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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1930
Page
4
A garbled miscellany quotes proverbs on money beauty and effort and notes a freight train robbery. The prose touches on lack of wealth keeping a boy after school and a dig at old fashioned dances fading away. It reads as a patchwork column with dated reflections.
A reflective note stresses the importance of cooperation in communities. It argues harmony enables improvements and that diverse groups can find common ground through give and take to advance development and moral progress.
An editorial urging free thought within bounds to avoid division. It stresses unity in a community of interests, cooperation with other communities and nations, and the need for harmony in business and social life to build Vernal and progress. It warns that division leads to mediocrity and disaster and calls for collective advancement.
The piece notes how corner mug sharing in barber shops faded as safety razors rose. Patrons once kept individual mugs with gift scrolls and names, but now few shops keep them and many do not use them. Sanitation concerns and changing habits reduce such customs.
An early discussion notes that the record industry is a booming business beyond talking machines and should engage young Americans. The piece emphasizes the importance of mastering recording trades as a national economic opportunity.
A motivational piece urges every young person to strive for a personal record by improving work at school or on the job. It emphasizes promotion for those who stand out from the common crowd and echoes Carnegie's call to do more than just duty.
A historical editorial argues railroad police cut robbery losses 93 percent from 1920 to 1923 and deter crime by relentless pursuit. It urges cities to adopt swift apprehension to reduce crime and warns crime thrives under excess laws and graft until a new approach is adopted.
The article urges Americans to prefer American goods and to buy locally to support home businesses and schools. It argues that local taxes fund schools and public improvements, and that a healthy town relies on vibrant business, progressive homes, and a strong newspaper promoting local prosperity.
Residents of the Uintah Basin demand that any sale of the Denver and Salt Lake and the Moffat tunnel include a binding obligation to build a railway line through the Uintah Basin from Craig to Provo, Utah, and continue their long effort for outside-world rail access.
A spring season call urges individuals to adopt a personal code of ethics for self improvement. It compares house cleaning to civic effort and urges repairing friendships, discarding disappointment, improving mood, beating past work, and erasing fear and greed with a steadfast stand against waste.
A health expert warns that frequent laughing can lead to weight gain if calories are consumed later. The note cautions against using laughter as a weight control method and urges balanced habits during the summer months.
The excerpt contrasts people admiring skilled work with those who seek quick gain. It notes how some ignore profound craftsmanship until disaster looms, while others collect money or blessings as bystanders observe a wreck and its debris.
Report states natives on government reservations may scalp enemies even at this late historical period amid a craze described as sutomaple, reflecting violent tribal actions within restricted communities.
A college professor asserts wealth is a disease and argues most people are effectively vaccinated against it in youth, prompting discussion on morality and economics.
Advocates push for a thirteen month year while the government issues new paper currency to improve the money supply, though proponents stress the real need is more money in circulation.
Under direction of the Community Activity Committee the Friday program featured original numbers by local performers. Owen Goodrich Loren Ross Charlen Glines and Ray McKee wrote and sung comic and serious songs. Musicians and readers included Bart Meikley LaZeil Kitchen Joseph Ones Bishop Morrill Martha Morrill Ethel Goodrich Alicea Mecham Leland Morrill and Alm Mecham with Farrell Mecham assisting at the closing minstrel stunt.
The Uintah High School Girls and Boys Leagues held their second meetings on Friday February 24. Gladys Blaugh led the Girls meeting with songs and a talk on character. Principal Olsen addressed the Boys on honesty and self-image.
The speaker seeks a birthday saxophone for a boy. A shop assistant declares a chosen instrument out of order and promises to wrap it up, confirming the plan to purchase despite the flaw.
Jensen Ward led a Sunday School Conference with Sander and Smith speakers. Sander discussed universal laws and orthodox spirituality while Smith emphasized religion through scientific facts and the divine spark within. MacConkie praised the organization and its work, and Dudley spoke on human advancement.
A fragmentary verse about a mother who keeps going when ill, smiling through pain and insisting she will be fine after a good sleep. The piece touches on gendered notions of sickness in women and a caregiver dynamic.
A catalog farmer waiting for corn to grow sees prices fall from 00 to 30 cents. He slips on a railing and falls, lying in the sun. Grasshoppers eat his clover, bees take honey, tenants nest in the eaves, and Sears Roebuck takes his money.
A teacher illustrates gravity by recounting Isaac Newton and an apple fall. A boy quips that had Newton stayed in class reading books nothing would have been discovered.
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