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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
3
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item cites a witty remark claiming an ordinary oyster harbors 40 000 to 80 000 germs, contrasting with a church fair oyster as a humorous exaggeration. The note showcases a playful exchange on microscopic life and common seafood.
A Chinaman named Lae Tong was hanged at Apokane Week after publicly declaring religion. An important notice announces a February 15 effective traveling public mileage program by the Rio Grande Western Railway allowing RGW mileage holders to travel Colorado trips on multiple connected lines without extra mileage purchases, via agents of the RGW.
Philadelphia resident Mary McDonald asserts a 134 year age claim citing a pink paper story about a 128 year old woman in Ellerton. The piece also mentions a Salt Lake City savings bank with officers including Wilford Woodruff and Geo Q Cannon.
Thres More Charltea Goode, a Black Hawk war veteran, died at Balmont. Wiscoe marked 1034th anniversary of birth. Mrs William Caynor of Stafford, Ma, died aged 100, mother of thirteen, with over 400 descendants. Maria Benson celebrated her 100th birthday in Windsor Conn, daughter of a Revolutionary soldier.
A small paper from Muruelayille discusses the claim of a positively cured habit labeled Hom o Frontment written by B inrautes and questions the validity of a treatment for Ne Madicine. The article mentions Stano and Augustano and notes local skepticism about the cure.
A western tour guide boasted about a western town by saying Rome wasn't built in a day, prompting a curious visitor to press for the feature that makes the city unique. The exchange underscores local pride during a tour of a major western town.
The regular summer session at Salt Lake Business College begins June 7. The program includes the same courses as the regular term with special work for teachers and students choosing to study during vacation. Box and contact details given for the college in Lake City.
A garbled historical sketch recounts Tombstone Brown a blind to social mores stagecoach of the West. It describes his rough path to California a move into Mendocino and Lake counties and the making of Tombstone Brown's Organ a frontier newspaper carved from a graveyard stone and printed along a canyon grade. The piece mixes tall tale with a legal blurb about Frank Cheney and a Toledo business notice ending with an unrelated patent remedy advertisement.
A Civil War era detachment stationed along a river entrenchment sends a brass band to entertain the general in chief. The general learns the musician’s score is a sealed book and orders the band silenced during a meal. A naval commander later jokes about a shipboard band being thrown overboard for loud music.
A New York Herald note reports women turning discarded snake skins into decorative garments for bazaar stalls. A savant stores cast skins in glass cases and notes buyers, especially Indies, seek ready made serpent apparel for Easter bazaars, while he laments depleted stock and seasonal demand.
A lively dialogue features a chemist who corrects a mislabeling of authorhip. The speaker admits not being an author but a chemist, noting that every book he writes ends up as a drug on the market, in a witty exchange with Horace.
A collection of wry aphorisms on marriage wealth and fame. The quips contrast human folly with social norms, noting how wealth and authority interact with relationships. The piece ends with a sharp observation on nations preaching peace while building battleships.
The notice promotes Plymouth Red Tag Twine as the premier binding twine and offers a guarantee: if a ball bearing the brand is defective return to Salt Lake City premises for replacement, with a double return offer. Depots listed include Idaho Falls Mont Fork Idaho Logan Provo American Fork Spanish Fork Nephi Mantl.
Bizarre bidding scene described with a gold mounted Carrara marble mantel piece and an Eiffel Tower movement as a crowd yells bids in cents and dollars. An attendee demands a higher offer while others joke about refunds if seats are ripped.
A waterspout struck James Branders farm near Monticoella Town demolishing the residence. Branders his wife their child and two farm hands were killed in the disaster.
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