Old Days remembers 1933 Vernal Utah events and births
A crowded October 1933 Vernal column notes Alfred and Mrs. Davis welcomed a baby girl, Ted Bennion and wife announce births, BYU enrollment, Murray's Eskelsons consider moving to Vernal, Henry Millecam reports a baby boy, Aliee Norgard wins a dress contest, Alma Burst announces a girl, and a wagon accident injures Mrs. Alexander and Mrs. Winward. miscellaneous local notes include social visits and local happenings in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Davis
Vernal v
Brigham Young University
Ted Bénnion
G. Eskelson
Murray
Vernal
Henry Millecam
Aliee Norgard
H. J. Norgard
Salt Lake City
Alma Burst
Ofva
Eléa Alexander
Andrew’ Winward
Alexander
Fifty Years Ago October 11 1902 Farm Oats and Wheat Prices
In Ashley valley farmers struggle to profit as oats bring per hundredweight and wheat fetches five cents per bushel. A long list of local notes follows including church stained glass installation, candidates declining, growing town occupancy, brickwork progress, and bids for Ute provisioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Valley
Missouri
Episcopal Church
William A Fred Wood
William Inson
Sun
Dewey Asprin
William Winn
Elmer Woodward
Hig
Burton
Myton
Fragments of a Political Satire Column and Biographical Anecdotes
A garbled excerpt surveys political figures and party branding with satirical jests about Adlai Stevenson and Adlai like sucker contrasts. It weaves in historical vignettes from Mark Twain to Claude Bernard with brief comic anecdotes and a note on the first U.S. beet sugar factory at Alvarado, California. The piece reads as a collage of jokes and old-time biographical quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adial
Jomon
Adlai
Clem
Arson Sprinkle
Ralph Sprinkle
Ridem
Ike
Joe McCarthy
Split Pea Ridge
Mark Twain
Chaulacey M. Depew
Mark ‘Twain
Mr. Depew
Toastmaster
Miycelf
Nat Good‘yin
Fier
Winston Church
Gertrude
Mr. Or
Fischer
United States
Wasas
Alvarado
California
Remembering Old Times From Many Voices
In letters and recollections from readers across states like Michigan Ohio Texas California and New York, memories surface of wood burning locomotives home-made rye corn hominy roguish youth working in hotels and odd jobs along with remarks on old water supply methods and the energy of beets and sugar crops. The témoignages span fifty years of small town life and immigrant routines.
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America
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Tony Lobos
Khoy
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Claude Bernard
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E. C. Silith
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Nina Brewer
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Olga Ki Hobinson
Men Fo Park
Calif
New York State
Salmon River
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Callus
Jack Robinson
Utoco
Utah
Proving& Angunds
Iydue- Marie Supen Drice
Maine
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