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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
4
A Lansing Michigan column urges a driver to slow for a child in the street. It recalls a boy spared by a mother and father who sacrificed for his future, asking what excuse a driver could offer if harm comes to a child. The piece pleads to value life over speed.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss a national highway network and car ownership as driver of tourism. References to Roosevelt, federal guidance, and railways hint at a policy push. compares travel, roads, and regional visits with mixed details and numerous garbled names and places.
Mrs Win Hi Biddoway and Mrs George E Adams will attend the wedding of Mrs Siddoway's granddaughter Dorothy Taylor in Los Angeles. Before returning home they plan to visit the Exposition in San Francisco. Dr A G Boyle, formerly of Como Bluff Wyoming, has retired and owns a claim with a fossil dinosaur skeleton on display. A sewing club met at Mrs Jim Nickell's home with Rose Butcher as president and Iola Anderson as secretary and organizer, with Amy Gardner reporting.
Mr and Mrs George Cook and their daughter Mildred of Price were visiting here over the weekend.
Roosevelt City issued a building permit for Utah Oil Company to construct a storage and bulk plant south of the Peppard property on Main Street. The plant will act as a distribution point for Utah Oil stations from Fruitland to Vernal, with additional stations current under construction in Vernal and Duchesne.
The lurid note claims killer bandits Waller St Sau veur 19 and Wallace Green 21 faced death by electric chair in Massachusetts on Wednesday, but a reprieve was granted as executioner Rob ert Eliott fears he could be electrocuted. Electricians work to make the chair safe while a scientist Dr A C Boyle is praised for his expertise and a dredge gold possibility is hinted. The writer also notes the Uinta mountains run east west and urges advertising such wonders.
Community members including Eunice Simper Naomi Slaugh, Goodrich family, and Edna Lybbert gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Rex Mais in Las bh for a Wednesday visit. Mr and Mrs Joe Atwood hosted and Mrs Schofield joined the group. Alfie Simper’s daughter Alderson was noted for Salt Lake Friday. Pearl Jenkins visited Saturday. Viola Goodrich and Edward Watkins visited the Gilsonite Mine. J C Buist and Clifton Atwood planned trips to Calitea and Manila respectively, with Atwood employed there.
Mrs Adelia MacDonald, widow of George D MacDonald buried recently, left Vernal Friday feeling the town had improved her view of Verna. Local nurse Mrs Jane Murray lauds the hospitality received during Mr MacDonald’s last illness and the overall kindness shown travelers passing through Strawberry and Vernal, noting the warm reception and generous help from residents.
An OCR fragment from a 1938 era newspaper shows garbled lines about power and light reports, payments, and related activities. The readable parts reference Towada and various placeholders for accounts, dates, and ledger entries, but the text is heavily damaged and incomplete.
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