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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
6
A medieval tale tells how a cow honored by a sculptured panel at Durham Cathedral leads a monastic party to the site of St Cuthbert’s burial at Dunholme. While debating their next move, a woman whose cow is missing directs them to the place, and the monks proceed to found the cathedral there.
A French chartered company secured a concession in Panama around 1880 to build a canal but halted work in 1899 amid financial troubles. The United States paid 40 million ten thousand dollars in 1902 to acquire the company’s rights and completed work already done. No prior canal attempts had been made before this project.
A fragment discusses the accordion known as hondharmonika in German usage. It notes it is over 100 years old and describes its mouth organ like mechanism driven by bellows rather than lungs. The piece mentions its portability despite being a church instrument and hints at its evolving respect and timbre.
In a historic record from the reign of Charles I Nova Scotia lands are granted to a Scottish baronet. The charter notes land seisin rights at a parade ground near Edinburgh Castle as part of Nova Scotia tenure. The document links Scottish nobility with Nova Scotia settlement criteria and property seizing implications.
A rediscovered island near Quebec named Bacchus for its wild grapes remains largely unspoiled despite a short ride from the city. The Klamath Indian revival religion led by Smohalla persists on the island under the group known as the Shakers, though unrelated to the American Shaker sect.
The piece notes Ireland’s early potato adoption dating to Walter Raleigh’s era. It cites Raleigh as a young English governor who trialed American crops in Youghal, County Cork, where the first Irish potatoes reportedly flourished.
The Chinese Li is a length measure equal to one hundredth of a day’s walk on level ground. It slightly exceeds one third of an English mile, but in hilly terrain it may be as little as one eighth of a mile.
The name Melvin is Celtic in origin and means chieftain. Although ancient, the name has become popular as a given name only in comparatively recent times.
A fragment notes Charles I was presented with a yacht named the Mary by the Dutch, a time when the word yacht was not yet common in England though pleasure ships existed.
A cryptic note from Crhatewn's sage speaks of difficulty and prayer as words shift meaning. The fragment hints at inner struggle and seeks guidance amid uncertain thoughts.
Foreign commentary notes Britain and France split, Munich pact impacts, Czech and Slovak ties tested, and Germany’s rise cited. It highlights debates over rearmament, alliance shifts, and potential isolation of France and Britain amid European tensions. Also covers labor union splits and looming shifts in US civil service and foreign agent registration.
Voters face a choice between Herbert Lehman and Thomas Dewey as the gubernatorial contest foregrounds crime busting, political machines, and party loyalties. Dewey touts anti crime credentials while Lehman emphasizes business like governance and deficit reduction, with Jewish and Tammany dynamics shaping support.
Moscow Idaho advertisement salutes Dr Frank B Robinson a psychologist and author. It claims a new teaching enables normal people to commune with the living God and replicate Jesus’s works through a supposed unseen power. Readers are urged to write to 628 10th Street for a free brochure.
The text outlines a traditional five race framework: Caucasian, Negro, Mongolian, Malay, and American Indian, each further subdivided into branches. It presents a dated taxonomy reflecting common but now outdated racial classifications.
A test technique uses boiling wool in caustic soda to dissolve wool into a jelly like mass while cotton remains intact, indicating a method to distinguish wool from cotton in fabric samples.
The source discusses leather preparation with terms like glazed calf wax finishes and box calf irregular stamping. It also contrasts suede and chrome tanned hides and mentions finishes on kid and calf skins. It ends with musings on chefs and a note about the Beaufort Sea between Alaska and the Canadian Arctic.
A cairn north of Traverse City stands with a stone from every county. It marks the exact midpoint between the equator and the North Pole and was erected to honor a veteran resort association manager.
The article notes most Japanese wed under Shinto rites linked to ancestor worship. It observes Japanese women generally follow the same path as men in marriage customs and affirms Buddhism’s influence on personal practice.
Florence Nightingale, promoter of modern nursing, lived in the monastery of St Georges near Balaklava during the Crimean War. The site overlooks the fishing village and sits beside the valley watched by the famed 600th Brigade.
Sal timber tree in India is officially protected as a valuable timber resembling teak. The world’s tallest church steeple is Ulm Germany at 528 feet, with Todt Hill on Staten Island as a higher coastal point.
The text notes the first official United States patent was issued in July 1790. It also references historical phrases about a Finnish city nicknamed the White City of the North and mentions pioneers with meat pricing, animal hides used for whips and shoes, plus altered November day counts by Julius Caesar and Augustus.
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