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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
1
Public health message urges quarantine, rest, and fresh air to curb influenza spread. Advises staying in a single room after illness, hygiene, masking, reporting suspected cases, and avoiding visits to prevent transmission. Emphasizes optimism, but warns influenza may persist through year with pneumonia as common complication.
The 145th Field Artillery Utahs Own arrived in Ogden Saturday morning with 1140 men. They will proceed to Logan for demobilization, with discharge expected within ten days. Names of returning Verdnal soldiers include Paul Davie Bruce Smith Loren Roas Vernon Ament and Wm Bell as thousands cheered and welcomed them home.
Former county treasurer Jas Fowles reports that during 1917 and 1918 the county collected 31025156 and allocated the funds to specified accounts before handing affairs to successor Reuben McConkie.
A letter describes a weeklong journey on foot through southeastern Belgium and central Luxembourg toward Germany. The writer praises warm hospitality, bands and flags, and joyful cheers from locals in villages and towns, contrasting with Dutch welcome. The note ends with loving regards from CONP. GEG R GOODRICH.
Geo R Goodrich, long presumed dead in France, sent a reassuring note to his parents dated November 24 from the Luxembourg front. He recounts two major assaults, crossing the Meuse by pontoon bridges, heavy shelling, and finally a ceasefire at the eleventh hour, expressing relief and happiness after days of worry.
Vernal suffered a multi day blackout from Thursday midnight to Sunday evening after a dam break at the power plant allowed floodwater to destroy the canal. Ground freezes hindered repairs and machinery could not operate. The Express was delayed, announcing publication would resume on Monday.
Hogs delivered in Utah's Vernal region topped market expectations with 13 cent per pound gains, netting farmers over $5,090 on a single carload. The cooperative effort, led by President Tirnest Eaton and supported by teamsters and rail yards, reduced shrinkage to 14 percent and showcased strong farmer organization against aggressive middlemen. A new shipment is already in progress inviting offers for 175 to 250 pound hogs.
Ezra Merkley a well known city resident died Saturday night shortly after 11 due to influenza pneumonia with heart failure. He was 34, born in Vernal last September and survived by a widow and three young children. A former lockkeeper for the Ashley Cooperative, Merkley was active in the Mormon church and the community.
Miss Margaret Shaffer of Vernal received word that her brother James Leroy Shaffer died in France on November 17. He was 27 and among the first draftees to depart for Camp Lewis in 1917. Wounded at Camp Lewis and later in France, he served bravely and is survived by his sister and two brothers. Parcel post from Helper arrived as Vernal awaited further communications from Washington.
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