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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
4
Farmers complain about exorbitant local prices for groceries and tools, preferring mail order from Chicago. A tomato digger cost $17.50 locally but $6.90 freight from Chicago, prompting calls for an agreement between dealers and customers to address the price issue.
In Vernal the Republican primaries for the Justice precinct chose delegates to the county convention held in the court house. The precinct convention nominated Charles Carter for justice and Hyrum Richardson for constable. Carter is the son of a noted local sheepman and recently returned from a Tennessee mission. Richardson is a county figure and brother of former city marshal Lafe Richardson.
Registration rules explained for Uintah County voters. Verify name on the registration list and register if you voted within two years or have just turned 21. New residents and those who moved from another area must register and reside in the county four months before voting.
The Salt Lake state fair is described as highly successful with handsome county displays nearly across Utah. Uintah county's exhibit is singled out as very poor or absent.
The note urges organizing a commercial club to advertise Ulutah Lasin resources, highlighting several methods and stressing the approach as highly effective.
The article describes extended underwater stays using air tanks and minimal discomfort. It also notes the Great Eastern railroads safety measures at Broxbourne with a rail contact and bell system to alert signalmen when trains pass and signals switch to danger.
Bird's Island a four act comedy drama will be presented Monday and Tuesday night October 19 and 20 at Workman's Opera House. It features home talent under the management of Prof and Mrs H F Moore with good music as a highlight.
Notification to stockholders of Dry Gulch Irrigation Company that a board levy of 6 1/4 cents per share was imposed on capital stock classes A OD FLG H IL and J. Payment due by October 31, 1908 at the Roosevelt Utah office. Delinquent shares on November 23, 1908 will be sold at public auction to cover the assessment, advertising costs, and sale expenses. J B Strain Secretary.
An old man from a dry New England town, a church pillar, returns home and vents harshly about New York. He sits on a sugar barrel at the grocery, then declares the city full of thieves and cheats. His speech includes a rambling tale of a faulty exchange and a frustrated greeting.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, heads a vast empire with 13 000 miles of track five fleets on two oceans 74 000 employees and nearly 12 000 000 acres of land in Canada He is described as intense and exacting though passionless in devotion to material ends and credited with genius for knowing every detail of railroad organization.
The teeth of fish vary more than those of any other animals with no true incisors canines or molars. Many shapes exist among fish teeth and the front row stands erect while rear teeth lie recumbent. A sharp tooth is easily identifiable.
American capitalists consider a concession of 8 000 acres of hardwood timber in Honduras with twenty miles of railway and spurs to be built. Shipments will go to the United States as the lands cleared and rubber banana and cocoa crops are planted.
A college glee club member argues against performing in New York. He says the city’s prominence would neutralize their achievements, making a college group feel small amid the city’s many events and distractions.
Sir Walter Paratt, newly appointed Oxford professor of music, played two opponents at once while accompanying himself on the pianoforte. He never looked at the board, still won after an hour, amid distractions from listeners. His selections included Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.
New Problem of Watchmakers report cites Jim Carpenter of a South Bend watch firm showing a sample timepiece at the Hotel Baltimore. He notes skyscraper magnetism can affect watch wheels, causing clocks to lose or gain time, urging manufacturers to fix the defect.
A bride of a year fills her bedroom with a motto about kindness and shared life. The text argues harsh words and judgment harm the speaker and suggests mutual aid leads to happiness and contentment for a hard woman.
A new car has entered service on the Monongahela and Conemaugh divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad. It features a first in the United States a shower bath, six gleaming brass sleeping cots, an arsenal like interior with the latest shooting arms, a burglar proof safe, and the end of the coach can convert into an observatory parlor with a refined superintendent's office.
A Hull England portrait painter published a treatise on mechanical flight. Walker built a boat shaped craft with a long desk and tall beacon like structure and winged levers operated by hand. No records of successful trials exist.
A child during Communion Sunday in a religious family demanded beer from her father. The moment the bread passed, Rosie grew restless and finally cried out to the minister, asking for beer.
Bank of Vernal in Uintah County Utah is reported by the Secretary of State as of close of business September 26 1908 with total listed assets and liabilities amounting to 715100 05. The filing documents the bank’s financial condition in Vernal Utah.
French researchers debate radium origins. One scientist argues radium arrives from solar emanations in tiny amounts with every ray of light reaching Earth. He discounts earth bound sources and believes traces appear in many substances due to continual solar delivery.
The passage notes a three and a half acre area on Manhattan with density 690000 per square mile, and compares city densities: Paris 79300 per square mile, New York City proper 40000, London 37300, and Berlin 67000. It contrasts Paris as higher than New York and cites varied urban densities.
A quotation extols the fresh air death option while urging respect for others choice, noting tubercle bacillus cannot enjoy fresh air yet suggesting bronchitis patients should be treated by Dr J H Clathe in London Chronicles.
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