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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
4
The piece laments state lawmakers pushing their own bills leading to absurd and harmful statutes. It argues for broad repeal of outdated laws, keeping only those grounded in common sense and state protection. The author likens the legal system to a complex machine needing many operators.
Local residents report visits from relatives and friends, including Mr. and Mrs. William Vernon Maeser returning from Salt Lake City and others from the Reservation. The Teguwan club hosts dances, fly trap demonstrations occur at the Vernal Commercial club, and community members attend church and social events amid travel to Salt Lake City and nearby towns.
From vital statistics the article notes 3 800 daily deaths in America and 6 500 daily births. It claims yearly totals near 4 400 000 deaths and about 2 000 000 births in the United States, and world totals around 48 000 000 births and 28 000 000 deaths when scaled by twenty. The piece discusses murder and self harm deaths and asserts no immediate danger of widespread self inflicted mortality.
Pat Donovan a retired section foreman born in a railroad section house recalls a life tied to the tracks The old home of sixty years remains his until he passes on as passenger trains rush toward Effingham Illinois where he greets train crews from the porch of the beloved section house.
A motivational piece urges tuning in to Opportunity like radio programs. It advises patience to locate valuable programs, warns against overreaching, and promotes broadening reach with reasonable effort. It suggests spring advertising as a tonic for business and cites a proposed Illinois bill to restrict ticket sales to box offices to curb scalpers.
A farewell gathering was held for Lewis J. Workman and family who plan to move to Salt Lake City. He has worked there the past winter and the family leaves as active ward members. Mrs Vaughn O Nell will manage the cook house at the road camp now stationed near White Rocks. Ina Gardner visited her parents in Ver nal while working at Martin Millinery in Ver nal. Clarence Reynolds suffered a broken leg in a mishap last Saturday while playing.
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