Local items from Vernal and surroundings
Local notices report Browne and wife departing for the World’s Fair, shop ads for L Johnson Co and Woodruff Co, a pie plant for sale, and preparations for Decoration Day. A steam artesian well crew works on Main and Vernal streets while the Co-Op advertises McCormick mowers and binders. J H Brownell faces grand larceny bonds over a $470 check. A deputy chase ends with S P Christensen jailed briefly for peace breach. Births include a son to Dee McCarrol.
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Utah
Vernal
Big Horn
Mr. Browne
First South
First West
Messrs Black and Franks
Humorous Exchanges From Light-Hearted Panels
A collage of cartoon captions and quips from period papers features a dying woman joke, a floorwalker slippers gag, a cold remedy line, a marriage choice quip, and a birth toast. The snippets showcase early 20th century humor and social banter across fictional speakers and daily life observations.
Explosion at La Junta electric plant tears building apart
A massive blast at 6:55 PM destroyed the La Junta electric light plant killing one man, injuring a boy, and damaging adjacent mills. Engineer Charles Shepherd died after being thrown 60 feet, while the plantowner, Denver firm Biccomb Brannon, faced a total loss of $23,000. The accident likely stemmed from a boiler overpressure during repairs.
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la Junta Cola
Rocky Mt
LaJunta
Charles Shepherd
Loveland
Iil
Lester Admunda
bicComb & Brannon
Denver
la Junta Planing Mill
Planing
Bently
Shepherd
District No 3 Seeks Bids for Frame School House
The school board will receive bids until May 20 1898 for erecting a frame school house. For details contact W R Green Secretary. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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W. R. Green
W. R. Greenj
Just the Other Wary in Des Moines Argoneut
Fragment from a Des Moines Argoneut snippet features dialogue about a wife and marriage. Adonis laments a wife’s meddling while a matronly friend reassures that married women avoid such trouble.
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Adonis
Des Moines Argoneut
Fragmented Interview and Snippet from Pittsburgh Dispatch
A garbled dialogue from the Pittsburgh Dispatch includes a mock interview with a Dolflero and casual phrases about living places housing and croquettes. Another fragment mentions a jeweler and a magnetized watch. A stray exchange with Jim Treckey references a person seeking a young lady and a dynamo or electric car context.
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Jim Treckey
Puels
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Vernal Express
P. O
M. Browne
L. Johnson & Co’s
White’s Resturant
Samuel Campbell
Woodruff & Co
Stake House
McCormick
J. H. Brownell
Ed Earl
Alf Anderson
Ft. Duchesne
Salt Lake
Brownell
Ed Harl
Karl
S. P. Christensen
Antler
Charley Carroll
H. S. Collins
Whites Restarant
First West Street
Justice Bills
Ashley Precinct
Christensen
Chris
Dee McCarrol
Dutchy
Cholly
Brooklyn Life
Texas
Clearsay
Jones
W.C
Vernal Street
Dolflero
Aly
Pittsburgh Dispatch
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