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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
5
Letters from a Michigan family recounts a son in France aboard a fast hospital ship with 2,500 soldiers, witnessing President Wilson. Other dispatches note schooling during flu, local relief for veterans, and families awaiting wounded and homecomings.
The Naples ward receives an encouraging bishopric letter proposing to replace house to house visits, urging continued religious effort. George Nash and family recover from illness, schools reopen with teachers doing individual work, and tithing is settled by J. W. Olesen. Gladys and James Karren welcome a daughter. Mrs Heber Haw a manages a hotel briefly. Local skaters enjoy good ice, J J Starkie moves near school work, and Naples store regains steady business.
The Leeton Bennett area reports Bishop Horrocks and family recovering from influenza after Justice Cooper quarantined them. No rector consulted. School attendance prospects look poor as teachers canvassed residents. Vaccination aims noted. sheep fed for winter. Neils Lewis' son reported among war casualties. Jack Frost damages crops as natives harvest.
The Liberty ward column reports congratulations to a young couple, illness cases including influenza, and progress on correspondence courses with the U A. Mansions and local visits are noted along with the ward’s brick and lumber preparations for a new house. A January White Rocks Irrigation meeting was postponed due to influenza as Bart Merkley survived a coal wagon accident. The marriage of Golden Merkley and Annie Richens is announced with praise for both families.
A brief wartime pledge urges readers to honor their WW II commitments to support and back the servicemen. It emphasizes duty, sacrifice, and national resolve amid ongoing conflict. The message links civilian effort to military success and calls for unity and perseverance.
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