Vernal Mill and Light Company plans four more miles of wire
Electrician CG A Johnson returned from Salt Lake City to Vernal to install four miles of new light wires west of town. The project aims to bring electric lighting to farms and residents, offering cheap power for about two dollars a month and inviting households to abandon coal oil. Local stores push mid summer sales and contests as heat records linger at 94 degrees.
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Vernal Milling & Light Company
CG. A Johnson
Salt Lake City
Vernal
Vernal Tt
Vernal school trustees election up this July
Voters will elect two school trustees in the Vernal district with terms expiring Siddoway and Popo, who has moved away. The election is set for the week starting Monday July 12.
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Commerce
Vernal
Siddoways
John Popo
Northeastern Utah Seeks Fish Hatchery for Uintah Basin
A letter argues for a state fish hatchery in Utah's Uintah Basin to stock trout in distant mountain streams. The writer cites long overland routes and failed prior attempts, urging Governor and Fish and Game Commissioner Fred W. Chamberlain to approve a hatchery, noting Deputy Warden O D B Atwood and Wardens' influence.
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Utah
O DB Atwood
Marcellus Pope
Fred W. Chambera
Local Camp Notes and Marital News From the Mine
The report lists a string of camp happenings including Mr G B R Scott’s luck at drilling and two rings of topa, Mrs Sorensen running the boarding house with a new buggy and harness, and births with a son born to Mr and Mrs Banks. It notes reduced work at the American Asphalt company, ship shipments of wool, and travel of Bishop Colton to Idaho for milling news. Also mentions Koehler meeting his sister, Emerald Oil waiting for a cable, and Mrs Mattia Sales nursing Mr Banks’s wife as they care for their new boy.
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Scott
Mra Sorensen
Bishop Colton
Idaho
Naeily
Bazler Pass
Koehler
Mach
Hl J Chatwin
Jensen
Wm Oneill
Emerald Oil Company
Rangeley
Colo
Mattia Sales
Fruita
Wi. A. Banks
Papa
Free Organ Contest Promises 11000 Concert Organ Prize
In Vernal Express promotions by Bow Davis & Company on July 6 1909 a free 11000 pipe concert organ is offered to the top vote getter in a contest running on ten votes per dollar spent. Second and lower prizes include certificates toward organ and graphophone purchases, with weekly vote tallies published.
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Columbia
Merrills Ward
John Mgan
America
BOW Davis & Company
Vernal Express
Bentleman
Anyward
W. Davis & Company
Milford Street Improvement Day Sets City Example
Good Roads notes Milford Utah, a progressive town, holds annual travel day when most businesses close and residents join to repair and beautify the main street. The editor suggests other towns adopt similar efforts to advance local infrastructure.
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Tere
Milford
Utah
Vernil
Closing Day for Road Work Promises Wide Benefits
Citizens rally to a communal project with work days to mend and build roads. The effort aims to benefit all, ensuring improved travel and local access as the community joins in for construction and repair.
Estray Horses Public Auction Notice Utah Uintah
Public notice from Uintah County Utah Naples precinct lists two estray horses taken up June 26 1909 by J W Olsen. The sale of the animals will occur July Sunday 1909 at 2 pm at the keeper’s Naples place. One buckskin horse branded J J left thigh and one bay horse branded Tix left shoulder. Damages of one dollar each noted. Bascom signs.
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Utah
Uintah
Naples
J W
Olsen Jn
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy Promoted in 1872 History
In 1872 a cholera and diarrhoea remedy named Cisimberlaina Calle gained rapid use amid widespread diarrhoea and dysentery. The text claims it remained unbeaten for thirty five years, expanding across the United States and abroad. It notes druggists often recommend it, and highlights Vernal Drug Co as a seller.
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Fantum
United States
Vernal Drug Co
Oatmeal Gains Fame as Prime Health Food
Advertises Quaker Oats as the world’s top oatmeal praised by government and Yale experts. Claims cereal eaters are strongest and healthiest and promotes regular and family package sizes for city trade.
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Europe
Yale University
Quaker Qate
Community celebration committee named with local leaders
The Information Committee lists leadership for the July celebration with LGU chairmen and executives including J. J. Bullock LW Davis l D Nebeker and HEB Decorations chief. Events noted include patriotics, rodeo style broncho riding and field spats at Woodward Field.
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LGU
J. J. Bullock
Davis
Nebeker
Charles de Ila
Meagher Howe
McNeill
Sumner
Stage holdup trial updates cited by officials
Ue Works J. W Pope and Wm H Siddeway appear in a report noting the execution committee’s involvement in recent stage robbery case developments. The fragment references refreshments and names alongside an ongoing legal process.
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J. W Pope
Wm H Siddeway
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Aik
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Dig 4
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Bracken
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Kapresa
Woodard
The
Wun
Horis
Balburgan
Paris
Bracken Clothing Company
Ulotah County
Dan IL
Fhiiman
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Papp
Longacre
Mack
Heaton
Rifle
Cole
Éid
Howe
Ashley Co-Op
Denver
Salt Lake
U. S
Calder Bros
Uintah Co
PHONE
Vernal 16
PR. Potter
Vernal, Utah
Ashley Valley
Perblaze
Western Nan
First Blaze
My Place
Young
Uintah Feed
Sumacr Bros
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