Local shopping notes and holiday events at Blythe Mease area
A late 19th century notice listing shops Blythe Mease Mercantile Co. and L Johnson Co offering boots clothing and stationery. It mentions a thanksgiv ing ball at Social Hall on the 24th and a Dances at Workmans Hall every Friday. Election results note the Independent ticket winning county offices except one tie. Also notes a wedding rumor and county clerk change in Uintah County.
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Co-op
Blythe Mease Mercantile Co
L. Johnson & Co’s
L. Johnson & Co
Salling
Blythe Moose Mercantile Co
Workman’s Hall
Dalzell Offers Photo Packages Before Price Increase
The photographer Dalzell remains ready for portraits with cabinets at 3.50 per dozen and 5 by 8 at 4.00 per dozen. After December 1 cabinet pricing rises to 4.00 per dozen and 5 by 8 to 5.00 per dozen. Take advantage of current rates.
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Dalzell
Uintah County Delegates to Congress Result
Election returns show Frank J. Cannon 144 votes, Joseph L. Rawlins 214, and C. C. Allen 10 for delegates to Congress in Uintah County. The piece also digresses into Norse sagas and Lieutenant Peary’s expedition, describing Greenland settlements and possible icebound descendants.
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Uintah County
Congress
Frank J. Cannon
Joseph L. Rawlins
C. C. Allen
Pope's daily routine and diet described in detail
The article outlines the pope's day from Mass at dawn to rosary at night, noting a frugal breakfast and dinner, long hours of papers and visitors, walks in the Vatican gardens, and his improving eyesight with age. It also mentions a witty remark at Christmas and a major Colorado discovery of vast fossil fish beds studied by Superintendent Hart.
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Vatican
Carding Parrocchi
St. Peter
W. C. Hart
Colorado World’s Fair Mineral Department
Rocky Mountain News
Green River
Wyoming
Art
Missouri Forty Acre Deed Poised With Legal Lexicon
An old Missouri deed for forty acres demonstrates dense legal phrasing listing every possible appurtenance and right. It enumerates easements, privileges, rents, and improvements, sweeping all manner of rights and protections associated with the property.
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Missouri
Colonists of Greenland Believed Found by Peary
An ethnologist in government service states that papers suggest Lieut Peary has actually met the famous lost Greenland colonists and that a rescue expedition for the Arctic is about to start. He has not previously spoken on the matter.
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Washington
Ife
Greenland
Peary
Whale Sound
Lieut. Peery
Lieut. Peary
Arctic
Pope Leo XIV’s Simple Life Sustains Long Papal Tenure
The 82 year old Pope Leo XIV marked fourteen years on the throne of St. Peter on March 2 and, despite rumors of ill health, remains active. The Pall Mall Budget notes his mode of life as simple, with a routine that supports a lengthy pontificate.
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Leo XIV
St. Peter
Rates of Postage in 1814 Almanac Summary
An 1814 almanac lists land letter rates by distance: 49 miles for 1 cent, 90 miles 1 cent, 150 miles 2 cents, 300 miles 3 cents, 5090 miles 4 cents, and over 500 miles 5 cents. no interpolation. Doubling or tripling multiplies the rates. a 1 ounce packet costs four letters. Ship letters cost 66 cents. magazines and pamphlets vary by distance per sheet from 1 to 2 cents.
Lamps Cause Most US Fires Name of Year
Nearly three fourths of fires in the United States last year resulted from upset or explosion of lamps according to the report.
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United States
Notice for Publication Consolidated Land Office Utah
Notice of two settlers in Uintah County Utah. Edward Starkle H 7896 seeks final proof Dec 15 1892 for Lots 3 4 and S1 2 ENW1 i Sec S5 Tp 58 R22 E with witnesses Clark Powell Neileon Remington all of Naples Uintah County. Hyron Wantle H E H 8181 seeks final proof Dec 15 1892 for W1-28 WI-ANW 14 Sec 14 Tp 58 RR with witnesses McCarroll McCarroll Heeler Beeler all of Vernal Uintah County. Registered by S. W. Darke Attorney for Claimant.
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Salt Lake Cir
Utand
Uintah Co
Ashley
Utah
Edward Starkle
William T. Clark
Alfred Powell
John Neileon
Joseph Remington
Ali
Naples
Uintah County
Arey Utah
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Vernal Express
Vernal Uintah County
J. M. Barxarn
Vernal
Noricr
Hacxina
Cleveland
Illinois
Wisconsin
New York
Blythe Mease Mercantils Co
Express
Blythe Mease Merc.Co
Pete
Judge Burton
Johnson
Merkly Corner
Western Loans and Savings Co
Salt Lake City
Noticz
R. Veltman
Uintah
B.O. Cotrox
Hecuon
Lycurgus Johnson
Goo
A. Davis
John Angus
Charles S. Carter
J. H. Reader
S. D. Colton
R. C. Camp
M. M. Meacham
T. J. Caldwell
B. O. Colton
R. Weltman
W. E. French
Wm. O'Neil
John Pope
John N. Davis
Colorado
Pope Leo
Lampa
Fran J. Hosea
Register
S. W. Darke
Atty
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