Utah Oddities and Trials Spark Utah News Collection
Beaver City links to Milford by rail while Milton McNally, early Salt Lake City saloon keeper, dies from pneumonia. A Salt Lake City woman severely burns hands and arms in oil stove incident. A 1907 death by suicide in Salt Lake City shocks residents. A murder charge looms as William Jeffress bound for district court after a saloon shooting last August. Utah showcases products in Chicago irrigation exhibit. Legal efforts target Salt Lake City clothing firms accused of lottery-like schemes. Utah dairy output grows but cannot meet rising demand. Ogden car shop hours shrink with pay cuts. John A. Jones acquitted in Sheppard murder case. Mrs. Ting Hamilton of Salt Lake City dies after a personal crisis. Doctors attribute heart failure to smoking in Charles Whittenberg case. Ogden men sentenced for trunk check theft. Ogden license ruling taxes two secondhand stores. Strawberry tunnel reports record October progress. George Duquette, injured worker, disappears from hospital. Shoeblackening incident yields fines for Ogden youths. Drackenbury, Life sentence murderer, dies in custody. Governor Spry proclaims Thanksgiving Day. Boy sets straw stack blaze at Haysville. Thomas Vance faulted for assault with intent. execution avoided after verdict.
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Beaver City
Milford
John McNally
Salt Lnake Ch
Anna Johnson
Salt Lake City
Lielchtar
William Jeffress
William Coslett
Salt Lake
District Court
Oregon Short Line
Utah
Coliseum
Chicago
Palt Lake City
Arthur TP. Shepard
Jones
Shepard
Mia
Ting Hamilton
Hamilton
Charles Whittenberg
Herbert Stargers
J T Singleton
Ogden City
Strawberry Tunnel
George Duquette
Trenton
Floyd Shupe
Carl J’ord
R Walverson
Ogden
Murphy
Drackenbury
Warren Richardson
Clear Creech
Box Elder County
Giles
Spry Han
Levi Taylor, Jr
Haysville
Mary Vance
Thomas Vance
Election results reshape Senate and House control
Republicans retain Senate control while Democrats win a majority in the House. Cannon is reelected to Congress. Champ Clark appears poised to become Speaker. States nationwide shift governorships and legislatures, with Democrats gaining in New York New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Idaho Wyoming Colorado North Dakota Alabama South Carolina Texas and more.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Joseph G. Cannon
Congress
Illinois
Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Cannon
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
North Dakota
Alabama
South Carolina
Texas
Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
California
Nevada
Tennessee
Depew
Dolliver
Utah
Congressmaug Trowell
D N Straup
Supreme Bench
Republian
House
Nowell
Salt Lake City
Indiana
Beveridge
Tekno Wo Ktern
Sweiva Ldae
Thases
Cook County
Florida
Milgouri
Nest
Witl Thes House
Serena Payne
Flirom
Johnson
Énilra
Stonehaven Porter Quips with Salvation Army Visitor
Stonehaven humor turns on a railway delay tale. Andra the porter jokes with a Salvation Army officer bound for Aberdeen to drive the devil out of the city. His quick line suggests sending the devil north where the Salvation Army captain would have to chase him.
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Patera
Stonehaven
Salvation Army
Pat
Aberdeen
London
Andra
Abberdeen
Ben
Not Worrying About Earth's Distant Fate Says Guest Scientists
Guest scientists claim in a million years Earth may become a masa of the Proprietor Summer Hotel. They express hope to be out of the summer hotel business by that time.
Remarkable Cure After Cuticura Remedies
A nurse from Litchfield Connecticut recounts her year and a half old son suffering severe sores all over his body. After trying two physicians the child worsened to a skeletal state until she used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Within months the sores healed and never returned.
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Bill
Egbert Sheldon
Litchfield
Conn
The Limit Gloves Purchase Prompted Bank Inquiry
A dialogue fragment shows John asking for gloves and requesting a check. The other party questions the amount available in the bank to determine how much they can assist with. The excerpt centers on a cash or credit limit conversation.
The Spinster’s Handicap in Revealing Knowledge
A fragment notes a spinster’s limitation she cannot disclose all she knows as a married woman can. The remark hints at social expectations and gender roles in past communities.
Hamlina Wizard Oil Promises Quick Comfort Rally
A boastful note touts Hamlina Wizard Oil as swift relief for a "mighty disagreeable" neck issue, claiming it will Jubreate the cords and restore comfort quickly. The claim emphasizes rapid comfort despite limited severity of the ailment.
A stubborn desire to get even leads to a man's downfall
A narrative notes how a stubborn urge for revenge drives a man into ruin, highlighting the personal consequences and the fall from moral standing as a cautionary tale.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Proven By Letters
A vintage testimonial note promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for kidney and bladder trouble and female weakness. It cites a Mrs. Sarah Leighton of Baird Washington, claims 60 years old and cured, and urges sick women to write for free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Cresson, Pa
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Lila TD. Ashey
Baird
Wash
Lydia KL. Pinkham
Sarah Leighton
Lydia T. Pinkham
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Continental Gil Company
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Continental Oil Company (Incorporated
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