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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
4
Citizens of Utah show keen interest in the new cigarette bill passed by lawmakers. The article urges newspapers to publicize the law so every resident knows their duties, and calls for cooperation with officers to enforce a ban on tobacco sales to minors. It stresses public support for strict enforcement and civic aid.
A western city meat market and a gentlemen’s furnishings shop swapped display windows for a week. Meat, sausages, and pork were shown in the haberdashery while clothing windows showcased meat and hats. Shoppers entered the opposite store, bought items, and laughed at the clever carousel of displays. An old timer warned if that was hootch’s act he would cut it out.
The piece argues that wealth concentration is misperceived and uses IRS data to show incomes below 50 000 rising while those above fall. It notes mass income rose from 15 924 639 355 in 1918 to 23 735 629 183 in 1920 and concludes the poor grow richer while the rich shrink, challenging economic rhetoric.
An editorial decries rising vehicle fatalities in a major city with over a hundred deaths in two months. It blames lax laws and weak prosecutions, warns immigrants flood the nation, and contrasts child supervision with loose youth behavior, urging stronger moral and legal action.
A collage of humorous quips and satirical verses poking at finances marriage age age progressions and ad jingles. Lines reference Preservation of the Makeup Man religion earnest subscribers and a Lincoln dog joke in a playful retro tone.
A Los Angeles motor truck company sues a movie actress after she lifted her skirts while crossing a muddy street and allegedly caused two trucks to crash and be wrecked. The firm argues for driver blinders as a remedy.
Annie K Bartlett, born in Denmark and converted in the Norman church, walked from Missouri to Salt Lake City at twenty, settled in Salt Lake City 1866, and moved to Ashley Valley in 1879. She held church leadership roles, helped organize Uintah Stake, led Vernal Ward Primary, and served thirteen years as matron of Uintah Academy under Dr Karl G Maeser, shaping girls with virtue and high ideals.
A restless recollection of holidays and church routine unfolds through a child's diary style notes. It mentions Easter, missing Sunday school due to a fall, local figures like Mister Henderson, Mr. Mayor Barnes, and town events, shop visits, marriages, and social concerns, ending with a sense of daily life and a community in motion.
Pearl Larsen Eaton, alumna of the class of 1899, taught fourteen years in county public schools including Vernal Central. She studied at BYU in 1909 and explored extension work at the U and other colleges. She served with the Stake Sunday school board, authored works, spent two years in the Central States Mission, and later married President Ernest Eaton becoming a Stake Y L M A member.
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