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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
5
A youth tells a vain woman fearing sin that her beauty haunts her as she passes a mirror. Father Healy answers with dry humor, calling it not a sin but a minor error of judgment in this Irish tale from Youths Companion.
The text promotes a refreshing tea drink for hot weather. It advises using fresh water at a furious boil and steeping five to nine minutes before transferring tea leaves to another pot. A lemon slice completes the cooling beverage, urging readers to choose good tea to avoid spoilage.
A garbled exchange mentions Hlewlett's Getting Even Waxter Baxter and an officer confrontation. The text references a tall person, a brother who is an artist, and a line about ladies hosiery. The source is a messy OCR fragment with unclear context and speakers named Vera and Fileg.
A collapsed log bullpen in Waterville North Carolina near the Smoky Mountains traps inmates, with twelve believed killed and many injured. Convicts leased by the state for the Trans Continental railroad were inside when the roof slid 65 feet down the mountainside. Several prisoners showed bravery during rescues and requests for clemency will be sent to the governor.
Two aviators perish at the start of the Vincennes to London return race as Captain Princeton and Le Martin crash during early flight. The event opens the European circuit race with multiple stops and a deadly midair explosion and collision.
Drowned in Great Salt Lake at Saltair Sunday, Elvans 50, a well known Jackson Ohio businessman, was swimming in heavy salt water for the first time and likely unaware of the dangers. He struggled and died as bathers nearby could not assist in time.
Mrs George Helms, wife of a baker, shot and killed her two children in their Oakland home early Sunday morning. One infant and a year and a half old child were slain in their cribs while asleep before she killed herself. Neighbors said she had been melancholy and she and her husband had ongoing disagreements.
Washington reports strong patronage for the postal savings system with western cities leading. Lebanon obituary notes former Kentucky Governor James Proctor Knott died at 82, once a prominent Democratic speaker in Congress.
Sixty Magonist fighters, last of a 300 strong band in Mexicali, accepted 600 dollars from Madero on Saturday, surrendered their weapons and crossed the border into Calexico California, ending hostilities.
After a 36 hour delay due to the International Seamen's Union strike, the Morgan line steamer Momus departed at 6 o'clock Sunday night from New York with more than 100 strikebreakers aboard bound for New Orleans.
Lightning struck the Shawnee Gas & Electric plant on Sunday, destroying the facility and leaving the city without power and transport services. A separate note reports a plotted assassination in Mexico City against Reyes, with leaders unnamed but identified as prominent revolutionaries.
A Milwaukee resident recalls a humorous incident where a deaf and dumb appeal prompt led to a prank. A door knock woke him from sleep and a young man delivered a small envelope marked for aid. He laughed at the irony and slammed the door.
University of Pennsylvania freshman Albert Tiedemann hesitates before voting for officers as a peer discusses proxy voting. The exchange includes a joking request for a proxy’s first name and a quip about leaving a home unguarded.
In a brief society snippet a girl and a suitor are counseled on marriage readiness. Styles of courtship echo era norms urging prudence and proper presentation before engagement or leap into married life. The column offers cautionary advice to brides and grooms in the local social page.
A woman confronts her husband about household duties and their daughter's perceived delicacy. He questions the daughter’s schoolwork and athletic involvement while she defends her daughter's toughness and ambition, faulting him for a lack of empathy.
Rev. George F. Culmer known as the bard of Oden marked his eighty sixth birthday. Born May 22, 1825 in Kent England he was named for King George IV. He served many years as a Methodist Episcopal minister before retirement and published poems in magazines and papers.
Prof J C Branner notes ants greatly shape geology in the tropics. Ant burrows reach 25 meters deep and ramify over vast areas, indicating their immense influence on soil formation and landscape development.
A sea captain’s wife recounts a tale of a stern passenger and a quarrelsome dinner table, describing how she repeatedly kicked the captain to restrain him. One day her vigorous kick drew a palm print on the mate’s face, prompting the bemused reply that his shin had carried the voyage.
At a late Sandringham shoot the order forbidding hen pheasant shooting was observed and a guest shot a hen near King Edward VII’s area. The king, aiming to spare the offender, remarked to Gurney, "Ah, what a man you are for the ladies," in a rare display of tact during the event.
A humorous exchange compares raising 600 chickens on a five foot lot with managing relatives in a flat. The party pits Wills against Gillis as they verbalize bustling domestic challenges.
A historical note describes Pavlov experiments showing digestive juices flow not from food presence but from mental anticipation. It argues a calm, pleasant mindset before meals triggers digestion while worry or anger suppresses it, urging a peaceful breakfast with appealing foods to promote health and happiness.
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