the local pier. Walter C Seaborn UC Berkeley law student and Berkeley city clerk saved her after Stockton sacrificed his life to save her. the incident occurred Saturday afternoon.
President Taft sent a New Year message to the people of the United States through the National Press Club of Washington at an informal Saturday reception. He expressed hope for prosperity and happiness for the country.
A Tacoma woman stopped two men hired by her husband from abducting her child. She wounded Harry Williams, a Chicago house salesman living in Seattle, seriously. Williams and a companion were hospitalized. police detained the other man amid statements they were not private detectives.
Police and coroner say Annie T. Mielke and her 3 year old daughter were discovered dead in their Cleveland residence and authorities believe the mother killed them both before taking her own life.
Isabella Martle was sentenced in Oakland on Saturday for the second time to life imprisonment for dynamiting the home of Superior Judge Ogden in the city in 1907.
A humorous exchange recalls Jones at the opera house and a dinner scene. Jones shouts playful remarks about a table rearrangement, then mutters to a waiter about a row of utensils, highlighting his wealth as a punchline.
In a Tennessee letter from September 10 1910 Mr F Harmon describes his infant’s severe scalp eruption with hair loss spreading to the face and limbs. After using Cuticura Resolvent Ointment and Soap the child improved within three days and fully recovered after two Resolvent bottles and three cakes of Soap and Ointment. The writer endorses Cuticura for cuts sores and toilet use.
A rural dialogue contrasts city and country patience with heavy snow. They urge strong effort for better roads, arguing city folks should imitate country resilience and take action despite winter conditions.
A young Philadelphia boy writes his first essay about a dog. The piece playful describes a four legged animal with a tail that wags when glad and sits on itself when sorry. It notes a dog's usefulness in biting burglars but the mud tracks on carpets can be a problem.
Fragmentary lines reveal dialogue about keeping a second girl and a promise that love is constant. The text hints at a serialized romance or entertainment item in Harper’s magazine with uncertain names. The era’s tone suggests a light moral lesson on affection and loyalty.
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