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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1931
Page
3
The notice lists B. Wallis editor manager and Wales publisher with addresses in London and Utah. It records entry as a second close matter at the Vernal post office on March 13 under the act of March 3, 1878.
Independent in politics and optimistic in disposition the notice lists subscription options for the newspaper One year strictly in advance two dollars fifty cents six months in advance one dollar sixty three months in advance one dollar sixty the title notes association memberships and county links with Utah state press and national editorial group affiliation.
The Wickersham Commission calls for modern prison reform rather than harsher statutes. It argues current systems are antiquated and fail to rehabilitate, potentially increasing crime, and urges development of a new penal institution aligned with reform and societal protection.
A century ago the first American gas company started in Baltimore. Today the gas industry counts 189 million customers, 85 million in population, and about 190 thousand workers. Gas appliances number in the millions, with refrigerators reaching 500,600 users and 1929 gas consumption around 2.435 trillion cubic feet.
The article argues farming faces a severe period with many causes beyond individual control. It calls for nationwide cooperation among farmers and farm organizations to address mass production and low prices, highlighting the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association as an example of cooperative production and selling.
York notes that ten years of leadership have earned members about 107.2 million more in milk income. By controlling roughly half the territory's milk, the league ensures fair terms and a distributive on equal footing. Agriculture now requires collective methods as individuals cannot face changed conditions alone. Cooperation offers the solution.
The Américian Legion Department of California organizes Fire Prevention and Public Safety committees statewide and seeks a national convention resolution to spread the effort to all posts. A August broadcast by the California Legion supports the move, underscoring fire prevention as a public welfare issue and urging public action to curb losses.
The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection reports labor-saving devices shift women toward more mental tasks and better child care. City women with conveniences spend fewer hours on cooking and cleaning than farm women, freeing time for family life.
The conference urged reducing farm women's working day and manual labor to raise farm home standards. It noted farm wives spend long hours and miles traveling for household water and called for better health safeguards for farm mothers and children.
The Public Health Service urges early vision checks and ophthalmologist care for children, notes glasses may require adjustment, and emphasizes early vaccination for smallpox and diphtheria. It argues immunization reduces disease, keeps children healthy for school, and that preventive medicine aids steady attendance and prep for learning.
High school musicians are invited to perform at the Utah State Fair October 1 to 10 with an informal judging process. A silver medal prize may be awarded to all band members, and orchestras and choirs from Utah schools are encouraged to participate for the chance at recognition. The fair plans include ongoing band concerts and a variety of circus and gymnastic acts to entertain attendees.
The state fair showcases performing dogs ponies monkeys and mules with speedy whippets and greyhounds plus midway attractions and a five day engagement by radio star Captain Dobbsie and his sixteen member company beginning Monday October The livestock exhibits draw attention after the American Jersey Cattle club designated the western regional show Ernest Holmes manager notes strong interest and urges exhibitors to submit entries promptly to secure space
A historical note recalls Menlo Park New Jersey hosting Mr Folson’s lab where the incandescent lamp emerged on October 21 1879 and a year earlier Charles Williamare in Somerville reportedly used a telephone at home marking an early world first in residential wiring and phone service.
Fragmentary note lists new books and art materials with unclear entries. Readers may find items related to friendship themes and creative works, though details are incomplete.
A fragmentary description of a soldier in the 306th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I or II era service. The text mixes wartime duties with personal letters to his mother, noting mentions of murder, mortality, and a rookie veteran’s arc.
A nostalgic novel review notes the fiddler Vesceya plays music in New York venues drawing a crowd of diverse figures. The work is described as exciting humorous touching and sentimental with the fiddler both performer and narrator.
Review notes a 331 page book on Ifa and letters of Henrietta Gardier Macy American who spent forty years in Venice Gabriel Annunte praises her rare living person with a suggested title The interest lies in letters to friends and the reviewer raves about her writing and painting with words
A Western tale features Smiling Charlie Pillar and a man freed after an eight year prison term who is wrongfully accused. He escapes with help from a reform colony benefactor at Nappy Valley. The pace heats up with swift, action packed events in classic Western style.
Ex- officer Ludwig Fhlers recounts his escape with 500 German sailors from a British prison camp at Cape Town. The group endures a two year trek north to Cairo before reaching safety. The Vernal Express offers the book by mail.
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