26 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1893
Page
1
A Salt Lake Herald report recounts a Danish man in American Fork who terrorized his wife with drunken abuse. A mob masked in white robes abducted him near a saloon and threatened him with hanging before releasing him. The incident drew sharp editorial attention on vigilant extralegal justice.
Two hundred fifty unemployed men trudged thirty one miles from Ghent to Brussels in heavy snow to seek jobs from the ministry of public works and the chamber of deputies. They sang revolutionary songs as crowds gathered and the minister promised to speed public works to provide employment.
The Illinois Supreme Court reverses the verdict in the Cronin murder retrial, remanding Coughlin for trial. Jurors Bontecoe and Clark found disqualified for prejudice, prompting the reversal. Justice Schofield and Judge Magruder dissent on reasons.
David Smith a 16 year old worker at Nelson & Smith’s sheep camp near White Rocks Skull Valley died ten days after being kicked in the stomach by a sheep. Inflammation of the stomach developed and led to death last Thursday. An inquest by Justice Bevan returned a verdict consistent with these facts. The deceased was a popular son and left his widow mother in hardship.
The Montana building showcases a eight foot solid silver statue of Ada Rehan as a Greek style woman. The piece weighs highly valued silver worth 835000 with a 10000 payment to the sculptor. It sits atop a two foot globe and holds scales and a sword symbolizing Montana's stance on silver.
A vivid depiction explains why the sea ebbs and flows. Ghostly imagery describes drowned sailors marching the sea floor and lifting waves as they advance and retreat, with sea moaning and spray illustrating the tides and the footprints washed away by undertow.
The article notes Earth sun distance about 99 million miles and Moon distance about 240 thousand miles. It states the sun is nearly 400 times farther than the moon and that sound reaching Earth from the sun would take about fourteen years, compared with light arriving in eight minutes.
In a new house with an electric bell a clever bird named Polly alerted the dining room when two burglars entered the dark room. The servants swiftly responded, catching the intruders before they could steal valuable silver.
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