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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1910
Page
5
A collage of humorous vignettes and folk speech reveals anecdotes about a Georgia youth accused of stealing chickens, a daughter puzzled by stepmother notions, a boy correcting a teacher on cleanliness, a driver praising autos as distractions, and light contrasts on English baseball customs. The pieces mix regional dialect with gentle irony and small town life.
An article extols Grape Nuts and Postum as healthful, claiming a meatless breakfast aids digestion and blood quality. It emphasizes natural phosphate from grains and nitrogenous reform of albumen to support brain and nerve function with a few days of use.
A humorous item from the Kansas City Journal details a would‑be suitor, an auctioneer by trade, asking a young woman three times to marry him. She initially wavers but agrees, after recognizing the auctioneer’s profession, with a playful twist.
A garbled collage of quoted lines and faux conversations from theatres and shops. The text mixes remarks about consent ambition and fashion with comic asides and a street crowd mood, resembling overheard snippets rather than a coherent piece.
Fifty workers clearing a previous slide at Ytogera Pass near Rogers Pass in the Selkirk range were killed when a larger slide buried them in a canyon. Fourteen injured taken to hospital. The crew operated a rotary engine over the debris when the avalanche struck. Many escaped. deaths concentrate among white men with some Japanese workers. Conductor Buckley and Engineer Phillips of the work train were killed.
The Senate approved the postal savings bank bill by fifty votes to twenty two. The Smoot and Borah amendments were included but the Cummins war restrictions on government security investments failed 18 to 40. The bill allows post offices to accept one dollar or more and place funds into local peaks under a trustees board. Deposits capped at 500 per depositor, with 100 per month. Interest set at 2 percent. banks must pay at least 2.25 percent.
A man finds Jerem Lillia, a millionaire banker, at his home early Sunday and is assaulted by John P Cudshy a wealthy packer. Cudshy is arrested for disturbing the peace on $100 bond and may be at St Marks hospital in critical condition with crisscross knife wounds to face arms and legs.
A Duluth reader recalls a Sunday school prize story about a poor man who resists drunkenness, finds gold, and wins the rich woman's hand. The piece laments moral rewards and notes on farm food, Quaker Oats, and brief glimpses of humorous vignettes from period publications.
Long testimonial letter feature praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. Personal stories claim tumor remission without surgery, neuralgia and backache relief, and general restoration of health. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for free guidance from Lynn Massachusetts.
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