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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1924
Page
5
Catlin shale oil from Elko plant is described as dark brown and greasey to touch with by products including flotation oil paraffin and lubricating oil. Seventy workers now operate at the mine and plant as four miles of ore car tracks support extensive shale blocks and future development plans.
In Uintah County residents urge action to support doctors who donate to the poor and face heavy overhead. They propose county hospitals or a better pay system, warning that unpaid accounts threaten continued service and urging prompt payment from those who can afford it. Signed by AY, G O Donnell, Q H Christy, H E Rich, and J M Francke, M D.
The Randlett Parent-Teachers Association held a lively December meeting headlined by W. L. Woolf of Roosevelt who gave a radio concert. Attendees heard a Hastings Nebraska and other distant places program via telephone. George Phillips of Myton gave a lecture on June 17, with music by Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rice of Fort Duchesne and Mrs. Phillips. Refreshments were provided by Mesdames Knight McMullen Hancock and Harrison.
Arrangements are set for Leadership Week at Brigham Young University with daily 1:30 p.m. college hall programs led by church and university leaders. Evening events include a get acquainted party, band concert, one act plays, pageant and musical program, inter-collegiate debate, and an alumni reception. A day nursery and various exhibits, plus many listed dignitaries and speakers, accompany the events.
A brutal cold snap causes widespread suffering from frozen extremities to deaths. An eight month old is found frozen, police sergeant John McDonald dies of exposure. Buildings cannot stay warm, schools close, elevators freeze, trains delay, and ships face port restrictions as Canada records 50 below zero.
Mr and Mrs Will Thomas moved from the John N Davis ranch to Jacob N Lybbert s Naples farm. Fred Roberts suffers inflammatory rheumatism and stays with his brother Myron Roberts. A Relief Society sleighing party of over fifty members spent two hours socializing before the noon meal.
Claud and Gerald Morley of Price stop by and greet friends in town. Frank Huber returns from Utah trips with Heber City. Etta Alexander Lew Galley Vernal visitors share updates. Teachers attend institute in Vernal. May Lea attends wedding dance hosted by Mr and Mrs Golden Winn. Dr Myers Whiterocks and Mr Boyer Salt Lake City drop in. Vernal guests at meeting with Herold Lundell Haller Witbeck. Henry Lee and wife in Vernal on business. Mrs Ray Nebeker and daughter visit ill father John Bell in Glinesward. Card party hosted by Mr and Mrs Rile Blackburn. Teachers blocks party for C A Curtis and spouse. School cistern completed. students grateful for water. Wil Alfredy from coal mining visits town. Dance crowd from here attends Leeton event. Littles Morgan Harrison ill but improving.
Utah's congressional delegation urges support for a vocational rehabilitation bill. The state industrial commission reports favorable replies from delegates, praising continuance of rehabilitation services for disabled men.
Representatives and senators voice backing for HM R 4166 to extend the federal rehabilitation act. Don B Celton reports no opposition in Congress and aims for early committee consideration. Reed Smoot and other leaders pledge careful review as soon as possible.
The legend of Comanche the horse endures as the sole living witness to Custer’s last rally. Keogh’s charger survived Battle of the Little Bighorn wounds and was later saved by Lieut Nowlan. Comanche lived at Fort Lincoln until 1879 then traveled to Fort Meade and died near Fort Riley. his skin is mounted in the Dyche Museum at the University of Kansas.
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