| Show RESEARCH MATERIAL FROM UTAH writers PROJECT W P A 0 it was ahe man who asked for a divorce in 1877 at least at farmington according to in fonTa ion gathered by field workers in utah between february 12 and december 10 1877 divorces were granted by the probate court in davs dav s county in cases the husband sued the wife while in only 53 cases was the husband named as the tha defendant in all cases studied there were no definite grounds for ci vorce stated the following is given as characteristic of the tha cases that the said parties cannot live in peace and union together and their welfare requires a separation in many cases the defendant did not even appear in court said the workers who obtained the information inform aion alon many items of interest were found in the files of the salt lake herald f for or the month of may 1910 by the utah writers project researchers among them being the announcement that balleys Hal leys comet makes its i ts first appearance today may 1 1910 rising at a in tomorrow it wil rise at a in the comets distance from earth is estimated at miles the same day found mrs kate williams secretary of a movement to finance the first public playground in salt lake city the committee on parks and playgrounds reported there were seven life members who had paid each toward the movement on may 3 1910 james sabine pauper cleark filed his report together with an apology to the county commissioners the apology was for the increase over the previous repart such an increase was so unusual that sabine felt it was necessary to make an apology the thompson sullivan pugilistic match held may 12 1910 at saltair Sal tair ended in distastes dis taster for more than a hundred people when the bicycle track where the fight was in in progress gave way and men and women were thrown into the great salt lake none were seriously ini injured pred according to the herald report which I 1 added but the company will be sued for negligence on may 23 1910 three distinct earthquake shocks felt in salt lake city were found to be ba caused by a disturbance in the wasatch fault they were the most severe shocks so far experienced perien ced in utah and lasted two minutes and ten seconds the first introduction of the hat as it is known today in paris frances on may 25 1404 was noted in the news columns of the herald in this may 25 1910 anniversary of the event the hat according to reports was invented by a swiss manufacturer on may 27 1910 the first electric train running from salt lake city to ogden made its maiden trip simon bamberger president of the railway entertained about 50 friends at lagoon and made known the slogan an on the hour egedy hour in an hour the hour every hour in an hov ho f f from rom oil city pen pennsylvania dsylva n a pi may 28 1910 that utah lead every state in the entire union in oil production this prophetic utterance was made after martin had examined the san juan oil fields where he found all as claimed and cheap to operate |
