Utah News Notes and Local Tidbits
A colored woman Anna Keys fell from a foot bridge at Ogden and drowned Thursday. Salt Lake City seeks city county consolidation to cut officer salaries and shrink the council from fifteen to five. Park City miner Lon Nason was killed in a blasting accident last Friday at the Silver Wing, leaving a wife and three children. R G Miller of Price sold 920 acres deeded land 1800 acres state land and 7000 acres leased to N Neilson who will stock with 16000 ewes. An Illinois editor gathered 1000 dozen eggs for San Francisco sufferers for breakfast for several days. Utah Press Association left Salt Lake City May 14 for Los Angeles coast trip over the San Pedro road, trip postponed from April 10 due to a washout. Alfred Bennion brother of Senator Harden Bennion died in Salt Lake City of spinal meningitis contracted from a sheep herder who died a week earlier. Authorities call the disease highly contagious. Colorado boosters plan moving cliff dwellings from Southern Utah to Colorado Springs near Manitou to resemble Utah ruins. Gov. Cutler opposes looting. Old Geronimo now in Oklahoma preaches the gospel with sermon “The Lord is My Shepherd I shall not Want.” The Chicago and St Louis fairs’ big Ferris Wheel—built 1893 at $360,000, weighing 4,600 tons—was toppled by 200 pounds of dynamite to clear the grounds. scrap value about $8,000. In Chicago owners earned $750,000 at fifty cents per ride in the fair.
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Anna Keys
Ogden
Salt Lake
Park City
Lon Nason
San Francisco
Utah Press Association
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
New San Tedro Road
Colorado
Utah
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Cutler
Geronimo
Mexico
Oklahoma
Chicago
St.Louis
St. Louis
Thorne works ranch and orchard hopes near Jensen
Jensen notes Mr Geo Thorne still at work on his ranch below the gorge. His son Leo brings fruit trees to plant, the location hailed as ideal for an orchard sheltered from winds. Miners return from the Wyoming borders with pumping gear awaiting transport. Mrs Richardson shows slow recovery. fishing excursions yield paystreaks but not enough for a plant.
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Geo. Thorne
Leo
Jensen
Mr. Thorne
Wyoming
K Ranch
David Richardson
Blood Letting in Adams Store Fight Ends with Fines
A Tuesday evening brawl in Adams Store led to Joe Tolliver striking a man named Canada with a coal pick and Canada returning blows with a revolver. Tolliver admitted hitting after an insult to his wife. Justice Wilson fined Tolliver forty dollars. Canada received medical treatment for facial injuries.
Sale of Animals in Naples Precinct Utah
Notice of sale of a three month old Gage steer held to secure $15 damages from May 15, 1906. The animal will be auctioned at the corral in Naples Precinct on May 26, 1900 at 10 oclock unless claimed. JW Olsen, Pound keeper, Naples Precinct.
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Utah
Uintah
Naples
JW. Olsen
J W Olsen
Vernal City Ordinance Amends City Officer Appointments
An ordinance amends Chapter 8 Section 23 of Vernal City revised ordinances to require the Mayor with City Council consent to appoint a City Attorney City Physician and City Poundkeeper at the first regular January meeting and every two years. The Mayor may remove with consent for cause after notice. The ordinance also allows appointment of several other officers during the Mayor and Council pleasure. Effective upon May 16 1806.
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Vernal City
Utah
Vernal Cty
Stomach Trouble Relief Reported by Jaisonta Resident
Mrs Sue Martin of Jaisonta Mississippi suffered stomach trouble for over six months. After using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets she recovered and now eats without issue. Sold by Waiter Lloyd Drug Company.
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Sue Martin
J’aisonta
Miss
Chamberlain
Lloyd Drug Company
Far East Notes and Oddities From Corea to China
A German tourist describes Corea with dog meat meals and a day starting at sunset. Viadivestock grows to a city of 50 000 as Khabvarofsk and Blago vestchensk rise. Gold mining prospers, though king takes 25 percent of earnings. Milk myths in China spark interest for American products. Arab music noted as a diva’s ruptured voice, splitting into multiple tones.
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Corea
Khabvarofsk
Blagovestchensk
Lin
China
Facts and Figures From The Nation’s Past Echoes
A collage of historical notes covers New York's 1604 charter, Mackenzie River length, vast US road conditions, golf expenditures in US and Canada, and the Buffalo Bill ten dollar bill featuring Meriwether Lewis whose suicide at 35 ended a life of exploration and public service.
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New York
Dominion
United States
Europe
Quebec
Canada
Meriwether Lewis
Thomas Jefferson
Missouri Territory
Paris News in 1909: Eiffel Tower Weather Bureau Use
The article notes the Eiffel Tower becoming city property for use by Paris weather services. It mentions a tobacco factory machine that shapes cigar heads and a department moving trees to a tree hospital. It reports Parisian thieves stealing platinum tubes from motor cars, with many such crimes in recent weeks.
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Liffel
Paris
Chew Staris
Military matters in the navy and army details
The piece notes a US Navy cadet’s pay parity with a British lieutenant The Belgian army fixes infantry service at 20 months and cavalry at 86 months Gutta percha demand for a transpacific project nears 3 million pounds, raising price concerns for army signals The Teague Island navy yard at Philadelphia will be expanded to a national size with golf and baseball grounds for officers use.
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United States Navy
Teague Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Odd Bits of Lore and Figures From a Distant Era
The passage notes superstition among two sexus people with a fish bone charm, mentions Bedcouth Arabs as small eaters, and describes a dated diet of dates and coarse flour. It recalls Portugal in 1840 lacking roads or coaches, with travel by horseback and sedan chairs. It also cites Herbert Hoover as a high earning 29 year old mining export at $33 000 yearly.
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Portugal
Herbert C Hoover
Bis
Estate of James di Clinch Desend
Creditors will present vouchers to the administrator Laima by August 26 at the residence in Leéah county. The matter concerns the estate and settlement of debts with notices to heirs and creditors through the court. Administrative actions span April 24 to May 10 under the county clerk and executor H Glinea.
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Provatlan Guandiansin P
Koticis Serual
Utah
Famuity Clericer
Dsietehee Courtal
Phi
Juaudifortin
Biatah
Eatate Ff
James di Clinch
Leéah Au
Notice of final proof for Utah land claim
Notice from the Interior Department Vernal Utah stating Willard Sihofeld will make final proof for a land claim at Linwood, Utah County on June 2, 1906. Witnesses listed include Kwari H Jolton, Edward Clarke, Moury E Witchel, and V Maglia Stah.
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Department of the Interior
Law
Vernal
Utan Erie
Nettler
Bia
Larnen
Gourt
Iis
Linwood Lintah County
Utah
Vise
Willard Sihofeld
Moma Steplater
Hoe
Ross Atteines
Notice to Water Users in Green River Utah
Notice from the State Engineer’s Office Salt Lake City dated May 12 describing a water right application by Chats Crouse et al for 200 cubic feet per second from Green River Utah County to irrigate 300 acres across sections in Township 2 north Range 24 east and others. Protests by affidavit must be filed within thirty days after publication.
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Pfoginarea
Ealt Lake City
Stah
Chats Crouse
Ltteh
Green River
Ttantah
Utah
Aection
North Range
Boucluaive
Nat Bectionus
Salt Lake Bare
Merlilian
Stiate
Notice of Water Pipe and Irrigation Application
State Engineers office notice from Salt Lake City Utah dated May 12 1906 announcing Deg Gulch Irrigation Company Vernal Utah has applied under Chapter 1049 for a water pipe and irrigation canal project in Uintah County Utah. Protest filings due within thirty days after publication.
Water diversion notice for Uintah River in Utah from April to October
Notice announces ionic rights to divert 244 cubic feet per second from Uintah river branch of Green River in Uintah county Utah. It names Iphratin Twitttello and Joeslah of July as applicants and outlines a plan to irrigate 160 acres in Sections 4 and 5 Township 2 South Range 1 East. Filing deadlines and protest procedures follow with publication dates June 11 and June 12.
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R G Miller
Price
N. Neilson
Alfred Bennion
Harden Bennion
Salt
Jensen Jottings
Adams
Joe Tolliver
WWF Canada
Tolliver
Joe Warner
Wild Bill
Dubbe & McCarrel
Adama
Linquor
Srora
Galoon
Justice Wilson
Marshal Richardson
Overholt’s
Brownfield
Toliver
Dr. Huilinger
Lloyd's Drug Store
L. Johnson
Brent
P. Kelly
City Recorder
France
State Finikcers Offic
Essen
Deg Gulch
Contany
Togia Uintah
Gaeen
Cone Ot Satlon
Lin &Eetlon
Iphratin Twitttello
Joeslah
Aikhessda
Fernal Stah Hasein Leay
Uintah River
Uintah County
Eoutheast
Thia
Cate Lanyexn
the Dry Farming Magazine
If W. Campbell
Lincoln
Nebraska
America
DRY Farming Magazine
California St
Colo
West End
Walter Ff. Davis, Prop
Duchesne Lueslay
the Uintah Stage Co
Dragon
Fort Duchesne
Fey
United States Mail and Express
THE
Uintah Railway CO
Mack, Colo
Rio Grande Western Railway
J. A. Logan
Agt
J.C. Weeter
Uintah Feed
HY Meeks & Son
Glenwood Springs
Aspen
Leadville
Pueblo
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Ogden Union Depot
Southern Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Salt Lake Guy
Linton
Clevla
Pullman
St Louis
Follerk
the Enterprise
MEG
Walter Lloyd Drug Company
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