Pioneer Day notices and local ads fill Provo region page
Local items urge submission by Monday for Hext issue and by Wednesday for advertisements. Reports mention Provo Dispatch explanation delays, Pioneer Day events July 23 to 24, a Vernal dance, cabinet prices at Leeka and Dalzell, and Drs. Butler and Collins aiding valley health. Also notes a court case of John Jarvey, and Davis promotions from Fort Duchesne area.
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Hext
Lovka
Dalzell
Edward Reitz
Leeka
County official resignations pursued by court petition
Long running rift between the county court and county attorney plus a dispute with another county officer culminated at the court session. A petition with sixteen names demanded the resignation of Mr Camps, and the court complied. It remains unclear if Camps will resign gracefully or resist.
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Camps
Camp
Pearl Stewart 15 Dies Amid Family Grief in Natural Cause Verdict
The Stewart family mourns Pearl Stewart aged 15 and a half after an inquiry found death from natural causes due to rupture of a blood vessel and internal hemorrhage. Services were at the residence with remarks by local figures. burial followed as relatives and friends paid respects. The report rejects an artificial cause and notes heavy lifting as a risky factor.
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Esli Stewart
Pearl
Wm. McKee Sr
J. H. Worsley
Alma Timothy
Gov. Billings
Stewart
Hier AO
Question of Veracity Between Sheriff and Dispatch
A Provo Utah letter from July 8 1892 defends Thomas Fowler against claims by the Dispatch and editor W M Soutex of the Vernal Express. The missive asserts Fowler helped capture fugitives Kemp ton Lee and Fraughton and disputes misstatements about Heber hospitality and credit.
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Provo City
Vernal Express
Tex
Heber
Vernal
Provo Legoc
Hepheve ii
Thomaas Fowern
Thos. Fowler
Dispatch
Jones
Altho
Kempton
Lee
Fraughton
Mr. Fowler
W. M. Soutex
Ed Exrerss
Fire escape novel device tested on Chicago Masonic temple
A correspondent reports a new pocket fire escape tested from the Chicago Masonic temple. The device uses a thin metallic tape on a steel reel with a brake and automatic tension to control descent, ending with a thumb screw to hook to a sill. The inventor descended from the twentieth story to ground amid observers.
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Masonic Temple
Chicago
Shim
Theo
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Fort Duchesne
Dalzell’s
Co-op
L. Johnson & Co’s
F. D. Huish
Trices
Glenn
Butler
Collins
Provo
Ashley Town
Red Stockings
Ashley
John Jarvey
Brown’s Park
Christenson
Green River
Squire Billings
Pope
Messrs
Ashton and
Hullinger
Dirogt
Uintah
J. W. Davis
F. B. Wes
P. S
Fower
United States Indian Senvior
Uintah Agency
James Reed
Robert Waugh
U.S. Ind. Agt
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