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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
1
Dan H Hillman states the paper will continue under present management with debts and liabilities assumed. He recalls nursing the paper from infancy in a frontier town over a hundred miles from railroad access and expresses optimism about future patronage under the motto Onward and upward.
The Salt Lake Herald reports a Vermont style controversy in Uintah county with allegations the Vernal bench was compromised by intoxicants during the last session. The paper accuses Judge Dusenberry of misconduct and calls for resignation or impeachment while defending his diligence and urging fair treatment of officials and residents.
Uintah County Utah invites sealed bids for its first bond issue of two twenty year bonds and one thirty six thousand one hundred twenty five dollar bond dated July 1 1897 at Vernal. Bids due July 13 1897 open at the County Clerk office with five percent certified check.
The notice lists weekly board at 360 dollars and monthly board at 12 dollars with lodging extra. It notes a good feed, stable and corral, and connection with a hotel.
An old advertisement notes Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised by a Indianapolis family and cites rail passes for golf and Elks conventions. It lists dated travel offers from Grand Junction to Denver and Minneapolis with limited return windows and extended stay options, reflecting era transportation pricing and health product promotion.
The Uintah County teachers met at Centre School House on June 19 1897 to arrange a two week summer session at Central School House beginning June 28. Aimed at improving teaching with drawing as a feature, the program requires attendees to hold or obtain a certificate via Seaschool law. A $100 ration fee covers the entire course. Exams follow the session and applicants must pass Pedagogy History Arithmetic Reading Writing Geography Physiology Nature Studies Grammar Spelling and Drawing. N G Sowards Co Supt.
The Cosmopolitan reports the Special Commissioner Julian Hawthorne sent to inspect famine and plague in India faces official hesitation yet undertakes the perilous task, aiming to reveal real conditions to the world amid mass deaths and jubilee year discourse on modern education and subscription accounts.
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