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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
2
A September 17 1909 column argues the people seek justice not revenge. It defends public criticism of courts and questions prosecutorial bias while noting James Griffin was killed and the slayer sent to the penitentiary for ten years.
A fragment describes an elaborate fraud plot by a group of men in the United States seeking money from an alleged ex banker in France. A staged trip to Mexico requires $1,800 to secure a supposed life release, with a coded plan involving a blue roll of paper and a designated hotel meeting.
The text hints at a conspiracy involving sharks and money, mentions government officers potentially trapping the group, a man with blue paper, and a gun. It notes twenty pigca of handwriting on large sheets and implies a misidentification of the correct suspects.
Farmers question why milk is not sent to the creamery. A farmer with five or six cows could use a separator and ship cream to the creamery to gain monthly income. Mr Musser plans to move cows to Vernal to send cream and offset costs.
Dr W O H Ochsner, a Utah Basin geologist born in Kentucky, visited Ver nal and praised the library’s shelves. He knows James Lane Allen and John Fox Jr, enjoyed local donations from private libraries, and hoped to add two books on simplified geology. He noted strong local interest in science, especially geology.
Walter Hanks becomes owner of half interest in Park Live Stock Co formerly held by M F Whelan in Vernal Utah The transfer includes about 20 000 sheep cattle and a large land tract in Utahs Uintah County The deal reportedly around 74000 is among the region's largest in the past year Whelan to Idaho for ongoing business and residence notes rock springs miner report.
The Vernal Express previews events for October and invites readers to share ideas on what to do at the state fair. Officials suggest a rolling program and encourage submissions of suggestions for noteworthy exhibits and activities.
Members of the community and officials defend the verdict in a murder case while proposing new trials and urging law and justice. They also discuss state school attendance mandates with exemptions for home schooling and other valid reasons.
A 1962 notice urges parents to enroll children aged eight to sixteen in school for twenty weeks yearly, ten consecutive, to ensure nationwide common education standards. It stresses free public schooling, equal access, and timely start of the school year, urging guardians to comply to avoid depriving children of education.
Mrs Lulu L Shepard Utah state president of the National Woon 7 U will visit Vernal Friday September 24 at the Stake tabernacle. A musical program accompanies the temperance meeting with free admission and an invitation to all ages. Shepard arrives in Fort Duchesne Saturday the 18th and speaks at Tort Roosevelt Myton Theodore and Whiterocks before heading to Vernal. Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets are advertised in the notice.
Notice to all sheep owners in Uintah County by order of the State Board of Sheep Commissioners. All sheep must be dipped. bucks and any infected sheep must be dipped again within ten to fourteen days and not later than November 1, 1909. J H Reader, inspector for Uintah District. The First County Fair by Uintah Stake Primary Associations will be held all day September 24 in the Vernal ward house. Entries in domestic art science poultry and agriculture. Children may sell exhibits. Blue white and red ribbons as prizes. Evening concert at the Opera House with ten cent admission. Chamberlain’s Liniment advertised for pains. Vernal Drug Co.
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