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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
4
Local items report May rain in Vernal and a snow storm in Vernal from Wednesday last. Mentions Miss May Howard returning from Randlett, a benefit for Chas. Weist at Jake's hall, and a wife of William Whitbeck recovering. Advertisements promote millinery and clothing at Coltharp Co and Berns & Co, with notes on farm machinery ads and local theater events.
A terse advertisement promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation with a money back guarantee if not effective. It markets the product through a drug company selling direct to consumers, claiming universal cure and refund offer.
Notices of local events and figures include the Uintah Stake Academy planning Commencement Day on Friday May 13 with expected strong attendance and invitation cards to the evening party. Also reported are Toho McKeachnie's death, land rental details, and wartime troop muster at Fort Douglas with Governor H M Writs message.
Colonel Grant in Provo seeks volunteers from the DY academy. Representatives promise to enlist as many as possible in a body, awaiting a governor’s decision to telegram Salt Lake on Monday. Rio Grande Western mails opens a Chicago agency to promote Utah and provide information.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a blood cleanser to improve complexion. It claims the product stirs the liver to remove impurities and banish pimples blotches and blackheads, with prices of 10 25 or 60 cents and satisfaction guaranteed by Vernal Drug Company.
The Commonwealth reports new military support to Cuban insurgents including artillery batteries rapid firearms and ammunition. Gen Gomez is named to receive arms and expects delivery through government channels. Nascent weaponry aims to arm insurgent forces ready for action.
Anxiety over the American squadron under Admiral Dewey at Hong Kong grows as seven ships with 122 guns prepare to move toward the Philippines. Spanish harbors offer defense, but the U S fleet seeks a coal port in the Ethilopine Islands to avoid capture, while maintainers report secret cooperation with allied ships.
An April 13 1898 inquest in Dowd's ranch Preand No 6 Uintah County finds the shooting of T J Dowd by Reiser and George Dowd justifiable. Reiser and Dowd testified Dowd drew a pistol, a hatchet struck him, Reiser fired twice, Dowd was killed, jurors declare the act justifiable. The Atlanta Journal excerpt features a racial vignette about President Kimley and a storekeeper, ending with a homely misinterpretation about war and marriage.
U S buyers increasingly purchase Cascareta Candy Cathartio at about two million boxes annually and projected to reach three million by year end. Proclaimed as the year round bowel regulator, the product is urged by Voinal Ding Company with druggists carrying 25 cents per box.
A telegram dated April 30 1898 from Salt Lake City requests Pres K B Collett to collect names and addresses of all able bodied men aged 21 to 45 of good character who wish to enlist in the Utah volunteer army.
An advertisement touts Cascarela Candy Cathartic as a cure all for various ailments claiming constipation causes many illnesses. It promotes C O D sales with prices 10 25 and 50 cents and offers a free sample and booklet from Vernal Drug Company. Also seeks a stock ranch near Vernal Utah with an address request for details in April and May.
A brief note records several small pigs at Sala on the John N. Davis ranch. The report names Cheater White and Berkshire among the litter.
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