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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
5
A fragmentary notice from Vernal Laxipress issued by Vernal Expresa Publishing Co with editor Ashley Sartisti at the office mentions a nonstandard quote and a Bible verse reference. The readable text is inconsistent and appears to be garbled OCR rather than a clear news item.
Socialist candidates showed notable strength in Utah elections winning several cities and towns while scoring partial victories elsewhere. Other states react with concern as Utah politics become a focal point in the broader national contest.
A report claims a richly rich but dubious potash deposit near Washington, allegedly seized by a syndicate. The government fears private gain will limit farmer profits, while prices may fall despite possible extraction.
The piece portrays Uncle Sam as the world’s principal mediator as nations look to the United States to intervene in conflicts Turkey asks for U S action after Italy defeats it. In Omaha Nebraska police deploy thank you arms on streets to curb joyriding and curb street dangers.
The article argues that local payrolls drive community wealth by employing people year round. It emphasizes work as the vital force, with prosperity dependent on sustained labor and industries that generate steady employment. A newspaper’s job printing payroll stands as a model of productive payrolls building towns.
A fragment presents a math puzzle using living brothers and sisters to compute deaths. It instructs doubling brothers, adding three, multiplying by five, adding sisters, multiplying by ten, then adjusting by deaths and minus 160. The result yields deaths, sisters, and brothers in mirrored positions.
The Frelief Society hosts a Thanksgiving program at 10 am with a big free dinner at 2 pm and a children's dance at 3 pm followed by a dance at 7 30 pm Admission for meals and evening events. Visitors note Bennett as promising with others planning to settle here. Local reports include animal losses, travel to Colorado, farming plans, and community improvements like a painting for the meeting house and upcoming lumber for finishing touches.
Randlett society items report M J Hersey’s Vernal trip Bishop Spalding return with Lim Mrs Palmer and Mrs William Dor depart for Oklahoma. Families visit for a year and attend Fort Duchesne sale. Geo Hurt recovering from Uintah Railroad wreck. Typhoid cases ease as Mrs Clark Elmer family improves. New church bell weighs 1300 pounds.
The report notes a severe snow storm in Manila with drastic cold, inches of snow blown about and temperatures plunging to ten below zero. Four farmers visiting the mill describe the cold as extreme. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Oren Searle on the 10th.
A welcome home reception was held last Friday with dancing and refreshments for Chris Ledsley. Mr and Mrs Wells Ashby are wintering here and plan to stay at James Mackings home. Mr and Mrs Orlan Pope mourn the loss of their baby boy Dom Sunddy who died Monday and was buried Tuesday in the Eueser cemetery. One smallpox case reported and Tied Gerber is seriously ill.
Willcox Academy plans a joint program with Uintah Stake Academy Central School and Wilcox Academy at Chautauqua Nach school featuring four numbers. The article notes a strong week with two notable speakers Bishop Spalding and Tress Bartlett and mentions new students Coin Thorne and Joseph Pauston from Jensen Utah.
WOW entertainer delights Odd Fellows hall on Wednesday with new members, lunch served. Next Saturday a grand ball heads to Myton Opera House run by Maxwell Shelton and Krebus. Town notices include Rev Spalding and Rev Hersey services, Toka school leadership, and carpentry move to Vernal.
Community notes record plans for a new Begge and Spiers meat market building opposite the McGuire residence, with local names Geo Hemphill and Myron Musser involved. Other items mention Verbal coal haul, wedding rumors, visitors, arrivals, and various locals traveling to Vernon, Roosevelt, and Salt Lake City on business.
A baby boy was born to Mrs A A Young in Provo while George Sitlings visited his daughter Mrs Ashley Bartlett in Vernal this week. Iion Jarden Bennion traveled through Vernal on state business about a uniform system of property allocations. Elder David O McKay will preside at the quarterly conference in Salt Lake City this weekend. Uintah Telephone news reports C J Neal has resigned. Preston B Colton assumes management with Vincent Aakley on mechanics and Ross Bartlett on collections.
The Seventies are asked to gather at the Tabernacle on Sunday afternoon November 26 shortly after the close of the afternoon Quarterly conference session.
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