Vernal City Fire Threats Prompt Call for Fire Department
A destructive fire near Vernal highlights the town’s lack of fire protection. Fern discovered flames creeping from a flue, saving homes and much of Vernal’s business district. Citizens urge organizing a city fire department, pumping wells, and trained volunteers to protect properties. Also reports political conventions in Salt Lake City with Democratic candidate William H King leading in votes. Republican results incomplete.
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Salt Lake City
Congress
Willam H King
Dunbar
Blammond Wall
February 1900 Meteorological Summary Record
February 1900 weather report shows maximum temperatures of 60 degrees on the 25th and 20th, minimums of six degrees below on the 8th and 17th, and a mean of 27 Fahrenheit. It records mean max 376, mean rain temperature 17.2, total precipitation 12 inches, and 4 inches of snowfall for the month. Ground depth 6 inches on the 16th, 12 clear days, 15 partly cloudy, 1 cloudy, and prevailing wind direction noted. Observer remarks and five-year standard averages listed.
Vernal Committee Plans Benefit Ball for Mia Lisa Glenn
Businesspeople in Vernal organize a grand ball at the Social Hall next Friday to aid Mia Lisa Glenn who travels out for medical treatment. Tickets and donations welcomed, sales at local stores.
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Vernal
Socil Hall
Mia Lisa Glenn
Glorious Ward Gleanings and Local Happenings
Plowinge becomes the order of the day in the valley as Josephi Fenkinsia builds a 16 by 20 foot house and Thomas Mantle moves part of his home for renters. William Gillman and others return from the sawmill. Filder Melvin Pickup named second counselor to Thabop John A Workman. Mrs Bryant and family return with Judge Glinea after an extended rheumatic illness. M A Duke to teach South View school for three months starting next week. fifty pupils expected. The infant child of Mr and Mrs John Cross died last week. funeral held at home and burial in Vernal cemetery. John Shelton injured in a horse accident near Verna, hospitalized and delirious.
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Plowinge
Josephi Fenkinsia Bulding
Thomas Mantle
Melvin Pickup
Thabop John
Bryant
Glinea
Oast
Pieasanot View
South View
Elald
John Cross
Hy, Muska
John Shelton
Giding
Verna
Iamed Henry
Efo
Sovarn
White Hock Whittlings March 1 1000
A fragmentary county journal notes snow melt in the region, mentions a school event at Ouray with doctors expected for Uintah and Ouray Agency, and local social life. Various names appear for residents and visitors, with references to agency moves and cattle herds shifting toward the mountains.
Death of Mrs Murray at Vernal Home
Mrs Murray, only two months married, died yesterday afternoon at her parents’ home in Vernal after a sudden illness blamed on pregnancy related reflex action. Husband and relatives, plus Drs Howell and Bjornson, witnessed her decline marked by delirium and convulsions. She was a bright student and active in church groups, and her loss is mourned by the community. The funeral will be held at the Vernal ward house tomorrow at twelve o'clock with burial in the local cemetery.
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Poatl Murray
Thomas Kaorren
Doath
Bjornaon
Howell
Duchesne
Murray
Mayshia
Uiutah Stake Academy
Young Fadies Association
Feneral
Vernal
Romaine
Atl
Comoterr
Something Missing In This Land A Persevering Farmer
A rustic poem extols a farmer who tends a farm with cow and horse, eleven pigs, ten fighting cocks, and plenty of crops. It laments that despite steady labor and winter hay, farm incomes fall short, with the farmer unable to fix his worn home. The verse notes ongoing struggle to pay debts, and suggests perseverance alone may not reform rural livelihoods.
Size of sugar beets discussed at Wisconsin meeting
A Wisconsin agricultural college discussion noted beets for sugar weigh about two pounds each. The talk recalled a California exchange about beet sugar production and a failed venture with significant losses.
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Wisconsin
Iydea
Wisconsin Agricultural College
Califormia
Southern Lacifle Allied Company
San Arapascal
California
el Crocker
Beets and a Factory Failure Recalled
In a discussion about beet sugar, TJ argues large beets do not guarantee profitability. Col Crocker claims California beets weighed 20 to 30 pounds. The speaker counters that small beets, grown in quantity and quality, would have yielded success rather than failure.
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California
Col Crocker
Fence Wire Winder Made For Quick One Man Winding
A homemade device allows a single worker to wind barb wire quickly without injuring hands or clothing. The design uses an empty spool on a crowbar and a movable sled to maintain tension as the wire winds, with front wheels repurposed from old pulleys.
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Sevagtian Meyer, Jr
Teachers Institute Meeting at Central School
Uintah County teachers met at the Central School house on Saturday February 17 1900. Due to the secretary’s removal O V Harna was elected to fill the vacancy. With two members absent only one session was held and adjournment set for three weeks. Program included Psychology Memory and various subjects with Woodward Harris and others contributing.
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Uintah County
Central School House
O. V Harna
Mune
Rol Woodward
O V
Harris Experimenta
D L Michards
Rudy
le Woodward
Marrs
R L. Woodward
O Y
Harria
Castro Shot At Carnival In Venezuela No Effect
A stray report notes President Castro was fired upon twice during a carnival procession in Caracas, Venezuela, with no injuries reported. The chaotic incident is described amid other unsettled notes from regional events and legal proceedings.
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Carnnas
Venezuela
Castro
Tuterior Department
Uintah Timber Reserve
Olon
Curry
U. BP
Wilcox
Wyoming
Wen
Dodaon
Anzouag
Salt Lake County
Theald Jail
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Colorado
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Bosiut
Admiral Dewey
Corseta
Verpensey
Mi Spons
William Gillman
Eaton Boys
White Hock Whittlings
Salt Lake
Horsey
Ouray School
Uintah and
Ouray
Yomu
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Shephard Hay
Q Toan
Hiny
Myton
Thor
Poono Montes
Murray Sinea
Thay Hiyo Leon
Cutis Blake
Brush Creek
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Uto
Lim
Melios
Mrs Murray
Teachers Institute
Qrogon
Highland Boy
Bingham Torry
Thea Jury
Benbrook
Putnam
Cabal
Cco
Deering
Advance Threshers
Continental Steel
Leffel
Wardwood and
Leslie Ashton, Mangaer
Utah
Little Ghigago
Harry Yarmell
Stake Presidency
Tings Benmon J
John Merkley
Joseph Toward
Archie Richard von Joseph McKeeny En Ross, Or
I. N. Shaffer
Joseph Gardiner
Charles Hardy
Henry Abplanalp
Ghines, Ward
Jenren
Morris
Uintah Stake
Vernal Ward
White ‘School
Rock Point
TEE Home Boarding House
Tee Old
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Alara
Tim Hudyan
Wright
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